KUOPIO HEALTH INSIGHTS 2022
June 12-13, 2022
Kuopio Finland
Digital health
and the data that drives it

Kuopio Health Insights 2022 (KHI 2022) is about experiencing firsthand how a relatively small yet incredibly dedicated and collaborative ecosystem has blossomed into a powerful, data-driven innovation magnet within the health and wellness sector in Finland – and how it is leading the digital health transformation and creating positive health outcomes for people in Finland and beyond.
This event is designed to coincide with the HIMSS 2022 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) event in Helsinki, Finland. Many participants will most likely attend both events.
The event starts with a traditional scenic Kuopio boat cruise on beautiful Lake Kallavesi on 12th of June (5 PM). The actual seminar will take place on 13th of June.
Kuopio Health is backed by multi-disciplinary and trusted private and public organisations with high competence in business, international expertise, R&D and research excellence.
At Kuopio Health Insights 2022 you will meet many of the region’s key players. Our cooperative innovation ecosystem provides access to data, knowledge, projects and capabilities within our network, allowing participants to forge valuable partnerships, find new insights, and bridge any of the typical barriers that tend to block progress.
Get to know some of our key players
Kai is a pioneer in patient-facing solutions for clinical trials working with young innovative technology companies.
Kai Langel
Janssen R&D, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation, Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence
It- and Digital Clinical Trials veteran Katri Langel has almost 20 years’ experience working with the industry
Katri Langel
Curebase, Europe, Sr. Program Development
Johanna has a strong background in biobank research but also in RWD/RWE studies as well as clinical trials.
Johanna Mäkelä
FINBB, Director of Research and Services
In addition to scientific publications and supervised academic theses, Juhas work has led to patents and commercialization of scientific innovations.
Juha Töyräs
KYS, Director of research and innovation
Johannes promotes Finland's competitiveness in Sitra's Health Data 2030 project.
Johannes Ahlqvist
Sitra, Expert, Health Data 2030
What's in store on a seminar day 13.6.?
SESSION 1: Health data & analysis
09.00-09.10 Welcoming words, Kuopio Health Chairman of the board
09.10-09.40 Keynote: FinBB, Johanna Mäkelä, Director of Research and Services, FinBB
09.40-10.10 Keynote: Case Biobank of Eastern Finland, prof. Arto Mannermaa, Research Manager, Biobank of Eastern Finland
10.10-10.30 Health Benefit Analysis, Anu Mahlamäki, Medical Expert, Duodecim Oy
10.30-10.50 Effectiveness research and business, Erkki Soini, CEO, Managing Partner, ESiOR Oy
10.50-11.20 Coffee break
SESSION 2: Clinical research & innovations
11.20-11.40 Decentralized and virtual clinical trials: Opportunity for Finland?, Johannes Ahlqvist, Specialist, Health data 2030, Sitra
11.40-12.00 KYS as a development platform, Juha Töyräs, Director of Research and Innovation, KYS
12.00-12.20 Timelines of patients in clinical care – towards automatic re-construction and visualization, prof. Juha E Jääskeläinen, KUH NeuroCenter
12.20-12.40 Decentralized clinical trials and their possibilities, Katri Langel, Senior Director of Program Development, Curebase
12.40-14.00 Lunch
SESSION 3: Digital & Industrial solutions
14.00-14.20 Digital Measures – why this matters and what we need in the ecosystem to scale this?, Kai Langel, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation, Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence, Janssen R&D
14.20-14.40 VTT Preventive and Predictive Health Solutions, Markus Forsberg, Research Professor, VTT
14.40-15.00 RegOps: Solita’s journey towards agile medical device software development, Tuomas Granlund, Quality Manager, Solita
15.00-15.20 From Kuopio to USA market, Antti Näykki, Senior Vice President, Medical Technologies, Bittium Oy
15.20-15.40 Coffee break
15.40-15.50 Newicon
15.50-16.00 Adamant Health
16.00-16.10 Heart2Save
16.10-16.20 Medikro
16.20-16.30 Kubios
About the event
Where will the event take place?
+Our two-day open event takes place in Kuopio, Finland. Day one offers a unique and relaxing networking opportunity aboard a traditional scenic Kuopio boat cruise on beautiful Lake Kallavesi. Day two will be filled with engaging sessions and activities – top-level speakers in our city’s crown jewel, the smart district of Savilahti. The event will culminate with a special dinner at one of the city’s most renowned dining venue, Saana
Location: UEF, Mediteknia Auditorium, Yliopistonranta 1 (shuttle bus from the hotel)
bus timetable:
8.15 original sokos hotel puijonsarvi - scandic atlas - uef mediteknia (yliopistonranta 1)
16.30 uef mediteknia (yliopistonranta 1) - scandic atlas - original sokos hotel puijonsarvi
18.30 original sokos hotel puijonsarvi - scandic atlas - matkailukeskus kuopion saana (siikaranta 12)
22.00 matkailukeskus kuopion saana (siikaranta 12) - scandic atlas - original sokos hotel puijonsarvi
Tickets and pricing?
+The event is free of charge for you (excluding travel, accommodation and dinner)!
Seminar ticket includes the cruise on 12.6. and the seminar on 13.6. You can also book a ticket just for the seminar.
