Kuopio Innovation is a business developer in Kuopio, Finland that helps innovative organizations through combining ideas, experts, and new ways of thinking. It operates in the Kuopio region, home to the Kuopio Science Park which has over 240 enterprises and around 20,000 people working in fields like health, security, and ICT. Kuopio Innovation provides services like business incubation, helping entrepreneurs develop their ideas and access funding and networks. It also facilitates collaboration between different organizations in the region to foster innovation.

1. KUOPIO INNOVATION
ARTO HOLOPAINEN
SENIOR ADVISOR
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS FORESIGHT
KUOPIO INNOVATION LTD.

2. Kuopio Innovation is a business developer
that opens up new opportunities for
innovative organisations by combining
ideas, experts and new ways of thinking.

3. Kuopio Innovation Ltd.
• Established in March 2008
• Operating area: Kuopio area
• Owners: City of Kuopio (68 %), Technopolis Plc. (24 %),
University of Eastern Finland (4 %) and Savonia University of Applied Sciences
(4 %)
• Business volume € 2,4 million (2012)
• Chairman of the board: Petteri Paronen, Mayor, City of Kuopio
• Managing Director: Heikki Helve
• Staff: 17

4. “Kuopio Science Park -
Unique combination of
expertise and know how”

5. Kuopio Science Park
Unique combination of expertise and know how in the fields of health, security,
environment and well being, as well as ICT and sensor technology competence.
• Over 240 enterprises
• Around 20,000 people working or studying in the area
• University of Eastern Finland
• Savonia University of Applied Sciences
• Kuopio University Hospital
• Several national research institutes
• Technopolis Plc, Kuopio Innovation Ltd.
• Kuopio Science Park video http://youtu.be/_61mVrTObY8

6. • The Science Park is developing to become a part of the whole City of Kuopio
• By the year 2020 the Kuopio Science Park will expand to become versatile area
of employees, students and residents
Kuopio Science Park - Future - KAMPUS 2020 vision
IN THE MIDDLE OF ATTRACTIVE KUOPIO,
a work, residential and educational centre for almost 40,000 people will emerge on the shores of the beautiful Lake
Kallavesi by 2020. There, the collaboration between various fields of science, students and companies, and even
quite unexpected encounters will generate new jobs and facilitate future innovations. The lively and international
atmosphere can be felt everywhere in Kuopio, the best city of Finland for students.

7. promotion of wellbeing,
personalized, data management,
electronic services, devices & technologies, usability,
food technology supporting wellbeing, wellbeing tourism, environmental health,
prediction of diseases, disease formation mechanisms, health games, production methods, big data
Cross-cutting Expertise, Multi-disciplinary
pharmaceutical
R&D, bioin-
formatics
New Innovations
imaging,
biosignals, in vitro
–diagnostics
Companies, Business potential
online-analysing
methods, security
clinical research,
health outcomes
eHealth,
gamification,
elderly services
specialized
processing,
personalized
nutrition
consumer
responses
BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, SENSOR TECHNOLOGY, ICT, SECURITY
Medicines and
New Treatments
Health and Well-
beingTechnology
Research
Services and
Health conomics
Wellbeing
Services and
Building for
Wellbeing
Prevention of
Diseases
Nutrition in
Treatment of
Diseases and
Recovery
New
Technologies,
Analytics and
Diagnostics
ENTERPRISE CLUSTERS, RESEARCH – EDUCATION – PUBLIC SECTOR – AUTHORITIES
Versatile know-how

8. ”Companies that
make the Health
happen”

9. Health expertise
• Kuopio region has become a centre of excellence in the field of health
informatics, inspiring vibrant research and educational activities and
development work done by local players and health care professionals
• The consortium in this area has been able to generate new innovative and user
friendly eHealth applications, monitoring and diagnostic devices supporting the
distribution of health care in a new holistic way

