The future of health
Philip Aminoff, President of AHK, opening the Forum
Two countries, one path – the German-Finnish Business Forum in Dresden brought together what belongs together; German and Finnish businesses and many fruitful ideas for their future.
Health and manufacturing
This year’s business forum focused on health technology, e-health, and high automated manufacturing. There was also the opportunity to meet start-ups from both Finland and Germany. To get a full picture of this industry, the participants visited the most modern factory of German medical technology manufacturer B. Braun Avitum in Dresden.
The audience of the German-Finnish Business Forum (Photo by AHK Finnland)
Dresden – the hosting city
The German-Finnish Business Forum took place in Dresden this year on the 10th and 11th of October. Not only the Finnish ambassador Anne Sipiläinen, but also minister of state Thomas Schmidt, Philip Aminoff, President of AHK, Patric Karpowitz, Managing Director of B. Braun Avitum and Jaakko Hirvola, Managing Director of Technology Industries of Finland held interesting keynotes and speeches. Saxony, with Dresden as capital city, and Finland, have many topics in common; research and development – especially in terms of environment, living next to Eastern Europe, mechanical engineering, electronics and software development.
Vibe Vision at the start-up pitch
Start-ups took the stage
To get fresh ideas and connect with ambitious entrepreneurs, a start-up pitch was held during the business forum. Start-ups like "Vibe Vision" and many more took the stage. They, for example, are working on the emotions and their impact on the health care system. "KAMU health" won the pitch with its’ service for people with asthma. It monitors with the help of the users’ smartphones the lungs and makes treatment, medication, and prevention more effective. They won two tickets for the upcoming Slush event in Helsinki.
Announcing the winners of the pitch
Digitalization and Networking between the borders
Placing the topics digitalization in health and manufacturing, showed the future-oriented perspective of IHK Dresden and AHK Finland. Both countries have the best requirements for a prosperous future – especially if they take the chance and work together.