Hosted by Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care at Boston University

What: Hackathon and prototyping event focused on cancer care!

When: October 2, 2014, 1 pm to October 3, 2014 7 pm

Who: Anyone and Everyone! Engineers, Scientists, Clinicians, Students, Hackers and More.

Fee: NONE!

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Prizes

First Place Team

$1500 Cash Prize
1 year access to CFTCC Alpha Core Laboratory at Boston University

Second Place Team

$1000 Cash Prize

Third Place Team

$500 Cash Prize

CAMTech Sponsored Prize

$500 Cash Prize

The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Global Health Initiative will award a $500 prize to a technology/process and/or business model innovation that will attempt to solve diagnostic issues related to cancer care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Teams will be evaluated on the following criteria: health impact (on oncology diagnostics) in LMICs , creative and disruptive nature of the solution, sustainable business model, cross-disciplinary team composition and a compelling pitch.