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Design thinking meets industry: students present innovative solutions at the 5-HT Digital Qualifier

As part of the Master's programme in Business Informatics at HWG Ludwigshafen, students under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Selchert took part in the 5-HT Digital Qualifier. This innovation competition gave the students the opportunity to work on practice-relevant tasks from companies and start-ups from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and to develop innovative solutions.

5-HT X-Linker 2023: Healthtech for Pharma enjoys outstanding feedback and praise from the healthcare industry

Under the motto "HEALTHTECH FOR PHARMA", 10 international startups presented their digital solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.

The path of healthcare into the digital future - eHealth Symposium 2023 offers new material for discussion

Kaiserslautern. Pandemics, supply chain problems, price explosions - also in 2023, healthcare will be confronted with numerous challenges. How innovative digital solutions can be used to meet them and what current developments and innovations there are to be found in the health sector were discussed again this year at the eHealth Symposium Südwest. The event took place for the 6th time in a row on 25 January 2023 - this time finally outside Zoom and Co at the Business + Innovation Center Kaiserslautern.

Driving future-proof patient care thanks to Insuring Digital Health

To everyone's delight, this year our "Insuring Digital Health" event was once again able to take place in Presence on Thursday, September 15, 2022. In order to enable health startups and health insurance companies to network quickly and purposefully and to establish a long-term partnership, this fall the fourth edition of the event was again held with Health in Innovation, an EIT Health company. 

By students for startups - presentation of the Digital Qualifier results

Students work on issues of #startups - this time at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. The teams presented the results they had worked out over the course of a semester to the start-ups and thus provided concrete approaches to solutions for their further development. Always a win-win for start-ups and students!

Win-win for students and startups at the 5-HT Digital Qualifier

What do you get when students spend a semester working intensively on concrete, practice-relevant challenges from companies? For the 6th time, students have worked on practice-relevant challenges from start-ups as part of the Digital Qualifier. On 15 June, the students of the Master's programme in Business Information Systems presented their research results on real challenges of companies and start-ups to Prof. Dr. Martin Selchert at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen and discussed them afterwards.

5-HT X-Linker "Smart Production" - a tremendous success

On Friday, 03 June, we heard "Build crosslinks now!" for the third time this year. Under the slogan "Smart Production", 10 international startups presented their digital solutions for the process industry as part of the 5-HT X-Linker "Smart Production".

Three Questions with X-Linker Alumni CibusCell

X-Linker New Energies - H2 Alumni CibusCell deals with digitalisation along the value chain for the production of green hydrogen. In an interview with 5-HT, Marcus Rübsam talks about CibusCell´s participation at the 5-HT X-Linker New Energies - H2, their project with GP Joule and the support of 5-HT.

The most innovative digital solutions for health and pharma

For the second time this year, we were able to organise a successful X-Linker and thus connect start-ups and corporates with each other. Under the motto "Digital Health for Pharma", 10 international startups presented their digital solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Pfizer Healthcare Hub called it "probably the most important matching event for startups and pharma companies in Europe" - the event was a complete success!

The laboratory of the future already today - thanks to the X-Linker "Lab of the Future

On Friday morning, February 11, 2022, it was that time again: At 9:15 am, the virtual doors to our 5-HT Eventspace opened. This offered 12 startups, 12 corporates and 400+ guests a platform for networking, exchange and innovation. Themed "Lab of the Future", this first of three X-Linker events in 2022 aimed to drive innovation and strengthen exchange in the development of digital lab solutions.

Students meet startups - Final of the Digital Qualifier

For the 5th time, students have worked on practice-relevant tasks from start-ups as part of the Digital Qualifier. On 11 January, the students of the Business Chemistry programme presented their research results of real challenges of the start-ups to Prof. Dr. Stephan Haubold at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Idstein and discussed them afterwards.

Digital solutions as a catalyst for a sustainable healthcare system - eHealth Symposium promotes exchange between representatives from medicine, research, business and politics

Around 300 representatives from medicine, research, business and politics took advantage of the 5th eHealth Symposium Southwest to learn about the rapid developments and innovative solutions with practical relevance in the field of eHealth in exciting presentations.

Digital solutions collide with the process industry

How can companies in the process industry leverage potential for digital innovation? How can they find out about new solutions? How can they get in touch with their providers?

Insuring Digital Health - Building a bridge between startups and health insurers

What exciting solutions are available for patients? At the "Insuring Digital Health" event, 8 startups met 8 health insurers & presented their needs-based solutions and innovations for patients.

Reaching a record number of virtual visitors, the 5-HT takes place for the third time

For the third time in a row, the 5-HT X-Linker took place with the aim of connecting promising startups with...

The 5-HT Digital Qualifier- successful final event possible even in times of crisis

Our website now has a media library

NEW on our website is the section "Media Library". Here you will find, among other things, the videos and documents of our online seminar "Privacy and Anonymization", videos of our events and our logos.

Digital solutions from apps to surgical robots at the eHealth Symposium Southwest 2020

Global get-together of startups and clinics about new digital health solutions at 5-HT Health Fair for Healthcare

The 5-HT Digital Hub Chemistry & Health hosted a global delegation on 27 November 2019 in Ludwigshafen: The representatives of...

Kick-off of Digital Qualifier Program with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Students – get started!

Kick-off at the Digital Qualifier/Students2Start-up. Today, the students of business chemistry at Fresenius University were introduced to the startups and...

Hackathons were yesterday. 5-HT Digital Qualifier is today.

By combining the creative potential of students with real-life tasks of companies, innovative and practical solutions can be created. These...

5-HT X-linker … the video is there!

Now that the first startup program 5-HT X-linker has been a full success, we want to share some impressions as...