IMPACT CHALLENGE
Learn how to apply design thinking to solve health-related needs
Date and time
Location
Innomedicum
Nanna Svartz väg 4 171 65 Campus Solna SwedenAbout this event
Join us for KI’s Impact Challenge event on May 12-13, where you’ll have the opportunity to work on a pressing need in today’s society “how to increase physical activity among young people”.
This event welcomes undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in health innovation. Throughout the event, you will attend inspiring lectures, collaborate in mixed teams from KI´s different educational programs, and learn how to apply the so-called design thinking methodology, a method based on the designer's way of working to address users' needs. Additionally, you will receive pitch coaching to enhance your ability to present your solutions in an effective way to a panel of judges.
The aim is to give you an understanding of innovation to carry with you through your studies and into your careers. Don’t miss this chance to engage with the process and be a part of finding solutions.
Register now to secure your spot!
Schedule
Friday 12th of May
15.30 - 16.30 Drop in Registration, Meet your team
16.30 - 16.35 Welcome - Andreas Lundquist, Business coach at KI Innovations and Annelie Hultman, Industrial designer
16.35 - 16.55 Keynote speaker - Jessica Norrbom, PhD in exercise physiology, teacher, and researcher at KI
16.55 - 17.15 Keynote speaker - Henriette Stahle, MSc from International Business Administration and Economics, area lead for preschools and schools for Generation Pep
17.15 - 17.35 Keynote speaker - Susanne Andermo, PhD is a researcher and lecturer with a scientific background in public health, caring sciences, and anthropology
17.35 - 17.45 What is Design Thinking? - Annelie Hultman, Industrial designer
17.45 - 18.00 Work in teams
Saturday 13th of May
08.00 - 09.00 Meeting of teams and coaches, Breakfast
09.00 - 9.45 Introduction to the day - Annelie Hultman, Industrial designer
9.45 - 10.15 Working in teams
10.15 - 10.45 Meeting the users - Interviews
10.45 - 13.00 Working in teams, Lunch
13.00 - 13.30 Meeting the users - Testing and feedback
13.30 - 16.00 Working in teams, Including pitch workshop
16.00 - 17.00 Working in teams, Dinner
17.00 - 18.00 Live Pitching Contest
18.00 - 18.20 Keynote speaker - Glenn Bilby, international health and fitness entrepreneur with a scientific background in exercise physiology and physiotherapy
18.20 - 18.30 Announcement of the winning team
18.30 - 21.00 Mingle with innovation organisations (optional)
Participating organisations in the Mingle: SSES, Tekniskas hub in Hagastaden, OpenLab, Synapse and KI Innovations
Keynote Speakers
Jessica Norrbom
Jessica Norrbom has a PhD within exercise physiology and is a teacher and researcher at KI. She is the Program Director of the Master Program in Translational Physiology and Pharmacology. One of her current research projects investigates the effect of resistance exercise in children.
Jessica will talk about physical activity in children and adolescents and address aspects such as how much are children moving today and what effects does physical activity have on the body – directly and long-term.
Henriette Stahle
Henriette Stahle has a MSc from International Business Administration and Economics, she recently changed career into health promotion, dived into courses at both GiH and Karolinska Institutet, and now with a mission to create the change needed at Generation Pep. Henriette works as area lead for preschools and schools for Generation Pep, a non-profit Swedish organisation aiming to give children and young people the opportunity and will to live active and healthy lives. Generation Pep is working to engage society as a whole to ensure that all children, regardless of where they live and who they are, remain as healthy as possible, which is also one of the tenants of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Susanne Andermo
Susanne Andermo, PhD is a researcher and lecturer with a scientific background in public health, caring sciences and anthropology. Her research concerns health promotion among children and adolescents with a focus on healthy lifestyle habits, including physical activity, as well as promotion of psychosocial health.
Glenn Bilby
Glenn Bilby is an international health and fitness entrepreneur with a scientific background in exercise physiology and physiotherapy. He will tell his story about being an innovator in healthcare.
He founded award-winning Qinematic to bring affordable motion capture technology to health providers so they can prevent, rehabilitate and even predict movement-related problems like back pain, osteoarthritis, sports injuries and falls. He says people who move well can move more, enjoy their lives fully, and use corrective exercise as medicine.
Hosted by UBE (Unit for Bioentrepreneurship - Karolinska Institutet) and KI Innovations
Sponsored by HEInnovaSport - EIT HEI Initiative and AWL - A Working Lab