Health Campus Turku Project Parade

Health Campus Turku engages in research and development collaboration with regional companies and other actors through various projects. The Health Campus Project Parade is a meeting place for collaboration projects, services, test platforms, researchers, and experts, showcasing the campus’s diverse, multidisciplinary, and impactful research, development, education, and innovation activities.

Do you know everything that is happening on the campus and who else is working on similar themes?

The Project Parade offers a unique opportunity to explore campus projects, find new collaboration partners, and strengthen networks across organizational boundaries.

The event is intended for all members of the Health Campus community – experts, research groups, project actors, and others working within Health Campus Turku organizations.

What happens at the Health Campus Project Parade?

• Presentations on ongoing projects, results from completed projects, and new project ideas

• Campus services and test platforms showcase their activities

• Participants can meet campus researchers and experts

• Networking is at the core – the event provides a low-threshold opportunity to find new partners, exchange ideas, and build joint initiatives

Presenting a project at the Health Campus Project Parade

You may present your project at the Health Campus Project Parade if it involves at least two of the following Health Campus organizations:

• Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland

• University of Turku

• Åbo Akademi University

• Turku University of Applied Sciences

• Novia University of Applied Sciences

• Business Turku

The next Health Campus Project Parade will take place on 3 June 2026.

Program:

12:30 PM Arrival, light refreshments, and a chance to explore the booths

1:00 PM Event begins

1:10 PM Presentations on collaborative projects and service demonstrations (list will be updated as registrations come in)

• Graduate studies support your professional development, POLJIN-Pathways to Further Education project. Miia Lehtonen, City of Turku, Varha, University of Turku, Turku University of Applied Sciences.

• The FlowPredictor application. Rhea Nurmi and Lenni Sigfridsson. University of Turku, Varha.

• Kompetensbanken – increasing the impact of our RDI projects, Service design and strategic design for developing and sharing competence in health and welfare. Jenny Wiik, Novia University of Applied Sciences.

• KompetensLab. Lena Nybond, Novia University of Applied Sciences.

2:15 PM Refreshments, networking, and exploring the stands.

2:50 PM Presentations on collaborative projects and service demonstrations continue (list will be updated as registrations come in)

• Skills for Diversity project. Tiina Murto, Turku University of Applied Sciences.

• Care about IT-project. Minna Ikiviita, Turku Vocational Institute.

• Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Health Technology through Practice and Expertise -project, presentation of the education program. Tiina Marjamäki, Turku Vocational Institute.

3:50 PM Discussion and summary

4:00 PM Event ends

At the exhibition stands:

• POLJIN-Pathways to Further Education project. City of Turku, Varha, University of Turku, Turku University of Applied Sciences.

• The FlowPredictor application. University of Turku, Varha.

• Kompetensbanken. Novia University of Applied Sciences.

• Care about IT-project. Turku Vocational Institute.

The main language of the event is Finnish, but presentations may also be given in English. Presentation slides are requested to be in English.

You can register for the event here.

If you have questions, please contact the Health Campus Turku coordinator:

Saara Laine

saalaiy@utu.fi

The Health Campus Project Parade is organized twice a year and serves as an important forum for joint development, discovering new collaboration opportunities, and strengthening internal campus networking.