Language: English
The upcoming Entrepreneurship & Academia-Industry workshop is co-hosted by Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS) and Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics & Medicine. In this workshop, our Guest of Honour Ms. Johanna Karanko, Consul-General, Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong will deliver a speech. Dr. Teemu Suna and Dr. Satu Saksman, co-founders of Nightingale Health will share their success story from university innovation to a global growth company. After the sharing, Professor David Donald from Faculty of Law will deliver a talk on Entrepreneurship and The Law.
Workshop Content:
- Opening Speech by Ms. Johanna Karanko, Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong
- From University innovation to a global growth company
Dr Teemu Suna, CEO and co-founder, *Nightingale Health Ltd, Helsinki, Finland
Dr Satu Saksman, COO and co-founder, Nightingale Health Ltd, Helsinki, Finland
- Entrepreneurship and the Law by Professor David C. Donald, Faculty of Law, CUHK
*Nightingale Health Ltd was a spin-off from the University of Oulu, Finland, specialising in high-throughput biochemical analysis of body fluid using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. The company has received numerous European and international awards, including Finnish Startup of the Year (2018) by Nordic Startup Awards, Health Innovation of the year in Finland (2018), One of the Most Innovative Biotech Companies in Europe (2017), Winner of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Solve competition held at the United Nations HQ, New York (2017).