Organiser: University of Helsinki. The event is organized in collaboration with Terkko Health Hub.

Venue: Event Square

Registration: To join the event, please register here by February 13.

Cheese ‘n’ Wine (CnW) is an open series of events, where short speeches will be heard from innovative researchers, students, companies, and possibly innovation funding bodies. The event has been organized in Viikki three times in 2022, and from January 2023 CnW events will be held approximately once a month, alternating on all campuses.

The events are intended for all researchers interested in innovation, students, companies, investors, financiers, third sector operators, as well as operators supporting innovation activities.

Program:

13:30 Registration opens

14:00 Speeches

• Welcoming words by Chiara Facciotto (Innovation Ecosystems, Meilahti campus)
• Ville Paavilainen, Tenure Track Group Leader at the Insititute of Biotechnology (HiLIFE, University of Helsinki) and lead inventor of Integrated Secretion Solutions
• Jukka Planman, Biodesign 2021 Innovation Fellow (Aalto University) and Commercial Lead at hentoTouch
• Milla Koistinaho, Partner at Innovestor Life Science Fund
• Päivi Saavalainen, Group Leader at Folkhälsan Research Center (University of Helsinki) and CEO of SCellex
• Q&A

15:00 Networking and refreshments

16:00 End of the event