The document summarizes a workshop on the Health and Well-being Cluster Programme. It describes the goals of the programme, which are to generate new ventures in the health sector, promote company growth and internationalization, and support research commercialization. It also outlines Culminatum Innovation, the Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise, which acts as a development platform for the health and wellness sector through networking, project support, and other services.

1. Health and Well-being
Cluster Programme
MOTIVE workshop
3rd February 2010
Frank Ryhänen
Culminatum Innovation

2. 1. Centre of Expertise Programme OSKE
2. Health and Well-being Cluster
Programme
3. Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise
for Health and Well-being –
Culminatum Innovation

3. Centre of Expertise Programme
OSKE

4. Centre of Expertise Programme
OSKE
To utilise top level knowledge and expertise
as a resource for business operations,
job creation and regional development
A fixed-term national programme pooling local,
regional and national resources to utilise top expertise

5. Basic principles of OSKE
Bottom-up approach: local strategies meet national
Innovation policy targets
Triple helix: interaction between academia
and the private and public sectors
Based on regional strengths and specialization (bottom up)
coordinated on national level by a cross-sectoral committee
represented by ministries, research organisations and
industry representatives (top down)

6. Thematic fields of OSKE
13 competence clusters in 21 centres of expertise
HealthBio
Kuopio, Oulu,Helsinki,
Tampere, Turku
Nanotechnology
Living business Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kokkola, Mikkeli, Oulu,
Joensuu, Hämeenlinna, Helsinki, Tampere
Lahti, Helsinki
Health and Well-being
Kuopio, Oulu, Helsinki, Tampere
Digital Content Energy Technology
Hämeenlinna, Helsinki, Tampere, Kouvola Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Vaasa, Pori ja Tampere
Ubiquitous Computing
Jyväskylä, Oulu, Pori,
Helsinki, Tampere
Food Development Cleantech
Kuopio, Helsinki, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Helsinki
Seinäjoki, Turku
Tourism and Experience Management
Helsinki, Rovaniemi, Savonlinna, Turku
Forest Industry Future Intelligent Machines
Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kokkola, Mikkeli, Hyvinkää, Hämeenlinna, Lappeenranta,
Lappeenranta, Turku Seinäjoki, Tampere
Maritime
Lappeenranta, Pori, Turku, Vaasa, Raahe

7. Health and Well-being
Cluster Programme

8. Health and well-being
competence cluster
Kuopio
(coordinator)
Oulu
Tampere
Capital region

9. By Definition
” Health and Well-being Competence Cluster is a
development platform for health and welfare
services and associated technologies. The
objective of the cluster is to support successful
businesses and to link research to
commercialization. Focus of action is on health
and well-being companies, their business
activities, growth and internationalization.”

10. Goals
● to Generate new high-tech ventures to health
and well-being sector
● to Promote development, growth and
internationalisation of the companies operating
in the field.
● to Support research, efficient utilisation of the
know-how, and commercialization of the
innovations.

11. Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise for
Health and Well-being
Culminatum Innovation

12. Culminatum Innovation
Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise
Development company of Helsinki Region, founded 1995
o 40 employees, CEO Pasi Mäkinen
Innovations & networking
o 9 Centres of Expertise in Helsinki Region
Municipalities 43%
o 3 Local development teams Science Community 34% Uusimaa Regional
Universities Council
Polytechnics City of Espoo
Research institutions
Independent development plattform City of Helsinki
City of Vantaa
o Triple helix –ownership
o Non profit
o Funding: municipalities, Business Community 23%
Chamber of Commerce
ministry of employment Science Parks
and economy, projects Companies
Financial institutions

13. Culminatum with 9 Clusters within Helsinki Region provide a hot spot for recognizing
multidisciplinary potential and development needs –
i.e. huge potential for innovation systems
Thematic microclusters Support in
for open innovation project
Tourism Cleantech building
cluster cluster
Living cluster HealthBio Cluster
Networking,
CULMINATUM matching, promoting
Nanocluster Health and wellbeing
Cluster
Ubiq.C.
cluster Food
Cluster
Digi
cluster Networking and
Living Labs, piloting and matching
development environments

14. Culminatum Health and Wellbeing
CofE is especially targeting:
● Solutions to support independent living
Home health care
Innovations enabling and encouraging people to take
responsibility of self well-being
● Product / service development
Conceptualization of new operating models and service
models
Service design and innovation
● Piloting hubs
User-centric development in real life conditions
Business models for living labs, testbed networks

15. Service offering
•PARTNERING NEEDS ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY AND
•
•NETWORKING EVENTS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
•CLUSTER BUILDING •BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR
•CLUSTER/ECOSYSTEM COMPANIES AND
FACILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS
DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION AND
PARTNERSHIP BULDING COMMERCIALIZATION
AND NETWORKING SERVICES
• PROJECT IDEATION
•PROJECT PREPARATION
PROJECT SERVICES
•PROJECT PARTNER SEARCH
+ cluster-specific •ORGANIZING FINANCING
extra services •PROJECT MANAGEMENT /
COORDINATION

16. Some examples of our services
•Active Ageing –clustering in Baltic Sea • Innovations for Kontula elderly care center
Region • Development project for metropolitan
• IKÄ-networking and seminars incl. spin
thematic innovation platforms (Forum
off –projects Virium, Active Life Village, RFID Lab)
• Seminar series: living for the ageing
•InnoGame ideation workshop for healthy
• European Space Agency / health:
ageing at home
seminar
PARTNERSHIP INNOVATION AND
BUILDING AND COMMERCIALIZA
NETWORKING TION SERVICES
PROJECT SERVICES
• Mobile home health care solutions project
• National cross-functional cooperation in
clustering in Baltic Sea Region
•Local, national and international projects
in…

17. New solutions for elderly
● New service center for elderly will be in operation by
end of 2009. It will offer various services, day
activities and 24/7 care rooms.
● Quality and economy of services will improve by
renewing service processes and using new,
innovative technology
● We searched, evaluated, chose and ran
procurement process for:
Audio solutions for activating groups
Biometrical identification tools
Sensors in carpets and beds
Sustainable textiles collection for dementic
inhabitants
WLAN for present and future wireless
transfer needs
Antibacterial coating in sanitary rooms
(Centre of expertise in Nanotechnology)
Narrow focus sound speakers

18. ACT! BSR cluster for
Active Ageing
● a triple helix cluster model for a
transnational BSR cluster in supporting
active ageing (healthcare, wellness and
assistive technologies & products)
● Cluster preparation task force: Finland,
Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania
● to keep the ageing population an active
part of society

19. Contact:
Leena Silvennoinen
Program Director
+358 50 540 1431
leena.silvennoinen@culminatum.fi
Suzan Ikävalko Frank Ryhänen
Project Manager Project Manager
+358 50 583 4292 +358 50 570 8570
suzan.ikavalko@culminatum.fi frank.ryhanen@culminatum.fi