Rails Ahead — AI and Meta­verse in Health and Well­be­ing, Oulu

Join Rails Ahead — AI and Meta­verse in Health and Well­be­ing, an exclu­sive event designed to fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tion between lead­ing cor­po­ra­tions, SMEs, and key stake­hold­ers in the health and well­be­ing sec­tor (e.g., well­be­ing ser­vices coun­ties). This event will focus on iden­ti­fy­ing and solv­ing chal­lenges, assess­ing fund­ing, and dri­ving inno­va­tion through AI, Meta­verse, and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies.

Date and time: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 09:00 — 17:00 EEST
Loca­tion: Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Saalastin­sali (Lin­nan­maa), 1 Pent­ti Kait­er­an katu 90570 Oulu
Get tick­ets (free): Rails Ahead — AI and Meta­verse in Health and Well­be­ing Tick­ets, Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 9.00 | Eventbrite

Agen­da

8.30 Reg­is­tra­tion and cof­fee

9.00 — 9.10 Open­ing words: Jani Val­lirinne, Eli­na Lauk­ka

9.10 — 9.35 Keynote speech: AI in health and well­be­ing sec­tor

9.35 — 10.00 Keynote speech: From a per­spec­tive of meta­verse in health and well­be­ing

10.00 — 10.25 Keynote speech: AI and Meta­verse in Edu­ca­tion

Key High­lights:

• Chal­lenge Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and Res­o­lu­tion: Engage with experts to pin­point and address press­ing issues in health and well­be­ing.
• Fund­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ties: Con­nect with investors and fund­ing bod­ies to explore finan­cial sup­port for inno­v­a­tive projects.
• Col­lab­o­ra­tive Net­work­ing: Net­work with com­pa­nies, investors, well­be­ing ser­vices coun­ties, and aca­d­e­m­ic insti­tu­tions to forge impact­ful part­ner­ships.

Why attend?

Gain invalu­able insights into the lat­est trends in Dig­i­tal­iza­tion, Meta­verse, and AI, dis­cov­er­ing real-world health and well­be­ing use cas­es and ground­break­ing busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties. Engage with star­tups, cor­po­ra­tions, des­i­cion-mak­ers, researchers, pro­fes­sion­als, and investors to expand your net­work and explore poten­tial col­lab­o­ra­tions. Learn about avail­able fund­ing options from Vin­no­va, Busi­ness Fin­land, and FOV Ven­tures, while immers­ing your­self in inter­ac­tive work­shops and cut­ting-edge tech demos designed to bring inno­va­tion to life.

What to expect?

• Keynotes from the per­spec­tive of AI and meta­verse in health and well­be­ing
• Chal­lenges, res­o­lu­tions and col­lab­o­ra­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties
• Start­up pitch­es & fund­ing dis­cus­sions 
• Hands-on work­shops and idea sprints
• Net­work­ing ses­sions with top deci­sion-mak­ers

This is a must-attend event for those look­ing to lever­age the full poten­tial of AI and the Meta­verse to dri­ve eco­nom­ic growth and trans­for­ma­tion in the health and well­be­ing indus­try.

Organ­is­ers: Oulu­ver­su­mi, Dimecc/MEFI and SW4E ecosys­tems, Busi­ness Oulu, Busi­ness Fin­land, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences

Source: City of Oulu