Health Capital Helsinki

Tekoäly töissä -webinaarisarja: Tekoäly- ja dataregulaatio käytännössä – mitä yritysten pitää huomioida? (in Finnish)
2021-12-02 09:00 - 10:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
Järjestäjä: AI-TIE – Tekoälyinnovaatioekosysteemillä kilpailukykyä PK-yrityksille -hanke
Miten tekoäly- ja dataregulaatiot vaikuttavat tekoälyratkaisuja kehittävien yritysten toimintaan käytännössä? Minkälaisissa tapauksissa tulee olla erityisen tarkkana?
Tekoäly- ja dataregulaatio käytännössä – mitä yritysten pitää huomioida? -webinaarissa kuullaan aihetta koskevaa uusinta sisältöä. Tilaisuuden puhujina toimivat Sami Laine Siili Solutions Oyj:ltä ja Kristine Alanko Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön Tekoäly 4.0 -ohjelmasta.
Tapahtuma on osa maksutonta Tekoäly töissä -webinaarisarjaa. Osallistumalla vähintään kahteen Tekoäly töissä -sarjan webinaariin saat halutessasi sertifikaatin osallistumisestasi.
Ilmoittautuminen webinaariin sulkeutuu 30.11.

Virtual Reality and Healthcare Europe Symposium '21
2021-12-02 - 2021-12-03
Organiser: International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association (IVRHA)
The 3rd Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Europe Symposium offers you an opportunity to:

Discover the latest advancement in VR for healthcare training, education, research, and clinical therapeutics
Network with leading clinical and pharma institutions from around the global
Gain insights and best practices necessary to successfully implement VR into your clinical practice

Finnish companies will get a 50% reduction on pricing. Please contact Maria Lavonen (maria.lavonen@hbh.fi) for details.

Unicorner - Slush Official Side Event
2021-12-01 17:00 - 20:00
Organiser: The University of Helsinki and Helsinki Innovation Services
Science-based innovations and spinouts have the proven potential to become hugely successful businesses that truly change the world – as well as the future of those who believed and invested in them early on.
Register for Unicorner, an official side event of Slush, to hear twelve inspiring science cases and share insights on how to make research-based innovations flourish.

Fingenious-ekosysteemitapahtuma (in Finnish)
2021-12-01 13:00 - 16:00
Järjestäjä: THL ja Biopankkien Osuuskunta Suomi – FINBB
Lisää terveys- ja biolääketieteellistä tutkimusta Suomeen
Tapahtuma tuo yhteen biopankki-, rekisteri- ja kliinisen tutkimuksen tekijöitä ja mahdollistajia. Tavoitteena on lisätä terveys- ja biolääketieteellisen tutkimuksen mahdollisuuksia Suomessa ja käydä avointa keskustelua aiheesta. Tapahtuma on kaikille avoin.

Y Science 2021 - Slush Official Side Event for Life Sciences
2021-12-01 12:00 - 16:00
Organiser: HiLife, SynBio Powerhouse and VTT, Health Capital Helsinki, Viikki Food Design Factory
Y Science brings together the curious scientific community and the business world to inspire concrete action and contribution to the society in the field of life sciences. Through a program full of exciting talks and startup pitches, Y Science will promote the value of the science-based business and encourage scientists to embrace a different way of thinking about impact. The event offers also a great opportunity to network with other attendees and set up meetings using Y Science’s own matchmaking app.
The program is divided into the following sessions, each with its own pitching competition:

Health and pharma

Biotech, synbio, and sustainability

Foodtech and agritech

The event is organised hybrid, allowing participants to attend it in person or virtually. Attendance is free-of-charge, but requires registration. No Slush ticket is required, EU Digital Covid Certificate is required.
Register now!

Slush 2021
2021-12-01 - 2021-12-02
Organiser: Slush
Slush 2021 brings together the world’s leading founders, investors, executives, and media for a curated gathering of 8,000 attendees at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center. The event, taking place on December 1–2, offers startups a unique opportunity to meet potential investors and receive concrete advice from the most accomplished founders, experienced operators, and successful investors.

