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City of Helsinki's call for digital technologies to prevent pressure ulcers
2023-10-31
As part of CommuniCity Challenges, the City of Helsinki is looking for digital technologies enabling prevention of pressure ulcers with wheelchair patients.
The call for applications is open until 31 October.
Check out all CommuniCity Helsinki Challenges and apply.
Pressure ulcer challenge is Helsinki Challenge #3.
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BIO-Europe 2023
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-08
Once a year, the biotechnological and life sciences world unites at BIO-Europe to do business and leverage the industry forward. This year on 6-8 November 2023, the leading biotech and biopharma companies and development teams gather in Munich for BIO-Europe 2023.
BIO-Europe connects industry leaders who foster cross-sectoral partnerships between the biotechnology, pharma, healthcare and financial sectors. BIO-Europe 2023 sheds light on vital industry topics, including AI, pharmaceuticals, preventative medicine, big data and more.

HUSin Tekoälypäivä
2023-11-07
Järjestäjä: HUS, Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö, Fimea
Ohjelmassa on mm. konkreettisia case-esimerkkejä tekoälysovellusten kehittämisestä kliiniseen käyttöön sekä esityksiä lainsäädännön edellytyksistä tutkimuksen vaatimukset huomioiden. Lisäksi keskustellaan tekoälykehittämisen haasteista ja niiden ratkaisuvaihtoehdoista sekä käytännön työn että lainsäädännön näkökulmista. Tapahtuma on tarkoitettu erityisesti Helsingin ja Uudenmaan hyvinvointialueiden johdolle ja poliittisille päättäjille sekä kaikille aiheen parissa työskenteleville.
Katso tarkempi ohjelma ja ilmoittaudu mukaan

Health Tuesday: How to find public funding for research-based innovations
2023-11-07 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Business Finland
Want to commercialise that research finding, but don’t know where to find the funding for it? If this sounds familiar, join November edition of Health Tuesday to learn about national and EU funding instruments that can catalyse your research to world class innovation for global markets!
Agenda & registration

AI Day 2023
2023-11-08
Organiser: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI in co-operation with the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society
AI Day is the biggest annual event highlighting the leading 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.
Programme & registration

Frontiers Health 2023
2023-11-08 - 2023-11-10
Frontiers Health is one of the premier global digital health innovation events, with a strong focus on digital therapeutics, breakthrough technologies, healthcare transformation, investments, and ecosystem development.
The event brings together thought leaders, policy makers, industry players and innovative companies to dive deep into the ongoing challenges, strategic trends and scalable solutions likely to impact healthcare.
Note: Startup showcase application deadline 6 September!

Webinaari: Riskilähtöisyys tuotekehityksessä – Tuskan sijaan kilpailueduksi?
2023-11-08 15:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
Järjestäjä: Taipuva
Miten riskienhallinta saadaan tuotesuunnittelun keskiöön niin, että se olisi selkeää ja muutosten vaikutukset saataisiin hoidettua ketterästi ja varmasti? Taipuva jakaa Business Finland -projekti AHMEDista saatuja oppeja ja ratkaisumalleja webinaarissa 8. marraskuuta!
Webinaarin sisältö:

Katsaus mitä regulaatiot riskienhallinnan osalta vaativat, myös huomioiden post-market surveillancen ja ohjelmistojen kyberturvallisuuden aiheuttamat lisämausteet.
Havaintoja tyypillisistä menetelmistä tuotteiden riskienhallintaan ja tekniseen dokumentointiin.
Esitetään perusperiaatteet, joiden mukaan riskienhallinta saadaan teknisen dokumentaation ytimeksi ja miten tarvittava jäljitettävyys tulee hoitaa. Tästä esim. startupit saavat valmiiksi pureskellun mallin!
Esitellään digitalisoitu esimerkkitoteutus ja realistisia käyttötapauksia sen avulla.

