There’s an App for That: Skin Cancer Prevention Skin Screener, developed by Austrian startup medaia, is a mobile app that assesses the risk of skin cancer via photos. Easy to use, cost effective and widely available now in Europe, the app helps users detect skin cancer earlier, when intervention is likely to be more successful. Learn how the innovative, AI-supported algorithm is a new tool in the fight against cancer. SCOR Innovation Podcast host Thomas Trompetter interviews medaia CEO Albin Skasa about Skin Screener.BIOS: Albin SkasaCEO medaia GmbHAfter attending commercial school and a reserve officers training, Albin finished his master in law at University of Graz. He began his professional career as a legal trainee but soon he switched to auditing. After almost four years he was hired as an investment manager by the local state government providing Venture Capital and Private Equity to Styrian companies. During this work he got in touch with medaia, the company behind SkinScreener where he was asked by both founders to become the CEO.Thomas Trompetter MBAHead of Client Services&Portfolio Solutions/Central EuropeThomas is Head of “Client Services & Portfolio Solutions” and responsible for Underwriting, Claims & Prevention and Portfolio Solutions for the Central Europe Region. He started his career in a primary insurance company in Germany and entered the reinsurance business in 2000. He has more than 20 years of experience in different areas of the reinsurance business for different international markets, especially Europe and the Middle East. Thomas and his teams also have been exploring in the past years innovative approaches for prevention of cancer and mental disorders. 

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