HUG Hackathon

What is the HUG Hackathon?

Open to all HUG staff, patients and partners (UNIGE, HES, etc.) and innovation enthusiasts, the HUG Hackathon is a participative and creative event designed to stimulate the generation of ideas. By encouraging hackathon participants to work together to solve various challenges within a set timeframe and with the aim of presenting results, the Hackathon is an ideal tool for encouraging the emergence of innovative ideas and the rapid development of functional prototypes for the solutions devised.

Challenge-bearers “pitch” their challenges to the participants in order to create multidisciplinary teams. For 36 hours, the team members work together to develop a concrete solution. The solution is evaluated based on its innovative character, its benefit for the patients and the institution, its applicability within the HUG, as well as the quality and persuasiveness of the pitch. The most convincing proposals are awarded the Grand Prize of the Hackathon, the Jury’s “Coup de cœur” Prize, the Public’s “Coup de cœur” Prize, as well as a special prize specific to the theme of the edition. This event takes place at the Innovation Center, where “everyone can make a difference”.

What are the key steps of the HUG Hackathon?

Call for projects

Are you a collaborator at the HUG and passionate about innovation and want to help the hospital evolve? Submit a challenge to improve institutional processes, innovate in the services offered within the hospital or create objects and tools that can be implemented in a concrete way within the institution.

Registration

Do you want to take up the challenges proposed by HUG staff and take part in a dynamic and different event by joining the team of a challenge leader? Register as a participant.

Meet-up innovation  

Meeting of challenge holders with the Innovation Center team to discuss their challenges and define their scope.

Pitch Night

The pitch evening takes place before the Hackathon. During this evening, the challenge leaders are invited to “pitch” their project. The participants of the Hackathon can then choose which challenge they want to join during the Hacking Days.

Hacking Days

For 36 hours, the teams develop their prototype in a dynamic and convivial atmosphere and present their results.