France and the V4 Countries connect on Smart Health. Do you want to be a part of it ?
Why?
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The V4 countries are the most dynamic economies in Europe with an average growth of more than 3%, well above the UE average over the last 15 years. They benefit the most from European structural funds (Poland and Hungary are the 1st and 3rd largest net recipient) and from a highly educated workforce. Besides that, Hungary has a lot of private investors and business angels eager to support and foster the development of startups. Innovation is among the top priorities of the Visegrad governments as much as of France, which launched pro-innovation initiatives such as French Tech Ticket, a program aiming to attract foreign startups in France.
Health is today the major challenge of our society in a context of an ageing society. In Central Europe, there is a real demand for flexible and affordable health care solutions which could be provided by connected health.
What type of event?
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Smart Health Budapest aims to create connections, opportunities and partnerships by bringing together stakeholders from innovative environments, from economic, scientific and institutional sectors between the V4 countries and France. It is the opportunity to exchange and create cross-border business links, to develop a new cooperation in the field of digital health as well as to share ideas, stories and build future opportunities in the field of eHealth.
We have designed a rich and diverse program with enriching lectures given by keynote speakers, roundtables, success stories, pitch competition and B2B sessions.
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When and where?
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Smart Health Budapest will take place on June 15th and 16th in the French Institute in Budapest.
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Organizers
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Smart Health Budapest 2017 was developped by the Scientific and Academic Cooperation and Economic departments of the French Embassy in Hungary and is organized in collaboration with EIT Health in Hungary.
The project V4 Connect France was launched in cooperation with the French Embassies in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
Smart Health 2017 is the second edition of a series of events, labeled V4 Connect France, which are organised each year in each of the V4 Countries on the topic of the technologies of the future. To learn more about the first edition in Bratislava in 2016, please click here.
