Cross-bor­der Hori­zons: Pio­neer­ing clin­i­cal solu­tions in Esto­nia and Fin­land, Helsin­ki 

Wel­come to a net­work­ing event that con­nects you with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from gov­ern­ment bod­ies, star­tups, SMEs, cor­po­ra­tions, hos­pi­tals, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­nies, and investors. In addi­tion, you will hear from star­tups from Fin­land and Esto­nia select­ed to pitch.

The main focus is to pro­vide an overview of dif­fer­ent projects and pro­grams in Fin­land that sup­port the mar­ket entrance, an overview of clin­i­cal part­ners (e.g., the largest hos­pi­tal in Esto­nia) — inno­va­tion projects, inno­va­tion fund­ing, and pos­si­bil­i­ties for col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Time: 3 Octo­ber 2024, 12:30–17:30

Place: Eston­ian Embassy in Helsin­ki, Itäi­nen Puis­totie 10, Helsin­ki

Reg­is­tra­tion

The event aims to fos­ter stronger ties between Eston­ian and Finnish com­pa­nies and orga­ni­za­tions, inspire new col­lab­o­ra­tions, facil­i­tate the exchange of best prac­tices, and expand the scope for test­ing and pilot­ing ini­tia­tives between both coun­tries.

Event top­ics and focus areas:

• The main focus is to pro­vide an overview of dif­fer­ent projects and pro­grams in Fin­land that sup­port the mar­ket entrance;
• An overview of clin­i­cal part­ners — inno­va­tion projects, inno­va­tion fund­ing, and pos­si­bil­i­ties for col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Event Out­comes:

• Direct con­tacts with dif­fer­ent stake­hold­ers
• Sup­port from part­ners to fos­ter cross-bor­der col­lab­o­ra­tion (men­tor­ing etc)
• Shar­ing and gain­ing knowl­edge for/from dif­fer­ent stake­hold­ers
• Insights of Estonian/Finnish inno­va­tion tack­les and col­lab­o­ra­tion points
• Overview of cross-bor­der fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties

Agen­da

13.00 — 13.05 Open­ing words by Mr Sven Sakkov, the Ambas­sador of the Repub­lic of Esto­nia to the Repub­lic of Fin­land
13.05 — 13.15 Helsin­ki City test­ing process for new inno­va­tions (Peeter Lange, Senior Busi­ness Advi­sor at Health Incu­ba­tor Helsin­ki)
13.15 — 13.25 User-dri­ven inno­va­tions – exam­ples from Helsin­ki Health­care (Anne-Mari Sandelin, Project man­ag­er at Forum Vir­i­um Helsin­ki)
13.25 — 13.35 Health Proof Helsin­ki / Pilot­ing and test­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties in Fin­land (San­na Hart­man, Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Advi­sor at the City of Helsin­ki)
13.35 — 13.50 Insights of Eston­ian hos­pi­tal North Eston­ian Med­ical Cen­tre (Ter­je Peet­so, Chief Med­ical Inno­va­tion Offi­cer at North Eston­ian Med­ical Cen­tre)
13.50 — 14.10 Insight of Laak­so Joint Hos­pi­tal – One of Finland’s largest hos­pi­tal projects of 1 bil­lion (Sami Sal­mi, Devel­op­ment Man­ag­er of Hos­pi­tal Dis­trict of Helsin­ki and Uusi­maa, HUS)
14.10 — 15.00 Lunch/Networking break
Intro­duc­tion for pitch­ing. All of the com­pa­nies have a 5min pre­sen­ta­tion + 5min for Q&A.
15.00–15.20 Start­up pitch­ing (4) will be select­ed pri­or to the event
15.20–16.50 1:1 Speed dat­ing (15min meet­ings between stake­hold­ers, pre-val­i­dat­ed)
16.50–17.30 End of event + net­work­ing

The event is sup­port­ed by Invest Esto­nia, Enter­prise Esto­nia, Busi­ness Fin­land, Busi­ness Helsin­ki, Helsin­ki Health Incu­ba­tor, Embassy of Esto­nia in Helsin­ki, Tehnopol Start­up Incu­ba­tor, Tehnopol Sci­ence, and Busi­ness Park.

Source: Health Incu­ba­tor Helsin­ki