AIM Connect
Frankfurt · WS 26/27
- Application deadline
- 25 Sep
- Program start
- 24 Oct
About us
The third OneAIM Chapter
OneAIM Frankfurt was founded by students of Goethe University, Frankfurt School and TU Darmstadt who wanted to bridge the gap between medical innovation in the Frankfurt and Darmstadt area and the finance industry in Frankfurt. By bringing medicine, technology and capital together, the chapter builds the stack needed to turn MedTech ideas into solutions that reach patients.
Our programs in Frankfurt
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AIM Connect is an exclusive add-on study program for students passionate about the intersection of medicine, entrepreneurship, and technology. Over the semester, participants gain in-depth insights into the MedTech field, from hospitals and research institutions to startups and established companies.
Three key components
Every AIM Connect semester is built on three pillars: the kickoff weekend to form your cohort, regular partner visits and workshops, and a team project, built intensively at the Makeathon weekend, and pitched at the closing summit.
Kickoff Weekend
Three days to get to know your cohort: intro talks, the first 2-3 partner visits, team building and a look at the semester ahead.
Partner visits & workshops
Weekly sessions with our partners: clinicians, labs, start-ups, established companies and all other parts of MedTech innovation.
Team project: Makeathon & Summit
In interdisciplinary teams you work on a MedTech project: preparation sessions during the semester, an intensive build at the Makeathon weekend, and the final pitch at the summit.
Semester timeline
The upcoming batch (WS 26/27)
Applications open
Apply online. Open to students of all disciplines.
Application deadline
Last day to submit your application.
Interviews
Short personal conversations. We want to get to know you, not grill you.
Final decision
You hear back from us and the cohort is complete.
Kickoff Weekend in Frankfurt
Get to know your cohort: team building and intro talks.
Partner visits & workshops
One visit or workshop per week with our partners: hospitals, labs, MedTech companies and startups. Exact dates will be announced.
Makeathon
An intensive build weekend. Your team turns its project into a prototype. The exact date will be announced.
Summit
The closing event: final pitches in front of partners and guests. The exact date will be announced.
Already on board for the upcoming batch
These partners are secured for the semester you are applying to.
Cinven
International private equity firm and one of the world's leading healthcare investors.
Uniklinikum Frankfurt
The university hospital of Goethe University: clinical care, research and teaching under one roof.
Futury
Frankfurt-based venture builder turning talent and ideas into start-ups.
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt's largest university and the academic home of the chapter.
Nordic Capital
Leading private equity investor with a strong focus on healthcare and technology.
This will be the first AIM Connect batch in Frankfurt, so there is no past batch to look back on yet. The timeline below shows the program of other cities as an example: it is representative of the general structure of AIM Connect, but Frankfurt will run its sessions with local partners.
The Munich batch (SS 26)
Kickoff Weekend
Three days in Berlin: intro talks, team building and the first partner sessions.
AMBOSSMadjid Salimi (Founder & CEO), Valentin von Seggern (Head of AI)
Heidi HealthFranz Lesche
CharitéLaura Velezmoro
Heal CapitalDr. Lucas Mittelmeier
ElucidJulius Emmerich (Founder & CEO)
Clinic: Visit
Pick one department: neurosurgery, heart surgery, medical laboratory or pathology.
LMU Klinikum Clinic: Focus Session
Challenges of bringing technological innovation into everyday clinical practice.
LMU KlinikumProf. Konstantinos Dimitriadis
Startup: Visit
Visit to Avelios Medical, the Munich hospital software startup.
Avelios MedicalDr. Sebastian Krammer (Co-Founder & CMO)
Research: Focus Session
Visit to the CAMP chair (Computer Aided Medical Procedures) at TUM.
CAMP, TUMProf. Nassir Navab
Research: Visit
Tour of the Interfaculty Center for Endocrine and Cardiovascular Disease Network Modeling and Clinical Transfer at LMU Munich.
ICON, LMU MunichPD Dr. med. Sebastian Clauss (Managing Director & Scientific Coordinator)
Corporate: Visit
Deep dive into cardiopulmonary technology: manufacturing and technology behind a heart-lung machine.
LivaNovaTimón D. Riedel, Christian Hofstetter, Lena Kohnen
Startup: Focus Session
Digital twins of the lung: Founding journey, lab to finding investors, and how patient-specific lung models could improve ventilation and drug delivery.
EbenbuildDr. Kei Wieland Müller (CEO & Co-Founder), Dr. Maximilian Grill (CCO)
Corporate: Focus Session
Hands-on at Smith+Nephew: a hip replacement in virtual reality and robotic bone removal for a knee endoprosthesis.
Smith+NephewDr. Martin Alston Bauer, Clara Maier, Klaudja Ograja
Makeathon
An intensive build weekend in partnership with Strategy&: teams turned their projects into prototypes.
Strategy&Makeathon partner
Summit
The closing event: final pitches in front of partners and guests.
The Aachen batch (SS 26)
Kickoff Weekend
Getting to know the Berlin MedTech startup scene, from seed round to unicorn.
AMBOSSMadjid Salimi (Founder & CEO), Valentin von Seggern (Head of AI)
SynagenAIChristiane Höper (CMO), Dyke Ferber (CTO)
ElucidJulius Emmerich (Founder & CEO)
Expert Session: Artificial Heart Pumps
How mechanical pumps support failing hearts, straight from clinical practice.
Uniklinik RWTH AachenPD Dr. Jörg Schröder
OR Visit: Artificial Heart Pumps
Inside the operating room: heart pump surgery up close.
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Expert Session: Medical Robotics
Guest lecture on the state of the art in medical robotics.
Imperial College LondonProf. Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena (Director, Hamlyn Centre for Medical Robotics)
Expert Session: Big Data for Medicine
What large-scale health data can and cannot tell us about patients.
Uniklinik RWTH AachenProf. Caroline Schneider (Professor for Big Data in Medicine, Forbes 30 Under 30)
MRI & AI Visit
The development of AI in medical image analysis, plus a live MRI demonstration.
RWTH AachenProf. Daniel Truhn (Professor for AI in Medicine)
Hands-on Workshop: Medical Robotics
Steering OR robots yourself at RWTH's Chair of Medical Engineering.
mediTECProf. Klaus Radermacher
Project Preparation Sessions
Three sessions to get your team project ready for the Makeathon.
digitalHUB AachenHow to: User interview, with Malvine Klecha
AlpamayoHow to: Code with AI, with Christoph Netsch (Co-Founder)
With Love and DataHow to: Start-up pitch, with Alex Jacobi (Serial Founder)
Makeathon
An intensive build weekend: 5 teams turned their projects into prototypes.
OneAIM x CSI Summit
The closing event: final pitches in front of partners and guests.
CSIHost
With AIM Educate, we host open events: summits, lecture series and expert talks on Health AI and MedTech. Open to everyone, event by event: no semester-long commitment, no application.
No upcoming events right now
There are currently no open AIM Educate events in Frankfurt. New summits, lecture series and expert talks are announced as soon as the dates are set: have a look at the overview page for all events.
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