SPARK Finland program
2021-11-30
SPARK Finland is looking for projects targeting new solutions in the health tech and life science space for its next program, starting in January 2022.
The solution of the proposed project must:

address an unmet need in the area of life science, medicine and health
utilize a novel approach (and possibly with an opportunity to IP)
have the potential to advance to clinic, clinical trials or commercialization within 2-3 years

The application period ends on November 30 at 16.00.

Training and Q&A session: Public procurement system of health care services in Sweden
2021-11-29 11:30 - 13:00
Organiser: Business Finland
Due to the impact of COVID-19, many planned visits and operations had to be postponed in Sweden, creating a pent-up need for care. Particular unmet needs are in:

Surgery
Specialized care
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Historically, health care services abroad for Swedish patients have been limited to small volumes of mainly cancer patients and neonatal patients to Finland. The possibility to provide health care services in the Swedish language is an added value that Finnish health care service providers have compared to competitors.
Join the training and Q&A session, organised by Business Finland, on November 29 and learn more about public procurement regulation and processes related to offering health care services to Sweden.

The Medtronic APAC Innovation Challenge
2021-11-26
Are you looking to expand your MedTech and digital health products and solutions with one of the largest medical technology companies in the world? Join the Medtronic APAC Innovation Challenge to exhibit your company’s innovative solutions that will drive the advancement of Healthcare Technologies in APAC!
The top 5 winners will stand a chance to win up to USD 200,000 for a commercial pilot, and the top 10 finalists will participate in a 5-week exclusive mentorship by Medtronic to refine the business cases to prep for the Final Pitch. The participants will also get the opportunity to present their products and solutions through virtual booths during the Medtronic Innovation Conference in March 2022.
Make sure you register and submit your Startup Pitch Deck by November 26.

Creation House Program
2021-11-25
Are you interested in securing Series A funding for your startup? BioInnovation Institute is currently searching for participants for the 18-months long Creation House program to build a case that can attract substantial funding.
During the program, you will make a gap analysis for your startup to find weak spots and roll out a development plan with every little step needed to reach the milestones on drug development, good manufacturing practice and regulatory strategy. BioInnovation Institute will fund up to seven companies in the program with a risk-free convertible loan of EUR 1.3M.
The application period ends on November 25 at 15.00 (EET).

3rd Digital Health Society Summit
2021-11-23 - 2021-11-24
Organiser: The Digital Health Society (DHS)
This year, the theme of the Digital Health Society Summit is Health Data for Society. The event will focus on the acceptance criteria and technical prerequisites for societal trust in the use of health data and the most innovative citizen controlled data sharing governance models. The summit also offers an opportunity to showcase pioneering regional initiatives on health data and data sharing and discuss strategies to accelerate investments in ready-to-market data-driven solutions.
Juha Paakkola, Director at Health Capital Helsinki, will speak as representative of the ECHAlliance Finnish ecosystem on 24 November at 14.00 CET (15.00 EET, Finnish time).

Health Talks: 5G in Healthcare
2021-11-16 13:00 - 14:30
Organiser: Aalto University, Health Design, Health Hub Tampere, HealthTurku, HiLIFE, Kuopio Health, OuluHealth, Terkko Health Hub, Upgraded – Health Startup Association of Finland, Laurea Entrepreneurship Society, Metropolia Entrepreneurship Society and Xes Helsinki
The health and wellbeing sector is continuously evolving and looking for new solutions to enable more effective collaboration between medical professionals and secure better care for patients. Advanced technology plays an impactful role in the digital transformation that is shaping future healthcare.
Join the next Health Talks webinar on November 16 to learn more about 5G in healthcare! During the event, you will also get an opportunity to ask your questions from experts – Matti Hämäläinen, Erkki Harjula and Visa Honkanen. The event is free of charge.

Event Series for Nordic Health Tech Companies: Workshop/Pitching Event
2021-11-15
Are you a Nordic health tech company interested in entering the UK market? Do you need tips from experience on how to successfully land your business in the UK?
British Embassies in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Department for International Trade (DIT) together with Nordic health cluster partners invite you to pitch your product to four experts on the UK health tech market on November 24, from 10.30 to 12.30 (EEST).

