The innovation marathon “Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024” has ended

The “Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024”, which was implemented simultaneously in Heraklion and Athens, on April 20 and 21, 2024, was completed with great success.

The Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024 was an initiative in which businesses, start-ups, civil servants, research and student groups joined forces with the aim of developing innovative applications that will improve processes and services in the field of Health and Wellness Wellness, both in the Public Sector and in Small and Medium Enterprises. 17 teams from all over Greece competed in the Innovation Marathon. Congratulations to all teams for their efforts to develop and present an innovative and sustainable idea.

It was co-organized by the Region of Crete / Observatory of Innovative Entrepreneurship, the Foundation for Research Technology (ITE) / Science and Technology Park of Crete, the University of Crete, the Athens Startup Incubator/Accelerator (THEA) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (E .B.E.A.), the European Digital Innovation Hub for Smart Health: Precision Medicine and Innovative eHealth Services (smartHEALTH), the European Digital Governance Innovation Hub (GR digiGOV-innoHUB) and Elevate Greece

The Competition was held under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Digital Governance, and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation

With much emotion and enthusiasm, the awards ceremony took place on the afternoon of Sunday 21/04, hybridly in Heraklion and Athens.

The event was welcomed by the Deputy Minister of Development, Maximos Senetakis, the Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Dimitris Kirmikiroglou, the President of the Technology and Research Foundation, Nektarios Tavernarakis and the member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Theofanis Matsopoulos.

Prizes were awarded to the three highest scoring teams selected by the Jury. The awards were accompanied by cash prizes (€3,500, €1,800 and €700 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively), as well as honorary gifts from the Science and Technology Park of Crete (ETEP of Crete), the Athens Start-up Business Incubator/Accelerator ( T.E.A.) of E.B.E.A. and the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC)

The Co-Organizers and the Organizing Committee of the Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024 would like to thank:

· The members of the Jury who evaluated the proposals of the competing Teams

· The Mentors who supported the Marathon teams at the facilities of the ITE/Heraklion and the Incubator/Accelerator of Startup Businesses of Athens (THEA) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA)

· The group of volunteers in Heraklion and Athens who contributed to the organization of the event.

· The executives from the Innovative Entrepreneurship Observatory of the Region of Crete (IBO), the Scientific and Technological Park of Crete (STEP-C) and from all the co-organizers of the Marathon who gave their best for the success of the competition.

Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024 Awards

The 1st Prize was awarded by the Deputy Minister of Development, Maximos Senetakis and the Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis to Group 411, a newly established company Grandmama, with members Vicky Klimis – Chief Executive Officer, Giorgos Livas – Chiet Technology Officer, Vasia Kontou – Chief People Officer, who participated from the site of the Thermokoitida / Athens Youth Business Accelerator THEA (Athens). The award was received on behalf of the 411 team by Christos Kokkalas, head of the Ministry of Interior innovation and best practices department. Their idea is for a comprehensive solution to connect the elderly, disabled and patients with specially trained and reliable caregivers and nurses through a digital platform.

The 2nd Prize was awarded by the Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis and the General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Dimitris Kirmikiroglou, to the Group 420 newly established company MEDIPASS, with members of Effie Salta – Co-Founder | UX and Alex Mitsis – Software Engineer, who participated from the Athens Incubator / Startup Accelerator THEA (Athens). Their idea concerns fertility care through an innovative platform

The 3rd Prize was awarded by the Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis and the President of the Technology and Research Foundation (ΟΕ), Nektarios Tavernarakis, to Team 431 of the company being founded, represented by Nikolaos Kontopodis – Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery. Her concept focuses on the elderly, convalescents performing physical therapy exercises and beginners.