10. Long-standing bone research at the University of Eastern Finland has
produced expertise that underlies a new, fast and economical way of
diagnosing osteoporosis. The innovation has been commercialised
by Bone Index Ltd, managed by Ossi Riekkinen, whose goal is to
enter global markets with its ultrasound-based Bindex measuring
method
The Bindex device, weighing little more than 100 grams, and the
computer program that analyses the results will bring osteoporosis
screening within the reach of every healthcare centre and private
medical centre. The procedure for both the testee and the tester is
easy and fast, whereas the usual current method of diagnosing
osteoporosis is a pelvic X-ray performed in a hospital.
Diagnosing osteoporosis – Bone Index

11. Know Your Muscles - Myontec
• Myontec Ltd, managed by Pekka Tolvanen, and its top
product, the Mbody smart shorts, are an excellent example
of the fact that a good product is only one of the factors
leading to international success
• Mbody is the first garment in the world that measures
muscle activity. The results can be read in real time with a
mobile app and saved on a computer for analysis
• The market is large since the product can be used in training
by professional athletes as well as amateurs. The
measurements are of benefit both in identifying the ideal
loading levels and finding the biomechanically-correct
motion paths

12. • Kuopio University Hospital is one of five university hospitals in Finland
• Some of the best expertise in Finnish medical and nursing science is
concentrated at KUH, which works in close cooperation with top experts from
the University of Eastern Finland and the Kuopio Science Park
• Kuopio University Hospital’s vigorous scientific research activity is respected
nationally and internationally. KUH is an important provider of training for
physicians and other health-care personnel.
Kuopio University Hospital (KUH)

13. • The well-developed infrastructure facilitates high-quality multidisciplinary R&D
activities in the Kuopio region with particular strengths in the diagnosis, treatment
and prevention on nationally important chronic diseases
• High-level infrastructure and methodological services are focused on supporting
translational research, where studying dynamic biological processes in intact study
subjects by repeated measurements is needed, for unraveling of disease mechanisms
and monitoring effectiveness of various therapies
Multidisciplinary research and development [video]

14. ”Business
opportunities from
the Human Security
expertise”

15. • The Emergency Services College provides education and
training in its special field under the supervision of the
Ministry of the Interior
• The Research and Development Unit’s fields of research
are amongst others accident prevention, fire research
and dangerous substances, the application of
information technology, environmental risks and human
behavior in accidents
• [video]
The Emergency Services College
Source: The Emergency Services College

16. “Unique 38-hectar-
wide training ground
for practical training”
Source: The Emergency Services College

17. • The training is done in conditions as close as possible to real
emergencies, for example, to extinguish various kinds of fires,
to carry out rescue assignments, prevent chemical accidents,
driving emergency vehicles as well as giving first aid to injured
and ill patients
• There are different kinds of training fields, special-purpose
buildings and class rooms
• The training ground is also used for joint disaster exercises of
the authorities
• The training ground has been designed to minimize the effects
on the environment
Training in close to real life conditions
Source: The Emergency Services College

18. • The Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland), located in Kuopio, is a
governmental institution and a centre of expertise in civilian crisis management
• The main tasks of CMC Finland are to train and recruit experts for international
civilian crisis management and peacebuilding missions as well as conduct research
focusing on civilian crisis management
• CMC Finland acts as a national head office for all seconded Finnish civilian crisis
management professionals
• [video]
The Crisis Management Centre Finland

20. “It’s all about
collaboration and co-
creation”

21. • Gamification in health promotion is all about the games cited
characteristics and applications of the technologies to
promote health by emphasising the prevention of diseases,
affecting the lifestyle changes and self-care
• Games for Health supports entrepreneurship, rapid
technological experiments and organises activating events
• Kuopio Innovation is coordinating Games for Health Finland.
• [products][jamvideo1] [jamvideo2] [video3]
Games for Health Finland

22. • Jukka Sormunen, an entrepreneur and the Principal of Klassikka upper secondary high school in
Kuopio, is developing health-promoting ActionTrack playing fields for schools at iClass Finland
Education Network Ltd.
Health promoting through ActionTrack
• Through the exercise- and health-oriented playing fields,
support can be provided for the educational partnership
between home and school.
Through a game, pupils are guided to, say, brush their teeth. Parents
can monitor the game, confirming on the game platform, with a
mobile device, that the teeth have been brushed. In this way,
interaction in a young person’s education takes place through modern
terminal devices, and responsibility is not left to the old civics classes.

23. • Heli Vehkala, the Project Manager at Neuron, the Finnish
Brain Research and Rehabilitation Centre, thinks that current
terminal devices hold enormous business potential.
• Public and private healthcare services will not be able to cope
with future pressures. There is a global need for different
kinds of telerehabilitation and telecare models.
• Gamification, the application of games for health promotion
and maintenance, will save money on many counts. An
individual’s functional capacity will improve with smaller
personnel resources than today. Increasing well-being will
save society money.
Gamification – Health promotion and maintenance

24. • Vision: Internationally attractive innovation clusters based on top-
notch talent are created in Finland as a result of cooperation
between cities and the State
• Five main themes, based on areas in which Finnish
know-how can be strengthened and used to boost growth
• Future Health
• Bioeconomy
• Sustainable Energy Solutions
• Smart City and Renewable Industry
• Cybersecurity
The Innovative Cities (INKA) Programme
2014-2020
Source: www.tekes.fi/inka
OULU
VAASA
PORI
TURKU
HELSINKI
SEINÄJOKI
KUOPIO
LAHTI
TAMPERE
JYVÄSKYLÄ

25. • Critical factor to create sustainable innovation ecosystem is
committed multi-stakeholder collaboration
• This collaboration requires joint understanding from
policy makers, community, business, research,
education and users
• It is essential to build network of ecosystems
combining not only nationwide ecosystems but
also European wide as well as global
From local to Global

26. C2: Interoperable independent living solutions
European Innovation Partnership
on Active Healthy Ageing
Triple win aims
1. enabling EU citizens to lead healthy,
active and independent lives while
ageing;
2. improving the sustainability and
efficiency of social and health care
systems;
3. boosting and improving the
competitiveness of the markets for
innovative products and services,
responding to the ageing challenge at
both EU and global level, thus creating
new opportunities for businesses

27. ”Fostering
innovations”

28. Kuopio Innovation’s Business Incubator Model
• ‘
• Recognition of promising
business ideas
• Entrepreneur's will and aims
• Presentation of incubator´s
services
• Developing the business idea into
a business plan
• Development of products or
services
• Financial calculations
• Locating and contacting business
partners
• Services for public and private
funding applications
• Services from advisers
• Regular meetings
• Training for entrepreneurs
• Contacts and networks for business
development
• Services for public and private
funding applications
• Services from advisers
• Business model
• Marketing / Sales
• Team / Shareholder
• Financial calculations, profitability
• Financing
• Regular meetings

29. Collective Commercialization of Ideas (CCI)
Dialogue and trust among companies, customers, universities and business developers
New business Development, Strategy, Internationalization, R&D, Funding, Management, HR
Needs and problems of customers and end-
users
Technical and operational possibilities of the
commercialization body
Innovation development
Peak Projects
Business case analyzes
Additional research
Projecting
Application development
Incubation activities
Innovation surveys
Trends, market views
Surveys of needs
Technology roadmaps
New application possibilities of technology
Innovation search
Product and service ideas
Laboratories
Legislation
Regulation
Industrial parties
New technologies
New solutions,
products and services
Productization
CommercializationPar
tnering
Ideas of
customers
Needs,
problems
Ideas for
new
solutions
ITERATION
Product-
service
preforms
Source: modfied from Eriksson, P., Vilhunen, J. and Voutilainen, K. (2014) ‘Incubation as co-creation: case study of proactive
technology business development’, Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol. 18, Nos. 5/6, pp.382–396.

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