Date and time: Wednesday January 30, at 5-7.30pm
Venue: EIT ICT Labs Co-location Centre Finland, Otaniementie 19 B, 02150 Espoo
Health Spa is a new networking event for the emerging Health and Wellness cluster in Finland, supported by EIT ICT Labs. There is a lot of things bubbling in this sector in Finland, and we want to bring creators and influencers together to discuss collaboration, internationalisation and clustering in the spirit of open innovation.
EIT ICT Labs focuses on boosting ICT innovations in Europe. One of our focus areas is Health & Wellbeing. We support innovation in existing companies and the creation of new business opportunities. Our business developers support start-ups in strategic coaching, access to the local ecosystem and the European network of EIT ICT Labs partners as well as in softlanding in our other European hotspots. Come and see how you can get involved!
Agenda
17.00 Speeches from experts and start-ups
"Boosting ICT Innovation in Health & Wellbeing - how can You benefit from EIT ICT Labs support" by Prof. Marko Turpeinen, Director EIT ICT Labs Helsinki
"2013 Wearable Trends" by Christian Lindholm, Koru
"From HR monitoring to Activity business- case Polar", Dr. Raija Laukkanen, Director, Sports Science, Polar Electro Oy, Kempele, Finland
"The Framgo story" by Kenneth Salonius, Framgo
Speech by Jussi Räisänen, CEO HeiaHeia
18.00 Start-up demos, networking
Do you have something exciting to share? The demo session is open to anyone. For registration and questions, please, get in touch with Sebastien Gianelli, email sebastien(at)korulab.com, tel +358 44 555 9866
Confirmed start-ups and other organisations:
AppCampus
AppCampus is an €18 million joint project of Aalto University, Microsoft and Nokia. We offer financing and coaching in mobile technology, design and usability to Windows Phone developers
Koru
We are makers of fine softwares and user interfaces for social jewelry. Our company mission is to transform the communication, mobile & wellness businesses through wearables, empowering high-end consumer electronics with beautiful and unique user experiences.
HitSeed
We offer hardware startup entrepreneurs not only what they want but also what they need. HitSeed offers a unique platform to enable market validation, pre-purchase funding, resource acquisition as well as on-demand and mass-market manufacturing. We select the eligible startups into our growth program and share the risk and the reward
Framgo
Looking at the whole spectrum of consumer grade health devices, most of them focus on giving feedback to users based on e.g. movement and mathematical formulas to calculate estimations of calorie burn. Framgo is filling the clear void in the spectrum of consumer grade health devices by giving real performance feedback, based on the consumer herself. One of the major products we are working on currently is a device which gives the consumer an actual image of his or hers muscle and fat layer to a smartphone and an application which makes this data useful for the consumer. However, this is only the beginning.
HeiaHeia
HeiaHeia is a fun, social online wellness motivator.
NetMedi
NetMedi creates a compassion driven platfrom to enhance information change between patients and medical staff. To provide the best care possible, patients, doctors and nurses need real time information about the effects of the treatment, in an electronic, easy to analyze form.
Sondi
Internet based service portal for the remote monitoring of vital body functions.
Wellness Foundry
Welcome to Wellness Foundry! Our company is committed to delivering cutting-edge web and mobile tools to help people eat better and to live healthier
CHECK
CHECK is a revolutionary service to enable real-time training readiness assessment. CHECK has been proven to optimize training, reduce injuries and improve athlete performance. The solution includes a novel assessment device, mobile application (Android and iOS) as well as a cloud service for analysis and information management. Service has been developed together with Finnish scientists and athletes and is essentially targeted for sports requiring skill, coordination and strength. It also provides significant added value in high-altitude and endurance training. We are currently in private beta mode and will launch the product during spring 2013.
PulseOn
PulseOn is a start-up company based in Espoo focusing in Sports and Wellness solutions
Vicipass
Vicipass offers people a web service to build and maintain a single health profile for lifetime. It helps users to improve general fitness and health through tracking and eliminating research-based risk factors and encouraging overall wellness.
Happywise
HappyWise is a company specialized in digital communications and learning. We provide practical and innovative digital solutions for the education, training and marketing of any fields and industries.
Trelab
We are developing a next generation wireless measurement solution that will revolutionize the way monitoring is carried out by anticipating problems before they happen. This solution can be customized to meet the diverse needs of industries that include: health care, personal wellness, personal training, building automation, logistics and more.Some of the many benefits include better resource allocation, improved efficiencies, and a safer environment.
