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2021 Global Health Innovation Academy

The 2021 Global Health Innovation Academy (GHIA) event will be held virtually from June 7th – June 9th.

This June, the finest innovations in health and healthcare from Switzerland, Hong Kong, Qatar, and Canada will come together to compete in a virtual scientific and business pitch competition at the Global Healthcare Innovation Academy (GHIA) for funding ($10,000 top prize), international recognition, and networking opportunities.

2021 Innovation Competition
We are excited to announce three innovation competition streams for GHIA this year:

• Biomedical
• Social
• COVID-19

Applications for all three competition streams are now closed. To learn more about the innovations competing at GHIA 2021, please click here.

March 18, 2021April 16, 2021 by W21C

2021 Global Healthcare Innovation Academy

The GHIA event will be held virtually from June 7th – June 9th, 2021. Registration details will be announced once available. The 2021 Global Healthcare Innovation… Read more “2021 Global Healthcare Innovation Academy”

March 27, 2020March 15, 2021 by W21C

Voting is now open for GHIA Wildcard Competition

The voting for the Global Healthcare Innovation Academy Wildcard competition is now live. Please click here to see the submission videos and to cast your vote. Your vote… Read more “Voting is now open for GHIA Wildcard Competition”

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by W21C

Global Healthcare Innovation Academy 2020 – Wildcard Submission

On June 22-23, 2020, the twelve best innovations in health and healthcare from Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Canada will come together in Toronto to compete in a… Read more “Global Healthcare Innovation Academy 2020 – Wildcard Submission”

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by W21C

Congratulations to our 2019 Event Winners!

W21C will like to congratulate all award winners and thank all competitors for their great presentations. To learn more about the 2019 W21C Innovation Academy, please click… Read more “Congratulations to our 2019 Event Winners!”

October 31, 2019January 21, 2020 by W21C

Check out our Competitor videos

As part of the 2019 W21C Innovation Academy, all competitors had to submit a 45 second video detailing their innovation. The videos have now been posted online.… Read more “Check out our Competitor videos”

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by W21C

Persuasive Pitching

You are invited to attend Persuasive Pitching, led by Dr. Lorian Hardcastle. In this session you will learn to create successful arguments through the use of persuasive… Read more “Persuasive Pitching”

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 by W21C

Register Now | 2019 W21C Innovation Academy

Register now to join us for the 2019 W21C Innovation Academy! As an audience member you will be the first to learn about some of the most… Read more “Register Now | 2019 W21C Innovation Academy”

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by W21C

Meet the 2019 Competitors

Want to know who is competing at the 2019 W21C Innovation Academy? We are thrilled to share the four social innovations and the five biomedical innovations that… Read more “Meet the 2019 Competitors”

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 by W21C

Call for Abstracts – Now Open

We are now accepting abstracts for innovations within the following competition streams: Biomedical Innovation: The process of transforming scientific discoveries into novel therapies, better prognostics/diagnostics, vaccines, or… Read more “Call for Abstracts – Now Open”

June 26, 2019June 27, 2019 by W21C