This TEDx event is organized by the Hinnovic team, located within the Public Health Research Institute of Université de Montréal (IRSPUM).

Under the leadership of Pascale Lehoux, the team has engaged into numerous knowledge transfer and exchange activities. They include the organisation of Scientific Cafés and workshops and the creation of the Hinnovic blog, called “Health Innovations in Context.” All of these activities bring together different actors who are actively shaping health care systems and who contribute to the flow of information surrounding health innovation, such as managers, decision-makers, patient associations, scientific journalists and health care providers.

Through such innovative and interactive activities, the team seeks to disseminate rigorous information on health innovations, to present different perspectives, to prompt debates around technological innovation in health care and to enlighten public policies.

The team members are:

Pascale Lehoux, Full professor, Department of Health Administration at University of Montreal (DASUM), Researcher, IRSPUM   Journey:   Bachelor and master’s degrees in industrial design, PhD in public health from University of Montreal (1996), postdoctoral studies in Science and Technology Dynamics at University of Amsterdam, sabbatical leave at University of Toronto (2004), next sabbatical leave planned in Bologna (2011)               Passions:   Teaching, listening, observing, reading, reflecting on health innovation and the world, and traveling by foot, bicycle or train		Pauline Boinot, Hinnovic editor, IRSPUM   Journey:   Bachelor degree in economics at the University of Montreal (2002), master degree in international relations at Laval University (2005)               Passions:   Scientific popularization, dance and travelling
Geneviève Daudelin, Research assistant, IRSPUM, contributor to Hinnovic   Journey:   Bachelor degree in social work (1986); community action; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in sociology at University of Montreal (1998).               Passions:   “Green” innovations; citizens’ knowledge and action; discussion, words written and words sung, silence…		Myriam Hivon, Research assistant, IRSPUM, contributor to Hinnovic   Journey:   Bachelor and master’s degrees in anthropology at the Université de Montréal, PhD in social anthropology in Cambridge University (England) including a 18-months fieldwork in the Russian countryside.               Passions:   Reading, understanding, debating and contemplating.
Helena Urfer, Communication specialist, School of Public Health of University of Montreal (ESPUM)   Journey:   Raised in Switzerland and Italy, diploma in political sciences at University of Lausanne (1994), journalist for a francophone Swiss newspaper, responsible for health and public affairs for a communication and public relations agency, in charge of the national campaign for the prevention of HIV/AIDS for the Federal Ministry of Health in Switzerland, director of public international relations and events for Swatch Ltd in Bienne (Switzerland)               Passions:   Languages and jazz, which she regularly practices		Patrick Vachon, Medialab coordinator, IRSPUM, Technical Designer, Hinnovic.org   Journey:   Mechanical engineering technician (diploma 1990), computer assisted design, programmer, analyst and teacher in mechanical engineering applied programming in Sherbrooke (Quebec), Ottawa (Ontario) and Chattanooga (Tennessee), television production technician (diploma 2004), post-production of series broadcasted in Quebec by Just for Laughs, Canal-Z and Canal-D               Passions:   Media production, all forms of science, music