CLUSTERS TOURS

Tour C: Health and Well-Being Cluster program – Health Monitoring Technologies and Healthy Living Concept TERTU

Theme: Supporting new business opportunities and growth of companies
Location: Kuopio

Finnish National Health and Well-being cluster is a development program established by the Ministry of Labor and the Economy. The cluster gathers Finnish expertise into functional and co-operative network which supports development of Finnish health and well-being industry.

Health and Well-being Cluster Tour is organized by Kuopio Innovation Oy in the heart of the lake Finland. The Tour focuses on presentation of cluster’s core activities; remote monitoring, and healthy living and Innovation Magnet concept (effective adoption of open innovation in R&D cooperation). Participants will be introduced to remote monitoring technology in practice. Also, the largest private-house resort in Finland, Saaristokaupunki, with its development project for healthy living concept, will be introduced to the visitors.

Place: Technopolis Kuopio, Microkatu 1, Sky1
Chairman: Petri Kervola, City of Kuopio


Tour Program

8.00 - 10.00	Trip to Kuopio
10.00	Coffee and tea
10.00 – 10.10	Opening Healthy Kuopio programme, Programme Manager, Petri Kervola
10.10 – 10.30	Nice to know each other – a short presentation of the participants. Remote health monitoring demonstration by Kalevi Voutilainen, eHIT Oy
10.30 – 10.45	National health and wellbeing cluster program – a development platform of health and well-being services and associated technologies Presentation by cluster coordinator Dr. Ilpo Kuronen
10.45 – 11.00	Innovation Magnet concept - Promoting business opportunities in Kuopio Science Park Presentation by Mr. Tapani Väänänen, Kuopio Innovation Oy
11.00 – 12.00	Remote health monitoring concept Presentation by Kalevi Voutilainen, eHIT Oy
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 15.00	Tour to Kuopio Saaristokaupunki, the town of islands. Town planner Leo Kosonen, City of Kuopio Introduction to the healthy living concept by Dr. Teija Meklin, Kuopio Innovation Oy
15.00-17.00	Back to Jyväskylä

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MORE INFORMATION

Finnish innovation policy and national innovation strategy:
Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Finnish Science and Technology Information Service:
Research.fi

Finnish Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation
SHOKs

Finnish Centre of Expertise Programme:
OSKE -programme