Nykøbing Falster Booster Board
2021-11-15
Does your company have a solution that supports citizens’ self-management of chronic diseases (COPD, heart disease, dementia, depression and diabetes) and strengthens their health competencies? Do you already have a good grip on the market? Nykøbing Falster Booster Board invites Nordic companies to pitch their products to makers on a virtual event, held on 6 December.
Nykøbing Falster Hospital is a small emergency hospital in Region Zealand, which is at the forefront of rethinking the health service, among other things, by collaborating with private companies.
As a participant you are expected to:

Prepare and submit a product presentation or video no later than 1 week before the Booster Board
Observe the other companies participating in the Booster Board
Give feedback in a closed meeting only for the companies and innovation employees from Nykøbing Falster Hospital immediately after Booster Board

The Booster Board has two phases:

Pitch session where you pitch for a panel of decision-makers and answer questions in relation to your solution
Feedback session where you get feedback from the hospital’s innovation department and from the other company participants

​​If your solution is the right match, you have the opportunity to enter into a strategic cross-sectoral collaboration with Nykøbing Falster Hospital. 5 companies are chose for pitching.
Register latest by 15 November. The info page is in Danish but Finnish companies can pitch in English.

Tekoäly töissä -webinaarisarja: Liiketoiminta, digitalisointi ja tekoäly (in Finnish)
2021-11-11 13:00 - 14:30
Järjestäjä: AI-TIE – Tekoälyinnovaatioekosysteemillä kilpailukykyä PK-yrityksille -hanke
Tekoäly lupaa paljon, mutta miten voit ottaa käyttöön tekoälyn mahdollisuudet yrityksesi toiminnassa? Ilmoittaudu maksuttomaan webinaarisarjaan keskustelemaan aiheesta ja kuulemaan uutta!
Miten toiminnan digitalisointi kannattaa toteuttaa? Kuinka tuottaa entistä laadukkaampaa dataa? Webinaarisarjan ensimmäisessä osassa lähdetään liikkeelle perusasioista: digitalisointivalmiuksista tekoälyn tarjoamista mahdollisuuksista. Tapahtumassa aiheesta keskustelevat Haaga-Helia AMK:in myynnin kehittämisen ja digitalisaation yliopettaja Altti Lagstedt ja DAIN Studiosilla Senior Data & AI Strategist -tittelillä työskentelevä John Bailey.
Ilmoittaudu Zoomissa 11.11. Klo 13–14 järjestettävään webinaariin 10.11. mennessä.

Nordea Speed Dating: Slush Edition
2021-11-11
Nordea Investor Speed Dating is a virtual matchmaking event for high-growth startups and scaleups seeking the right investor. Nordea Startup and Growth is now organising a health-themed version of the event, taking place on December 1 at Slush. In the event, you are able to have meetings with VCs that invest in Healthtechs and have mentoring sessions with AstraZeneca.
Got interested? Please submit your application by November 11th.

PERUTTU: Huipputeknologia ja digitalisaatio terveydenhuollossa: vaikuttavuuden hankinta (in Finnish)
2021-11-10 08:00 - 09:30
Järjestäjä: Sailab – MedTech Finland ry, Helsinki Business Hub, Health Capital Helsinki
TAPAHTUMA ON VALITETTAVASTI PERUTTU.
Vaikuttavuuden hankinta -seminaari 10.11. on valitettavasti jouduttu tältä erää perumaan. Syynä on kahden puhujan äkillinen esteellisyys. Pahoittelemme peruuntumista.
Uutta ajankohtaa tilaisuudelle etsitään. Kun uusi aika varmistuu, asiasta tiedotetaan Sailabin tapahtumakalenterissa ja tällä sivulla.

Get featured in Business Finland’s brochure presenting Finnish offering to future hospitals
2021-11-05
As an aftermath of the current pandemic, a number of health care systems and hospitals are undergoing reconstruction and upgrades in the coming years. Business Finland is publishing a brochure presenting Finnish expertise to future hospitals that are sustainable, digital and innovative.
Business Finland is now inviting Finnish companies with relevant offerings to be featured in this brochure. Participating gives your company an excellent opportunity to promote your field of innovation and expertise to a global audience.
Please submit your information by November 5, 2021. The instructions and categories can be found here.

