HealthBIO seminar and partnering event
2022-09-14 - 2022-09-15
Organiser: Turku Business Region, Health Turku and EEN
Welcome to HealthBIO 2022 event!

HealthBIO Seminar, 14 September at 10.30-16.00 (Presidentti auditorium, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6, Turku)
Confirmed speakers include: Marcel van Duin (Organon), Pekka Simula (Innovestor Ventures), Jyrki Liljeroos (National Drug Development Centre), Juhana Rauramo (HyTest)
HealthBIO Get together, 14 September, at 18.30-22.00 (Scandic Hamburger Börs, Kauppiaskatu 6, Turku)
HealthBIO 2022 Partnering Event and Pitching Competition, 15 September (SparkUp premises, ElektroCity, Tykistökatu 4, Turku) and 20 September (online)

Register for the events by 6 September.

Healthcare sector investments & transformation in Baltic states
2022-09-15 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Business Finland
Following Business Finland’s introduction into healthcare RRF-related webinars last year, now it’s time for this event to provide deeper insights on the planned and current developments taking place in Baltic healthcare markets and the rising opportunities for Finnish companies.

Minnesota is seeking Finnish entrepreneurs! Twin Cities Startup Week
2022-09-16 - 2022-09-23
As the second-largest startup week in the United States, Twin Cities Startup Week (TCSW) inspires, equips, and connects entrepreneurs and potential startup founders to start and grow businesses. More than 20,000 registered attendees participate in 200+ events focused on educating, networking, and inspiring Twin Cities entrepreneurs.
Apply for the Fly-In Program 2022 and get flights & travel paid:
As a Fly-In Program participant, you’ll be reimbursed for travel to TCSW 2022 and experience TCSW workshops, networking, community events and special perks exclusive to the Fly-In Program including city tours and arts & music events.
Read more and apply now!

Understanding the French diagnostics market
2022-09-16 13:00 - 15:00
Organiser: Business Finland
France is an important diagnostics market that has been further boosted by the Covid pandemic and demand for new technologies is increasing. The market is evolving, as the medical laboratory market is undergoing a strong concentration, there is a need for reduction of healthcare costs, and remote healthcare create new opportunities for innovative diagnostics technologies.
Join the webinar on Friday 16 September on the French diagnostics market to hear insights regarding its structure, players and current developments. The webinar is intended for Finnish diagnostics companies.

ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health
2022-09-19 - 2022-09-22
Organiser: UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Health Organization (WHO) and University of Helsinki
The ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H) works in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish a standardized assessment framework for the evaluation ​of AI-based methods for health, diagnosis, triage or treatment decisions. Participation in the FG-AI4H is free of charge and open to all.
The next workshop and meeting is held at Biomedicum Helsinki on 19-22 September, 2022. Register here by 5 September!

The 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup®
2022-09-22
Technology-driven innovations have brought great benefits to society and are reshaping healthcare in multiple ways. By 2030, healthcare will be centered on patients empowered to prevent diseases rather than seek treatment. All of this will be enabled by data and provided within a healthcare system that is organized and regulated in an entirely new way.
The 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® is looking for the next generation of smart health devices, medical wearables, digital biomarkers, electroceuticals, intelligent patches, and more. HealthTech and MedTech innovators worldwide are invited to take part in free of charge.
Benefit from the world’s leading open ecosystem in connected health of the Innovation World Cup® Series at MEDICA, including:

Pitch & award ceremony at the 9th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM on 14 November 2022
Exclusive business connections with international leading tech corporates, potential investors and business partners
Free use of production labs, testing facilities and technical supports
And more

Submission deadline is on 22 September 2022 (8:59 AM CET)!

EU funding for Health & Wellbeing companies (in Finnish)
2022-09-22 13:00 - 18:00
Organiser: Business Finland
Come and hear about EU funding possibilities for Health and Wellbeing companies. The event will be held live in Ruoholahti and the language of the event is Finnish.

