Ignite·Health Barcelona (Lectures Track)
Moebio opens the masterclasses for the Ignite·Health Barcelona program to the BioRegion students and professionals through different session packages. You just need to select the sessions or individual lectures that interest you most.
IGNITE·HEALTH Barcelona is an intensive 4-month introductory program for healthcare professionals, researchers and students who want to get started in the world of entrepreneurship. The program, inspired on the Biodesign methodology -created by Stanford University-, provides the necessary tools for participants to develop a business idea based on an unmet medical need in the fields of cardiology, pulmonology, or for Covid-19 Intensive Care Units.
Languages: English & Spanish
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Hybrid (online via Zoom and in-person in Barcelona (exact venue TBC).
Introduction to the life sciences industry
Looking to the future, this pack of lectures provides an insightful overview of how the Medtech and digital health industries are organized, their key stakeholders and the main trends, challenges and opportunities. Given by professionals from the sector, they also provide a historical evolution of the life sciences industry, an introduction to regulations and key reforms, and the resources available for keeping up to date. How these industries are like? Which are the key stakeholders? What are the main trends and opportunities? This pack of lectures provides answers to these questions.
SESSIONS
- The Future of Life Sciences - Trends and Patterns (07/09/2021)
- The Medtech Industry (09/09/2021)
- The Digital Health Industry (14/09/2021)
Buy one or more sessions: 50 € per session
Understanding healthcare systems
This pack of lectures provides an overview of healthcare systems in Spain, Europe and the USA. It offers a valuable outlook on how history has shaped the different healthcare systems in these regions, it covers the current main providers and their roles, it studies how they are funded and how the healthcare systems allocate resources, and finally discusses hospital organization. These sessions will allow you to become familiar with the main trends and challenges facing health systems today, as well as the current organizational responses to address them. Who are the main service providers? How are they funded? What are their main challenges and concerns? This pack of classes provides the answers to these questions.
SESSIONS
- Healthcare Systems & Economics (21/09/2021)
- Private Healthcare Insurances (27/09/2021)
Buy one or more sessions: 50 € per session
Social entrepreneurship and global health
Looking to the future, this pack of lectures provides an introduction to the concepts, strategies and processes of social innovation and social entrepreneurship, and how it can help solve existing and future problems. Attendees will also an overview to global health, those issues transcending boundaries and governments, with an overview of the trends and key challenges we will be facing in the upcoming years. Both these topics are of special relevance in the present pandemic situation.
SESSIONS
- Introduction to social innovation (30/09/2021)
- Health and disease in the developing world (05/10/2021)
Buy one or more sessions: 50 € per session
Product development
his pack of lectures covers key aspects in the process of the conceptualization and creation of a new product. Students will learn how to design medical devices, as well as about the new materials used in the design. This pack will also give the participants an introduction to new tools in the field of digital health, such as the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector.
SESSIONS
- Prototyping (07/10/2021)
- New Materials (14/10/2021)
- Artificial Intelligence in Health (19/10/2021)
Buy one or more sessions: 50 € per session
Market access
This pack of lectures provides knowledge about the main elements to consider and work with when introducing a new product into the market, including the definition of market access strategies and knowledge of the regulatory pathways, from both a European and a US perspective. This pack will also introduce the participants to the healthcare industry, its main agents and new trends.
SESSION
- Medical Technology Regulations (21/10/2021)
- Business Models in the Healthcare Industry (26/10/2021)
- Reimbursement Basics (28/10/2021)
Buy one or more sessions: 50 € per session
Entrepreneur small talks
Series of talks in which three successful entrepreneurs of the BioRegion will share their personal experiences with the audience. These individuals will explain the keys to starting up your own business; the successes, failures, issues, and satisfactions of entrepreneurship.
SESSIONS
Talk #1: Medical Devices - David Blánquez, co-founder and CEO of MJN Neuroserveis (16/09/2021)
Talk #2: Social Entrepreneurship – Laura Sampietro, co-founder and CSO/CIO of Mangrana Ventures (28/09/2021)
Talk #3: Digital Health – Pau Rodríguez, CEO of Methinks AI (02/11/2021)
We offer a 50% discount (for any category, but not accumulative) to students who are in their final academic year at university, or who are studying a Master's degree related to the following fields: business, engineering, life sciences or design. If interested, please send an e-mail to aalbacete@biocat.cat, with the subject "Short Programs Discount", providing your details and attaching a copy of your university registration. Promotions are limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
To withdraw from a session you must send an e-mail to: aalbacete@biocat.cat. If cancellation is received more than one week (7 working days) before the date of the Short Program session, you will be reimbursed for 100% of the registration fee. If cancellation is received during the week prior to the date of the lesson, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the registration fee. If no notice is given, participants will not be reimbursed even if they do not attend the session.