AI Finland & AI Day 2021: Reboot with AI
2021-11-04 09:30 - 18:00
Organiser: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI), the City of Espoo, Business Finland and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
AI Day is the biggest annual event highlighting the frontrunner AI research in Finland. The event brings together researchers, companies, students and the public sector involved in the fast-developing field of AI. AI Day promotes matchmaking, information sharing, and cross-border collaboration. This year, AI Day joins forces with the AI Finland conference, organised by Business Finland and the City of Espoo. The theme of the day is Reboot with AI – Impact leadership and foresight with AI.
The virtual event is free of charge and open to everyone.

NeuroChallenge hackathon
2021-11-04
OLVI-säätiö NeuroChallenge is a 48h long innovation competition for entrepreneurially-minded people to create solutions for a real-life challenge within a limited time. The competition aims to promote better brain health and general wellbeing by solving challenges related to lifelong learning and creativity.
The three best teams will be awarded by the Grand Jury. The Grand Prize Money is 20.000 €. All the solutions must be related to NeuroChallenge’s mission on promoting better brain health and the wellbeing of the aging population.
The competition takes place on 5–7 November. Make sure you register here latest by November 4!

Terveyden älypuhelinsovellus - trendit, regulaatio ja arviointi (in Finnish)
2021-11-04
Järjestäjä: USBIMED
Koulutus on suunnattu erityisesti tuoteyritysten, terveydenhuollon yksiköiden sekä terveysteknologian tutkimus-ja kehityshankkeiden puitteissa toimiville kehittäjille ja suunnittelijoille, jotka osallistuvat terveyden älypuhelinsovelluksien kehittämiseen tai laadun hallintaan (RA/QA henkilöstö), tai arviointikehikoiden kehittämistyöhön.
Koulutuspäivässä pureudutaan mm. seuraaviin kysymyksiin:

Mikä on terveyden älypuhelinsovellusten markkinatilanne tänään?
Milloin älypuhelinsovellus on lääkinnällinen laite?
Millaisia ovat ohjelmistoja koskettavat viranomaisvaatimukset ja vaatimustenmukaisuuden osoittamisen prosessit lääkinnällisiä laitteita koskettavan asetuksen MDR 2017/745 mukaisesti?
Millaisia erilaisia palveluita, arviointikehikoita ja standardeja on olemassa terveyden älypuhelinsovelluksien kehitystyötä, löydettävyyttä ja suosittamistoimintaa tukemaan?

Health Tuesday: The Promise and Current Status of Digital Therapeutics
2021-11-02 08:00 - 10:15
Organiser: Business Finland
Digital therapeutics (DTx) is an exciting and growing field of evidence-based therapies that complement pharmaceutical therapies and are typically employed in the prevention and management of chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma and depression.
Join Business Finland’s Health Tuesday on November 2 at 8.00 to learn more about this rapidly growing area and the market opportunities it offers!

Healthtech From Finland 2022
2021-10-31
Are you a healthtech company planning to venture into the international market and grow your network? Healthtech From Finland 2022 is a marketing and sales training for healthtech companies aiming for growth, organised by Pro Growth Consulting Oy and Healthtech Finland ry.
The training will start in November 2021 and end in June 2022. The topics covered during the 12 remote sessions will include, for example, principles of growth, understanding the market, pitching, marketing communication and SEO.
Some slots available, register now!

HELSEED 2021 programme
2021-10-31
HELSEED is a student startup programme encouraging students to entrepreneurial path. Programme also aims to support and provide information to startup teams at different stages. Helsinki University Funds will make €10,000 – €50,000 seed investments to most promising startups. The programme is organised by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki Think Company.
The programme is ideal for teams that have an interesting idea, but have not yet established a company, as well as for teams who have already founded a company.
In the programme, students work on their business ideas or existing startups to develop business plan. Helsinki Think Company team support the process, by organising HELSEED workshops that provide information and tools from refining an original idea and selecting a business model to developing a business plan and negotiating with investors. Participants can choose a suitable workshop or attend all of the workshops.
Teams wishing to aim at obtaining a seed investment must submit their business plan by 31 October 2021.

