Norwegian Minister Bent Høie encouraged increased Nordic cooperation as test facilities and companies met in Oslo to discuss opportunities for collaboration. About 150 participants showed up at Oslo Science Park 8 November to participate in the Developing Tomorrow’s Solutions in Nordic Test Facilities conference. The conference was hosted by Nordic Innovation and leading actors within
Tha Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities has published a report about testing and piloting. The municipality of the future is being built using experimental activities under extremely changing and complex conditions. Therefore, it is important to get information about how tests can be made in the restructuring of the municipalities’ operations. A new
Project organized an event in Oulu on 31st of May. In the afternoon was a knowledge sharing event where all Nordic Cities presented their models of healthcare and welfare living labs. There was also presentation from Nordic Innovation which is looking for ways to help welfare companies to go global. In the morning there was a
Stockholm Digital Care is a five-year collaborative project run by Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County Council, Huddinge Municipality, Nacka Municipality, RISE SICS AB and KSL (Kommunförbundet Stockholms Län). It is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the goal is to promote growth among SMEs in the Stockholm region that develop welfare technology for the
Nordic Business and Living Lab Alliance is organizing an event where you can hear about living lab experiences and models from all Nordic countries. The focus will be on health care and well-being sector. Speakers will present a different kind of approaches for testing and piloting new services or solutions. Wellcome to Oulu to hear
The award was handed out at the opening of the Vitalis conference in Gothenburg on 25 April. It is handed out to a municipality that uses the potential of digitalization as an important force in development of health and social care. Västerås was one of five finalists and won the prize with the following motivation:
Samveis is a free collection of tools and practical methodologies for municipalities that want to change or adjust today’s public services to fit the future. The Roadmap for service innovation is a tool that supports processes of developing better services for the citizens of your community. The roadmap covers the complete innovation processes from A
The test bed MISTEL started in September 2013 as a project financed by Vinnova and the City of Västerås. The projected ended in February 2017 and from March the test bed is an ordinary business within the City of Västerås. What does the test bed offer? MISTEL creates meetings between innovators and experts – in
The value of the Finnish health technology exports exceeded two billion euros and a trade surplus of one billion euros. Health technology is still one of the fastest growing high-tech export sectors in Finland. Health technology export products increased by 9.7% from the previous year to 2.11 billion euros. Imports increased by 8.0% to one
CareWare in Aarhus, Denmark – 4th & 5th of April 2017. The City of Aarhus developed the concept of CareWare in 2010 and since then it has become an increasingly popular annual event. CareWare focuses on new technologies targeted at the fields of healthcare and assisted living – as well as technologies or methodologies for