For extra cost, you can buy a dinner card for the evening dinner at 13.6. at 19:00.
Book the dinner upon registration. Notice! Select two tickets, the seminar ticket and the dinner ticket.
Dinner card is 100 €, including three course dinner and wines.
Dinner will be served at beautiful surroundings of Saana.
https://www.kuopionsaana.fi/
No show fee is 100€ Cancellations one week before the event.
Accommodation and arrival?
+ACCOMMODATION
We have pre-reserved hotel rooms from selected hotels at the Kuopio city center.
SCANDIC HOTEL
Single room Standard room 130€/ day
Double room standard room 150€/ day
Each guest can book their own room at: Scandichotels
Reservations can also be made with the booking code BKUO110622 by phone or email using the hotel's contact details.
Scandic Atlas
Haapaniemenkatu 22
70110 KUOPIO
Phone: +358300 8704 23
Email: atlas@scandichotels.com
ORIGINAL SOKOS HOTEL PUIJONSARVI
Single room Standard room 140 € / day
Double room Standard room 160 € / day
The rate includes free use of the gym, a guest sauna and a rich breakfast.
You can make reservations by phone, e-mail and Sokoshotels
Use booking code: BHEALTH
ARRIVAL
By car: You can park your car in the UEF car park. Parking is free.
Parking spaces can be found in front of the UEF buildings (Yliopistonranta 1).
Parking spaces can also be found behind the Snellmania building.
See the UEF Campus Map here: https://studentuef.sharepoint.com/sites/www-documents/Jaetut%20asiakirjat/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fwww%2Ddocuments%2FJaetut%20asiakirjat%2FUEF%5FKampuskartat%5FKuopio%5FFIN%5FENG%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2Fwww%2Ddocuments%2FJaetut%20asiakirjat&p=true&ga=1.
NOTE! There are other events in the buildings as well. We recommend that you reserve time when arriving on site by your own car.
By plane: You can get easily to Kuopio from Helsinki by plane. From the Kuopio airport, you can get a taxi to take you to the hotel at Kuopio City Center. Book flight from your travel provider or Finnair
Example:
HEL-KUO
The flight departs from HEL on Sun 12.6. at 12:50
arrives at KUO Sun 12.6. at 13:50
Prices from 62,72 €
KUO-HEL
The flight departs from KUO Tue 14.6. at 08:50
arrives at HEL Tue 14.6. at 09:50.
Prices from 40.72 €.
By train: You can get easily to Kuopio from Helsinki by train. Train leaves from the Helsinki city center and arrives at the Kuopio city center. From the train station, you have a walking distance to your hotel. More information: VR
Example:
HEL-KUO
InterCity 63 train leaves from HEL on Sun 12.6. at 11:19
arrives at KUO Sun 12.6. at 15:35. No changes.
Prices from 22.20 €
KUO-HEL
InterCity 142 train leaves from KUO on Tue 14.6. at 11:18
arrives at HEL Tue 14.6. at 15:40. No changes.
Prices from 22.20 €
What will a successful event look like?
+For anyone attending Kuopio Health Insights 2022, our hope is that success will be measured by the quality of new friendships and business connections made, new destinations visited, new experiences lived, meaningful personal and professional interactions, fresh opportunities for cooperation, an understanding of and appreciation for the ongoing development of the Savilahti area, and ultimately that all attendees leave feeling refreshed and positive about their work moving forward, and happy and thankful for the time that we spent together here in Kuopio.
The power of collaboration. The promise of cooperation.
+Kuopio Health Insights 2022 (KHI 2022) is an event tailor-made for healthcare professionals and health industry business leaders who believe in the power of collaboration and its ability to ignite innovation, enhance business development and ultimately create positive health outcomes for people all over the world.
But we don’t just want to show you what makes our ecosystem work. We want you to become part of it.
Kuopio Health Insights 2022 is made possible by our ecosystem of expert partners:









About Kuopio health
Insight
+At Kuopio Health we focus on today's most relevant health challenges, trends and opportunities by providing access to data, experts, capabilities and projects within our network. Our specialties include data-driven healthcare, preventive health care, smart health solutions, effectiveness research and real-world health data insights coupled with the ability to connect relevant partners and implement ideas and innovations quickly, as well as forge a clear path towards commercial applications.
Collaboration
+Our ecosystem is backed by an active alliance of public and private organisations with high competence in business, international expertise, R&D and research excellence. This gives us the ability to attract highly diverse operators with importance placed on understanding their varying interests and perspectives, which helps us to build bridges and accelerate collaboration resulting in true co-innovation.
Contribution
+Our open environment is one in which success stories, learnings and even failures can be shared freely. We are committed to continually improving our ecosystem whether it be quicker and easier access to
experts and test environments or by offering new ways to network and collaborate. We actively engage with professionals across the health spectrum in mutually-beneficial ways and invest time and energy not in what is, but in what can be.
We also draw inspiration from Kuopio (our home) and its surrounding, restorative natural beauty, as well as the highly sophisticated infrastructure and modern business environment of Savilahti, which we believe foster both a connection to our planet and the culture of collaboration and co-innovation that fuels our work.