Join us for the inaugural Global Health Security Demo Day @SXSW!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

08:30-17:00 CDT (GMT -5)

Free for all attendees and does not require a SXSW badge

Meet the innovators fighting the pandemic.

Hear from the startups, researchers, and organizations rolling out new ways to fight infectious disease.

Interact with public and private sector experts, entrepreneurs, and VCs from around the world.

If you complete this workshop, you’ll come away with a job readiness toolkit you can reuse for the rest of your career. You can expect to have a resume, LinkedIn profile, Cover Letter, References template, and more!

Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS) is dedicated to coordinating efforts to support innovators and innovations fighting COVID-19 and future pandemics. Organized by the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at The University of Texas at Austin, TEXGHS is leading the creation and long-term success of a health security innovation ecosystem in Texas where equitable, inclusive solutions launch locally and grow globally.

Our virtual launch event featured speakers from around the globe discussing the importance of supporting innovation in the fight against COVID-19. The event also highlighted how TEXGHS has created a unique innovation ecosystem that brings together academic, public, and private sector partners to respond to COVID-19 and help prevent the next pandemic.

During the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa more than 11,000 people died and almost 30,000 were diagnosed with this fatal virus. Liberia was one of three countries at the epicenter of this epidemic. Ebola dealt a fatal blow to a health system that was still recovering from seven years of civil strife and that saw hundred of thousands of people killed. This video depicts the challenges the country faced when confronted with Ebola through interviews with survivors and front line health personnel. The film also highlights the Emergency Smart Pod, one of 14 innovations that was invested in for accelerated development, testing, and scale up through USAID's Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge. Developed by Baylor College of Medicine, the Emergency Smart Pod is a rapidly deployable and scalable treatment unit that can function in an epidemic or natural disaster as well as for routine care.