Team Fin­land vis­it to Sin­ga­pore and the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates

The Team Fin­land net­work is invit­ing Finnish com­pa­nies to join a Team Fin­land vis­it to Sin­ga­pore and the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates. The vis­it is led by Ms. San­ni Grahn-Laa­so­nen, Min­is­ter of Social Secu­ri­ty of Fin­land. It aims to pro­vide par­tic­i­pants with an oppor­tu­ni­ty to expand their mar­ket under­stand­ing, net­work with local part­ners and deci­sion-mak­ers, and explore effec­tive mar­ket-entry strate­gies. Involve­ment in this vis­it also presents a sig­nif­i­cant oppor­tu­ni­ty to build and extend busi­ness net­works in Sin­ga­pore and the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates. 

Sin­ga­pore and the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates are key busi­ness hubs for South East Asia and the Mid­dle East, respec­tive­ly. Both nations are seek­ing to expand their inter­na­tion­al part­ner­ships to address the com­mon chal­lenges they face with an aging pop­u­la­tion, spe­cial needs for elder­ly health care, and chron­ic dis­eases. Ris­ing mid­dle-class demands for bet­ter care and chang­ing lifestyles reflect in region­al­ly new dis­eases like dia­betes and can­cer spread­ing rapid­ly. 

Sin­ga­pore’s health­care sys­tem was ranked the top “Best Health­care Sys­tem” by the Lega­tum Insti­tute, a think tank based in Lon­don, in 2024. This top place­ment sig­ni­fies Sin­ga­pore’s ris­ing sta­tus on the inter­na­tion­al health­care stage. The sec­tor is not just a notable part of Singapore’s econ­o­my; it is also grow­ing rapid­ly. The dig­i­tal health­care mar­ket is already over USD 670 mil­lion and will dou­ble by the end of 2029. Invest­ment is increas­ing­ly being chan­neled into AI-dri­ven pre­ven­tive health­care and remote mon­i­tor­ing. 

The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates health­care sys­tem has grown, with the num­ber of hos­pi­tals and physi­cians dou­bling in the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors in the past decade. It has imple­ment­ed sev­er­al reforms by cre­at­ing new insti­tu­tions, part­ner­ships, and poli­cies to devel­op a more digi­tised, inno­v­a­tive, and com­pre­hen­sive ecosys­tem. Dubai’s health mar­ket is worth more than USD 4.64 bil­lion annu­al­ly. Arab Health 2025 edi­tion will bring togeth­er a glob­al audi­ence of over 3,800 exhibitors and 60,000 health­care pro­fes­sion­als from 180 coun­tries. 

In the UAE, the pro­gram includes tar­get­ed vis­its to Arab Health, one of the world’s largest health­care exhi­bi­tions. 

Time: 23 — 28 Jan­u­ary 2025

Pre­lim­i­nary pro­gram

Reg­is­tra­tions by 29 Novem­ber.

Who should attend?

This vis­it is high­ly rel­e­vant for Finnish health­care com­pa­nies who want to pur­sue new busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties in Sin­ga­pore and The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates as well as to those Finnish com­pa­nies that have already estab­lished their pres­ence in the two coun­tries.

Par­tic­i­pa­tion fee

To cov­er the expens­es of arrang­ing the pro­gram in Sin­ga­pore and The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates, Busi­ness Fin­land will charge par­tic­i­pa­tion fees of: 

Sin­ga­pore

• Major com­pa­nies: 650 EUR + VAT per per­son
• SMEs and Micro busi­ness­es: 550 EUR + VAT per per­son

The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates

• Major com­pa­nies: 1750 EUR + VAT per per­son
• SMEs and Micro busi­ness­es: 1500 EUR + VAT per per­son

Busi­ness Fin­land will invoice the par­tic­i­pa­tion fee after the vis­it based on the actu­al costs. The invoiced fee will not exceed the amounts men­tioned above. Kind­ly note that the par­tic­i­pa­tion fee does not include flights or accom­mo­da­tion of the del­e­gate nor meals out­side the del­e­ga­tion pro­gram.

Con­tact per­sons

Sin­ga­pore
Ms. Irma Ylikan­gas
Coun­sel­lor, Inno­va­tion and Trade Affairs, Team Fin­land
irma.ylikangas (at) gov.fi

The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates
Mr. Jorge Fer­nán­dez Gates
Senior Advi­sor, The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates, Busi­ness Fin­land
jorge.fernandez (at) businessfinland.fi

Prac­ti­cal­i­ties
Ms. Maria West­er­holm
Direc­tor, Del­e­ga­tions, Busi­ness Fin­land
maria.westerholm (at) businessfinland.fi

Source: Busi­ness Fin­land