Advance Health Hackathon

​We’re excited to introduce Advance Health 2026 — Ireland’s first student-led HealthTech & MedTech hackathon.

​We’re bringing together students from across Ireland to collaborate on ethical, real-world healthcare challenges.

​Students from medicine, engineering, computer science, business, design, and beyond will work in cross-disciplinary teams to design, prototype, and pitch impactful healthcare solutions.

​Register your team here and learn more about the hackathon: https://www.advancehealth.ie/#

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​🤝Collaborators:

​Entrepreneurship at Portal, TCD

​Open Incubator

​DCU Innovate Catalyst

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​🤝 Student Societies Involved

​This hackathon is organised in collaboration with:

​• Trinity for Global Health

​• TCD Engineering Society

​• IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (TCD)

​• Trinity Entrepreneurial Society

​• Trinity Equality in STEM Society

​• UCD Women in STEM

​• Association of Medical Students Ireland (AMSI)

​• UCD AI in Medicine

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​📍 Event Details

​📌 Main space 102, Portal, 1st floor, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

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​🗓️Feb 27 (Evening) — Kickoff, team formation & challenge reveal

​🗓️ Feb 28 (Full Day) — Workshops, mentor sprints & building - Top 3-5 Teams Selected 

​🎤 Top Teams Present at Demo Day March 14th — Final pitches & awards

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​🧠 Who Is This For?

​Advance Health 2026 is for both technical and non-technical participants.

​💻 Coding and technical builds are absolutely welcome and rewarded

​🚫 You are NOT expected to know how to code to take part

​Teams will be intentionally formed to balance skills, typically aiming for 2 technical + 2 non-technical participants per team — because great health innovation needs more than just code.

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​🛠️ What You’ll Build

​You don’t need a fully finished product to succeed.

​✅ Digital prototypes & coded solutions

​✅ Proofs of concept, mock-ups, or demos

​✅ Clear problem definition and impact

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​🔬 Innovation Tracks

​Participants will compete across five tracks:

​🔹 Medical Devices

​🔹 AI in Healthcare

​🔹 Women’s Health

​🔹 Healthcare Screening & Optimisation

​🔹 Global Health