Digital health – opportunities in Finland
Tuesday, 16 April 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel
The event is full and registration has been closed. You can inquire about cancellation places by emailing laura.uuttu-deschryvere@hbh.fi.
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Every industry sector in Finland benefits from the Nokia-heritage – strong Finnish ICT knowhow. But Finland is not only the home of top ICT expertise, but also the home of advanced medical research. What is the result when these two meets? Outstanding digital health technology. Finland ranks among the strongest health technology economies in the world, while digital health is its largest high-tech export. Join our seminar to learn what kind of business and piloting opportunities Finland offers for you in the field of digital health!
Time: Tuesday, 16 April 2019, at 13:00-16:00 IST
Place: Embassy of Finland, Tel Aviv (Hashlosha Street 2, 31st floor, 6706054 Tel Aviv)
Registration: by 1 April 2019
The field of digital health in Finland has an excellent reputation, and rightly so. During our seminar, we’ll tell you on what the reputation is based on.
Click here to learn a few things about why Finland for digital health
- 13 March 2019 the Parliament of Finland voted for new regulation regarding the secondary use of health data. The regulation package is part of implementation of Finland’s growth strategy for health sector and innovation, and will accelerate the access to Finland’s unique social welfare and healthcare data.
- Digital skills have been evaluated as Finland’s greatest relative strength
- Digital public services in Finland were recently deemed the best in EU.
- Globally, Finland ranks first in availability of latest technologies, future workforce skills, and the availability of scientists and engineers.
- Over the last two decades, the value of Finnish health tech export has increased more than five-fold
- Finland has a comprehensive digital healthcare registries and databases. The health data of every Finnish citizen, from birth to death, can be traced in the national health registers. The National Archive of Health Information is one of the most comprehensive digital systems of its kind globally.
- Finland has a unique collection of biobanks. The country has a long tradition of collecting samples in biobanks and vast amounts of samples are currently stored in 10 public biobanks. The samples are available for all researchers who have appropriate professional and management capacities and a sound research plan. The Finngen research project is a unique study that combines genome information with digital health care data and brings together the nationwide network of Finnish biobanks.
During our Digital health -seminar, you’ll have a chance to learn what Finland offers for you in terms of business and piloting opportunities in the field of digital health. You will learn, among other things,
- what possibilities Helsinki University Hospital – one of the largest health care organizations in Western countries – offers and how did they build their digital services. The speaker from HUS is Visa Honkanen, Director of Strategic development
- the future plans and co-operation possibilities Suunto offers and the innovative solutions allowing you to build health & motion sensing wearables with Movesense. Suunto is headquartered in Finland where it also manufactures its sports trackers and other devices. The speaker from Suunto/ Amer Sports is Patrick Dalez, Head of Business Development, Connected Devices & Digital Services
After the seminar, you will have a chance to have one-to-one meetings with the selected seminar speakers (Helsinki University Hospital, Suunto, Helsinki Business Hub) by indicating your specific interest on the registration form.
Finland and Israel are both leading innovative economies that have put technology and innovation at the core of their economy. During the seminar, we’ll tell you about a pilot program that is now linking Finnish and Israeli ecosystems together, and to which this Digital health event is linked to. The pilot program is led by Israel Innovation Authority and Helsinki Business Hub and it focuses especially on digital health, smart mobility and information & communication technologies. Funding and free-of-charge matching services are available for Israeli and Finnish companies. Read more about the pilot program and apply!
We are looking forward to meeting you on 16 April!
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