Speakers
Roop Chandwani
Managing Partner
Aggio Sergeant
(United Kingdom)
Sarah Fisher
Director, Global Markets, GSG Innovation
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
(United Kingdom)
Tom Gibbs
Director Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
(Switzerland)
Magnus Holm
Venture Partner
Peppermint Venture Partners
(Germany)
Hannu Hämäläinen
Senior Advisor
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund
(Finland)
Joni Karsikas
Investment Manager
Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment)
(Finland)
Christoph Kausch
CEO
MTIP
(Switzerland)
Martin Kelly
CEO
HealthXL
(Ireland)
Hiromasa Mori
Head of Neurology Patient Technology Europe, Innovative Solutions Mission
UCB
(Belgium)
Natalia Mühlemann
Global Business Manager - Medical Devices
Nestlé Health Science
(Switzerland)
Petri Peltonen
Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
(Finland)
Patrik Sobocki
Investment Manager
Industrifonden
(Sweden)
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director
Tech Tour
(Belgium)
Rainer Strohmenger
General Partner
Wellington Partners
(Germany)
Jani Tikkanen
VP, Health
LähiTapiola
(Finland)
Yu Zhang
Head of unit in the Equity New Products and Special Transactions department
European Investment Bank
(Luxembourg)
Expert Jury
Harry Brade
Partner
M&M Growth Partners
(Finland)
Tony Chang
Associate
M-Ventures
(Netherlands)
Jens Kristian Damsgaard
Partner
Science Ventures Denmark A/S
(Denmark)
Gabriele Dini
Associate Partner
Breed Reply
(United Kingdom)
Tom Gibbs
Director Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
(Switzerland)
Magnus Holm
Venture Partner
Peppermint Venture Partners
(Germany)
Nikhil Jain
Partner
Innohealth Partners
(Switzerland)
Christoph Kausch
CEO
MTIP
(Switzerland)
Tuomas Kosonen
Partner
Inventure
(Finland)
Andrey Kozlov
Partner
4BIO Capital Partners
(United Kingdom)
Dieter Kraft
Managing Director
Trumpf Corporate Venture
(Germany)
Pharmaceutical services
Digital health
Petri Laine
Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures
(Finland)
Christian Laurer
Senior Investment Manager
tecnet equity NÖ Technologiebeteiligungs-Invest GmbH
(Austria)
Mikko Leino
Partner
M&M Growth Partners
(Finland)
Karine Lignel
CEO
CM-CIC Innovation
(France)
Jari Mieskonen
Managing Partner
Conor Venture Partners Oy
(Finland)
Duarte Mineiro
Partner
Armilar Venture Partners SCR
(Portugal)
Hiromasa Mori
Head of Neurology Patient Technology Europe, Innovative Solutions Mission
UCB
(Belgium)
Kieran Mudryy
Associate Partner
4BIO Capital Partners
(United Kingdom)
Natalia Mühlemann
Global Business Manager - Medical Devices
Nestlé Health Science
(Switzerland)
Leena Niemistö
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Pihlajalinna
(Finland)
Jouni Pohjonen
Partner
Korona Invest
(Finland)
Claire Poulard
Analyst
Omnes Capital
(France)
Ingrid Rayez
Director, Innovation Capital
LBO France/Innovation Capital
(France)
Goncalo Rebelo de Andrade
General Manager
Hovione Capital
(Portugal)
Patrik Sobocki
Investment Manager
Industrifonden
(Sweden)
Walter Stockinger
Managing Partner
Hadean Ventures
(Norway)
Rainer Strohmenger
General Partner
Wellington Partners
(Germany)
Coaches
Roop Chandwani
Managing Partner
Aggio Sergeant
(United Kingdom)
Heikki E Rautajoki
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FirstExit
(Estonia)
Heikki E Rautajoki
Executive Chairman
FirstExit
(Estonia)
Sophie Ehrlich
Health Innovation
Samsung SRUK
(United Kingdom)
Tom Gibbs
Director Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
(Switzerland)
Mikko Kauppinen
CEO
Health Innovation Village at GE / Zanitaz
(Finland)
Karin Kleinhans
Associate
LSP Life Sciences Partners
(Netherlands)
Bo Koch-Christensen
Venture Partner
Optiteam
(Denmark)
Christian Laurer
Senior Investment Manager
tecnet equity NÖ Technologiebeteiligungs-Invest GmbH
(Austria)
Harri Ojala
Senior Business Advisor, Foreign Direct Investments
Business Tampere
(Finland)
Goncalo Rebelo de Andrade
General Manager
Hovione Capital
(Portugal)
Thomas Unt
Business Developer
SmiLe Incubator
(Sweden)
Reidar Wasenius
Managing Director
Finnish Business Angels Network
(Finland)
Mark Wilson
Principal
Strategic Technology Bioconsulting
(United Kingdom)
Participants
Alexis Courtial
Healthcare Solutions Lead
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
(United States)
Blagovesta Dlagatseva
Project Manager
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Niels Erikstrup
CEO
MagCath ApS
(Denmark)
Alejandro García Pérez
Department of Physics
University of Helsinki
(Finland)
Nicolas Geûens
Co-Founder & CEO
Convert Pharmaceuticals
(Belgium)
Harriet Gullstén
Senior Adviser
Business Finland
(Finland)
Asko Hakonen
Partner
Gillie.io
(Finland)
personalized health
Digital health
Astrid Hannich-Walter
Director Business Model & HealthCare Innovation
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
(Germany)
Saara Hassinen
CEO
The Finnish Health Technology Association, FiHTA
(Finland)
Minna Hendolin
Director Health and Wellbeing
Business Finland
(Finland)
Dennis Hens
Chief Innovation Officer
Global Core Medical B.V.
