Healthcare Agentic AI Hackathon

CHAPTER 02 · ITEM BAG

PRIZES

Winning team takes home one of the most powerful AI development boxes on the planet — plus AI compute credits from Nebius, access to a top-tier health-tech VC, MGH MESH mentoring, and an Audience Award.

LEGENDARY

NVIDIA
DGX SPARK

★ FROM NVIDIA

A petaFLOP-class personal AI supercomputer. The winning team takes one home. This is what you train models on at home when "home" is a research lab.

RARE

PARTNER
PITCH

★ FLARE CAPITAL

Winning team gets a partner pitch opportunity with Flare Capital — one of the top health-tech VCs.

RARE

MESH
INCUBATOR

★ MGH INNOVATION

1:1 Mentoring Session with the MESH Incubator CEO plus MESH Core 2027 tickets.

RARE

$3,000
IN CREDITS

★ NEBIUS AI

$3,000 in Nebius AI Token Factory credits. Burn it on training, inference, and post-hackathon prototypes.

UNCOMMON

$2,000
IN CREDITS

★ NEBIUS AI

$2,000 in Nebius AI Token Factory credits. Keep building after demo day.

UNCOMMON

$1,000
IN CREDITS

★ NEBIUS AI

$1,000 in Nebius AI Token Factory credits. Compute to keep iterating.

SPECIAL

AUDIENCE
AWARD

★ FAN FAVORITE

Crowd-voted by everyone in the room. The team that wins hearts and minds takes home the Audience Award.

CHAPTER 03 · QUEST LOG

AGENDA

One day. Three phases. From breakfast at the iLab to the gong at the awards ceremony.

▶ PHASE 1 — MORNING

8:45 AM

BREAKFAST & REGISTRATIONCheck in, grab breakfast, and connect with fellow participants.

+5 EXP

9:00 AM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKSIntros from Harvard iLab, the Launch Lab X Accelerator teams, and NVIDIA. Keynote on agentic AI in healthcare and the future of autonomous agents in care delivery.

KEYNOTE

9:30 AM

PLATFORM OVERVIEWTechnical deep-dive into NemoClaw and OpenClaw for building healthcare AI agents.

+10 EXP

10:00 AM

CHALLENGE BRIEFINGReview the hackathon prompt and plan your approach with your team.

BRIEFING

▶ PHASE 2 — BUILD

10:00 AM

HACKING BEGINSTeams start building their healthcare AI solutions using NemoClaw and OpenClaw.

BATTLE

12:00 PM

LUNCH BREAKRefuel and network with mentors, sponsors, and fellow hackers.

HEAL +50

2:30 PM

HACKING FINAL SPRINTPolish your solution and prepare your presentation.

SPRINT

2:45 PM

CODE FREEZE & SUBMISSIONSFinal submissions due — upload your projects.

LOCKED IN

▶ PHASE 3 — PRESENTATIONS & CLOSING

3:00 PM

TEAM PRESENTATIONSEach team presents their healthcare AI solution to the judges — 5 min presentation + demo, followed by Q&A.

SHOWDOWN

4:45 PM

JUDGING DELIBERATIONJudges evaluate projects while participants network.

JUDGING

5:00 PM

AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING REMARKS — BRING THE GONGWinners announced, prizes awarded, and closing reflections on the day.

★ ENDING

CHAPTER 06 · POKEDEX

JUDGING RUBRIC

Six criteria, weighted out of 100. Healthcare agentic AI carries higher stakes than typical hackathon software — patient safety, clinical validity, privacy, and equity are first-class evaluation criteria.

No. 00120%

CLINICAL VALUE & PROBLEM FIT

Does the project address a real, meaningful healthcare problem, and is the agent the right tool for it? Look for user research with clinicians, patients, or operators, and a reason an agent beats a static tool.

TIEBREAKER RANK#2

No. 00220%

AGENTIC DESIGN & TECHNICAL EXECUTION

How well is the agent architected? Tool selection, planning, error recovery, evaluation harness, and fluency with NemoClaw / OpenClaw.

TIEBREAKER RANK#3

No. 00320%

SAFETY, TRUST & RESPONSIBLE AI

Hallucination control, scope boundaries, human-in-the-loop, bias and equity considerations, and a clear stance on the agent's role vs. clinical judgment.

TIEBREAKER RANK#1

No. 00415%

DATA, PRIVACY & COMPLIANCE

PHI handling, HIPAA awareness, data provenance, consent, and compliance posture. Judges assess thoughtfulness, not certification.

TIEBREAKER RANK—

No. 00515%

FEASIBILITY & PATH TO DEPLOYMENT

Could this realistically be piloted? Workflow / EHR integration, buyer identification, ROI story, regulatory posture. Credible thinking, not a full GTM.

TIEBREAKER RANK—

No. 00610%

DEMO QUALITY & COMMUNICATION

Clarity of pitch, quality of live demo, and ability to credibly answer judges' questions. 5 min presentation + demo, followed by Q&A.

TIEBREAKER RANK—

★ TIEBREAKER ORDER

If two teams tie on total score, the winner is decided by: SAFETY → then CLINICAL VALUE → then AGENTIC DESIGN. Patient safety wins ties.