Ilmoittaudu mukaan
Webinaari järjestetään englanniksi 23. marraskuuta. Lisätiedot webinaarista.

Webinar: What you should know about Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)
2023-11-14 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Business Finland
Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) is a partnership for health research and innovation between the EU and Europe’s life science industries. IHI has a total budget of €2.4 billion and is funded jointly by the EU and by industry associations representing Europe’s life science industries.
Join this webinar to learn more about IHI and upcoming calls as well as to ask questions from experts and peers!
Agenda & registration

Women in science: Future Female Founders
2023-11-14 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Innovestor and University of Helsinki with partners
Women are well represented in the academic world of health sciences. However, making your research really impact the society may require a spin-out. And most of the academic spin-out companies are founded by male teams. Why is this?
All female scientists and students, welcome to “Future Female Founders” event to debunk myths about entrepreneurship and an academic career, and to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs.
There should be no barriers to spinning-out your innovations.
Register now

Reimbursement webinar: USA
2023-11-14 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Business Finland
Post-Covid, US healthcare continues to transition, grow, and rediscover. There is a heightened need for new ideas and technologies to improve both patient outcomes and revenue.
Join the webinar on 14 November to learn about the three components of reimbursement – coding, coverage and payment, how commercial insurance plans pay for items or services provided by medical professionals, and how reimbursement helps companies determine their pricing models.
The online event is organised by Business Finland in collaboration with Rob Wenthold and Tom Goss of Beacon One Healthcare Partners, and is reserved for Finnish companies.
Agenda & registration

Workshop: UK digital health and care - market entry and key ecosystems
2023-11-22 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Business Finland welcomes you to a workshop addressing and discussing the practical issues that a Finnish SME may face when considering entering UK digital health and care markets. The workshop will highlight all countries of the United Kingdom – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – and the key ecosystems for SMEs, with focus a on digital health and care.
Read more and register by 8 November

UK Healthy Ageing Sector Webinar
2023-11-23 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
UK Healthy Ageing Sector Webinar on Thu 23 November 10-11:00 EET.
North East of England, Manchester and Scotland will introduce the business and innovation opportunities around the early intervention products and therapeutics for healthy ageing. They will also introduce the upcoming UK visit for Nordic companies in February, 2024.
Further information and registrations

New Nordics Health Innovation Demo Day
2023-11-23 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organisers: Health Founders, DigitalWell Ventures and Health Incubator Helsinki
It’s time to showcase the next rising stars of healthtech ecosystem in the New Nordics region!
Health Founders, DigitalWell Ventures and Health Incubator Helsinki are inviting you to the second New Nordics Health Innovation Demo Day, taking place on Thursday, 23 November, 2023.
In this online event, 15 promising healthtech startups from Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway will showcase their solutions.
Whether you’re a startup, investor or interested in healthtech innovation, sign up for the event.

Webinar: Risk-based product development – From burden to productivity
2023-11-23 15:00 - 15:45 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Taipuva
Risk management in product development is complex, because risks are related to almost everything in the technical file. This “everything” should be on the move constantly, as the MDR says that risk management is a continous process over the product lifecycle.
Join the webinar on 23 November to hear:

What do regulations require of (medical) product risk management
What are the typical methods and tools – and associated problems
How is it possible to solve these problems?
Taipuva presents an example of a holistic digital solution
How to obtain the advantages of this?

Registration
There is a Finnish language version of this webinar organised on 8 November – read more.

Velocity: €1M science challenge for Nordic and Baltic startups
2023-11-28
Voima Ventures, a Helsinki and Stockholm-based early-stage investor specialising in science-based startups, has launched a new science challenge, Velocity. Targeted at pre-seed and seed-stage science-based startups in the Nordic and Baltic regions, this initiative aims to accelerate innovation and support groundbreaking projects in the fields of green transformation, life sciences, health technologies, and disruptive industry technologies.
Velocity represents a significant opportunity for startups with university or research lab backgrounds to receive mentoring, feedback, and evaluation from science and growth company experts, as well as co-investors from Voima Ventures. 30 companies will be select to participate in an online session where they will receive expert guidance on commercialising their ideas and expand their investor networks.
From this pool, the top 8 teams will advance to a final round, where they will compete for a €1 million investment and a mentorship with Voima Ventures.
Apply by 28 November!