Webinar: Sustainable Nordic Healthcare
2022-09-22 14:30 - 16:00
Organiser: Business Region Göteborg, Danish Life Science Cluster, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster, Oulu Health
How do we achieve a sustainable healthcare in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark? Join the webinar Sustainable Nordic Healthcare and gain knowledge and insight about sustainable procurement in the Nordic countries.
Get insights and answers to:

What is the role of healthcare in the climate impact?
What is the situation right now in relation to a sustainable healthcare system and what does the future hold?
How should companies work with sustainability in order for the healthcare system to achieve its procurement goals?
What is the status in the various Nordic countries in relation to regulations in tenders that will ensure more sustainable procurement in the health care system in the future?

Y Science Health Pitching Competition at Slush 2022
2022-09-23
Are you an early-stage science-based startup or a pre-startup located in Finland and tackling problems related to Healthtech, Medtech, Digital health, or Pharma.? Apply to be one of the finalists who will pitch their idea on the stage of Y Science, an official side event of Slush 2022!
The Health Pitching Competition 2022 is organized by the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) from the University of Helsinki together with Health Capital Helsinki.
Four finalists will be selected to pitch their idea on the stage of Y Science. All finalists will:

receive speaker coaching to prepare their pitch,
have the chance to present their idea on the Y Science stage,
meet possible investors,
network with potential partners and experts in the fields of their solution,
get additional post-event mentorship from the AstraZeneca mentor network, and
get a Slush ticket.

The winner will be granted 5,000 euros to take their exciting idea further!
​​Are you interested? Apply by September 23!

Seminar on future hospitals: Sweden-Finland knowledge exchange
2022-09-27 13:30 - 16:30
Organiser: Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH) in Sweden and Business Finland
Europe is investing in a greener and more digital society for a more sustainable and resilient future post-pandemic. The healthcare sector and hospitals in particular are in urgent need of modernizing to meet the future demographics challenges, and to create growth.
Sweden and Finland are two nations in the forefront in technology and culture in designing, building and equipping the future hospitals. In this seminar, we learn from each other with the goal of creating stronger Nordic offers and branding globally.
Who should attend? Finnish and Swedish stakeholders interested in knowledge exchange on state-of-the-art in Future Hospitals design and construction.

Nordic Life Science Days 2022
2022-09-28 - 2022-09-29
Organiser: SwedenBIO
NLSDays is the largest Nordic partnering conference dedicated to the life science industry. The event will take place in Malmö, Sweden, over two days filled-to-the-brim with exciting content and phenomenal partnering possibilities. Here, startups and early-phase clinical projects can find new investors, established businesses can find commercial partners for expansion, and global pharmaceutical and biotech companies can evaluate new and promising investment opportunities in the Nordic region.
This year, Health Capital Helsinki is co-hosting Finnish Pavilion at NLSD with Business Finland, OuluHealth, Kuopio Health, HealthTurku and Health Tampere. Join us at the Finnish Pavilion, to meet 20 of our coolest health innovations (schedule subject to change)! See the companies and schedule here.
Tickets for NLSDays are available here.

Viikki Innovation Platform Cheese and Wine: Theme Pharmacy
2022-09-29 13:30 - 16:00
Viikki Innovation Platform 2nd Cheese and Wine: Theme Pharmacy
Agenda:
13.30-14.00 Registration and stands
Welcome words, Ifeoma Kulmala (Helsinki Think Company) & Harriet Gullstén (Viikki Innovation Platform)
14.00 – 14.10 Bayer innovation collaboration and partnerships, Arto Pakkalin, Bayer Nordic
14.10 – 14.20 R2B projects and commercialization, Vinzenco Cerullo, University of Finland
14.20 – 14.30 PharmaHUB, Otto Kari, University of Finland
14.30 – 14.40 Finland is back in health-focused investments!, Pekka Simula, Innovestor Life Science
14.40 – 14.50 Science based innovations and investments, Pontus Stråhlman Voima Ventures & Pääomasijoittajat (FVCA)
14.50 – 15.00 Questions
15.00 – 16.00 Networking

