Business Finland and MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology of China) are co-organizing a Finland–China Hybrid Innovation Pitching Event on Tuesday 17 October 2023 at 09:00 – 12:00 (EET Helsinki) / 14:00 – 17:00 (CST Beijing) in connection with the Finland-China S&T Joint Committee Meeting in Beijing.
The pitching event aims to help in
- establishing R&D relationships between Finnish and Chinese organizations for the annual Finland-China joint innovation call and beyond, and
- finding potential Chinese partners or customers for innovation-driven business cooperation.
As China is heavily investing in innovation, while looking for new growth and competitiveness after Covid, this pitching event can provide high visibility and good opportunities for business collaboration for innovative Finnish companies and also open new doors for R&D collaboration for all kinds of organizations.
You can participate the pitching event either as an on-site or online pitcher or online audience. From each of the topics, Chinese counterpart will select initially three pitchers from Finland and China.
Get more information about Finland–China Innovation Collaboration
Preliminary program
Who should attend?
Finnish companies or research organizations interested in the Chinese market and want to enter the market, to expand the operations or willing to establish new R&D collaboration with Chinese counterparts. Due to this year’s thematic priorities, the pitching companies/organizations should have their focus in Carbon Reduction and Circular Economy, Health and Agetech, or Industrial Digitalisation and Renewal.
Practicalities
Business Finland will inform the registered participants on 22 September if they have been selected by the Chinese counterpart to give a company pitch. The participants not selected as pitchers are welcome to join the event as online audience.
Attendance to the hybrid event is free of charge, however, it requires a registration via the link above. A participation link will be sent to the registered online participants one day prior to the event.
Event language is in English/Chinese, simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
