Ecosys­tem ser­vices

The best kind of inno­va­tion part­ner­ship equals future excel­lence and co-cre­ation. Joint ser­vices and con­crete means of par­tic­i­pa­tion are need­ed as the build­ing blocks.

Net­work influ­enc­ing

OIA stake­hold­ers are strong influ­encers in a wide range of nation­al and inter­na­tion­al net­works of their respec­tive fields. We are build­ing new part­ner­ship net­works togeth­er. Join us!

New leads and oppor­tu­ni­ties

Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance is at the front­line when it comes to recog­nis­ing new oppor­tu­ni­ties in fields such as dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion and data econ­o­my.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions

OIA com­mu­ni­ca­tions oper­ate in two direc­tions: from out­side in to alliance stake­hold­ers as well as from inside out, con­vey­ing the work and results of the alliance to exter­nal bod­ies. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels of the part­ner net­work are utilised in the com­mu­ni­ca­tions.

Fore­cast­ing tal­ent needs

Fore­cast­ing the tal­ent needs of stake­hold­er com­pa­nies is an inte­gral task in the alliance. Short­age of tal­ents is present every­where. OIA mon­i­tors short- and long-term tal­ent needs of com­pa­nies while look­ing for edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties as well. Anoth­er strat­e­gy is pre­ci­sion train­ing of avail­able work­force for com­pa­ny needs. OIA also organ­is­es joint forums for employ­ers and edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions for car­ry­ing out impor­tant dia­logue.

Project cre­ation

OIA cre­ates new, inno­v­a­tive projects out of recog­nised devel­op­ment needs and builds the nec­es­sary con­sor­tia for them.

Inno­va­tion events

OIA imple­ments chal­lenge-dri­ven events and work­shops for devel­op­ing new solu­tions based on open inno­va­tion.

Prod­uct devel­op­ment sup­port and tri­als

OIA invites com­pa­nies to accel­er­ate their prod­uct devel­op­ment processed togeth­er with part­ners. Co-cre­ation adds to cus­tomer under­stand­ing and gives you knowl­edge about what your cus­tomer wants. Com­pa­nies have access to pilot­ing and test­ing ser­vices along with a vari­ety of tri­al plat­forms and devel­op­ment envi­ron­ments. With a tri­al, you will be able to deter­mine what will work and what will not.

Fore­cast­ing

Fore­cast­ing helps you recog­nise future needs. Effec­tive util­i­sa­tion of busi­ness fore­cast data will keep you one step ahead of the com­pe­ti­tion. Fore­cast data gives you a wider per­spec­tive into your oper­at­ing envi­ron­ment and mar­ket devel­op­ment.