Thesis work for your company?
2022-09-30
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences has started a new batch of MedTech master’s programme and there are now new international master students looking for thesis topics. Does your company have a thesis topic for a student?
The students have a Bachelor level engineering degree, for example from ICT, health informatics, automation, electronics, electrical engineering and industrial management, and at least two years of working life experience as a prerequisite for admission to the master’s program. In the master programme, they want to deepen their knowledge, skills and competences in medical technology to capture new career opportunities for the future.
The thesis topics could be related to development of medical devices, for example, to (but not limited to):

regulatory requirements and standards,
safety related usability,
medical devices and their environments of use,
medical device life cycle,
risk or quality management,
innovations processes,
business activities, or
special research topics.

Metropolia UAS is aiming that the students discuss and interview the potential company representatives and then make a proposal for the research and/or development work.
Timeline: Research plan should be ready at the end of this year and the research and development activities would happen in spring 2023.
During and after the thesis work, master’s degree students could be potential employees for the field of health technology.
Interested? Please contact by 30 September:
Päivi Haho, paivi.haho@metropolia.fi, tel. +358 40 167 7990
Mikael Soini, mikael.soini@metropolia.fi, tel. + 358 40 652 8887
Sakari Lukkarinen, sakari.lukkarinen@metropolia.fi, tel. +358 40 670 99 33

4th Digital Health Society Summit 2022
2022-10-04 - 2022-10-05
Organiser: Digital Health Society (DHS)
The 2-Day free Virtual Summit promotes the latest thought leadership of the DHS, showcases innovation, research, European funded projects and addresses the latest digital and data challenges facing digital health.
The Summit will focus on the topic “Data & Digital services to support the recovery of health systems across the globe” which is one of the 3 themes of the Global Health Connector Partnership Flagship events in 2022 in the US (Boston, Las Vegas and Washington), India (New Delhi), Africa (Kenya), Spain (Barcelona) and Switzerland. The DHS Summit will build on almost 1000 registrations from 68 countries across the globe.

Health Tuesday: Boosting growth with Team Finland funding
2022-10-04 08:00 - 09:00
Organiser: Business Finland
Several governmental organizations provide public funding for growth companies. Are you familiar with the possibilities provided by these organizations? Do you know the differences between their services?
Join next Health Tuesday and learn how ELY centers, Finnvera and Business Finland can support companies on their way towards growth and internationalization.

Founder, Entrepreneur, Licensee: Comparing alternative paths toward commercializing research results
2022-10-04 14:30 - 16:00
Organiser: Aalto University, HiLIFE (the University of Helsinki) and Terkko Health Hub
Welcome to the next event from the Health Talks series, comparing alternative paths toward commercializing research results.
Oftentimes, scientists may believe that participating in research commercialization and entrepreneurship means giving up one’s research career. However, this does not need to be so.
In the event, you will hear the story of three experienced scientists who took alternative paths to commercialize their promising research results.
Speakers:

Risto Ilmoniemi – Distinguished Professor at Aalto University and founder and former CEO of Nexstim
Vincenzo Cerullo – Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Helsinki and founder of Valo Therapeutics
Jussi Hepojoki – Docent and Academy Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki

The event is free of charge and is organised as hybrid: both at Terkko Health Hub and online.
Register here! For more info check the Health Talks website.

Tekoäly töissä: Tekoäly markkinoinnin ja myynnin tukena (in Finnish)
2022-10-06 09:00 - 10:30
Järjestäjä: AI-TIE – Tekoälyinnovaatioekosysteemillä kilpailukykyä PK-yrityksille -hanke
Tekoäly työssä -sarjan viidennessä webinaarissa on aiheena Tekoäly myynnissä ja markkinoinnissa, mitä kaikkea kone voisi tehdä puolestasi?