CHAPTER 07 · NPC ROSTER

ORGANIZERS

The crew running the day. Find any of us in the iLab if you need help, have a question, or want to say hi.

JAMIE GONG

Founder & CEO, CareHero

BRUCE HASHEMIAN

Healthcare AI Sensing Ecosystem Lead, NVIDIA

RYM BAOUENDI

Director, Alumni Engagement, Harvard Innovation Labs

JOANNA FURGIUELE

Senior Manager, Alumni Programs, Harvard Innovation Labs

ALEXANDRA CREW

Chief of Staff to Chief AI Officer, SCAN

AUGUSTINE WEBER

MPH Candidate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

CHAPTER 08 · TOWN MAP

LOGISTICS

Everything you need to know to navigate the day: where to go, where to park, what's on the menu, and what to bring.

VENUE

Harvard Innovation Labs 125 Western Ave, Allston MA Access

Enter through the lobby
Open 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Setup Whiteboards, markers, and power plugs provided.

PARKING

i-Lab Lot (Limited) Park between the i-lab and the Life Lab. Metered parking available at 127 Western Avenue. Harvard Daily Permit

Weekend rate: $9 (affiliate) / $13 (non-affiliate)
Purchase online: transportation.harvard.edu

Public Transit Best bet: bus to Western Ave or Harvard Square + 15-min walk.

FOOD

Breakfast (8:45 AM) Breakfast sandwiches, pastries, fruit, hot coffee. Lunch (12:00 PM) Pizza + salad. Dietary accommodations available — email organizers. All Day Cold brew + hot coffee on rotation. Water bubbler inside the classroom; water fountain in the hallway.

WHAT TO BRING

Laptop + charger
Government ID
Harvard ID if you have one
Your team — formed before the event
Your most ambitious agentic AI idea

What's provided Wifi, power, whiteboards, markers, large writing pads, post-its, name tags, mentors, food, coffee.

RULES

Teams formed before the event — capped at 20 teams total.
Build during event hours. No pre-built code; ideas and sketches are fine.
Your project, your IP — you keep what you build.
5 min presentation + demo per team, followed by Q&A, at 3:00 PM.

WIFI / TECH

Harvard guest wifi available on arrival. Power plugs at every pod. AV at presentations Projector, clicker, 4 handheld mics, 2 lavalier mics. Bring your laptop and an HDMI adapter if you have an unusual port.

CHAPTER 09 · IDEA POKEDEX

IDEAS IN THE WILD

Ideas submitted by registered participants so far. Browse for inspiration, find collaborators tackling adjacent problems, or come with your own.

EHR & CLINICAL DOCS

Personal health avatar tied to EHR
AI agents streamlining EHR documentation for PCPs
Centralized EHR with apps on top
EHR for India
Fax workflow efficiency + patient documentation
LLM-based behavioral health classification in EHR

MENTAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Pediatric mental health intake triage agent
Wearable + social signals for mental health treatment matching
Agentic patient advocacy for psych ER waiting rooms
AI avatar platform for gender-based violence survivors

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT

Brain deviation profiles for clinical decision support
LLMs for unstructured cardiology / nephrology data
AI Pharmacist
Kidney Connective — matching patients to transplant centers
Biosensors + NeuroTech + oncology dx

VOICE AI & TRANSCRIPTION

Voice SaaS for post-surgery rehab pain/mobility logging
Predictive voice AI for physician/nurse burnout
Real-time transcription in Indian colloquial languages

INSURANCE & PRIOR AUTH

Prior authorization request AI assistant
Autonomous appeals for denied medical claims
AI agents for dental insurance verification + claims

CHRONIC DISEASE & WEARABLES

Wearable with continuous intelligence layer
Decision support for chronic disease management
PCOS symptom monitoring

DRUG DISCOVERY & TRIALS

Copilot for clinical trial design using historical RWD
Precision medicine access
Drug discovery agents
Patient sample consent for pharma

TRIAGE & CARE COORDINATION

WHO-informed co-pilot for rural frontline care teams
Automating patient intake in outpatient clinics

WORKFORCE & BURNOUT

Critical care nursing patient safety + workforce wellbeing
AR training app for nurses

HEALTH EQUITY & GLOBAL

Primary care via phone for low-income countries
Hyperlocal LGBTQ+ resource finder for trans healthcare
Climate & health convergence

SPECIALTY (DENTAL / VET)

AI scribe for special needs pediatric dentistry
Veterinary healthcare agent

OPS, REGULATORY & KNOWLEDGE

Benefits utilization analytics for corporates
Enhanced knowledge stores for healthcare orgs
Automated regulatory submissions

PATIENT ENGAGEMENT

Medication nonadherence
Metabolic health education

GENOMICS & FRONTIER

Small AlphaGenome for non-coding regions
BCIs with ML + memory; makeshift organs

PRIZES

AGENDA

JUDGES

MENTORS

JUDGING RUBRIC

ORGANIZERS

LOGISTICS

IDEAS IN THE WILD

SPONSORS

Ready to fight?