Alzheimer's Disease Challenge 2021
2021-10-30
Are you ready to solve some of the biggest challenges of our time?
Biogen and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are searching for digital health startups that are working on digital health technology for:

prevention and early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
patient and caregiver support
healthcare system support in Alzheimer’s Disease management

to apply to Alzheimer’s Disease Challenge workshop on 1 December at Slush.
The workshop will be facilitated by Biogen and VTT teams together with leading Alzheimer’s Disease experts and representatives from a VC fund. The workshop is focused on building a pathway towards the implementation of your technology in a real healthcare setting so that it can benefit Alzheimer’s Disease patients and their loved ones as soon as possible.

FIMM Meets Pharma: Digital Diagnostics for Precision Medicine
2021-10-28 16:00 - 17:30
Organiser: The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), the University of Helsinki and Health Capital Helsinki
In this webinar, FIMM will feature some of their digital diagnostics projects. Characterization of biological samples for diagnostic purposes is undergoing a transition from an analog to a digital technology. Many of the processes can now be effectively enhanced and supported by machine learning and AI. Please join to learn more about how this can benefit new collaborations and partnerships.
FIMM meets Pharma is series of webinars aiming to showcase the current scientific frameworks and technological capabilities of FIMM and spark interest with pharmaceutical partners to initiate new projects and collaborations.

Smart city services 2.0 – Workshop and training kickoff for H3C
2021-10-27 13:00 - 17:59
H3C – Human-Centric Companies and Cities – training programme gets you up to speed with what it takes to create human-centric smart city solutions of the new normal. The 5-month online training introduces the building blocks for developing human-centric solutions based on personal data. You will learn why this is important in the first place, and develop new know-how for competing fairly in the digital economy today, and in the future.
Award-winning nonprofit, MyData Global is hosting a workshop and training kickoff for H3C on 27 October at Maria01, Helsinki. Companies and cities interested in participating in the training programme are invited to attend the workshop.
During the event, you’ll learn about what it takes to create human-centric smart city solutions and get inspired by case examples from both leading companies and city officials. You’ll leave the event with a clear understanding of the H3C journey ahead of you and your team (if you decide to take part in the following training programme).

China health tech series V – Hybrid matchmaking meeting with key senior care stakeholders at Yangtze River Delta Region
2021-10-27 09:00 - 11:40
The Yangtze River Delta Region is considered as a priority area for the development of middle- and high end senior care facilities in China because of its wealthy population and people’s willingness to pay a premium for good service.
Business Finland China together with Smart Life Finland program invite Finnish health tech companies interested in the Chinese elderly care market to participate in this hybrid meeting on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 09:00 – 11:40 (Finnish time). The goal of the event is to explore commercial opportunities of working with one of the largest elderly care operators in Yangtze River Delta Region. The Chinese counter partner will select Finnish company representatives, to the hybrid meeting, among registered companies.

Health tech accelerator
2021-10-27
Would you like to increase your knowledge of requirements and practices in the health tech field to operate there successfully and safely?
Health tech accelerator (Terveysteknologiakiihdyttämö) is a comprehensive training program about quality, innovation, product development and management in the health tech field. The program is for organisations and experts from all these areas.
The topics to be covered include, for example:

Basics for building an ISO 13485 quality management system
Clarifying the innovation path to market
Organising customer-centric and agile product development

The program, organised by Clinipower Finland Oy, begins on October 27. The training consists of independent online learning and remote contact teaching, held mostly in Finnish.

MedTech Opportunities in Asia Pacific – Launch of the new Nordic Health Study Report
2021-10-26 10:00 - 12:00
Organiser: Innovation Norway, Business Finland and Business Sweden
How to strengthen the global presence of Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish companies in the healthcare industry? What kind of business opportunities do seven key markets in APAC have to offer for these companies?
Join the webinar, organised by Innovation Norway, Business Finland and Business Sweden, to take a deep dive into the Nordic Health Study report and to hear inspiring stories from three MedTech companies that are doing business in APAC.
The webinar will take place on October 26, from 10 to 12 (Finnish time).