Nordic Healthtech Mixer
2023-11-28 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Copenhagen)
Welcome to Nordic HealthTech Mixer, a Nordic Life Science Days pre-event! Join us in networking with Nordic HealthTech investors, startups and stakeholders to discuss how to grow your business and foster strategic partnerships. Industry actors will be joined by among others the Ambassadors of Norway, Sweden, and Finland as a token of Nordic synergies.
Time: 28 November 2023 at 15:00–17:00
Place: Eigtveds Pakhus, Strandgade 25D, 1401 Copenhagen
Snacks and refreshments will be served. The event is open to everyone, including those who don’t have a ticket to the NLSD event itself. Bus transfer to the NLSDays Welcome Reception in Lund, Sweden will be available.
Register for the event

Nordic Life Science Days 2023
2023-11-29 - 2023-11-30
Nordic Life Science Days is the largest life science partnering event in the Nordics. The 2023 NLSDays, on 29-30 November in Copenhagen, highlights success stories from the Nordic life science companies, emphasises the importance of licensing deals and business strategies during the tough financial climate and discusses the necessary building blocks for successful life science sector.
30 pre-selected Nordic SMEs will pitch their innovations to investors and big pharma scouts and academic projects have a chance to present their innovation as posters. International and Nordic investors will meet at the exclusive investor dinner.
Get a 15% discount with Health Capital Helsinki promotion code: 2023HCH15

Read more and register

Match XR
2023-11-29 16:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Helsinki XR Center
Discover the Finnish XR scene at Match XR on 29 November!
Match XR is an annual Slush pre-event focusing on the current state of extended reality (XR) & Web3 in Finland. Once a year, the event assembles XR & emerging tech stakeholders, opinion leaders and peers around the globe under the same roof to share ideas, demonstrate their solutions and create meaningful connections. Match XR is the biggest one-day XR & emerging tech dedicated event in the Nordics.
At Match XR you get to meet new contacts and potential cooperation partners via 1-on-1 speed meetings, experience 60+ cutting-edge applications and solutions at the Expo Area, witness the Finnish Metaverse Strategy Reveal by Business Finland, step into Formlös virtual production studio, and, of course: enjoy the great company of fellow emerging tech enthusiasts!
Get your free tickets now

SPARK Finland calls for health tech / life science projects
2023-11-30
SPARK Finland’s call is open in November! SPARK Finland is looking for projects targeting new solutions in the health tech and life science space for its next program. Eligible applicants are from Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio and Joensuu regions – faculty, scientists, clinicians, students – from SPARK Finland’s member institutions.
SPARK provides participants with:

Mentoring and advice from national and international industry leaders
Opportunities to participate and present your idea in international industry events
Small financial contribution to de-risk your project
Access to investors and experts on commercialization

…and much more.
Read more and apply by 30 November!
Notice the info sessions on 2 November and 14 November!

Slush 2023 – The World's Leading Startup Event
2023-11-30 - 2023-12-01
Slush is bringing the global startup ecosystem under one roof. In cold, dark November, a curated group of speakers from across the globe, showcases, and unique networking opportunities will all be in Helsinki. With hundreds of Side Events happening across the city throughout the Slush Week, the fun flows out of Messukeskus and into the streets.

