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From enabling community-health workers to better serve patients in remote areas to helping governments in preventing deadly outbreaks, AI shows tremendous potential. Health Systems across the world face hindrances and glaring shortages of workers, medical equipment and other resources that need innovative approaches to overcome. AI shows great promise in not only optimizing existing resources and greatly enhancing healthcare delivery but also breaking the fundamental tradeoffs in health access, quality, and cost. While the promise lies but it is accompanied by a dearth of proven and scalable solutions, with opaque barriers and a lack of an enabling environment for such innovations to scale.

The PhixAi Tech Challenge aims to stimulate the ideation, development, and validation of AI-driven solutions in public health. By providing a platform for tech enthusiasts, startups, and innovators, it seeks to catalyze groundbreaking solutions with tangible impact on global health outcomes.

Harnessing cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions for developing AI enabled healthcare facilities. The objective of the challenge is to establish a dynamic platform that unites promising technologies, innovations, and solutions with key stakeholders in the field of AI and public health.

These advancements and solutions fall into the following categories:

Product Innovations: Pioneering technological products designed to prevent, and diagnose diseases at individual or populational level, products which aid in treatment, treatment adherence, and more.
Process Innovations: Solutions encompassing data analysis tools, communication and information resources, information, and communication technology (ICT) solutions, supply chain optimization, standard operating procedures (SoPs), capacity-building, and mentoring solutions.

AI in Public Health Policy, and Planning:

  • Using AI to analyze multi-source data for evidence-based policy tools, AI dashboarding for decision making in healthcare delivery.
  • Optimizing surveillance, risk prediction, resource allocation, forecasting, needs assessment, targeting and selecting interventions, impact monitoring and evaluation for public health service delivery.

AI in Healthcare Professionals Assistance, and Community Engagement:

  • Developing AI tools to assist healthcare professionals in improved workflow efficiency, quality assurance, clinical decision-making, referrals, screening, and diagnostics.
  • Aid community health providers (including FLW) in virtual assistance for social and behavioral change, capacity building, reporting and records management, data driven diagnosis and care.

AI in Climate and Health:

1. Environmental Health Monitoring:
  • AI-powered data analytics monitoring air quality and pollution patterns.
  • Assists in identifying vectors and other factors responsible for climate-related diseases.
  • Supports early warning systems for climate-related health risks.

    • 2. Risk Mitigation/Management and Adaptation:
  • AI enabled climate modeling, predicting environmental changes affecting health.
  • Contributes to disease spread prediction influenced by one health / climate conditions.
  • AI aids in designing climate-resilient healthcare infrastructure.
  • Optimizes healthcare supply chains and ensures resource availability during climate events.
  • Innovative AI based technologies for participatory governance and planning to mitigate climate related health risks, strengthen community based early warning systems, surveillance mechanisms etc.

Inclusion Criteria

  • Product innovations that are at TRL 8 or 9 only will be considered
  • For process innovations, only those innovations will be considered which is fully developed, with robust methodology and pilot tested in at least one similar setting with documented learnings.

Exclusion Criteria

The University will organize the university-level in Campus HealthOn challenge by May 15, 2024.

  • Medical products with pending regulatory clearance
  • Innovations that are at prototype stage
  • Process innovations that are at a conceptual stage or without a robust methodology as assessed by the program team.

  • Applicants must then ensure their applications are submitted by 20 May 2024 and that their solutions are presented in the provided template (which will be sent via email upon registration or downloaded from the portal after Logging in ).
  • Applications will be initially screened based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the challenge.
  • Shortlisted applicants to make a virtual pitch to the assessing panel by the first half of June.
  • Dissemination workshop to showcase successful innovations or solutions at a regional event at the end of June.
  • A compendium of shortlisted innovations or solutions will be compiled and released at our Global Event in the last quarter of 2024 and three of the selected innovators will be sponsored to attend the Final Global Event to participate in roundtables and aid in shaping the AI x Health ecosystem.

