Finland's ranking in R&D reports. Mobile Industry. Intelligent Machines Cluster. Security in cloud services. Big data and Analytics.

1. Locate your R&D and Innovation activities
here!

2. Finland is number one according to
Global Information Technology Report 2013
Finland is the best
place in the world
to benefit from
new information
and
communication
technologies

3. Finland no. 2 for
dynamic businesses to flourish
The Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI) 2012
business
operating
environment
economics
& growth
science &
technology
labour &
human capital
financing
environment
Singapore 72,1
Finland 70,5
Sweden 69,6
Israel 69,3
Austria 66,1
Australia 65,6
Switzerland 65,1
Korea 64,9
Germany 64,8
United States 64,1

4. EUR 134 million in investments for Finnish start-ups
in Q1 2013
 Finnish start-up companies
received EUR 134 million in
investments during January
through March 2013
 Finnish companies generated
more investments than German
ones during Q1 and were only
surpassed by British and French
businesses

5. The mobile cluster Mobile patents and
world’s strongest
IP-protection!
Source: IPRI 2012

6. Leading-edge cluster:
The mobile industry
Finland has invested in education and it has fostered Europe’s largest
cluster for mobile professionals: a unique pool of talent, innovation and
successful companies. Prevailing talent includes:
 Development of advanced mobile technologies
 OS development
 Strong app development community for all major platforms
Supported by a thriving peer community acting nationally and regionally
 Europe’s hottest start-up
event Slush every
November in Helsinki
 Nokia spin offs
exceeded 400, new
entrepreneurs actively
developing the mobile
cluster
Finland has but also:

7. Mobile cluster:
World class collaboration & research
R&D results are well
protected: Finland
ranked 2nd in quality
of protection of IPR
(WEF 2011)
drives European leadership in ICT innovation for economic growth
and quality of life.
Strategic Center for Science, Technology and Innovation
A non-profit association aiming to improve the operational efficiency
of companies using RFID technology
utilizes unused ideas and innovations from Nokia,
Nokia Siemens Networks, Kemira, Metso, Rautaruukki,
Wärtsilä converting them into new products and services
Centre of Internet Excellence in Oulu
HIIT: Helsinki Institute of Information Technology
Centre for Wireless Communication in Oulu

8. The internet of things
- Getting hyperconnected

9. Leading-edge cluster:
The internet of things
The Finnish Intelligent Machines cluster includes regional centres of
expertise, all pitching in to enable the best surroundings for innovation
 develops all aspects of the intelligent machines field, from product design to
development of the flexible production needed for manufacturing the
machines, and of the necessary logistics and business expertise.
 engages a significant number of machine-building companies in creating
strategies for the industry’s future and, in co-operation with the research
institutions, in starting and financing research and development projects.

10. Cloud computing
- For the future rocket scientists in business

11. Leading-edge cluster:
Security in cloud services
 By 2016, 40% of enterprises demand proof of independent security testing a
precondition for using a cloud service (Gartner)
 Finland is home to secure country-wide data and wireless networks and
pioneering cyber-security companies
Finnish success stories :
Investors success:
 Finnish bedrock is ideal for stable
and secure data centres
 Google’s data centre in Hamina is
one of the company’s most efficient
and advanced ones
 2012 TelecityGroup acquired two
data centre operators in Finland to
get a fast gateway to Russian
markets
A visionary in enterprise
network firewalls (Gartner),
recently acquired by McAfee
A leading anti-malware
company for over 20 years

12. Emerging clusters:
Big data and analytics
Finland is an ideal test bed for Big Data analytics with access to open data
sources such as population, economy, environment, transport, urban
structure, well-being (biobanks, genonbanks, vaccination records, etc.)
Finnish success stories
 M-Brain
 Big Data Scoring
 Big Data Scoring Oy
 CGI (Logica)
 Comptel
 Data Rangers Oy
 Datactica Oy
 Gisforest
 Ineo
 Analyse Solutions Finland
Collaboration & research:
 Forum Virium
Helsinki, Helsinki info
sharing
 Open knowledge summer
festival
 Data mining, signal
processing, search
algorithms
 Mirasys Ltd.
 Mobisoft
 Music.Info
 QPR Software
 Riskpointer
 Super Analytics
 Tieto
 Valuemotive
 Vidamin

13. Bring your R&D&I to Finland!
 Sources and further information:
 Centre's for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
www.ely-keskus.fi
 Ministry of Employment and the Economy www.tem.fi
 Enterprise Finland www.enterprisefinland.fi
 Finnvera www.finnvera.fi
 Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation www.tekes.fi
 Finnish Tax Administration www.vero.fi

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