Voisiko tekoäly ohjata markkinoinnin ja myynnin data-analytiikkaa ja kertoa markkinoinnille, mitkä sisällöt toimivat ja hienosäätää omaa toimintaansa jatkuvasti? Voisiko tekoäly analysoida myynnin dataa ja valmentaa myyjiä siihen, milloin ja miten liidejä kannattaa lähestyä sekä lisäksi auttaa myyjää ennakoimaan liidien tarpeita?

Ilmoittaudu mukaan 4.10. mennessä! Tilaisuus on maksuton.
Tekoäly töissä on yrityksille suunnattu webinaarisarja, jossa rakennetaan ymmärrystä tekoälyn mahdollisuuksista liiketoiminnan digitalisoinnissa, toiminnan digitalisoinnin sujuvasta käyttöönotosta, tekoälyyn ja dataan liittyvästä sääntelystä, teknologiamurroksen johtamiseen.

Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit
2022-10-11 - 2022-10-12
Organiser: ArcticStartup in partnership with Aalto University and City of Espoo
Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit in Espoo, Finland, is the most effective business and commercialization oriented event for deep tech in Europe. The focus is on quality networking and discovering opportunities for collaboration between academia, private and public sectors. The 2-day event brings together a focused international crowd of startups, research teams, research institutions, investors, corporates, media and influencers.
Tickets available now!

AI Webinar & Ideathon on Preventive Health Care
2022-10-14 09:00 - 11:30
Organiser: DT4Regions – network and Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council
Smart use of AI powered health data contents is a great opportunity to improve public health system efficacy. For preventive healthcare, AI can improve the accuracy and quality of treatment, or slower the development of disease or even prevent some health issues occurring.
To find the new solutions for preventive healthcare we need the power of crows and cocreation. Join the movement, be part of the solution for future health!
By the initiative of The European Parliament, DT4Regions – network and Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council organises four ideathon session on Artificial Intelligence Potential in Preventive Healthcare:
14 October 9-11.30 EET At DIAK University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. The event is hybrid, you can participate in-house or via Teams.
The ideas we be recycled and combined with new ones during the following sprint series:

25 October 9-11.30 CET Online only, focus in Denmark.
28 October 9-11.30 CET Online only, focus in Sweden.
31 October 9-11.30 CET Online only, focus in Norway.

Helsingin info ikäihmisten liikkumisen ja hyvinvoinnin parissa toimiville yrityksille (in Finnish)
2022-10-14 09:00 - 12:00
Järjestäjä: Helsingin kaupunki
Helsingin kaupunki kutsuu ikäihmisten liikkumisen ja hyvinvoinnin parissa toimivia yrityksiä ja muita aiheesta kiinnostuneita kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan kaupungin tarjoamista yrityspalveluista ja kokeilutoiminnasta 14.10.
Esittelyssä ovat Helsingin kaupungin liikkumisohjelma, Testbed-kokeilualustatoiminta sekä NewCo Helsingin kasvuyritystiimin palvelut. Lisäksi tilaisuudessa kuullaan esityksiä kokeiluja toteuttaneilta yrityksiltä.
Ilmoittaudu nyt mukaan tapaamaan asiantuntijoita ja verkostoitumaan muiden toimijoiden kanssa!

AI-TIE micro accelerator program for companies in Southern Finland
2022-10-21
Are you an SME from Uusimaa or Kymenlaakso region, operating in the field of healthcare, wellness or health tech tech? If you are taking the first steps in the area of artificial intelligence, or want to broaden the knowledge you already have, check out the popular AI accelerator, AI-TIE! The AI-TIE Southern Finland micro accelerator program takes place from November 2022 until January 2023.
Learn more (in Finnish) and apply latest by 21 October!