  • TRL 9 – Technology has been applied in its final form and is operational.
  • TRL 8 – Technology is proven and developed but not yet operational or applied anywhere.
  • TRL 7 – Actual system prototype is near completion or ready and has been demonstrated in an operational environment or is at pilot level.
  • TRL 6 – Prototype is being tested in simulated operational environment or in a high-fidelity laboratory environment.
  • TRL 5 – Technology has been put together and can be tested in a simulated environment.
  • TRL 4 – Basic technological components have been integrated to establish that they work together.
  • TRL 3 – Proof of Concept stage /Active R&D has been initiated. This includes analytical studies and laboratory studies to physically validate the analytical predictions of separate elements of the technology.
  • TRL 2 – Technology concept / application formulated.
  • TRL 1 – There are paper studies to support the technology’s basic properties

  • The last date of submission is May 20th, 2024.
  • Evaluation of shortlisted participants via virtual pitch will take place in the 1st week of June.
  • Intimation to finalists will be sent out in the 2nd week of June.
  • Regional events are scheduled in 4th week of June.
  • The Global Event is planned in Quarter 4 of 2024.

The projects will be assessed following the criteria below:

  • Product Stage (20%) - The stage of the technology as per the technology readiness levels defined. We are looking for TRL 8 or plus level innovative solutions applied in their final form and are operational. Refer to TRL description for more details.
  • Evidence-Based Validation (20%) - The technology will be reviewed clinical or other validation data. Published data will be given more weightage.
  • Operational Scalability (20%) - The technology will be evaluated on its performance data from real-world deployments (pilot or large scale). Existing deployments, their effectiveness study, or the feasibility assessment of deployment in the region of interest will also be evaluated (in case done).
  • Innovativeness (10%) - The viability and feasibility of the technological solution from a technical, economic, and social context to be scaled-up. The extent to which the proposed budget is realistic, within scope, and accounts for unknown challenges. The feasibility of implementing the solution at scale.
  • Usability and Acceptability (10%) - The technology will be evaluated on end-user and healthcare acceptance along with programmatic fit in the region of interest.
  • Introduction Roadmap for the target region (10%) - Assessment of the market entry plan, key strategic ideas on introduction in the target region of interest including plans to navigate the necessary regulatory approvals.
  • Team (10%) - The technology will also be evaluated on the core team capabilities, strength and complementarities.

This Tech Challenge is organized by PhixAi.   The aim of these Terms & Conditions is to govern your participation in the Tech Challenge. By participating in the Tech Challenge, you fully and unconditionally agree to comply with these terms and conditions.  The purpose of the Tech Challenge is for Participants to submit original contributions or projects that meet the requirements set out in the Tech challenge initiative sections. These original contributions or projects are formalized as Deliverables.

The Tech Challenge commences on February, 26, 2024 and concludes on 4th week of June, 2024. The Tech Challenge website will be accessible 24 hours a day, barring IT maintenance operations.

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Any eligible person or team who is registered on the PhixAi website and enrolls to participate in the Tech Challenge (“Participant” or “You”), is required to review and accept these terms and conditions. By accessing and accepting these terms and conditions, You: Enter into a valid and enforceable contractual relationship with the organizer regarding participation in the Tech Challenge. The registration and enrollment in the Tech Challenge does not set up any subordination relationship between the Organizer and the Participant, and fully and unconditionally agree to comply with these terms and conditions. Participants express their agreement by ticking the agreement box during enrollment in the Tech Challenge.  In case of non-respect of these terms and conditions, the Participant will be disqualified from the Tech Challenge.

To take part in the Tech Challenge, we must receive your completed registration and required submission by May 20, 2024, 23:59 pm (GMT +5.30). To register, the Participant must first have created a user account on the PhixAi website and must have truthfully and accurately completed all required information therein. Any registration based on inaccurate, false or incomplete information will result in the Participant’s disqualification. Refusing collection, recording and use of their personal data that is strictly necessary to performing the Tech Challenge will result in the Participant’s disqualification. The Participant is solely responsible for the information he/she provides when registering. Any intentional or non-intentional mistake, anomaly or inconsistency, regarding this information, may result in the Participant’s disqualification. The organizer reserves the right to conduct all necessary verifications regarding the Participant’s identity, postal and/or email address.  Deletion of a Participant’s user account on the PhixAi website will be deemed as a withdrawal from the Tech Challenge. In this case, the Participant, regardless of whether the deletion results from the Participant’s personal action or not, will not participate in the Tech Challenge, and will not obtain any compensation.  Registration for and participation in the Tech Challenge is free, with no purchase or payment obligation.