(Netherlands)
Ulla Hiekkanen-Mäkelä
Business Development Director
Business Finland
(Finland)
Hristo Hristov
Project Manager
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Marjo Ilmari
Director, Startup Companies
Business Finland
(Finland)
Bent Johnsen
CEO
Emperra GmbH
(Germany)
Jukka Jokinen
Senior Venture Advisor
Helsinki Business Hub
(Finland)
Päivi Juolahti
VP
Fazer Group
(Finland)
Nora Kaarela
Head of Health Industry
Business Finland
(Finland)
Kati Kaijasilta
Business Development Director
Orion Corporation
(Finland)
personalized health
Medtech
Digital health
Mihal Kambarev
Business Development Executive
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Mikko Kangas
Account Director
Innokas Medical Oy
(Finland)
Sara Kangaspeska
Head of Innovation
Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd
(Finland)
Matti Kanninen
Managing Partner
Butterfly Ventures
(Finland)
Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen
Director
Finnish Bioindustries
(Finland)
Aki Koivistoinen
StartUp Health Ambassador, Europe & Israel
Startup Health
(Finland)
Erik Kolehmainen
Senior Advisor, Growth Capital
Business Finland
(Finland)
Val Kratzman
Director Healthcare
Business Finland
(Finland)
Jonne Kuittinen
Operations Manager
Finnish Venture Capital Association
(Finland)
Teppo Laaksonen
Business Development Manager
Turku Science Park Ltd.
(Finland)
Christian Lardot
Senior Business Advisor
Health Capital Helsinki
(Finland)
Lasse Lehtinen
CEO & Partner
Icebreaker VC
(Finland)
Jukka Lähesmaa
Consulting Officer
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Government of Finland
(Finland)
Heini Malm
Senior Advisor, Business Development
BusinessOulu
(Finland)
Claes Mikko Nielsen
Network Manager
FiBAN
(Finland)
Anton Nolvi
Project Designer
University of Helsinki
(Finland)
Harri Ojala
Senior Business Advisor, Foreign Direct Investments
Business Tampere
(Finland)
João Pereira
CFO
Heartgenetics, Genetics and Biotechnology SA
(Portugal)
Tero Piispanen
Director, Internationalisation Services and BioTurku®
Turku Science Park Ltd.
(Finland)
Katri Raevuori
Senior Specialist, Marketing and Communications
Business Finland
(Finland)
Jukka Rauhala
Partner
Versoventures
(Finland)
Riku Rikkola
Business Developer
VTT Oy
(Finland)
Life Sciences
personalized health
Medtech
Eeva Salminen
Director, Startup Companies
Business Finland
(Finland)
Sampo Sammalisto
Advisor, Health Industry
Business Finland
(Finland)
Arne Schlenzka
Co-founder & CEO
Osgenic
(Finland)
Riku Seppälä
Partner
Icebreaker VC
(Finland)
Laura Simik
Managing Director
Sailab – MedTech Finland
(Finland)
Kari Sinivuori
Head of Business Development
Helsinki Innovation Services (HIS)
(Finland)
Laura Strandberg
Finance Manager
Finnvera plc
(Finland)
Mikko Suonenlahti
Founder
Build Tech Businesses
(Finland)
Brad Templeton
Senior Manager
ResMed
(United Kingdom)
personalized health
Medtech
Digital health
Heidi Tikanmäki
Key Account Director, Life Science
BusinessOulu
(Finland)
Martina Todorova
Business Development Associate
Tech Tour
(Bulgaria)
Eero Toivainen
Program Director
Business Finland
(Finland)
Sissel Tove Aasberg
Communication and Marketing Strategist
Tech Tour
(Belgium)
Outi Tuovila
Senior Adviser
Business Finland
(Finland)
Kristian Uggerhøj
Chairman
MagCath ApS
(Denmark)
Marcello van Rossum
Senior business advisor
Helsinki Business Hub
(Finland)
Eero Vartiainen
Co-Founder
Wave Ventures
(Finland)
Henri Vehviläinen
Category Analyst and Project Manager
Tamro Corporation
(Finland)
Marko Vänskä
Head of Industry, Growth Capital
Business Finland
(Finland)
Matti Vänskä
Director, Patient Care, Nokia Digital Health
Nokia Technologies
(Finland)
Asta Wallenius
Head of Development,Health Sector Growth Strategy for Research and Innovation
Ministry Of Employment And The Economy - Finland
(Finland)
Tian Yu
Venture Advisor
Helsinki Business Hub
(Finland)