NOME Startup Competition 2022
2022-10-21
Five Nordic startups are selected to pitch in the NOME (The Nordic Mentor Network for Entrepreneurship) Startup Competition at the NOME Annual Meeting to an audience of leading life science experts. The most promising startups will win access to the 24-month elite mentoring program, a global network, a US boot camp and a team of US subject-matter mentors, and the NOME prize of 50 000 DKK!
Applications are open for Nordic startups working in enabling technologies, industrial biotech, healthtech, medtech and biotech. Apply by 21 October!
The NOME Startup Competition 2022 takes place during the NOME Annual Meeting on November 11 in Copenhagen.

Team Finland visit to the UK
2022-10-24
Team Finland network is organizing a delegation visit to the United Kingdom on 21-24 November 2022 with the focus on digital health and hospitals.
This visit offers an excellent opportunity for Finnish companies to network and build relationships with UK stakeholders. The emphasis in digital health has been significantly increasing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. In addition, there is the “largest in decades” investment programme in hospitals in the country.
Read more and register by 24 October!

Sales and marketing training for healthtech companies
2022-10-25
Pro Growth Consulting Oy and Healthtech Finland are organizing sales and marketing training program for healthtech companies aiming for growth.
The program includes

best practices for sales and marketing for healthtech companies
best practices for solution sales, digital sales and channel sales
creating a growth plan for your company with a growth consultant
networking with other healthtech professionals
Lessons Learnt presentations from successful healthtech professionals

This program is for you, if you are

looking to grow your healthtech company
planning to venture into the international market
looking to grow a bigger network among healthtech professionals

The program includes 12 training days (9.00–12.30) every three to four weeks, starting in November 2022 and ending in May 2023.
The program is subvented by ELY center, see prices and more information here (in Finnish).
There are still a few slots open – sign up now or latest by 25 October!

Business Finland offers several US entry opportunities
2022-10-31
Nordic AMPlify Cohort 3 launch this fall
The results of the first two cohorts have been most successful: 8 companies invited to co-develop at 2 health systems, 1 company funded, 2 companies accepted for pilots, and 1 company opened its US office in Winston-Salem NC. The feedback on the program from the VC, health systems, mentors, and strategic partners has established AMPlify as one of the best US healthcare entry programs.
Business Finland will accept 16 companies into Cohort 3. Five health systems are participating, along with 100+ mentors from Winston Starts, 7 VC, and a national network of key opinion leaders and industry experts. In additional to AMPlify, three of the health systems have agreed to open slots based on their unmet needs – a reverse pitch program that Business Finland is working on.
More information
Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange
Business Finland has agreed with the Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange that 8 Finnish companies would be accepted into their program. Three slots have been taken. This is a 12-month program that can be attended live, virtual, or hybrid. Accepted companies will have full access to Mayo clinicians, staff, venture group, and others. Accenture and Holland & Knight will also provide mentoring and guidance. This has been announced but there are still openings.
Apply now
Regenerative medicine, precision medicine, and clinical trials/pilots
Business Finland is working with the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine and its test bed, ReMDO. One Finnish company is in pilot and WFIRM and two others are in discussion for clinical trials. WFIRM is the global leader in this space.
Contact Val Kratzman for an introduction.
More information: Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine and ReMDO
Nordic American Life Science Conference, 7-8 December
This year, the focus will be on life sciences and digital health. There are 5-6 slots for more advanced (not start-ups) companies to present to US investors and corporate business development executives. The event will be live, but Business Finland is exploring the possibilities of video pitching.
Contact Val Kratzman if you are interested.
More information
12-month program with Northeastern University, Maine Health, Northern Light Health, and the state of Maine
The final opportunity is with a new organization that has taken a unique and very focused approach to integrate research, education, and entrepreneurship. They will be announcing their next cohort for healthcare in the fall. This is also a 12-month program but requires companies to be present. It is a joint venture between Northeastern University, Maine Health, Northern Light Health, and the state of Maine. Selected companies will be mentored and guided by the two health systems and a mentor network. Each company will be awarded USD 25,000 for living expenses and have full access to Maine’s two health systems, all the US companies involved in the Northeastern University Co-Op program, and numerous mentors and VCs. Only 12 companies will be invited into the program. The focus will be defined based on the health systems key needs. Finland and Maine have an MOU and Business Finland is hoping they can add healthcare to that agenda.
Contact Val Kratzman for more information.
More information

