Health Kuopio –Centre of excellence for

health and wellness expertise

Research, services and business30.8.2004

Heikki Helve

Health Kuopio ProgramHealth Kuopio Program

The Kuopio vision 2012

OPEN-MINDED, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF

EXCELLENCE FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPERTISE

Kuopio is a networked and growing urban region with a broad business base as well as excellent

education and research facilities.

Kuopio is a pleasant city and provides first-rate services for its inhabitants.

Expertise centre for China

International Kuopio

Leading European centre of excellence for health and wellness expertise

The gateway to possibilitiesin Russia and the Baltic countries

Vision 2012:Open-minded, international centre of excellence for health andwellness expertise

Kuopio in the world – the world in Kuopio; the Kuopio internationalization strategy 2012

The Valley of Health and Wellness Expertise

University Hospital

PolytechnicCanthiaMedistudia

Mediteknia

Studentia

Tietoteknia

Snellmania

Bioteknia 1, 2GTK

Neulanen

Centek

Microteknia 1,2,3

Market

Kuopion Science Park Kuopion Science Park RegionRegion

MissionHealth and wellness expertise creates better services

and more effective business opportunities

VisionKuopio - leading European centre of excellence

for health and wellness expertise in 2012

Health Kuopio ProgramHealth Kuopio Program

Participants

Kuopio towards a centre of excellence for health and wellness expertise in Europe

2012

2004

Kuopio University

Technology Centre Teknia Ltd.

City of Kuopio

Enterprises

Kuopio University Hospital

Savonia Polytechnic

The North Savo RegionalConsortium for Education

The Kuopio region

The third sector

The aims of the main focusThe aims of the main focusDevelopment of the health and wellness expertise

Kuopio’s recognized status as a pre-eminent centre in Europe in 2012

Commercialization of the health and wellness expertise

Major increases in business turnover and exports

Application of health and wellness expertise

Ensuring of service supply which is first-rate, versatile and based on the latest facts

KUOPION REGION TESTBED

HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPERTISE

Need for applicationof research

HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPERTISE

Need for applicationof research

HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUSINESS

Need for testing andnew markets

HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUSINESS

Need for testing andnew markets

HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES

Need for developmentof services

HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES

Need for developmentof services

Health Kuopio Programme is searching for partners and financing possibilities in its major interest groups and projects.

The projects are focussing on new beginnings of health and wellness.

Projects are not only development in accordance with basic budgets.

The Kuopio region develops actively new production models and forms of cooperation.

HEALTHKUOPIO

Matching the focusesMatching the focuses

• arguments for mutual benefits– The wellbeing of the municipal and regional economy is

dependent upon the vitality of the local commercial enterprises

– Enterprises will seek out regions with desirable expertise and which also have readiness to produce it more in the future

– Support for new fields of growth, this is anticipated to bring new enterprises, jobs, and through them, also an increase in tax revenues (incl. research-based industries)

– Pilot environments important for both development of services and commercial product development

– Creation of networks in selected fields of growth are an important tool of the business environment policy

Welfare and business Welfare and business environment policyenvironment policy

• If the development procedures of research, services and enterprises are more closely matched, will it create – opportunities for enterprises to increase their productivity?– more resources to public sector to reform service structures and produce first-rate health and wellness services?– research activities a functional way to adapt and analyze services?

Could the solution in development of future services be closer cooperation between public, private and the third sector as well as new operation models, supporting networking and service production based on the latest health and wellness technology?

Research–services-Research–services-enterprisesenterprises

• challenges for success– opening of the parties for network-based

development– identification of changing roles and creation of

cooperation culture– mutual networking of enterprises, municipalities

and researchers– municipal sector’s service as development

environments– identification of processes and resource claims

of the change phase vs. cost effectiveness

Utilization of research Utilization of research expertise in servicesexpertise in services

• functions at the national level– intensified cooperation between

administrative sectors• e.g. increasing STM – TEKES –cooperation• a financial support system to speed up

processes -> readiness improves – growing networking and internationalization of

national centres of excellence and their new openings

– service providers (municipalities) must be better integrated into programme development and coordination

Needs for change of Needs for change of operationsoperations

• Kuopio’s role is to support the health and wellness core– investments in expertise and the Science Park are a part of the business environment policy (development of the innovation

system)– development of the technology centre (Teknia)– long-term strategic activities and follow-up of their effectiveness – good cooperation culture and mutual agreement on setting of aims (city and municipalities, KU, Polytechnic, Teknia, district

administration)– continuous informing of the trustees, and other interested parties

Operation model Operation model in Kuopioin Kuopio

• The role of the Health Kuopio Programme– to combine and promote acts in order to strengthen the

expertise core and to support enterprises’ operational conditions at the highest levels

– to support processes which Kuopio equally values in applied research and product development -> development city

– benefits of development projects in research – enterprise - services

• R & D operators: application and assessment of results• enterprises: a real pilot environment and preferential

assistence• municipalities: activation of service processes

– examples are important -> Health Kuopio Programme Kuopio as initiator and facilitator of cooperation

Utilization of research Utilization of research expertise in servicesexpertise in services

• utilization of information technology – Service producers shall be encouraged to apply for solutions and ways to specify needs for software

solutions – Centek expertise network offers system producers the opportunity to access regional operations

models in order to integrate software – Hospital districts are important operators and conciliators

Some aspects for Some aspects for cooperationcooperation

CENTEK

CITY AREA OF KUOPIO

ENTERPRISES,TEKNIA

PILOTING

Development of health and wellness research and

education

Development of business environment

Application of health and wellness expertise, and new operation

models

Correlation in developmentCorrelation in development

• Healthy aging• Healthy weight reduction• Healthy childhood• Health and medicine tourism• Model hospital• Healthy usability (C-HAT)• WellTeknia – operational

environment• Data systems (e.g. data systems for

use in the social services)

Some examples of projectsSome examples of projects

The Kuopio region as a The Kuopio region as a developerdeveloper

We want to be – innovator, pilot area, pioneer

• Kuopio as a development city and -region

– groundbreaking (eliminating the boundaries between administrative, regional andactivity sectors)

– a solid combination of services, research, product development and enterprise activities

– innovator and supporter of cooperation structures

– a national and international pioneer and a networked centre of welfare expertise (China, EU, North America, Russia)

The Kuopio region as a The Kuopio region as a developerdeveloper

We are searching– strategic partnership– networks– new ways to act and apply technology– matching of investments– evaluation of effectiveness of

activities and long term commitment to excellence

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

Join us in creating wealth and welfare in Europe

Heikki Helve

Development Manager

Programme Manager of the Health Kuopio Programme

E-mail: heikki.helve@kuopio.fi

Tel. +358 447 182 108

30.8.2004