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Hackathons: calling all innovators

24 October 2022

Lauren Bellefeuille

Our new Longitude Prize on Dementia, funded by Alzheimer’s Society and Innovate UK and delivered by Challenge Works, has joined forces with our portfolio of partners to host a series of virtual hackathons open to innovators round the world hoping to win the £1m grand prize.

These hackathon sessions will connect innovators with experts, the funders of the prize programme and people living with dementia, to help them better understand the condition and how they can enter and win the Prize.

The hackathons will follow the same agenda, and will take place on the following days

Wednesday 16 November 2022
12:00 GMT – 15:00 GMT
07:00 ET – 10:00 ET

Register: 16 November 2022

Wednesday 23 November 2022
15:00 GMT – 18:00 GMT
10:00 ET – 13:00 ET | 07:00 PT – 11:00 PT

Register: 23 November 2022

Hackathon Agenda

Event Chair

Ruth Neale – Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Event Opening

Speaker Session: Introduction to the Longitude Prize on Dementia
Speaker: Lauren Bellefeuille – Assistant Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Prize Funders Speaker Session:
Simon Lord – Head of Innovation, Alzheimer’s Society
Julia Glenn – Design Innovation Lead, UKRI Innovate UK (16 November)
Sophie Hardwick – Programme Manager, UKRI Innovate UK (23 November)

Lived-Experience with Dementia Session:

Paul J Harvey, lived-experience with Dementia in the UK (16 November)
Trevor Salomon, person affected by dementia in the UK (23 November)

People living with dementia and carers will share first hand experience of what it’s like to live with dementia, and what transformative technology they believe would improve their lives.

Panel Discussion

The Panel discussion will be a chance for innovators to hear from the panel of experts and programme partners of:

How to succeed in the Longitude Prize
The role of technology for dementia care
How to achieve a successful and mutually beneficial relationship between innovators and users with lived experience of dementia.

Panel Members:

Bianca Stern – Executive Director, Health Innovation, The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
Charlene Manning Business – Development Manager, UK Public Sector, Amazon Web Services UK Ltd
Dr. Andrew Jones – Head of Clinical Innovation, Amazon Web Services UK Ltd
Martin Knapp – Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Juliette Malley, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Paul J Harvey, lived-experience with Dementia in the UK
Trevor Salomon, person affected by dementia in the UK

Network & Partnership Activity

Chairs: Ruth Neale and Lauren Bellefeuille

Innovators will have the opportunity to connect with one another and speak with the prize partners in breakout sessions about technologies they may already be working on, or to seek advice on a potential entry to the prize.