International intern for your company?
2022-10-31
INOV Contacto International Internships offers your company young graduates up to the age of 29 who are looking for their first job and willing to work abroad. The INOV Contacto team handles the selection and brokers contacts with these highly qualified graduates. In addition, INOV Contacto has set up an online networking platform to allow past and current participants to keep in touch and share knowledge as well as to encourage partnerships between companies. INOV Contacto was first introduced in 1997, has accomplished more than 6,000 internships in over 1385 companies all over the world.
The program is managed by AICEP Portugal Global, a Portuguese government agency. AICEP guarantees the interns the necessary income/grants.
Is your organisation interested? Find all the needed information here and apply by 31 October.

Finland-China Digital Therapeutics online matchmaking
2022-10-31
One of the top 10 business tracks in the Chinese healthcare industry, digital therapeutics (DTx), experienced exponential growth in 2021. Since then, DTx has attracted strong attention from Chinese investors, industry players, healthcare professionals, and academics and they have been working together to build up a DTx industry eco-system in China.
Business Finland China together with Smart Life Finland program invite Finnish digital health tech companies interested in the Chinese DTx market to participate in online matchmaking event on Friday 18 November, 2022 at 07:30 – 11:30 (EET Finland) / 13:30 – 17:30 (CST China).
The goal is to promote Finnish offerings in digital health industry and enable matchmaking with key authorities and leading industry companies in the sector.
Attendance to the online event is free of charge, however, requires a pre-registration by 31 October. Kindly indicate in the registration if you are interested to give a company pitch or participate as audience.
Business Finland will inform the registered companies if they have been selected by the Chinese counterpart to give a company pitch. All interested participants are welcome to join the event as audience.

Health Tuesday: International growth by new ownership – three Finnish success stories in the field of life science
2022-11-01 08:00 - 09:00
Organiser: Business Finland
International growth by new ownership – three Finnish success stories in the field of life science.
Acquisition by a global corporation can be a fast track for international growth, especially for companies that are located far away from the target growth markets.
Join Health Tuesday to hear the stories of three Finnish health companies – Mobidiag, Forendo Pharma and Kaiku Health – that were acquired by large global corporations and how this impacted their business and growth.

Health Talks: MDR Fast Track Service - How to enable medical device market entry
2022-11-02 10:00 - 11:00
Organiser: OuluHealth, Innokas Medical and Terkko Health Hub
Join to hear an insider’s view on medical device market entry and find out more about an MDR Fast Track service by Innokas Medical. The service enables medtech companies to outsource the regulatory burden, focus on their core, and reach profitable and growing business faster than via the traditional route. You will learn how to navigate the industry’s complex regulatory environment in new ways and gain a deeper understanding of the service.
The event will take place online. Register now!

Terkko 5th Birthday & Terkko Health X Showcase
2022-11-04 16:30 - 23:59
Organiser: Terkko Health Hub
Are you interested in finding out what the future of healthcare looks like? Do you want to network and celebrate with people from all health and life science ecosystem segments?
This year, the Terkko Health X Showcase is not just a regular showcase but also Terkko’s 5th Birthday Party filled with networking, speeches, music – and of course, food and drinks!
The celebration takes place 4 November at Terkko Health Hub in Meilahti, Helsinki.
What’s in it for you?

Startups and founders: This is your opportunity to celebrate with your peers, network with the health and life sciences ecosystem, and meet your next investor.
Academia: Be inspired by all the fantastic things happening in the entrepreneurship home of the Meilahti campus.
Investors and health organisations: Get to know the innovative solutions and startups operating in Terkko Health Hub and the Meilahti campus. This is your chance to find the next team to invest in or collaborate with!

Check out the program and get your free tickets here!
