Winter - pilot initiative for innovation with sensitive data

With the pilot initiative Winter, Vinnova wants to help create the conditions for securely sharing and using sensitive data - thus making it available for innovation. First out, care and health data are linked to diabetes.

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In order to create innovations with data, it first needs to be made available, so that it can be shared and used. A consortium, with support from Vinnova, has developed a digital platform for secure sharing and use of data. The digital platform is made available to service developers in connection with innovation competitions.

In the first round of competition, health data from people with diabetes is in focus. Service developers who register for the competition then compete to create smart services for the benefit of people with diabetes, their relatives and staff in the health care system.

Important dates

The registration period runs from October 12 to November 30 at 2 p.m.,

Why an innovation competition?

Innovation competitions have long been used as a method to support and accelerate change in different thematic areas.

Innovation competitions are based on a very simple idea. Someone identifies a problem, announces the challenge and offers a reward to whoever finds the best solution.

It is important to create interest among people with the right knowledge and expertise. Attracted by the powerful motivator of competition—the promise of visibility or a prize money, the glory of being first or the best, the satisfaction of using one's skill to change the world—talented individuals and teams put aside what they're doing and instead prioritize solving a problem.

The goals of the Winter innovation competition are: