Tickets
The price of a Bridge Pass is 300 euros (excl. VAT).
Register and get your tickets by May 20, 2026, on the registration page!
Bridge Summit 2026
Discover. Build. Grow.
Where science and technology meet markets and investments.
Bridge Summit is a premier event dedicated to turning Finnish research-driven discoveries into real-world businesses with a global scale.
Bridge Summit facilitates collaboration. It brings together key ecosystem players: corporations and SMEs, startups, investors, and researchers to strengthen the path from innovation to market.
Date: 26 May 2026, 8:00–17:00
Venue: Original Sokos Hotel Presidentti, Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 4, 00100 Helsinki
About the event
The Bridge Summit is designed to move beyond inspiration towards action. With a focus on practical takeaways, collaboration and concrete next steps for research commercialisation and economic growth in Finland, it ensures that discoveries translate into value for society, the economy and the global innovation landscape, rather than stopping at insight.
Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd is the organiser of Bridge Summit (www.his.fi).
Join the Bridge Summit and begin a powerful journey
Discover cutting-edge research, emerging technologies, and new opportunities that are shaping the future of Finnish innovation.
Build meaningful connections across the RDI ecosystem by linking ideas, people, and capital through dialogue, real-world case examples and hands-on discussions.
Grow novel ideas into sustainable businesses that will have a global impact.
Agenda
Event moderator and lead-facilitator: Peter Nyman
8:15–9:00
Doors open: Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00–09:15
Opening Words
09:15–09:35
Keynote
09:35–10:15
Panel: The Finnish Innovation Ecosystem
What corporates need from research and what research must deliver to enable funding, partnerships and acquisitions.
Introduction to the topic by Helena Mustikainen (Sitra). Other panelists: Mikko Huuskonen (TEM), Petro Poutanen (Vaikuttavuussäätiö)
10:30–11:30
Case Presentations – Science-Based Business Examples
11:30–13:00
Lunch & Networking
13:00–13:30
Keynote
Ville Voipio (CEO, Vaisala & Chair of the Board, Technology Industries of Finland)
13:30–14:15
Parallel Sessions
Panel: Dual-Use as a Growth Engine in Finland – Connecting research, resilience markets and international growth opportunities.
Introduction to the topic by Jouni Eho (Mayor, Riihimäki)
Panel: Beyond the Model – Turning academic AI into products customers actually pay for.
Panelists: Tommi Vilkamo (RELEX Labs)
14:15–15:00
Parallel Sessions
Panel: Pharma, MedTech, BioTech: Beyond Internal R&D – The strategic value of university spinouts
Panelists: Arto Pakkalin (Bayer), Kaisa Helminen (Aiforia Technologies), Noora Hujala (Solid IO)
Panel: Deep Tech: From Breakthrough to Business – What makes deep tech investable before it’s obvious.
Facilitated by Samppa Sirviö (Tesi)
15:00–15:30
Coffee & Networking
15:30–16.15
Panel: Execution — Investments, Corporations & Policy
How capital, industry and public policy turn innovation into growth.
Panelists: Tiina Laisi-Puheloinen (FiBAN), Henri Hakamo (TESI), Erkki Ahola (Technology Industries of Finland)
16:15–17:00
Closing Keynote
Atte Jääskeläinen, President (Sitra)
Tickets
The price of a Bridge Pass is 300 euros (excl. VAT).
Register and get your tickets by May 20, 2026, on the registration page!
