The Music And Health Hackathon
When:
Friday, Apr 05, 2019 5:00p -
Sunday, Apr 07, 2019 1:00p
Friday, Apr 05, 2019 5:00p -
Sunday, Apr 07, 2019 1:00p
Where:
Venture Cafe
1 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Alcohol, Art, Business, Festivals & Fairs, Food, Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Music, Party, Performing Arts, Social Good, Tech
Event website:
https://www.berklee.edu/music-health-innovation/forms/application-music-and-health-hackathon
***FREE EVENT***
Drinks and Food will be provided for all that attend.
This event will bring together clinicians, scientists, researchers, students, developers, engineers, designers, makers, musicians, dreamers, and technology experts to work toward designing novel, effectivJoin Berklee + Hacking Medicine for a hackathon focused on music + health, April 5-7, in Boston.
Over $60k in prizes will be available and winners will be on stage during HUBweek! Throughout history, music has been connected to curative, therapeutic, and medical outcomes. This event will build on this understanding while approaching challenges through the lenses of music, technology, and health care. We are seeking clinicians, creatives, musicians, engineers, designers, scientists, and dreamers to join this effort.
Challenges that will be addressed at the hackathon will include a diverse array of subjects relating to the important role that music can play in the innovation of technology for health and wellbeing, such as the treatment of chronic pain, creating safe spaces for patients with dementia, and utilizing music and technology to identify and address symptoms of increased stress, among other topics.e, and accessible music-based technological solutions that could have a transformative effect on overall health and wellbeing.
https://www.berklee.edu/music-health-innovation/forms/application-music-and-health-hackathon
