Diabetes is a growing health issue that affect almost half a billion people globally and incidence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are growing each year.
As many of the health issues related to diabetes can be prevented or mitigated by early intervention, it is of ever-growing importance to diagnose at risk people early and aim to prevent full-blown diabetes whenever possible. Join our Health Tuesday event in September to learn more about the recent development in prediction and prevention of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Agenda
8.00 Opening Words
Sampo Sammalisto, Head of Personalized Health Finland, Business Finland
8.05 Is type 1 diabetes a predictable and preventable disease?
Mikael Knip, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Helsinki
8.20 a Novo Nordisk perspective to defeating diabetes
Anna Gran, Business Development Manager, Novo Nordisk
8.35 Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Markku Myllylä, Vice President, Software, Optomed
8.50 Q&A and closing words
Sampo Sammalisto, Head of Personalized Health Finland, Business Finland
9.00 Health Tuesday event ends
9.15 Market opportunities Roundtable: Healthcare and Wellbeing opportunities in Japan
Moderated by Masahiro Kimura, Senior Advisor, Business Finland Japan
10.15 Roundtable session ends
Please find the presentations below:
Opening words
Is type 1 diabetes a predictable and preventable disease?
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
