Critical Care Innovation Incubator

Critical Care Innovation Incubator

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2027 event details will be released soon! Join innovators including clinicians, researchers, industry leaders, investors, program officers, and funders to ignite impactful change in critical care!

Designed to foster collaboration among leading minds across diverse disciplines, this event will:

  • Explore emerging critical care innovations in pharmaceuticals, medical technology, big data, and AI
  • Spark collaboration by networking, sharing ideas, and building powerful partnerships
  • Fuel inspiration through poster and pitch presentations, roundtables, and exhibits

Whether you're an entrepreneur in the trenches or a motivated clinician-innovator, the Critical Care Innovation Incubator offers resources to help you navigate the innovation landscape.

Congratulations to the Award Recipients!


2026 Event
C2I2 2026 Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Pediatric Innovation Poster Award


ANN AND ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
PEDIATRIC INNOVATION POSTER AWARD ($3,000)
AI-Enabled Real-Time Feedback System to Improve Bag Mask Ventilation in Critically Ill Children
Elizabeth C. Hyde, MD, MSc

C2I2 2026 Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Pitch Award


MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CONSORTIUM
PITCH AWARD ($5,000)
MiRA: A Portable Miniaturized Extracorporeal Lung Support System
Niklas Steuer

C2I2 2026 Ontogen Medtech Award


ONTOGEN MEDTECH AWARD ($5,000)
Transforming Nasogastric Tube Placement Verification: A Real-Time, Bedside Approach to Safer Enteral Access
Raishma Anwar

C2I2 2026 SCCM Pitch Award


SCCM PITCH AWARD ($10,000)
Non-Invasive, Continuous, Wireless Blood Pressure Monitoring
Xina Quan

C2I2 2026 SCCM Poster Award


SCCM POSTER AWARD ($5,000)
DKA in Children Reimagined: Time to Bag the Two-Bag Method
Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

2025 Event

Read More About the 2025 Event and Award Recipients

  • Medical Technology Energy Consortium Pitch Award ($5,000): Redefining Standards for Bleeding Control, Hyunwoo Yuk, PhD
  • Patient Safety Technology Challenge Poster Award ($2,000): Inflatable Patient Proning and Positioning Device, Megan Chiu, MD, MPH
  • SCCM Pitch Award ($10,000): Revolutionizing Cerebral Edema Management - Intracranial Dynamics Monitoring, Carlos Bremer (brain4care)
  • SCCM Poster Award ($5,000): The PUMA System and Ultrasound Gastrostomy - Reducing ICULOS, Hospital Cost, and Complications, Howard Carolan, MPH, MBA
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