Adelaide Medtech Hackathon

Adelaide Medtech Hackathon

The Adelaide MedTech Hackathon is an intensive innovation program that is open to all South Australian tertiary students and the general public.

The MedTech Hackathon will incorporate four workshops in semester 2 of 2025 facilitated by industry and academic leaders in  sustainability, medicine, and innovation. Participants will also have access to formal mentoring sessions with knowledge­ specific practitioners, to accelerate teams through the process of creating, developing, assessing, and executing your ideas. Teams will then pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of judges for the chance to win prizes. 

For latest updates on the 2025 hackathon, follow the ADL Medtech Hackathon here. For further enquires, please email the team.

    Adelaide Medtech Hackathon

    Event Details:

    When: Tues 5, Thurs 7, Mon 11, and Wed 13 August, 2025

    Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

    Venue: AHMS Building (Day 1-3) and Nexus 10 Building (Day 4)

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    • Key Challenge

      Key Challenge:

      The Adelaide MedTech Hackathon aims to address the challenges associated with healthcare. With a focus on STeAM (Sustainability, Technology, Accessibility, Mental Health), we hope to make meaningful contributions towards environmentally sound healthcare waste management, preventing successive adverse health and environmental consequences. Additionally, we aim to uncover the challenges healthcare professionals face in delivering equitable care, exploring innovative technologies to improve system efficiency, enhancing accessibility for all patients, and creating solutions that support the mental wellbeing of both patients and providers. As part of the medical technology theme, we also hope to explore advancements that have the potential to positively transform healthcare practices.

      What is A Hackathon?  

      A Hackathon is a competition-style event where teams from different disciplines get together for a short period of time to collaborate on a project to solve a well-defined problem. 

    • Who can enter?

      Open to all tertiary students across all disciplines in South Australia and the general public. You can join individually or as a part of a team. If you like to solve problems, generate ideas, and want to help solve problem of healthcare waste, then you can participate! 

    • Key Dates

      Session 

      Date and Time 

      Venue  

      Workshop 1:  

      Idea Generation

      Tues 05 Aug 2025 
      5:00pm to 8:00pm

      AHMS G030

      Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building

      Workshop 2:  

      Intellectual Property / Pitching Exercise

      Thurs 07 Aug 2025
      5:30pm to 8:00pm

      AHMS 1059

      Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building 

      Workshop 3: 

      Logo Designing / Prototyping

      Mon 11 Aug 2025 
      5:30pm to 8:00pm

      AHMS G030

      Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building

      Pitching and Awards Ceremony  

      Wed 13 Aug 2025
      3:00pm to 8:00pm

      TBA and Nexus 10 Foyer, North Tce

    • Mentors and facilitators

      The Adelaide Medtech Hackathon will deliver a series of workshops delivered by industry and academic leaders in sustainability, medicine, and innovation. 

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