China is heavily investing in the innovation area, while looking for new growth and competitiveness, and this provides increasing amount of collaboration opportunities in several areas for Finnish companies. The areas selected for the Finland-China innovation cooperation reflect the new priorities mutually agreed between Finland and China in October 2023.
Come to hear the launch of the Finland-MOST joint innovation call 2024 and learn how it can boost your business in China on Wednesday 19 June 2024 at 9:00-10:30 (EEST) / 14:00-15:30 (CST). We will also shortly review the other available joint calls with Shanghai municipality as well as with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces launched earlier this year, and cover issues that are needed to take into consideration from legislative, IPR and other perspectives when preparing joint projects. For the second time, the launching event is done in collaboration with MOST.
Agenda
(times EEST, China times +5 hours in parenthesis)
09:00-09:10 (14:00-14:10)
Opening Address including welcome and brief introduction to bilateral STI cooperation and 2024 joint call for proposals
- Dr. Mika Klemettinen, Trade and Innovation Consul; Head of Innovation, Business Finland China
- Ms. Shi Ling, Director of European Affairs Division, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology
09:10-10:00 (14:10-15:00)
Introduction to funding schemes of Sino-Finnish scientific and technological innovation cooperation:
Finland
- Dr. Mika Klemettinen, Trade and Innovation Consul; Head of Innovation, Business Finland China
- Ms. Elisa Yu, Innovation Advisor, Business Finland China
Call launch
- Finland-MOST innovation call
China
- Presenter tbc
10:00-10:20 (15:00-15:20) Q&A
10:20-10:30 (15:20-15:30) Closing
We are looking forward to your participation!
