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Datum
29 September 2026 18:00–21:00
Location
Agora Learning Center
Zaal Couvreur
Edward Van Evenstraat 4
Leuven
Organized by
KU Leuven Research & Development, Smart Hub Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders DC, Voka Vlaams-Brabant
Event type News labels / tags
Digital health
Medical biotech
Medtech
Research

Bring your idea to life! A matchmaking event for healthcare providers and creative companies

Bring your idea to life

Do you have an innovative idea for improving healthcare? But do you lack the time, network, or expertise to effectively develop that idea? This matchmaking event brings healthcare providers and companies from the creative sector together, so that your idea can come to life with professional support. 

This isn’t a traditional event with pitches in front of a large audience. Instead, we aim for focused, constructive conversations between healthcare professionals and creative companies about challenges in healthcare - and how to overcome them!

  • Healthcare providers will bring concrete problems and ideas from their daily practice.
  • Designers, technology partners, and companies from the creative sector (design, media, product development, etc.) who can help with these challenges will contribute their insights and translate them into feasible solutions.
  • Short conversations between healthcare providers and companies quickly clarify who is working on what and where opportunities lie.
  • Targeted matchmaking ensures the right people end up sitting around the table together.
  • In small co-creation sessions, ideas are further developed and made more concrete.
     

Program

  • 18:00 – 18:30 | Welcome & introduction
  • 18:30 – 19:00 | Informal sharing of innovative ideas
  • 19:00 – 21:00 | Matchmaking with a light dinner
     

Do you want to bring your healthcare idea to life?

During conversations with companies, you’ll share your innovative idea — as a healthcare provider — on how to improve healthcare. You’ll also explain who or what you’re looking for to help bring that idea to life. Based on this, we will bring the right people together. In small groups, you’ll further develop your idea and explore possible solutions with the most suitable companies from the creative sector.
Registration for healthcare professionals
 

Would you like to help build healthcare innovations?

As a company in the creative sector (design, media, product development, etc.), would you like to participate in this matchmaking event with healthcare providers who want to implement an innovative idea? During informal conversations, you’ll listen carefully to the various ideas. Afterward, we will connect you with the healthcare providers who can benefit most from your skills — and vice versa!
Registration for companies

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