Finpro
Finpro is the national trade, internationalization and investment development organization in Finland. We support our clients' international growth and success by enabling them to be in the right markets at the right time with a competitive concept and offering.
Polar
Founded in 1977, Polar Electro invented the first wireless heart rate monitor. Since then the company has been leading the sports instruments and heart rate monitoring category through its in-depth understanding of human physiology, performance, and the environment. Polar works in close cooperation with leading sports institutes and governing bodies, and has, thus, become widely recognized as the pioneer and world’s leader of heart rate monitoring and fitness evaluation equipment.
Headquartered near Oulu in Finland, the company operates internationally in more than 80 countries and its products are sold through over 35,000 retailers globally.
Today, the award-winning Polar training computers are the number one choice among consumers worldwide. To learn more about how the wide range of Polar products and services can help you achieve your training goals and make your fitness story a success, please visit www.polar.com.
Wetrock Capital & Consulting Oy
Consultant & business angel in the Finnish Healthcare space
Mendor
We are a Finnish company, committed to the design, development and marketing of advanced diabetes management products. Mendor has launched a revolutionary, discreet, easy to use, portable all-in-one blood glucose meter and currently is working on cloud software platform, called Balance for remote follow-up of self-monitored blood glucose and other health related data produced by the users.
Metawatch
Meta Watch is a design and technology development company that is focused on reinventing the watch as a stylish, and relevant mobile companion. Integrating trend-right fashion design with state-of-the-art technology, Meta Watch makes it easy to create useful, new wearable applications, allowing you to stay connected and stay in style when you are truly mobile and on the go.
Polqu - Crowdsourcing wellness
Find success stories - meet your peers - find wellbeing services suggested by peers
WODconnect
WODCONNECT helps you to become better as an athlete and a coach. It is the best solution for tracking, coaching and managing the sport of fitness
Omegawave
Omegawave delivers unique mobile solution for the comprehensive monitoring of an athlete’s functional state providing instantly relevant advice used to manage the appropriate volume, intensity, and type of training that will lead to optimum performance.
Traxmeet
Traxmeet develops motivating applications for wellness and sport. Our products are based on innovative use of activity data in sports, wellness promotion and preventive care.
Health Puzzle
Health Puzzle is a personalized, proactive healthcare service that empowers people to live a healthier, happier life. At Health Puzzle’s core is an innovative IT system using an individual’s genetic composition, environmental factors and medical history to prescribe personalized advice on lifestyle choices, medication, nutrition, etc.
Adusso
Adusso provides an innovative approach for better usability. We are specialized in usability testing and user experience monitoring in real context of use. By this way we facilitate user-centered practices together with our clients. Working with us you can make sure that usability issues are tackled by real world evidence and improvements are prioritized according to your mission
Sensorfit
Sensorfit let you choose your target between couch potato and athlete. After this you just put your phone in your pocket and everything will happen automatically. You will get real time information how much activity you have done daily and weekly basis. You also get tips what you should do to get results and forecast about what your level is going to be at the end of the day. It's that simple and fun!
Runteq
We introduce a revolutionary running monitoring solution for the endurance running world. Our product tells the key running technique metrics, interprets them and gives personal feedback and instructions. Our solution works seamlessly in all running environments.
Beddit
Beddit is a smart sensor placed in your bed. It measures how you actually sleep, and helps to improve your sleep. Beddit device automatically sends your sleep data to the Beddit web app, where you can see all your results. You can also keep a diary of things related to sleep.
Ludus Helsinki
Our kids spend too much time inside and in front of the screen. We want to use modern technology to encourage kids outside, to play fun motion games with their friends. Our novel product creates new types of motion centric game experiences by combining dedicated hardware devices with smartphone applications and cloud services. We have tested a completed prototype with more than 100 children and received great feedback.
Wellbring
Focused on developing your business. Key focus areas of work are in wearable, connected technologies related to wellbeing and sports. We have a broad range of experience and a growing network of partners to help drive your business forward. By taking a collaborative and hands-on approach, we can work closely with you, across a number of different roles: consulting/knowledge sharing, creation of innovative ideas, market research, go-to-market planning and project management roles (beta testing, piloting, deployment).
