


Are you innovating?
We bring together the most cutting-edge players and payers for a 360 degree perspective on innovation in women's health.
Connecting actors to bridge the gap in care and solve collective painpoints.Innovation in women's health requires an ecosystem approach. Redesigning healthcare so it works for everyone.
What we do.
FemTechnology Summit. University Series. FemTechGuide.

Building the pipeline of innovation in women's health.
We scout and activate the future generation of innovators.
We mobilise existing researchers and academics, showcasing their cutting-edge work.
We translate, connect and contextualise for a wider audience.
We scout and activate the future generation of innovators.
We mobilise existing researchers and academics, showcasing their cutting-edge work.
We translate, connect and contextualise for a wider audience.


Why does international Women’s Day Matter? A closer look at the inventor gender gap
Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year to commemorate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also a day to raise awareness of gender inequality and advocate for women’s rights.
Read More “Why does international Women’s Day Matter? A closer look at the inventor gender gap”
University
SeriesThe FemTechnology Summit brings together FemTech Startups, groundbreaking researchers, chief clinicians and university students to provide a 360 degree perspective on innovation in women’s health.
To kick of the Fall Semester we’re organising a series of events at different universities on reproductive-related health issues impacting college-age students, including:
Mental Health. Contraception. Periods. Sexual Well-Being. Access To Care. PCOS. Endometriosis. Fibroids. Autoimmune. STDs. UTIs & The Microbiome.
Gynecological Conditions
Mental Health
Speakers will be announced on a rolling basis. Events kick off in September. Pre-Register + we’ll let you know the event closest to you:
Have a Startup, Researcher or Clinician You’re Dying to Hear Speak? Nominate Them – And We’ll Do Our Best To Make It Happen.
Are You A Researcher, Startup or Student Who Wants To Get Involved With FemTechnology Summit?
Past Speakers
June 2022Anna Lee
Dr. Yana Aznavour
Eric Dy
Dr. Neel Shah, MD
Helene Guillaume
Viola Karl
Dr. Sipra Laddha
Valentina Milanova
Leon A. Boston
Mette Dyhrberg
Dr. Lynn Marie Westphal, MD
Staša Stanković
Lina Chan
Dr Helen O’Neill
Dr. Alyson J McGregor, MD
Chloe E. Bird
Dr. Jill Goldstein
Dr. Lynae Brayboy
Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, MD MEdHP FACP
Deep Dives:
The Patient Journey and Women’s Health
Why do we need to innovate in women’s health? And what does it mean to reimagine the patient journey with women in mind?
FemTechnology University Series (a crash course on the state of women’s health)
What if FemTech was healthcare’s next great redesign? (Or, in other words, why does healthcare need a redesign).
Read More “FemTechnology University Series (a crash course on the state of women’s health)”
Summit Schedule
2022
The Schedule is displayed in CET.
Introductory Remarks
RoundTable: The Future of Fertility
The Economic Case For Investing In Women's Health Research
RoundTable: The Gender Data Gap
Keynote: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health
Speed-Dating/ Mingling With Other Attendees
Introductory Remarks
Keynote: Impact of Sex on Risk & Therapeutics for Chronic Disease
The Link between Gender and Effective Therapy in Medicine
Virtual Mingling
The Future of Care
Keynote: The Future of Care
Virtual Mingling
Summit 2022
Why Attend?Join the 2nd Edition of the Summit to discuss, discover and ideate about:
The link between gender and effective therapy in medicine
Bridging the missing data gap
Innovative Tracking + Screening in Women’s Health
The Real World Consequences
History
Throughout history women have been considered ‘aberrations’ from the norm, rather than a crucial and vital part of the population to be included in medical trials and long-term studies.
Participants
Women of reproductive age were often excluded out of the fear that menstrual cycles and changes in hormones could pose unnecessary complications and act as unpredictable variables.
Data
This has resulted in missing data sets and a lack of understanding, diagnosis and treatment of many gynecological conditions that impact large swaths of the female population, as well as unwanted pharmaceutical side effects for non-gynecological diseases, delays in care, underdiagnoses or undertreatment.
Future
However – be it by wearables, mobile apps, home testing devices or kits – this is beginning to change, with the emergence of companies beginning to collect large amounts of new data, conduct subsequent research studies and develop new means of treatment.
Updates:
2021 Speakers - what's new?MOBILE ODT's cervical screening technology will support a national cervical cancer screening project in India
Integrating gender into the curriculum of all Swiss medical schools?
Cirqle Biomedical wins the 2021 Index Award
InterUniversity Femtechnology
ChallengeWhat is it?
The InterUniversity FemTechnology Challenge has a 21st design to engage University medical students with complementary disciplines: computer science, mechanical engineering, biomedical, social sciences … to innovate ignored and insufficiently solved challenges facing women’s health.
Who can participate?
Anyone currently enrolled in University; Bachelor, Master or PhD. Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged to contribute a diversity of perspectives and approaches to the solution. However, single applicants are also permitted. Team members will use research ideally being conducted at their own university to form the basis for the solutions they propose.
Why should you participate?
