Oulu-Fin­land Busi­ness Meet­up in Osa­ka (June 6, 2025)

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City of Oulu is an offi­cial part­ner of Fin­land at the Nordic Pavil­ion.

Side Event at JAM BASE, Osa­ka

City of Oulu will hold a side event at the JAM BASE, Osa­ka, Japan

“Oulu-Fin­land Busi­ness Meet­up in Osa­ka”.

This event is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to gain deep­er insight into Oulu and to con­nect between Oulu, Fin­land and Japan, espe­cial­ly Osa­ka, Kan­sai. The Oulu busi­ness del­e­ga­tion will show­case their exper­tise and inno­va­tion in ICT (Resilience & Secu­ri­ty), Health­care (Smart Solu­tions), and Finnish edu­ca­tion. You’ll also learn about invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties, why Oulu is the ide­al gate­way to the Euro­pean mar­ket, and hear from inspir­ing woman-led star­tups.

We warm­ly wel­come you to explore new pos­si­bil­i­ties of col­lab­o­ra­tion and nur­ture trust­ing con­nec­tions between Japan and Fin­land.

Oulu region is locat­ed in north­ern Fin­land just below the Arc­tic Cir­cle. Oulu is the fifth largest city in Fin­land, one of the coun­try’s fastest grow­ing cities, and the cen­tre of inno­va­tion, busi­ness, cul­ture, and edu­ca­tion in the North. It is also one of the major tech­no­log­i­cal hubs and R&D liv­ing labs in Europe, espe­cial­ly when it comes to world-class wire­less excel­lence. Oulu is often called the Sil­i­con Val­ley of North­ern Europe.

Event details

Date & Time:
Fri­day, June 6, 2025
14:50–18:30 (Doors open at 14:30)

Place:
JAM BASE 6th floor, Con­fer­ence 6–4&5, Gran Green Osa­ka North Build­ing, 6–38, Ofuka­cho, Kita-ku, Osa­ka, 530‑0011 Japan (Access to JAM BASE Con­fer­ence) (6F floor map) **  Go direct­ly to the 6th floor by ele­va­tor

Par­tic­i­pa­tion:
Free of charge

Lan­guage:
Eng­lish (No inter­preter)

Dress Code:
Busi­ness casu­al

Coop­er­a­tor:
Osa­ka Inno­va­tion Hub, Osa­ka Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness Pro­mo­tion Cen­ter (IBPC Osa­ka)

Nom­i­nal sup­port by the Embassy of Fin­land, Japan

How to Join

Please reg­is­ter via the fol­low­ing link.

Reg­is­tra­tion to the Oulu-Fin­land Busi­ness Meet­up in Osa­ka

Reg­is­tra­tion will close once capac­i­ty is reached.

Pre­lim­i­nary Pro­gramme

 (to be updat­ed with fur­ther details & sub­ject to change):

14:50 Wel­come words & Intro­duc­tion to the City of Oulu / ICTOulu by Business­Oulu / City of Oulu

15:05 Partner’s pre­sen­ta­tions

15:55 Short break

16:00 Com­pa­ny pre­sen­ta­tions

16:20 Lay­out change

16:30–17:10 Pan­el dis­cus­sion

Top­ic: Invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for Japan­ese stake­hold­ers

“Why Oulu is an ide­al gate­way for expand­ing your busi­ness into the Europe mar­ket & Woman-led star­tups”

Facil­i­ta­tor: Simo Kekäläi­nen (event mod­er­a­tor)

Pan­elists:

17:10 Clos­ing words by Business­Oulu / City of Oulu

17:20–18:30 Net­work­ing & Mini fair & VR Demo expe­ri­ence (min­gle food and drinks will be served)

Pan­elists

Direc­tor Juha Ala-Mur­su­la

CEO Tai­ja Sailio

Dr. Min­na Komu

Host/Modetor

Simo Kekäläi­nen

For inquiries, please con­tact:

Takako UCHIDA（内田貴子）

Senior Advi­sor, Inter­na­tion­al Affairs (Japan)
Business­Oulu
(takako.uchida@businessoulu.com)