The Tech Challenge consists of two stages:
Participants should submit their respective solutions on or before the designated deadline. If a Participant does not upload complete application on the Tech Challenge website before the deadline, this will be considered as a withdrawal from the Tech Challenge. The Participant may not join the Tech Challenge. Guidelines for Submission These are the general guidelines and template for submission will be provided upon registration

  • Identify the problem/ opportunity
  • Describe your solution/ technology/ product/ program/ platform
  • Define fitment and alignment to the challenge focus areas
  • Estimate potential reach and impact of your solution/ technology/ product/ program/ platform
  • Define roadmap for implementation
  • Detail out financial structure for deployment, including cost per beneficiary reached
  • Mention any existing evidence of effectiveness
  • Mention the technology readiness level for product innovations
  • Introduce Leadership team/management

  • Participants are invited to submit their proposals addressing one of the defined themes as mentioned in the thematic areas under the Tech challenge on the PhixAi website.
  • Participants will be given a set timeframe to submit their project.
  • A maximum of 10 teams will be shortlisted for the final round.
  • Proposals should include contents based on the guidelines of submission in the format as will be provided via email upon registration.
  • Submissions can be made through the official PhixAi website.
  • A panel of expert judges will review and score the submissions.
  • Shortlisted entities will be selected based on their overall performance and alignment with the Tech challenge’s selection criteria.
  • Winners may be invited to showcase their solutions, providing an opportunity to elaborate on their ideas.

Please note, work should not be plagiarized or excerpted, and any discrepancies will be rejected.
Submissions will be judged according to the Selection Criteria as follows:

The projects will be assessed following the criteria below:
  • Product Stage (20%) - The stage of the technology as per the technology readiness levels defined. We are looking for TRL 8 or plus level innovative solutions applied in their final form and are operational. Refer to TRL description for more details.
  • Evidence-Based Validation (20%) - The technology will be reviewed clinical or other validation data. Published data will be given more weightage.
  • Operational Scalability (20%) - The technology will be evaluated on its performance data from real-world deployments (pilot or large scale). Existing deployments, their effectiveness study, or the feasibility assessment of deployment in the region of interest will also be evaluated (in case done).
  • Innovativeness (10%) - The viability and feasibility of the technological solution from a technical, economic, and social context to be scaled-up. The extent to which the proposed budget is realistic, within scope, and accounts for unknown challenges. The feasibility of implementing the solution at scale.
  • Usability and Acceptability (10%) - The technology will be evaluated on end-user and healthcare acceptance along with programmatic fit in the region of interest.
  • Introduction Roadmap for the target region (10%) - Assessment of the market entry plan, key strategic ideas on introduction in the region of interest including plans to navigate the necessary regulatory approvals.
  • Team (10%) - The technology will also be evaluated on the core team capabilities, strength and complementarities.

You agree and acknowledge that the Tech Challenge relies on the Product Stage, Evidence-Based Validation, Operational Scalability, Innovativeness, Usability and Acceptability, Introduction Roadmap for the target region of interest, and Team of the technology or solution. The Tech Challenge does not depend, even partially, on chance or luck, and therefore should not be considered as a lottery. Under no circumstances are factors such as appearance, religion, membership in a trade union, political opinions or sexual orientation considered to impact shortlisting probability.  The shortlisted entities will get an opportunity to present their final solutions. The Individuals or Teams are requested to submit a PowerPoint presentation of their solutions highlighting the relevance to the thematic areas on the Tech Challenge page on the PhixAi website.
Once selection has been completed, Participants will be notified by email on the results of each Round. Selected solution will be announced on the Tech Challenges webpage and will also be notified via email. The organizer reserves the right to alter the dates on which results are released should this become necessary due to the number of projects to be assessed.  The ranking decided by the jury will be announced after the presentations are made and will identify the Participants that are finalists.

