The BEST Innovation Symposium is back

After the prior years' success, the BEST program has returned.
The BEST Innovation Symposium is a 2-days event from July 10-11  to be held during the 2014 BEST Innovation Week in Strasbourg. The symposium is dedicated to medical technology innovators to network, share ideas, and open minds featuring a faculty of internationally recognized entrepreneurs and scientists.
B.E.S.T. recognizes and rewards students and young entrepreneurs who identify a real-world problem and apply engineering, science, computing, and leadership skills to solve it. The symposium offers students and young entrepreneurs the perfect opportunity to have their ingenuity and enthusiasm for medical device development recognized by prestigious scientists and investors around the globe.

Abstract Submission
If you have any candidates with promising projects in the field of medical technology, we would like to encourage them to submit a short abstract (500 words) to the BEST Innovation Symposium 2014 by mail: studentcourse@ircad.fr  before June 15, 2014.

Qualifying Ideas
The conference will accept abstracts in the field of medical device design, such as intraluminal  devices, retraction devices, motion and deformation tracking devices, interventional robotic devices, hand-held manipulation devices, and computer-integrated devices.

Awards
The student/team with the most market-ready innovation will be awarded with direct feedback from a panel of innovators and investors,and a prize of 1500 EUROS.

For more information on the symposium, please see the attached documents. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us or visit our website: www.ircad.fr/student

Check out the official brochure of the event!
Detailed program is here.

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