5G Transatlantic Lab HACK THE HOSPITAL!

Barcelona x Boston

May 21 – 23 2021

Would you like to rewrite the story of two children’s hospitals?

ABOUT

Technologists, teachers, doctors, designers, communicators, psychologists, innovators… you’re being called to get on board!

Join Garage Stories and Mobile World Capital Barcelona on their first edition of the 5G Transatlantic Lab series “HACK THE HOSPITAL!” and help them explore the potential of 5G and XR to make children’s and families’ stay at the hospital as enjoyable and less traumatic as possible!

Hack The Hospital edition is an online hackathon that connects the cities of Boston and Barcelona. The labs’ goal focuses on developing ideas to improve the hospital experience of the children staying at the Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children’s Hospital by exploring the potential of new technologies (XR/AI/IOT/5G).

During Hack The Hospital, 300 creative minds will be selected to work in 50 multidisciplinary and transatlantic teams to bring solutions to 5 challenges: education, mental health, socialization, entertainment and family experience within the hospital environment

Organized by Garage Stories and Mobile World Capital Barcelona with the support of Cisco, IBM, GSMA, CaixaBank, 5G Barcelona, Barcelona Tech City, MedVR and Generalitat de Catalunya – With the outstanding participation of the children staying at the Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children’s Hospital as active mentors and decisive role as part of the final jury!

Hack The Hospital:

The cruise will count on expert talks, the advice of international mentors and the real stories of the expert kids staying at the Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children’s Hospital

Teams: 50 transatlantic teams (teams of 6)

Challenges: education, mental health, socialization, entertainment and family experience within the hospital environment

Award:

By the end of the journey, 2 best ideas will be presented at the Mobile World Capital stand under the framework of MWC Barcelona 2021 and will be developed at both hospitals!

Who can apply:

This is a call to technologists, teachers, doctors, designers, communicators, psychologists, coders… whatever professional background YOU come from. Your unique talent and passion is the magic we need to start the engines of our cruise! Are you ready to join this amazing adventure?

How to apply:

Apply individually or in groups of 3 (all disciplines are welcome!)
Fill out the application form
Choose a challenge
Prepare to team up with other transatlantic creative minds and board on to Hack the Hospital

Apply here: https://www.5gtransatlanticlab.com/apply

This is a non-profit event so participation is free of charge

Teams:

The final teams will be composed of 6 people and will be formed after matchmaking sessions happening every Wednesday on our lab LinkedIn group – in short, you will have the chance to network and end up working with people you have never met before!

More info: https://www.5gtransatlanticlab.com/

MORE DETAILS

Schedule:

May 10-20 – expert talks (content will be recorded and uploaded after every talk)
May 21-23 – HACK THE HOSPITAL (hackathon weekend)
May 24 – final pitch and winner announcement

The lab will officially kick off Friday May 21, at 3 pm Barcelona/9 am Boston until Sunday 23 May, 7 pm Barcelona/1 pm Boston, where the pitching will take place to select the 10 finalists (two per challenge).

By Monday 24 at 6 pm Barcelona/12 am Boston the finalists will be announced and a final pitch will take place in front of a jury board. The best two ideas will become the winners of Hack The Hospital

Teamwork:

Teams will work physically together with their teammates based in the same city, and online with their teammates based in the other city. Every day there will be online checkpoints and 30 minutes masterclasses to help teams develop their project from start to finish.

Resources available:

Large pool of experts and tech mentors that will be available to support teams during the process
Live testimonials of the children staying at the Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children’s Hospital and mentoring sessions during the hackathon days
Online tools to develop your ideas (Webex Teams, Mural)
Slack community to interact with the rest of the participants and mentors

Output:

The expected output of the lab is a pitch deck of the proposed idea that covers its value proposition, technical feasibility and development plan and business model. It is also expected one 30 seconds to 1-minute concept video of the idea.

Jury:

The event will count with a final expert jury board and children representative of the Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children’s Hospital’s long-term hospitalized children community.