The major event in healthcare and health technology HIMSS22 will be held as a physical event in June at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. The industry-leading European Congress will showcase the world’s best healthcare digital innovations and bring together companies, experts and decision-makers who develop them alongside a state-of-the-art programme and an extensive exhibition. The international summit brings together the European healthcare community face-to-face after three pandemic years. The event was virtual during the two previous years.
Thousands of health influencers and decision-makers are expected to come to Helsinki, and the congress will feature more than 120 healthcare and health technology experts and thought leaders from around the world. In addition to lectures, panel discussions and workshops, participants will also be shown Finnish skills in practice by arranging visits to places of interest within the health sector.
”Helsinki was chosen as the venue for the congress due to its innovative reputation and we do have things to shout out about. We have internationally superior research, a unique testbed network, and are aiming for significant growth in healthcare expertise and the business based on it. We are able to provide strong support for both research and innovation activities and the development of life science and health technology companies,” says Marja-Leena Rinkineva, Director of Economic Development at the City of Helsinki, and welcomes international guests to the congress.
Finland’s pioneering spirit is reflected in the programme
The Finnish partners of the event are the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Business Finland, the City of Helsinki with its Health Capital Helsinki project, the University of Helsinki, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Turku Science Park, KuopioHealth, OuluHealth and the event site Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.
”The Finnish partners of the congress will produce their own programme for the congress, which will strongly highlight Finland’s pioneering role in accelerating digital change. We present our own vision for a more sustainable, safer and smarter future for health. We have chosen three globally interesting themes: active ageing, data utilization and the construction of intelligent, customer and care-centric hospitals,” says Kari Klossner, Programme Director for Business Finland’s Smart Life Finland programme.
The HIMSS insights series has published an eBook publication that anticipates the same themes, presenting Finland’s pioneering work as a developer of its health ecosystem, data utilizer and promoter of private-public partnerships.
The country stand presents Finnish companies to an international audience
The Finnish Pavilion with its dozens of stands is its own showcase for Finnish companies for an international audience of experts, from doctors to hospital managers, nursing teams, researchers and other companies operating in the same industry. The exhibition also melds investors and start-ups in an effective way.
”It is worth making use of the HIMSS22 congress and exhibition to attract investments. We will market the event to international decision-makers and investors, e.g. at the HIMSS22 global congress in Orlando in March. Every healthcare operator and company should ensure their place in the event, as there will be thousands of direct contacts and discussions with a selected and influential international audience,” says Business Manager Lumia Ankkuri from Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, who oversees Finland’s stand.
The HIMSS Congress was held as a physical event in Helsinki once in 2019, bringing together more than 3,000 industry experts and business representatives from around the world.
Registration for the congress with its early-bird benefits has already been opened and previews of the programme can be viewed on the congress website: https://www.himss.org/event-himss-europe.
