Sport Finland - Innovation
network for sport, health and wellbeing
Do you want to be involved in solving problems related to people not feeling well and thus support the success of Finnish business?
Play better together – Effective innovations and business through joint efforts
Challenges related to people’s health and wellbeing are real time bombs in society. Change for the better takes place through partnerships as well as renewed and new solutions, in other words innovations and business. The Sport Finland network encompasses an active group of companies, universities, research centres and other players to de-fuse the ticking time bombs, supported by cities. By combining national and international excellence in sport, health, wellbeing and other fields interested in promoting welfare, we implement collaborative and socially effective innovation processes and accelerate their outcomes in business.
At the moment, the network is developing creative alternatives to promote physical activity in various environments, both in the life of work and in leisure time. This takes place by focusing on the conception and implementation of innovations based on data and knowledge and by supporting their implementation in companies. Join us in finding new ways for physical activity!
News from the network
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Oct 25, 2024 Sport Finland
"The cooperation between Finnish companies was just amazing"
Sport Finland's delegation attracted attention in Spain - Sari Hallikainen of Awesome Crowd praises...
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Oct 25, 2024 Sport Finland
Careful planning helped with networking
Jyväskylä-based nro.one, which uses artificial intelligence in football coaching, participated in...
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Aug 26, 2024 Networks Sports and well-being Sport Finland
Startups embark on business networking journey to the World Football Summit
Following the success of spring business delegation trips to Spain, the Sport Finland network is...
Annukka Ollitervo -
Aug 16, 2024 Articles Sport Finland
The Sport Finland network creates added value that money cannot buy
The national Sport Finland network strengthens the innovation activities of the Finnish exercise,...
Milja Mansukoski
Active Cities – Cities as builders of opportunities
Three sports cities set the ball in motion. The cities will arrange a place for you in the appropriate team for the right innovation games and make it possible for you to proceed from the local league to national and international level by integrating expertise throughout Finland and making its results visible in the world.
Jyväskylä as a driver for thriving business
Jyväskylä puts things in motion, focusing on the innovative and evidence-based development of the wellbeing business together with others.
Lahti as a promoter of sporty business
In the network, Lahti manages the creative development and international exports of the sports business using its solid know-how of sports events and tourism.
Kuopio as an ambassador of healthy business
Kuopio accelerates the utilisation of data that supports wellbeing within a healthy business.
Co-create – Playbook for the network and collaborative innovation
Join the winning team
In the Sport Finland network, you can find like-minded partners to make innovations with you. Don’t hesitate to contact us!
Engage in experimenting with new tactics
In the Sport Finland network, you can become inspired in InnoLive seminars and contribute to the creation and further development of innovations that combine ideas, data and information, and test the innovations with the contribution of InnoLab workshops.
Be prepared to win the tournament
In the Sport Finland network, you can integrate innovations into your success with the InnoSystem acceleration services that provide optimum growth conditions.
Events within the network (only in Finnish)
InnoLab-jatkot Kuopiossa
Sport Suomi -verkosto kutsuu yritystoimijoita sekä oppi- ja tutkimuslaitosten edustajia mukaan jatkamaan liikuntapaikkojen digitalisointiin ja dataan pohjautuvaa innovointityötä ihmisten liikkumisen lisäämiseksi. Hyppää mukaan Kuopioon!
Lahti Bootcamp
Lämpimästi tervetuloa Sport Suomi -verkoston ja Lahti Sports Hubin yhteiseen, Kasvuloikka kansainvälisille areenoille - Miten valmistautua kansainväliseen messumyyntiin? -nimeä kantavaan bootcamp-tapahtumaan Lahteen!
Yritysdelegaatio World Football Summit Europeen 2024
Lähde Sport Suomi -verkoston matkaan 18.–19.9. Sevillassa järjestettävään World Football Summitiin ja verkostoidu jalkapallon globaalien vaikuttajaverkostojen kanssa ollaksesi mukana muokkaamassa lajin liiketoiminnallista tulevaisuutta.
Interested?
Alisa Heikkinen
Project Manager, Sport Finland network
alisa.heikkinen@jyvaskyla.fi
+358 40 675 3066
City of Jyväskylä
Juha-Matti Haapsaari
Project Manager, Sport Finland network
juhamatti.haapsaari@lahti.fi
+358 44 482 6904
City of Lahti
Santtu Pirskanen
Project Manager, Sport Finland network
santtu.pirskanen@kuopio.fi
+358 44 718 2521
City of Kuopio
The Sport Finland network is implemented as a joint project by the cities of Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio between April 2023 and December 2024. The project is based on ecosystem agreements between the government and university and university centre cities (InnoCities), and is funded by the Regional Council of Pirkanmaa, which grants support for projects with a responsible leader from the European Regional Development Fund in accordance with the policies and specific objectives contained in the programme “Innovation and skills in Finland 2021-2027”.