Calling Food & Tech Innovators to the Health Datapalooza

At Food+Tech Connect, we often write about how the food tech community, particularly startups, can benefit from open government data. Just as open data has been used to fuel multi-billion dollar industries in other sectors, like the weather industry that uses raw satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has spent the last few years nurturing entrepreneurial innovation in the health space through open government data. And now, they are looking to engage food and nutrition innovators.

“Food and nutrition related issues are a critical driver of health and well being,” commented Todd Park, chief technology officer of   HSS by email. “The growth of the food tech community, along with the release of new food and health data sources, can give consumers new tools to help them make more informed choices about the food they eat, and ultimately their health. Innovators can help drive change by empowering consumers through the use of new technologies, making now an incredible time to be an innovator in this space.”

This June 5, the best and bright brightest of the food tech community are being invited to showcase your work in at the third annual Health Datapalooza. Hosted by The Health Data Initiative, the event brings together over 1,000 health data stakeholders and showcases how health data can create services, tools and applications to support more informed decision-making by patients, health care systems, and community officials. Last year’s event featured talks from Aneesh Chopra, US CTO; Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media; Matt Miller, NPR; and many others.

If you are working on an innovative food and nutrition project and want to participate, submit an application here by March 30 to:

• Present an app or product during the main session
• Demo an app or product in another session (apps demos or breakout sessions)
• Have a table in the Apps Expo
• Making an “action beat” announcement of important, breaking news about your organization’s use of health data

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