
ECHAlliance Nordic Ecosystem Gathering @ Radical Health Festival Helsinki
June 12 @ 13:00 – 16:30

Looking forward to seeing you all at our very first ECHAlliance Nordic Ecosystem Gathering, which will take place on the 12th of June from 13:00 to 16:30 CET during the digital health festival Radical Health in Helsinki, Finland.
Agenda
Introduction
- Andy Bleaden, Communities Director, ECHAlliance
ECHAlliance: Who are we?
Our 4 pillars, community and ecosystem network
Section 1: Sweden
In this session, we will launch our Swedish EU Presidency Connector as well as hear from some of our ECHAlliance community in Sweden.
- Adriana Díaz, Communities Manager, ECHAlliance
Launch of the Swedish EU Presidency Connector - Ulf Ivarsson, Chairman, Moxiam
Swedish company working across our ecosystem network in the Nordics by Moxiam - Michel Silvestri, PhD, Head of Unit, Department of Coordination, Swedish Ehealth Agency
- Anže Droljc, Director Of Business Development, Better
Open data by Better
Section 2: DigitalHealthUptake
- Karolina Mackiewicz, Innovation Director, ECHAlliance
How can Digital Health Uptake be accelerated in the Nordics and remote areas – hosted by Digital Health Uptake project
Section 3: Launch of Green Health
- Andy Bleaden, Communities Director, ECHAlliance
- Karolina Mackiewicz, Innovation Director, ECHAlliance
Section 4: Estonia
An introduction to the ECHAlliance Estonian Connected Health Cluster Ecosystem
- Hille Hinsberg, Member, Estonian Connected Health Cluster
Section 5: Norway
An introduction to the ECHAlliance Norway Health Tech Ecosystem and Norwegian Smart Care Cluster
- Sergio Ferreira, Senior Innovation Advisor, Norway Health Tech Ecosystem; EU Advisor, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster
Section 6: Finland
An introduction to the ECHAlliance Finnish ecosystems and the work of ECHAlliance members VTT and McKinsey
- Kaisu Sutinen, Senior Business Advisor, Health Capital Helsinki
- Aki Gröhn, CEO, Kuopio Health
- Kari Pirinen, Development Manager, Regional Council of Central Finland
- Minna Komu, Network Director, BusinessOulu, OuluHealth
- Pia Nyman, Finland Vaasa Welfare Technology Ecosystem
- Kari Kohtamaki, Senior Advisor, VTT; Ambassador, ECHAlliance Group
Implementing research and innovation to market by VTT - Heikki Tarkkila, Associated Patner, McKinsey
Health and Wellbeing Economy in the Nordics by McKinsey
Section 7: Denmark
An introduction to the ECHAlliance Region South Denmark Ecosystem and the Nordic Health 2030 Ecosystem
- Christian Mercado, Head of our Digital Innovation Unit, Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark
- Lars Münter, Communications Lead, Nordic Health 2030 Ecosystem
Section 8: Thematic Innovation Ecosystems
ECHAlliance Thematic Innovation Ecosystems (TIEs) target cross-border themes led by our ecosystems and members to match need and solution and foster collaboration. In this session, we will hear about our recently launched Health Data TIE.
- Leena Rasa, Senior Lecturer, JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Health Data Thematic Innovation Ecosystem co-led by HYTKI
Wrap-up & conclusions
- Andy Bleaden, Communities Director, ECHAlliance
Speakers

How to join?
This event is open to all Radical Health Festival participants.
ECHAlliance members have discounted registration to the festival, please contact [email protected] to get the code.