headerAbout the conference

The Innovation for Day One Conference was held in person, in Houston, Texas, at the Bioscience Research Collaborative on Rice University's campus from Wednesday, September 25 through Friday, September 27, 2024.

Healthy outcomes start with innovation. This year’s theme focused on making impact now and prioritizing innovation opportunities to end preventable newborn and maternal deaths in underserved settings across the world.

healthy outcomes for moms and babies

Who We Are

Innovation for Day One is a conference organized by the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and the maternal newborn health community to explore groundbreaking tools and approaches for healthy outcomes for mothers and babies in resource-limited communities. On day one of their baby’s life, mothers should be able to share stories of love, hope, and happiness. Unfortunately, most maternal and newborn deaths occur at the time of delivery to the first two days of a newborn’s life. The Innovation for Day One Conference is an opportunity to foster discussion among researchers across a variety of disciplines whose work advances treatment, technologies, and learnings in maternal and newborn survival. Together, we will take collective action to drive health equity for mothers and babies around the world.

Our Speakers

We have an exciting lineup of speakers that will discuss how to overcome ongoing challenges in the development, translation, and scale of newborn and maternal health technologies. This year’s theme will focus on making impact now and prioritizing innovation opportunities to end preventable newborn and maternal deaths across the world.

Learn more here: https://rice360.rice.edu/conference-speakers

Submit an Abstract

The submission window for oral abstracts the 2024 Innovation for Day One Conference is open from June 1, 2024, to July 15, 2024. The window for poster abstracts is open from June 1, 2024 to August 15, 2024. We are looking for research and findings related to one of our four tracks: maternal health innovation, newborn health innovation, digital health innovation, and commercialization, scale, and sustainability. Learn more about submitting an abstract by visiting: rice360.rice.edu/abstract-submission

Selected oral abstracts will be notified by August 1, 2024. Selected poster abstracts will be notified by August 23, 2024.

Registration

Conference Dates: September 25-27, 2024

Register by visiting our registration page or register using this link. (https://riceconnect.rice.edu/Innovation-for-Day-One)

  • Early Registration Period: June 1 - August 31, 2024
  • General Registration Period: September 1 - September 21, 2024

*exclusive merch will be provided for those who register during the early registration period.