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What is RISE?

RISE is a two-day event that runs Friday (5 April) evening and all day Saturday (6 April) in Tamworth. It is is a startup event known as a ‘Hackathon’ providing participants with the opportunity to form teams, focus on a problem statement and pitch their ‘brilliant idea’ for health innovation in regional Australia to a panel of judges who will award a prize to the most viable idea on the day.

The RISE 2019 Mission 

This year’s mission is titled ‘Regional Healthcare & Connected Communities’ and is an opportunity to transform regional healthcare and build connected communities through creative collaboration between healthcare professionals, providers, consumers, students, researchers and technology creators.

 

The opportunity in joining:

As a participant and contributor to RISE you will be networking and co-producing solutions with industry stakeholders. You will experience what happens when healthcare professionals, providers, consumers, students, researchers and technology creators all work towards solutions to address the RISE 2019 Problem Statements.

Friday night accommodation provided for UNE students travelling from outside of Tamworth to participate!*

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Dates:

Friday 5th April 6 pm – 8.30 pm
Saturday 6th April 8 am – 6 pm

Where:

UNE SMART Region Incubator, Tamworth
24 Fitzroy St, Tamworth NSW 2340

Register for RISE

*If you require accommodation for Friday night, make sure you indicate this when you register!