Paving the way for eHealth, active ageing and independent living products and services generated by European Research & Innovation projects Markku Markkula

1. Markku
Markkula
Paving the way for eHealth,
active ageing and
independent living products
and services generated by
European Research &
Innovation projects
CoR Plenary 8 October 2014
Markkula Rapporteur on
High-Tech Startup Ecosystems

2. CoR:
1. 1. points out that the traditional product chain concept with its fixed phases and
production factors is becoming blurred, because the reality is based on complex
interactions in globally networked ecosystems. Technologies play a key role as
enablers for new, sustainable approaches;
2. 2. urges the regions jointly with the Commission to review their RIS3 and European
Partnership plans with respect to KETs. According to the S3 Platform report, regional
policy-makers have a lot of questions related to state aid and financing of KETs,
including rules of financing demonstration projects and infrastructure;
• 3. we need innovative and high-quality pioneering activities and replication of
results across Europe. The regions are ready to start experimenting and rapid
prototyping, which is a key for success;
• 4. multifund packages of measures are needed through which in particular the
latest ICT and KET research knowledge is used to modernise the various industrial
sectors and to create the new practices needed to achieve lasting social outcomes;

3. We need to react on the
changing innovation landscape.
Erkki Ormala, Professor Aalto University,
Former Vice-President, Business Environment, Nokia

4. KET = the Real Enablers for Systemic Change
based on Smart Specialisation
Systems Approcah
Interpendent Variables
Analytical Approach
Independent Variables
Regional
Innovation Test-Bed /
Case Espoo Innovation Garden:
Technology linked with
Factories &
Living Labs &
Start-ups
Machine Model Biological Model Social Model
Nature of Inquiry
Nature of Organization
Markkula, M., Pirttivaara, M. & Miikki, L., 2009 & 2013. Developed using the ideas from:
Gharajedaghi, J., 2006. Systems Thinkig: Managing Chaos and Complexity.
Conceptualized
Change Processes
Traditional
Organisation
Specific
Business
Plan
Success Factors:
- Ecosystem thinking
- Co-creation
- Entrepreneurial Discovery
- Effective use of KETs
- Knowledge Triangle
(synergy between R&E&I)

5. Aalto Health Factory 2.0:
Translational Engineering in Biomedicine and Health Care
Basic Science
Health Factory Projects
AALTO UNIVERSITY, prof. Raimo Sepponen
Basic Research
•Brain
•Cognition
•Polymer technology
•New materials
•Nanotechnology
•MEMS
•Microelectronics
•THz
•Optics
•Imaging
•Modelling
•Mechatronics
•Automation, robotics
Health Care and
Wellness
•Prevention
•Diagnosis
•Therapy
•Rehabilition
•Independent living
•Safe living
•Proactive care
•Affordable health care
– more with less
Identified Needs
Health care providers and
end users
Collaboration
Helsinki University Hospital,
Universities of Applied Sciences
Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo cities
Translational Research Societal Impact

6. Aalto University’s Own Ecosystem of
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Aalto
Health
Factory
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7. Important Societal Trends and Resulting
Challenges and Opportunities
Change opportunity (and need) of the
entire healthcare paradigm
•People should gradually start to proactively
prevent their own diseases or significantly
delay contracting them (”Personal and
Preventive Healthcare”)
•Lifestyle choices related to diet, exercise and
sleep
•Societies should focus most on incentivizing
non-contraction of the large-impact diseases
(primarily those above)
•Long-term impact with boosting collaboration
of hospitals and societal actors
•Better international collaboration
New high-tech possibilities offer
significant value-added
•Biomedical nanotechnology
•Sensor technology
•Improved analytics via of big data
•Telecommunications: both wireless (mobility
and body sensors) and the industrial internet
affect how healthcare-related
telecommunications can be employed
•Information-scientific and computational
techniques
•Robotics
•Etc.
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markus.m.makela@aalto.fi

8. Development Environments
• Action research is chosen as the methodological
approach
• City of Espoo, technology showrooms
– Soukka Service Center
– Tapiola Health Center
• City of Vantaa
– Showroom and Technology Library
– A mobile application for the youth
• Health technology products, solutions and services are
tested and developed through Action research and user-driven
methods in real life as Living Lab approach
Laurea University of Applied Sciences

10. Smart Specialisation Strategies:
Implementing European Partnerships
Bench-Learning Conference for Pioneering Innovation Regions
June 18th 2014, Brussels
EUE RYM SHOK &
EKA Helsinki Region
Building European Partnerships & Strategic
Alliances by integrating Real & Virtual Worlds
as the collaboration platforms
2014
Markku Markkula, Juho-Pekka Virtanen, Lars Miikki, Ali Kämäräinen,
Tommi Hollström, Marika Ahlavuo, Hannu Hyyppä, Hank Kune
Using the Meshmoon Virtual
Environment
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Proceedings:
http://cor.europa.eu/en/events/Pages/smart-specialisation-strategies.aspx