Juho Väisänen is serving as the Head of Innovation Services at Tampere University. He holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Tampere University of Technology. Over the past 15 years, he has held various roles in technology transfer, innovation, and project management at Tampere Universities. He co-founded the SPARK Finland program, which aids health and life science researchers in developing solutions. Currently, he leads a team focused on knowledge valorisation and technology transfer at Tampere University. He is with a career-long commitment dedicated to supporting researchers in creating value and transforming research findings into meaningful solutions and business opportunities to benefit the society.
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Stream Connect, Episode 2. Can Europe build a startup nation one city at a time?
14:00 - 14:15 “The overview of the Finnish Startup Ecosystem”, a keynote by Youssef Zad, Chief Economist at Finnish Startup Community
14:15 - 14:30 “The state of startup investments in Finland”, a keynote by Jonne Kuittinen, Deputy Chief Executive of Finnish Venture Capital Association
14:30 - 15:00 "Europe’s startup cities: what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next?", a panel discussion with Stewart Rogers (Co-founder at Confusion&Joy, Editor-at-Large at Dataconomy and ArcticStartup, MC at VentureBeat), Jonne Kuittinen (FVCA), Juho Väisänen (Tampere University). Moderator: Margarita Khartanovich, Head of Startup Services at Platform6 / Startup.Tampere.
