This is a talk I gave at the above-mentioned seminar to highlight the strengths of #Finland as a provider of #agetech solutions

1. Kari Klossner
Program Manager, Head of Smart Life Finland
Kari.Klossner@businessfinland.fi
Finland as a leading country in digital health
for the ageing
On behalf of Smart Life FINLAND program

2. OURSTRENGTHS National
level
Strategic
support
1
Highly
educated
people
3
Attitude
and
Culture of
trust
2

3. Who am I
Kari Klossner, Program Manager
Head of Smart Life Finland
Career in healthtech; 25 years in the medical devices industry
PerkinElmer Inc., Siemens Healthineers
Education in ICT and Business

4. OUR MISSION
We catalyse new, sustainable growth
for Finland through innovation and
international collaboration
To achieve this, Business Finland
• promotes, facilitates and funds innovation
• helps Finnish companies grow and go
international
• works to make Finland an attractive
destination for international travel,
investments and talents
INTERNATIONAL
GROWTH
WORLD'S BEST
ECOSYSTEMS

5. Other 77 M€
BUSINESS FINLAND’S FUNDING IN 2019
Big companies 99 M€
Funding
applied
842 M€
Funding
awarded
571 M€
For research
94 M€
For companies
477 M€
6477 received
applications
4284 approved
applications
SMEs 133 M€
Startups 168 M€
INNOVATION
FUNDING

6. A FEW WORDS ON BUSINESS FINLAND PROGRAMS

7. BF programs
open new
business
opportunities
and speed up
solutions to the
challenges of
sustainable
development.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Smart Life
Personalized
Health
SMART HEALTH
AND WELLBEING
Smart Energy
Batteries from
Finland
SMART AND
CLEAN ENERGY
Sustainable
Manufacturing
SMART INDUSTRY
Smart Mobility
SMART AND
SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES
Bio and Circular
Food from Finland
Experience
Commerce
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
AND RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMPTION
DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
ATTRACTIVE
COUNTRY BRAND
GAME CHANGERS
AI Business
Connected Intelligent Industries
Digital Trust
New Space Economy
New Value Creation
Developing Markets
Talent Boost
Travel

8. BUSINESS FINLAND PERSONALIZED HEALTH FINLAND PROGRAM FACT SHEET
PERSONAL HEALTH FINLAND
• Mission
• ThePersonalizedHealthprogramseekssolutionstoshiftthe
focusfromtreatmentofdiseasestowardspersonalized
prevention,predictionandtreatementaswellasmaintaining
goodhealthandwellbeinginapersonalizedmanner.
• Focus
• Thefocusisinutilizingindividualizeddatalikegenome,
healthcareorbiobankdataaswellaslifestyleinformationto
predictandpreventillnesses,topersonalizecareandto
participatepeopletotakeresponsibilityoftheirownwellbeing.
• Customers
• InFinland:companies,researchorganizationsandhealthcare
organizationsfocusedonpersonalizedhealthsolutions
• Globally:corporatecustomerandinvestorsinterestedin
partneringwithFinnishcompaniesandresearchorganizations,
govermentorganizationseekinginnovationcollaboration
ACTIVE: 2018-2022 | FUNDING TARGET: 80-100 MEUR
PROGRAM MANAGER: sampo.sammalisto@businessfinland.fi +358 50 584 1100
WEB: businessfinland.fi/en/for-finnish-customers/services/programs/personalized-health-finland/
• Ecosystems
• Drivethegenerationandgrowthofnewinnovationecosystems
comprisedofcompaniesofdifferentsizes,reseach
organizations,andhealthcareproviders
• Services
• Globalgrowth,investmentpromotion,innovationfunding,
ecosystemdevelopment,training,andnetworking
• Targetmarkets
• EMEA:Nordics,UK, Switzerland
• Asia:Japan,Singapore
• Americas:USA

9. BUSINESS FINLAND SMART LIFE PROGRAM FACT SHEET
SMART LIFE FINLAND
• Mission
• Toproactivelyhelpcreatehighpotentialbusinessecosystemsin
Finland,innovate,network,andgointernationalwithdigital
wellbeing&healthcaresolutions
• Toleveragethedigitalrevolutioninhealth,fromhospitalto
homeandthedailylivingenvironment
• Focus
• Digitalhealth&wellbeingsolutionsutilizingthelatest
technologiese.g.mobileapplications,bigdata,Artificial
Intelligence,virtual&augmentedreality,wearables,sensoring
• Customers
• InFinland:digitalhealthandwellbeingcompanies,research
organizationsandhealthcareproviders
• Internationally:potentialpartnerstoFinnishcompanies.
InvestorsandcorporationswithinterestininvestinginFinland
ACTIVE: 2019-2022 | FUNDING TARGET: 80-100 MEUR
PROGRAM MANAGER: Kari.Klossner@businessfinland.fi +358 400 717 298
WEB: businessfinland.fi/en/for-finnish-customers/services/programs/smart-life-finland/
• Ecosystems
• Drivethegenerationofnewinnovationecosystemscomprisedof
companiesofdifferentsizes,researchorganizations,and
healthcareproviders
• Services
• Internationalization,innovationfunding,ecosystemdevelopment,
training,networking,promotionofinvestingopportunitiesin
Finland
• Targetmarkets
• EMEA:Nordics,UK,Germany,Gulf states
• Asia:Singapore,Japan,Australia
• Americas:USA

10. SO HOW DO WE SEE THE MARKET…
… WHAT CAN FINLAND BRING TO THE TABLE

11. TECHNOLOGIAL ENABLERSSOCIETAL and MARKET CHANGES
Why is this so significant; why is the digital revolution
happening now in healthcare
Data storage
and processing
power have
grown and will
continue to
increase
exponentiallyWireless communications
enabling real time
connections are
developing rapidly from
4G to 5G to 6G enabling
IoMT
Healthcare systems are under pressure for
cost containment globally
Population is getting older creating demand
for more and different services
Smart phones are
providing and excellent
platform for services and
are getting more and
more ubiquitousPeople are getting more and more aware and
interested in their own well being and health
Collecting, storing and sharing of health
data is becoming increasingly accepted Artificial
intelligence is
no longer
science fiction

12. ”Smart Alternate Care”
Smart Living
Healthy Lifestyle
Self Monitoring
Time and place independent
access to services
Independent ageing in
place

15. Remote
monitoring &
care services
for life stages
and special
conditions
Lifestyle
planning &
monitoring
for better
individual
health

16. SOME SOLUTIONS ADDRESSING
THE NEEDS OF THE AGEING

17. Generic telehealth/medicine
solutions

18. Staying in
touch and
looking
after

19. Integrating devices, services & data onto one
comprehensive platform

20. Physical aptitude, balance,
exercise, rehabilitation

21. FROM INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS…
… TO SOLUTIONS THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE

22. Why Ecosystems
A whole that
is greater
than the sum
of its parts
Combine the
best of breed
from private and
public sector
Multi
disciplinary,
reaching across
industry
verticals
Economics of
scale to take
on challenges
that can move
the needle
More substantial funding opportunites
beyond individual players

24. THANK YOU!
kari.klossner@businessfinland.fi
linkedin.com/in/kariklossner/
+358 400 717298