Non-monetary prizes were also awarded, relating to services from the Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEPC) of the ITE, the Incubator / Accelerator of Startup Businesses of Athens (THEA) and the Cluster HDHC to the following competing Teams:

– In the Group with the distinctive title Mobile application, for self-management of PAN (Submission Add. No. 432) services from STEPC

– In the Group with the distinctive title Inventory tracking and management system with RFID, General Hospital of Heraklion “Venizelio-Panaeio” (Additional submission number 418) services from STEPC.

– In the Dermacare Discretionary Group (Submission Add. No. 403) services from STEPC.

– In the Group with the distinctive title grandmama (Additional submission number 411) services from THEA.

– In the Group with the distinctive title medipass (Additional submission number 420) services from THEA.

– In the Group with the distinctive title PhysioPal (Additional submission number 431) services from THEA.

– In the Dermacare Discretionary Group (Submission Add. No. 403) services from the HDHC Cluster.

– In the Group with the distinctive title Registry of Patients with Chronic Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases (Submission Add. No. 417) services from the Cluster HDHC.

Also, a Commendation was awarded by the General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Dimitris Kirmikiroglou, to the most distinguished Group of Public Servants, namely:

– In the Group with the distinctive title Tracking and inventory management system with RFID, General Hospital of Heraklion “Venizelio-Panaeio” (Additional submission number 418)

Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024 Jury

The Jury Members (alphabetically):

Mr. Gypakis Antonios an. Head of the Research and Innovation Planning and Programming Directorate of GEERK, as coordinator), Mr. Kokkalas Christos (Head of the Innovation and Best Practices Department of the Strategic Planning & Innovation Directorate, DG Human Resources Public Sector, Ministry of the Interior), Mr. Matsopoulos Fanis (member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA), Member of the Athens Incubator/Startup Accelerator Evaluation Committee (THEA)), Mr. Melidis Alexandros (Director General of the Organization of Open Technologies – Free Software / Open Source Software – EELLAK), Mr. Papaderakis Antonios (Specialist Innovation Advisor of the Region of Crete), Mr. Spanakis Emmanuel (Founder COO of TRAQBEAT, Collaborating Researcher at I.T.E. , Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete) and Mr. Tzitzikas Ioannis (Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete and Collaborating Researcher at the Institute of Informatics of the ITE)

Mentors Hackathon for Health and Wellness Crete 2024

The Mentors who supported the Marathon teams at the ITE facilities: Karantonis Iraklis (Technology Transfer Advisor), Dimitris Koutsioulis (CEO ENZYQUEST IKE), Giorgos Kypriotakis (Advisor for European Affairs & development of innovative business activities), Maria Makridakis (Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager) of Development), Mavrogiannis Yiannis (MBA Economist, Development Consultant), Iosif Beloukas (Director, Dataend analytics Leader, PWC), Petsetakis Pantelis (Chartered Accountant & President and CEO of Premium Audit SA), Stratakis Manolis (Innovation & Personal Development Consultant INNOBATICS) , Tzagarakis Michalis (Director of Communication & Marketinf Super Market Chalkiadakis).

The Mentors who supported the Marathon teams at the premises of the Incubator/Accelerator of Startup Businesses of Athens (THEA) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA): Nektarios Polychroniou, Lawyer, Legal Services, Vasiliki Mourelas, Business Consultant, Lea Filippopoulou, Business Development Manager, Managing Director Prisma Consulting, Manos Sofianopoulos, Chemical Engineer Project Manager, Petros Podaras, IT Engineer, Dimitris Karydis, Senior Advisor, Antonis Livieratos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Organization Management National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Christos Vaitsis, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consultant, Sotiris Georgakis, Digital Marketing Consultant, Stylianos Magoulas, Business Consultant in Finance and Tax, Evangelia Tzanoudaki, Business Consultant, Ioannis Souliotis, Business Consultant in Sustainable Development, Frangiskos Theophylaktos, CEO of Elevate Greece, Natalia Deligiorgis, Coach Trainer, Spyros Kapetanakis, Transformation Consultant, Kirki Schiza, Marketing & Communication Consultant.