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Needs-led Digital Health Innovation Programme - Information webinar

Needs-led Digital Health Innovation Programme - Information webinar

Connected Health Skillnet, dConnect and Angles Consulting are hosting a live information webinar to discuss the Digital Health Innovation Programme on Friday, 12 September.

We will be joined by needs-led innovation and biodesign subject matter experts who will present a high-level overview of the upcoming Digital Health Innovation Programme, a tailored needs-led innovation training programme for the medtech, pharma and technology sectors with a unique focus on digital health and connected devices. This is followed by a discussion with previous programme participants on their teams experience participating in the programme and the importance of needs-led innovation to ensuring a ‘market pull’ rather than ‘technology push’ approach to digital health product innovation.
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Draft Agenda
12:00 - Welcome
Jennifer McCormack, Network Manager, Connected Health Skillnet

12:05 - Overview of the Digital Health Innovation Programme
Paul Anglim, Founder of Angles Consulting
Breanndán Casey, Education & Outreach Manager (Clusters), dConnect & Connected Health & Well-Being Cluster, DkIT

12:20 - Discussion on needs-led innovation and the programme experience
Discussion with Frances Mitchell, Director Innovation Strategy and Insights, Teleflex(chaired by Paul Anglim)

12:40 - Q&A

12:50 - Webinar end
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Register to attend

To register your place. please complete the below Connected Health Skillnet registration form. Shortly after your registration you will receive a link to join the event.

Register your place here

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About the Digital Heath Innovation Programme

The Digital Health Innovation Programme, starting 22 October 2024, has been developed by the Connected Health Skillnet in collaboration with dConnect, Angles Consulting and the Skillnet Industry Steering Group. The curriculum has been tailored to industry needs and designed to ensure participants can apply the skills and knowledge learned in real-world company projects.

The aim of the programme is to embed the mindset and methodology of needs-led innovation with a view to increasing innovation capability and new product development in the health technology sector. The focus is on digital health whether that be exploring new solutions or adding connectivity to existing product portfolios.

The programme applies a “learn by doing” approach using proven biodesign, lean start-up and design thinking methodologies. Throughout the programme, participants will learn and apply the process of investigating and identifying unmet customer and commercial needs, prioritising those needs, identifying potential solutions, assessing their commercial potential and developing compelling business cases for stakeholder and funding approval.

Our previous participants have used the programme m.odel to explore white space innovation, to develop new pipeline products in an existing market, leverage an existing technology into a new market, iterate an existing product for better market fit, and embed mindset change. The team will work with each company to ensure content and flow is tailored to help you achieve you company goal.

The programme comprises of 8 full day workshops over a 5-month period in parallel with mentoring, industry networking, customer and stakeholder engagement and group project work. Throughout, participants will work in multidisciplinary company teams (2-5 people) on real-world projects/strategic focus areas to progress an unmet need. A key programme output will be a business case and pitch for presentation to company management.

For more information or to register a company team, visit the programme page here or contact jennifer.mccormack@ibec.ie for more information.

Upcoming dates:

No training dates available at the moment.