Designing Better Life – Helsinki Meets Japan
7 December, 2021
Virtual events + Tokyo, Metsä Pavilion
[日本語]
Helsinki and Japan continue Designing Better Life together!
Quality healthcare and education lie at the heart of a happy life. The effects of these fields on a person are immediate – potentially life-changing – so they deserve to be designed with care.
Health and learning are things greatly appreciated by both Japan and Finland. The two countries also excel at ICT and R&D, two skills needed for finding modern solutions. For these reasons, the City of Helsinki invites Japanese companies and investors to join the city’s flourishing ecosystems and begin the exploration of new life-improving solutions together.
Through these events, the City is presenting Finnish ecosystems, innovative solutions perfect for Japanese markets, and valuable business opportunities in Helsinki to Japanese companies. Join to learn the latest information, the benefits of doing business in Finland, and inspiring stories from various companies. Many Japanese companies and investors have already found trusted partners and valuable business in Helsinki – will you be joining them soon?
These events are fully bilingual, accessible in both English and Japanese.
The events are part of the Helsinki Designing Better Life series of events organised by the City of Helsinki and Helsinki Partners in 2021. The previously held webinars, organized with our partner Fukuoka Directive Council, focusing on Smart City and Smart Energy respectively, were successes and opened several valuable relationships between Helsinki and Fukuoka.
Innovating for Better Healthcare
7 December, 2021
Online: 15.00–16.30 (Japanese time), 8.00-9.30 EET
Metsä Pavilion: 14:00–16.00 (Japanese time)
The Helsinki Metropolitan area is an excellent location for developing new, innovative health tech solutions. Out of about 400 health-related startups in Finland – one of the largest startup ecosystems in the world –, one hundred are located in Helsinki Metropolitan.
A key feature of the local ecosystem is collaboration: universities, research institutions and companies consistently work together in pursuit of exciting new innovation. Moreover, the City of Helsinki offers opportunities for companies to test their health and well-being innovations in real-life environments, together with end-users and city employees.
The Finnish economy is knowledge-based: it lives and breathes research and innovation. Finland is an exceptional research goldmine thanks to the unique Finnish genetic heritage and the electronic health data records. Moreover, Finland has a wealth of experienced talent for creating new health tech solutions, and a variety of advisors, subcontractors and manufacturers to build complete systems and get regulatory approval.
Program
Opening remarks
Juhana Vartiainen, Mayor of Helsinki
Ambassador’s Remarks
His Excellency Mr. Pekka Orpana, Ambassador of Finland to Japan (Special programme at Metsä Pavilion)
Helsinki Health Innovation Ecosystem
Helsinki Partners – Maria Lavonen, Senior Business Advisor
Fujitsu activities, collaboration and opportunities in the Helsinki Health Ecosystem
Fujitsu Japan Limited – Kei Noritsugu, Manager, Healthcare Solutions Development Unit
Helsinki Health Ecosystem Opportunities, Vision of Takeda
Takeda – Sanna Venetvaara, General Manager
FinnGen research project on genomic data and how to participate in practice
FinnGen – Dr. Aarno Palotie, Professor, Research Director
VTT as an innovation partner in Smart Health
VTT – Kari Kohtamäki, Key Account Manager
Metropolia Proof Health – preclinical research and test infrastructure for companies
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences – Dr. Minna Elomaa-Krapu, Innovation Director
Virtual Home Care
VideoVisit – Ben Hasselblatt, Head of Global Sales
Better tools for pharmaceutical development
FinnAdvance – Joel Noutere, CCO
Independent life at home with medicine dispensing robots – Nordic experience
Evondos – Eetu Koski, CEO
Closing words
Marja-Leena Rinkineva, Director of Economic Development, City of Helsinki
Rethinking Education with AI
7 December, 2021
Online: 17.00–18.30 (Japanese time), 10.00-11.30 EET
Metsä Pavilion: 17.00–19.00 (Japanese time)
Finland has built a reputation as an education powerhouse and has a proven track-record as the home of world-class education. Our educational system is based on high-quality comprehensive education that is inclusive and universal.
To improve education and learning worldwide, we are keen to share our know-how. In this inspiring event, we will present some of our leading, research-based education technology companies utilizing AI in their solutions.
Our philosophy is simple: the nature of a child is to want to know new things, to be inquisitive, curious about the world around them, and to experiment with what they learn. Highly competent, dedicated and motivated teachers nurture natural curiosity and place it at the heart of education planning and curricula. The teachers are experts both in their subject areas and pedagogy, the art of teaching.
Finland is also adapting innovative new technologies in teaching and learning. Personalization of education and the changing roles of teachers and learners require smart and research-based solutions to be used in schools.
We believe this leads to an inspiring, yet efficient and productive, learning environment where students have real independence, an active role in what and how they learn, and genuinely hold a key to unlocking their own potential.
Program
Opening remarks
Juhana Vartiainen, Mayor of Helsinki
Ambassador’s Remarks
His Excellency Mr. Pekka Orpana, Ambassador of Finland to Japan (Special programme at Metsä Pavilion)
Education in Finland as seen from Japan
Aya Watanabe, Associate Professor, Tsuda University, College of Liberal Arts, Department of International and Cultural Studies
Empowering language learning with robots
Curious Technologies – Johanna Hemminki, Founder and CEO
Future-proofing Education with Sustainable AI: Case Universities of Applied Sciences
HeadAI – Anu Passi-Rauste, Head of Growth
Where digital learning goes wrong and how to change it
Claned – Mariam Shodeinde, Chief Growth Officer
Making future AI makers
Code School Finland – Sirkku Tahvanainen, Head of Education and AI Education Specialist
Helsinki EdTech Ecosystem
Sonja Malin, Senior Business Advisor, Helsinki Partners & Miikka Neuvonen, Business Advisor, NewCo Helsinki
Closing words
Marja-Leena Rinkineva, Director of Economic Development, City of Helsinki
Organizers
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