This trade mission builds on the momentum of UusiPuu ("New Wood"), a Finnish-led bioeconomy initiative and exhibition featuring 30 wood-based innovations offering sustainable, forest-based alternatives to fossil raw materials.

The Team Finland network in the USA invites Finnish companies and researchers in photonics, quantum technologies, climate solutions, and advanced computation to join a business and research delegation visit to Colorado.

The event offers an opportunity to hear and to discuss experiences related to the utilization of generative AI and to network with people working on AI.

The United States is the largest and most popular export target for the health technology sector, says Tarja Enala from Business Finland. Although US policy is in a state of flux, cooperation with big players such as the Mayo Clinic, which has been chosen as the best hospital in the world, is seen as worth pursuing.

The Team Finland network promoted the efforts of Finnish companies to expand internationally and enhanced Finland's attractiveness as an investment destination during 2024.

As part of the economic policy measures introduced by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's government, Business Finland opened a funding call in January 2025 for investment aid targeting large-scale industrial projects aligned with the clean transition. Now, the first funding decisions have been made, and investment aid has been granted to five projects.

Business Finland has received a large number of applications for research and development funding. The high demand may slow down some R&D funding decisions at the end of the year.

The European Partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems (FutureFoodS) pre-announces the 2nd co-funded call for transnational research projects (pre-announcement). The opening of the call is expected in the second half of November 2025 and the dead line for pre-proposal submission will probably be in the end of January 2026. Details presented in this document may be subject to change before the opening of the call.

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