To help bring about real change! It's estimated that more than 90% of discoveries in medical innovation stay within academia and are not implemented to improve the lives of patients. That's a huge knowledge gap right there! Additionally, due to a variety of factors (lack of funding, historic exclusion from medical trials, sociocultural biases) women's health has been subjected to a lack of innovation. From fibroids to endometriosis to menopause to mental health - the possibilities to improve the diagnosis, care, knowledge and treatment surrounding women's health are endless - so why not you?
When will it take place?
The Kick-Off will take place in February. The Deadline for enrolling is at the beginning of March. At the end of the 3 month Challenge – teams will pitch their solutions to an interdisciplinary panel of Judges. The Winners of each Challenge will be awarded a prize as well as presenting at the FemTechnology Summit at the beginning of June.
What are the topics?
The topics are related to the main themes of the Summi:
I. Disease Manifestation in Women: Chronic Pain, Depression
II. The Environment and Female Reproductive Health: from PCOS to Infertility
III. Differences in Immunity; from cyclical immunity to autoimmune diseases
What will the Format be?
Leading up to the Kick-Off Event in February, a series of introductory videos about each of the topics will be posted online, giving a brief overview of each of the topics, the core obstacle to each of the topics and how different interdisciplinary approaches provide unique opportunities to help solve the issues. Once the challenges have been announced and the teams enrolled - there will be an online session held every 2 weeks where teams will get feedback from the community, researchers and start-ups respectively.
Summit 2021
Roundtable Recordings
Past Speakers
(2021 Edition) Get a 360-degree perspective from researchers, innovators and tech entrepreneurs about the challenges and solutions emerging in the field of FemTech
Eric Dy
Leon A. Boston
Prof. Sarah Springman
Eirini Rapti
Dr. Lynae Brayboy
Dr. Carole Clair
Frederik Petursson Madsen
Chantelle Bell
Pascal Koenig
Sarah Kerruish
Marina Pavlovic Rivas
Dr. Sonali Mohanty Quantius
Dr. Sari Prutchi Sagiv
Alexandra Alvergne
Dr. Brigitte Leeners
Cécile Real
Dr. med. h.c. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
Laura Symul
Anya Roy
Past Schedule
(2021 Edition)Opening Remarks
RoundTable: Innovative Screening +Tracking Technologies
RoundTable: Gathering Female Specific Data by Innovative Means
Closing Remarks
FemTech Summit Virtual Mingling
Opening Remarks
RoundTable: The future of Contraception and Fertility
RoundTable: Pain and Symptom Management
Closing Remarks
FemTech Summit Virtual Mingling
About the Summit
Hosted annually, the FemTechnology Summit features top Startups, Researchers and Medical Doctors working in the field of women’s health – brining them together to showcase innovations happening in the field and highlight where work still needs to be done.
ETHZ Human Medicine: The path via ETH Zurich (for the Bachelor’s degree) and one of its partner universities (for the Master’s degree) lays the foundations for an education in human medicine that will go on to open up opportunities for exchange with the world of science and pave the way towards new developments and technologies. Tackling methods used in the world today, for instance in the areas of personalised medicine and medical engineering, provides a greater understanding of the opportunities and limitations of future treatment methods. ETH Zurich was a FemTechnology partner for the first edition of the Summit
Women at the Table, founded and based in International Geneva, is the first Civil Society Organization to focus on feminist systems change by exercising leverage points in the key sectors of technology, the economy, sustainability and democratic governance. We accomplish this by using the prism of technology, innovation & AI.
Co-founders of the <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms, we focus on correcting algorithmic bias. This bias is notably present in medical research and outcomes which is why we are proud to co-sponsor the first ETHZ FemTech Summit.
We are leadership of the UN Women Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition for Technology & Innovation for Gender Equality.
PODCASTS:
–> About the Summit <–
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/how-technology-can-help-with-perinatal-depression/46636416
https://femtechinsider.com/femtechnology-femtech-summit-interview-oriana-kraft/
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kBEnPmV5pTLbbziyF3riw?si=L8NNgz_7RT6fKdIqNEQm2g&dl_branch=1
https://rss.com/podcasts/epfelles/
–> About Hormones + Female Health <–
https://helloclue.com/podcast/hormonal-podcast-clue
ARTICLES:
–> About our Panelists <–
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/health/femtech-women-health-care.html
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/how-an-app-is-helping-women-self-diagnose-perinatal-depression/46515038
https://www.20minutes.fr/sante/2026871-20170310-bientot-solution-faciliter-diagnostic-endometriose
https://www.letemps.ch/societe/carole-clair-une-vocation-legalite
https://www.letemps.ch/societe/laura-symul-un-oeil-regles-jouent-un-role-crucial-survie-espece
Oriana Kraft conceived, curated and produced the first edition of the FemTechnology Summit as her Bachelor’s Research Project at ETH Zurich. Since then she’s become passionate about improving women’s health; from startup ecosystems, to medical education and convinced of the need to connect the great innovations happening in FemTech with the huge remaining gaps in medicine for women, particularly connecting innovative solutions directly with the patients who need them most.
Since graduating from ETH Zurich, Oriana decided to produce the second edition of the FemTechnology Summit, is working on a media project regarding the personalisation of women’s health and an Aggregator.