The Participant acknowledges and consents that PhixAi may, for the duration of the Tech Challenge and for a period of one (1) year following the Grand Final or Recognition Ceremony, use the Tech Challenge for publicity, including for the organizer’s advertising or other marketing purposes, (by any means and through any format such as website, advertising banners, social networks, newsletter, press release) now known or unknown to date, free of charge or for a consideration. In particular, you consent to the use, by PhixAi, of your name and surname, your city and region of residence, the name of the institution in which you studied or in which you obtained your diplomas and other biographical information, your image, the information regarding the Award (if you are a selected team), and any other personal data that you submit with your Deliverables as well as the content of your Deliverables relating to the Tech Challenge.

PhixAi has no obligation to keep the information contained in the Deliverables confidential. In general terms, when submitting any Deliverables, the Participants understand, agree and accept that any information contained therein may be publicly disclosed by PhixAi.  If you are a selected team, the organizer may request that you execute a confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement for the purpose of entering into negotiations regarding the further development of your project, as described as per the Deliverables. Such confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement will be directed to your Deliverable and all intellectual property that it may contain. Furthermore, Participants acknowledge that PhixAi may currently or in the future be developing information internally, or receiving information from other parties, that is similar to the information contained in any of the projects. Accordingly, nothing herein shall prohibit the organizer from independently acquiring, developing, or having developed for it, products, concepts, systems, services, or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, concepts, systems or techniques contemplated by or embodied in any Deliverable.  The Participants recognize that other Participants, individuals or entities may have provided to PhixAi or others, or made public, or may in the future submit, or make public, content that is the same or similar to any piece of information contained in any of the projects. Hence, the Participants acknowledge, agree, and accept that PhixAi shall have the right to use such same or similar materials, and that the Participants will not be entitled to any compensation arising from the organizer’s use of such materials.

Definitions. For the purposes of this section, 
"Intellectual Property Rights" refer to any copyright or other rights over a brand, a design or a model, a patent and, more generally, any element, (including trade secrets and knowhow), that may be protected by national and/or international laws or conventions on intellectual property (“Intellectual Property Rights”)  “Previous Rights” refer to any Intellectual Property Rights and/or any associated know-how held by the Participants before the start date of the Tech Challenge (“Previous Rights”)  
“Creations” refer to any software (including source and object code software), database, technical specifications, text, design, model, information, knowledge, method, process or product, as well as any resulting elements and/or processes likely or otherwise to be protected according to national and/or international laws or conventions on intellectual property developed by any Participant as a part of any submitted deliverable throughout the TechChallenge (“Creations”).
Warranty of non-infringement. When submitting any Deliverable, at any stage of the Tech Challenge, each Participant guarantees to PhixAi that he/she is the co/owner and/or co/holder of the Intellectual Property Rights regarding all or part of the Creations contained in the Deliverables submitted at any stage of the Tech Challenge, and that he/she has obtained all rights and permissions regarding all pre-existing Creations and any elements of the Deliverables for which he/she does not hold the relevant rights. 
Each Participant guarantees (i) that his/her contribution is original and unprecedented; (ii) that it does not infringe upon the copyright or any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; (iii) that all the elements of which his/her submissions are formed, as well as all pieces of contributions and information communicated in the submission presentation documents are accurate, reliable and complete; and (iv) that the submission of the relevant Deliverables does not constitute an act of unfair competition of any kind. While the intellectual property rights and copyright of the submission will be held by the participating teams, the organizer will be permitted non-commercial fair use of the materials submitted. Furthermore, participant will treat all information about the content of the submission as confidential and not cause or permit such confidential information to be disclosed to any third party, until the selected team and their solution is announced and their submission is published online by PhixAi. It is compulsory for Participants to indicate the source of any pre-existing Creations of whichever nature and on whichever support that are included in any submitted deliverable. Any Deliverable involving several Participants constitutes a collaborative work and it should be treated as such in accordance with the applicable regulation in force. 

Update of the Terms & Conditions. PhixAi reserves the right to amend these Terms & Conditions at any time, including the Tech Challenge duration in case of operational imperatives, without prior notice to Participants regarding the enforcement or the validity of these amendments.  Participants are encouraged to consult these Terms & Conditions regularly. Participants expressly waive all claims or disputes related to any amendment to these Terms & Conditions by the organizer.  
Should any paragraph of these Terms & Conditions be declared or judged illegal, unenforceable or void by a court decision, the paragraph in question will be considered null and void, but all other unaffected paragraphs will be enforced within the limits of the law. 
Tech Challenge Cancellation or Suspension. PhixAi reserves the right in its discretion, to (i) cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Tech Challenge and these Terms & Conditions, for any reason, at any time and without any liability, and (ii) to limit or restrict participation in the Tech Challenge. The Organizer will not be held liable for the modification, cancellation or suspension of the Tech Challenge and no compensation or remuneration will be due to the Participants.

