The festival will kick off with keynote addresses from both ministers, shedding light on the event’s central theme and its far-reaching goals. A panel discussion, led by Dr. Päivi Sillanaukee, Special Envoy for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland, will follow. The discussion, titled “Welcoming Act: Why Deploying Prevention and Precision at Scale?” promises to offer deep insights into the evolution of healthcare, focusing on the pivotal roles of prevention and precision medicine.

As a hub for health innovation, the Radical Health Festival Helsinki draws experts, policymakers, and health enthusiasts from all corners of Europe and beyond.

The event is a collaborative effort, with over 20 European entities contributing. Notable partners include the City of Helsinki, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Nightingale Health, and influential organizations such as CHIME, IANPHI, and EHTEL, all committed to making this year’s festival a success.

In a special feature for 2024, the festival will present an exclusive program for international ministerial delegations and select attendees, organized by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

This program offers a unique opportunity to experience Finland’s leading-edge digital health initiatives through site visits and high-level discussions.

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Mark your calendars: June 12-14, 2023.

3 years of investment have strengthened Helsinki’s position as a key global capital for health innovation. In 2023, the city is innovating again and creating a pan-European health festival where international key players in digital health will come together to create one of the largest health markets across: AI, cyber, innovation, womens health, climate health, active aging, telehealth, and digital maturity.

The event is co-organized with Health Capital Helsinki, City of Helsinki, 3 Finnish Ministries: Health, Foreign Affairs, and Employment, plus 4 Finnish digital health ecosystems and over 20 international health organizations including: European Society of Cardiology, CHiME, Frontiers Health, H-ISAC, IANPHI, and TEHDAS .

Paivi Sillanaukee said:

The event is driven by a genuine and common ambition to transform healthcare, deliver value, improve clinical and financial outcomes, and make health systems sustainable.

Radical Health Festival Helsinki brings together a unique interdisciplinary community of like-minded digital healthcare visionaries aiming to revolutionize modern healthcare and make it sustainable once again. This mission is possible only by innovating new, groundbreaking concepts and technologies that challenge the conservative and ineffective methods of our current healthcare system.

The Radical Health Festival will be a vibrant marketplace for investors, buyers, and solution providers and will feature a hosted buyer programme offering exclusive benefits to the participating buyers and investors.

Whether you are a major player in the healthcare or IT sector, a seasoned industry leader, ambitious startup, or a skilled clinician, now it’s time for you to come forward. We warmly invite you to be part of our community of progressive leaders, bold actors, innovative providers and quickly adapting users – together we can change the course.

This is the wake-up call.

For more information, please contact:

Sean Roberts
Strategic Relations Officer, éditohealth
sean@editohealth.org I +44 7495 333028