Espoo Innovation Day
– the kind of innovation the world needs
May 24th 2024, 12:00 – 18:00
Espoo
The innovation community in Espoo churns out 6th most patent applications in Europe, up to 60 % of all patents in Finland. Aalto University and Technical Research Centre VTT together with the city, form a core that brings together all players – start-ups, students, top companies, researchers, and ordinary citizens – to create innovation for a better life.
At the 2024-year edition of Espoo Innovation Day, we invite you to explore Espoo’s unique innovation community, its innovation culture and actors – the kind of innovation that will shape the world for decades to come.
Espoo is where Finland’s most valuable corporations are located, and the city is home to the leading innovation hub in the Nordics. The innovation community in Espoo delivers globally leading innovations from waste-based biofuels to quantum computing, reborn textile fibers to 5G, 6G, and much more. At the heart of the community stands Aalto University and Technical Research Centre VTT. VTT is the largest applied research institution in the Nordics, with a strong track record of commercializing research to business. Aalto University boasts one of the most bustling start-up scenes in Europe. Most of Finland’s rising stars, unicorns are born in Espoo – in 2022, Espoo-based startups raised over €410M of funding.
The event is brought to you by the City of Espoo and Enter Espoo in collaboration with Aalto University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Foreign Ministry of Finland.
We have reserved two spots for your embassy. In addition, we would like to give opportunity for selected key companies looking for opportunities in investing in or locating to the innovation community in Espoo.
A limited number of seats are reserved for companies from outside of Finland, who are interested in locating or collaborating with the innovation community in Finland. Please contact Senior Business Advisor Mr. Ossi Ritvos (tel. +358 40 745 1545, e-mail: ossi.ritvos@espoo.fi) if you are interested in bringing a company from your country to the event.
The detailed programme and instructions for registration will be sent out later. For more information, please contact Ms. Hanna Eskelinen (tel. +358 43 827 3491, e-mail: hanna.eskelinen@espoo.fi)