Y Science – An official side event of Slush for Life Sciences
2023-11-30 12:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: HiLIFE (University of Helsinki), University of Helsinki Innovation Services, Health Capital Helsinki, Finnish Forest Industries, Viikki Food Design Factory and Aalto University
Want to get inspired by the science-based innovation made in Helsinki Metropolitan, and/or to connect with top-notch researchers and startups? Join us at Y Science, the official Slush side event for life sciences!
The event programme includes four sessions:

Health & Pharma
Food Systems
Forest & Environment
Science to Business runway

In addition, Y Science hosts three pitching competitions. Startups & pre-startups in Finland and Switzerland, apply for the Health and Pharma pitching competition by 30 September!
Sign up via Slush Platform! Attendance is free-of-charge and no Slush ticket is required.

Big in Japan pitch event @Slush
2023-12-01 09:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organised on the 2nd day of Slush, Big in Japan is the event to pitch your well-being related company to Japanese experts, and get tips on breaking into the Japanese market.
Outstanding pitches will receive paid round-trip airfare to Fukuoka, Japan, along with various other prizes.
Check out the agenda and sign up

BioFit 2023
2023-12-12 - 2023-12-13
With more than 1,000 international actors from 35+ countries, such as big pharma, emerging and small biotech, diagnostic companies, pre-seed / seed / Series A investors, as well as professionals from tech transfer, academia and research institutions, BioFIT is the leading partnering event in Europe for technology transfer, academia-industry collaborations and early-stage innovation deals in the field of Life Sciences. BioFIT is also the European marketplace for pre-seed, seed and Series A investment rounds in Life Sciences.

Health Talks: Natural Language Processing Applications in Healthcare
2023-12-12 09:30 - 11:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Explore how Natural Language Processing (NLP), the technology behind ChatGPT, can reshape the future of healthcare!
During the event, you will gain insights into the implications of NLP on the education of healthcare professionals and health practices. The event will also introduce you to the newly established Turku Centre for Intelligent Computing (CIC).
Register for the upcoming Health Talks here!

Health Tuesday: Sustainability in Healthcare Procurement
2023-12-12 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Buyers of health technology have a major role in driving green purchasing reforms and raising minimum standards, thereby increasing recognition of the value of supplier sustainability commitments.
Join for a live edition of Business Finland’s Health Tuesday to learn more about the latest trends in sustainable healthcare and hospital procurement! During the event, you will get to hear first hand examples from public and private players, along with insights from company representatives.
Register for the event here.

Tietoisku: Miten EU:n data-asetus vaikuttaa teknologiateollisuuden yrityksiin?
2024-01-09 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
EU:n uusi data-asetus (Data Act) on julkaistu ja se astuu voimaan 12.1.2024. Mitä muutos tarkoittaa terveysteknologia-alalla?
Osallistu Teknologiateollisuus ry:n kaikille avoimeen ja maksuttomaan tietoiskuun, ja nappaa mukaasi tuoreimmat opit data-asetuksen sisällöstä ja vaikutuksesta toimintaasi!
Ilmoittaudu mukaan täällä viimeistään 8.1. klo 16.

Webinaari: Horisontin aamukahvit – EP PerMed -kumppanuusohjelma
2024-01-18 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Oletko kiinnostunut osallistumaan yhteisrahoitteiseen The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine -kumppanuusohjelmaan (EP PerMed)? Liity mukaan aamukahvitilaisuuteen kuullaksesi lisää uunituoreesta kumppanuudesta ja sen rahoitusmahdollisuuksista!

CleverHealth Network: Annual Seminar
2024-01-18 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
CleverHealth Network welcomes all current and future collaboration partners to the CHN Annual Seminar! During the event, you will hear the latest insights and key results of CHN’s spearhead projects and meet leading experts in health care and industry – and, of course, bring your own ideas to the discussion.
Check the agenda and register by 13 January here!

Cross-Border Horizons: Uniting Finnish & Estonian Stakeholders for Healthcare Breakthroughs
2024-01-23 13:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
Interested in Finnish–Estonian collaboration and healthcare breakthroughs? Join the collaborative event, seeking to inspire new collaborations, facilitate the exchange of best practices, and expand the scope for testing and piloting initiatives between both countries!
Read more about the event program and get your tickets here.