PhixAi will in no way be held liable in the event of breakdown or failure, regardless of the cause, of any telecommunications network used that causes Participants difficulty in or prevents Participants from identifying themselves on or gaining access to the PhixAi website. Participants agree that the company, its affiliates and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, representatives and agents (“released parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and will be released and held harmless by participants for any claims, liabilities, or causes of action of any kind or nature for any injury, loss or damages of any kind including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages to persons, including without limitation disability or death. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the PhixAi website and in connection with the Tech Challenge is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties, in which case such limitation or exclusion shall apply only to the extent permitted by the law in the relevant jurisdiction.   Participation in the Tech Challenge implies acknowledgement and acceptance of the characteristics, limits and risks of the internet and related technologies, particularly with regards to performance, response time, security of software and computer equipment against various potential attacks, such as viruses, logic bombs or Trojans, and loss or misuse of data. As a result, PhixAi will not be held liable in any way for any damage incurred by Participants arising from these characteristics, limits and risks, which Participants accept by registering and taking part in the Tech Challenge.  The organizer will not in any case be held liable for damages resulting from faults with or delays in the submission of deliverables by Participants, including refusal to accept these deliverables as a consequence of their submission outside the deadlines set out in the Terms & Conditions, from faults with or delays to the sending of any emails by the Participant sent as part of the Tech Challenge, or from any alterations made to the deliverables independently of PhixAi.  The PhixAi will not be held liable for the consequences of a Participant’s disqualification from the Tech Challenge as a result of their violation of these Terms & Conditions.

Participation in the Tech Challenge requires the communication of the Participant's personal data ("Personal Data"). 
Participant’s personal data is subject to processing within the meaning of the regulations on the protection of personal data (The EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation and the Council of 27 April 2016, known as GDPR) for which PhixAi defines the purposes and means and is, as such, “Data controller” within the meaning of the GDPR. 
The purposes of the processing are: To meet the organization of the Tech Challenge needs  
To organize the intermediation between the Participant and PhixAi, to ensure identification, communication and preservation of the exchanges with the Participant 
In accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, PhixAi undertakes to implement organizational and technical security measures in order to protect all Participant’s Personal Data. The Organizer undertakes these measures to allow the exercise of Participants’ rights from GDPR.

Participation in the Tech Challenge requires the communication of the Participant's personal data ("Personal Data"). 
Participant’s personal data is subject to processing within the meaning of the regulations on the protection of personal data (The EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation and the Council of 27 April 2016, known as GDPR) for which PhixAi defines the purposes and means and is, as such, “Data controller” within the meaning of the GDPR. 
The purposes of the processing are: To meet the organization of the Tech Challenge needs  
To organize the intermediation between the Participant and PhixAi, to ensure identification, communication and preservation of the exchanges with the Participant 
In accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, PhixAi undertakes to implement organizational and technical security measures in order to protect all Participant’s Personal Data. The Organizer undertakes these measures to allow the exercise of Participants’ rights from GDPR.

No Participant’s claims will be addressed arising from the Challenge.

Technology Readiness Level

  • TRL 9 – Technology has been applied in its final form and is operational.
  • TRL 8 – Technology is proven and developed but not yet operational or applied anywhere.
  • TRL 7 – Actual system prototype is near completion or ready and has been demonstrated in an operational environment or is at pilot level.
  • TRL 6 – Prototype is being tested in simulated operational environment or in a high-fidelity laboratory environment.
  • TRL 5 – Technology has been put together and can be tested in a simulated environment.
  • TRL 4 – Basic technological components have been integrated to establish that they work together.
  • TRL 3 – Proof of Concept stage /Active R&D has been initiated. This includes analytical studies and laboratory studies to physically validate the analytical predictions of separate elements of the technology.
  • TRL 2 – Technology concept / application formulated.
  • TRL 1 – There are paper studies to support the technology’s basic properties.
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