Balance of the 3rd H2020 Meeting, an opportunity for innovation in Health

During the meeting on the past 24 November, the presented funding opportunities focused principally on the Horizon 2020 program’s call to Health and well-being (Social Challenge 1). In the 2016 call, there is a budget available for health projects of €323.5 million and €19.5 million for coordination actions. Of all of the subjects available in the area of Health and well-being, there are four directly related to the use of ICT and which have a budget of €43.5 million. Opportunities were also presented in the area of the Internet of Things and of the call for safety in which challenges were considering the environment of Health, where these have a budget of €21 million.

The funding opportunities were also presented which the CDTI provides for innovative companies. The Neotec, Innvierte, Eureka and Eurostars programs were revealed, all of which have a strong presence in funded ICT and Health projects, and the presentation of new proposals in the forthcoming meetings was therefore also encouraged.

Finally, Mind the Byte and Starlab took over in the presentation of experiences by companies that have received funding through the Horizon 2020’s SME instrument. This is an instrument that allows a company to be individually financed in the first phase with €50,000 in order to define its business case, and then to present an application for funding of up to €2.5 million to develop this business idea. In 2016 there will be several cut-off dates and an available budget of €53 million. “The companies of the ICT and health sector have to be aware that there is a budget of €18 million for developing new specific solutions in this field", Garcia-Milà stressed.

The audience comprised mainly companies, supplier centres, research centres and other representatives, and all enjoyed the networking performed during the meeting.

Below you can consult the presentations used at the meeting and see the different images of the event:

1. Social challenges of Horizon 2020: Health, Demography and Well-being                                                                                              Mr. Ignasi Garcia-Milà, European Project Manager. Fundació TicSalut                                                                                               Mrs. Margarita Hospedales, European Project Manager. Fundació TicSalut                                                               2. Opportunities for companies                                                                                                                                                                     Mr. Javier Echávarri, Promotion and Corporation Management, ICT Area, CDTI                                                                    3. Lessons learned in producing proposals of European projects:                                                                                                                 Mr. Joan Carles Contel, PIAISS                                                                                                                                                            Mr. Enric Llopis. European Project Manager. Fundació TicSalut                                                                                                4. SME Instrument. The new tool for encouraging innovation for SMEs                                                                                                       Mr. David Rovirosa, Head of International R&D of ACCIÓ                                                                                                                    Mr. Alfons Nonell, CEO Mind the Byte                                                                                                                                                   Mrs. Anna Puig, Starlab                                                                                                                                                        5. HealthTech Health Technologies Cluster                                                                                                                                                   Mr. Manel Pretel, HealthTech Cluster Coordinator