Health and Sports Tech Academy

About this programme

Health and Sports Tech Academy is an intensive two-week summer school where students from various universities explore value-creating innovation within health and sports technology. The course focuses on both intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship in private, public, and NGO fields. It provides participants with practical knowledge on identifying opportunities, developing products through early prototyping, and securing resources for their ideas. Participants build innovation skills in health promotion, injury prevention, rehabilitation, fitness, sports performance, and technology through user-driven design activities. The course includes trend analysis to identify business opportunities and the development of sustainable solutions in a dynamic environment. Participants can bring their own case or collaborate on cases provided in the course. Key focus areas include: • Understanding needs in the health and sports sectors • Utilizing creative techniques for idea generation • Building prototypes and viable business models to present to a jury The program is relevant to students in health and sports fields - such as physiotherapy, nursing, public health, sports coaching/training, engineering, and business - who aim for impactful careers. The course offers collaboration with the startup hub Sport Lab Copenhagen and engineering capacities from the World Playground Research Institute, guiding participants through the first prototyping phase. Experts from the DRIVEN research centre, focusing on successful behaviour change, will deliver guest talks. Level: Master | Offered in Odense | Offered by: Faculty of Health Science