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and Chemical Technology Slovenia
Weβre beyond excited to invite you to LIFE HACKS: Creating Solutions for Daily SMA Challenges, a unique innovation event where desire to help meets creativity and creativity turns into impact.
Together with Roche Slovenia, weβre opening the doors for bright minds, innovators, students, designers, caregivers, and health tech enthusiasts to search for practical solutions for people living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and their caregivers.
This is not a hackathon about coding. Itβs a hackathon about real lives of people facing this condition.
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Living with SMA comes with daily challenges that often go unnoticed, from mobility and communication to caregiving and independence.
Your mission?
To design simple, achivable, and meaningful solutions that can improve the quality of life for individuals with SMA and their families.
Whether itβs a smart assistive device, a new digital tool, a service model, or something completely unexpected, if it makes a difference, it belongs here.
Weβll explore questions like:
π‘ How can technology support caregivers in everyday routines?
π¬ How can communication between patients, healthcare providers, and families become easier?
π How can we enable more independence, social participation, and dignity for people living with SMA?
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Two full days of fast-paced innovation, mentorship, and collaboration in the heart of Ljubljana at Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Youβll work in teams, guided by mentors and participants from Roche, Transformation Lighthouse, and the SMA community. Together we will be turning ideas into working prototypes and pitching them to expert judges.
At the end? Real prizes for real impact:
π 1st place: 3,000β¬
π₯ 2nd place: 2,400β¬
π₯ 3rd place: 1,500β¬
More importantly, winning ideas may continue their journey through Rocheβs innovation ecosystem where prototypes meet potential for scaling.
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Because innovation isnβt just about technology, itβs about desire to make a change, help, have courage, and take action.
At LIFE HACKS, youβll:
β Co-create with people who live SMA every day
β Get access to world-class mentors from Roche and health innovation experts
β Build something that might be of actual help to SMA
β Be part of something that truly matters
And yes, weβll make sure itβs fun, fast, and full of energy.
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This hackathon is open to:
π©βπ» Students & early innovators
π¨ Designers & makers
π₯ Healthcare professionals
π€ Caregivers & SMA advocates
π Anyone passionate about tech for good
No previous experience with healthcare projects needed just curiosity, creativity, and the will to make an impact.
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Applications are open until November 19, 2025.
π https://transformation-lighthouse.com/roche-hackathon-sma/
Join us and letβs create life hacks that matter. Because innovation is strongest when it starts with empathy. π
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fakulteta za Kemijo in Kemijsko Tehnologijo, VeΔna pot 113,Ljubljana, Slovenia
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