InnoStars Talks

Apr 23 2024
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InnoStars Talks is a series of insightful discussions with inspiring health innovators brought to you by EIT Health in collaboration with Emerging Europe, a management advisory and the premier source of English-language business information about the region. Check our EIT Health InnoStars website at https://eithealth.eu/in-your-region/innostars/ for more info about the EIT Health RIS Innovation Calls and other opportunities and stories.

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InnoStars Talks, with Máté Balázs Kovács of AIP Labs 

Apr 23 2024 30 mins  
Initial resistance from medical professionals towards AI has been overcome by working closely with doctors to develop technology they want to use. "Doctors should be using AI not only for a more precise diagnosis but for a more precise diagnosis 35 times an hour. That's the real secret,” Máté Balázs Kovács, co-founder and CEO of AIP Labs, tells me in the first episo

InnoStars Talks: Professor Krzysztof Klincewicz — Collaborative innovation

Jan 17 2023 28 mins  
In this episode, Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Krzysztof Klincewicz from the Faculty of Management at Warsaw University. The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the importance of collaborative innovation in boosting innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores. Don't forget to visit our website a

InnoStars Talks: Professor Guido Boella — European digital innovation hubs

Jan 17 2023 20 mins  
In this episode, Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Guido Boella, Vice-Rector for Enterprises at the University of Turin.  The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the role of digital innovation hubs in strengthening innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores. Don't forget to visit our website a

Healthcare Hackers: EIT Health InnoStars — Tamás Békási

Feb 08 2021 25 mins  
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, health tech stepped up, with what appeared to be 10 years’ worth of innovation occurring in 10 weeks. But, while the pandemic encouraged more partnerships and collaboration in the sector, it has also brought about multiple challenges for start-ups, such as making it more difficult to complete clinical validation through sourcing hardware or delayin

InnoStars Talks: Dora Marosvolgyi — Jumpstarting innovation

Dec 29 2020 26 mins  
This year a total of 36 teams from all over Europe showcased their budding start-ups in front of a jury of experts and potential investors, competing for a prize pool of 160,000 euros. The flagship programme of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Jumpstarter is a pre-accelerator programme led by EIT Health and involving other EIT Knowledge and Innovation

Healthcare Hackers: Kazaam Lab — Treating patients with precision

Dec 21 2020 17 mins  
Success in precision medicine depends on accessing high-quality genetic and molecular data that, in conjunction with comprehensive clinical data, can lead to more effective therapies. Although omics data is available on public databases, doctors are not yet able to extract useful value from it owing to its sheer volume and heterogeneity. While there are solutions to this

Healthcare Hackers: Phoenix Orthosis — Keeping a firm grip

Dec 03 2020 15 mins  
Spastic hand paralysis is a painfully common problem experienced by patients who have suffered damage to the central nervous system due to a stroke or other causes. These patients are not able to autonomously open their fingers, which significantly impacts quality of life. There are about 20 million people suffering from hand spasticity worldwide, out of which 1.3 million peop

Innostars Talks: Cristina Bescos — Lessons from Spain's successful health tech ecosystem

Nov 16 2020 27 mins  
EIT Health Spain has had a particularly fruitful 2020 in terms of health innovation projects.  In this episode, Balázs Fürjes speaks with Cristina Bescos, managing director at EIT Health Spain. Cristina holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and has a long career in research and management of large international teams in digital health and healthcare transformation,

Healthcare Hackers: Cognitus – Standing up straight

Nov 12 2020 17 mins  
Leg length discrepancy (LLD) is an orthopaedic condition that involves a difference in length between the lower extremities. This is a significant medical problem, and the causes may be various trauma, diseases, deformities of the locomotor system, surgery, growth disorders, neurological illness, and others. Statistics have shown that up to 90 per cent of the population has LLD. C

Healthcare Hackers: Neus Diagnostics – Keeping an eye on dementia

Oct 30 2020 18 mins  
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia. MCI contributes to 60–70 per cent of dementia cases, an illness for which there is currently no cure.However, very early-stage existing therapies can improve and prolong cognitive function.   Neus is a software solution for detecting MCI that combines eye-tracking