TCIOceania15 WelfareTech - Towards Industrialisation

WelfareTech Business Innovation – Towards Internationalisation Karen Lindegaard 17 April 2015

Towards Internationalisation

TCI Network Oceania 2nd Australasian Cluster Conference and workshops

The man on the moon project…

New super hospitals for 13.5 billion Euro in Denmark in 5 years

20 - 30 % fewer hospital beds

10 - 20 % fewer employees

A fast growing population of senior citizens

Complex patients with higher demand for healthcare services

Increased demand for clinical evidence of treatment and care

Demand for documented effects

How do we carry out the mission?

What characterize Welfare Tech?

A member based association established in 2010

A unique interplay and collaboration between businesses, hospitals, universities and public authorities

A high concentration of companies that produce and develop intelligent solutions for healthcare and homecare services

A proactive approach to testing and implementing new technologies at hospitals, nursing homes, senior homes, rehab centres, etc.

Members

94 mi 50 mi

63% 17%

6% 10% 4%

Comanies

Municipalities

Public

Education

NGO

189 Members of Welfare Tech

COMPANIES

Members of Welfare Tech

MUNICIPALTIES & PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS MUNICIPALITIES & PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Members of Welfare Tech

NGO, KNOWLEDGE & EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

3 hours

2 hours

1 hour

Helsinki

London

Copenhagen

Stockholm Oslo

Moscow

Berlin

Madrid

Paris

Dublin

Zurich

Athens

Brussels

Location

Welfare Tech is only an hour and half form Copenhagen Airports and close to the German boarder

A natural gateway to the European market and the other Scandinavian countries

Telemedicine

What is Welfare Technology?

Technologies and solutions that enhance the efficiency and quality of life in society.

Assistive Technology

Robotics

ICT

Services

HOSPITAL & HEALTH INNOVATION

SOCIAL SERVICE INNOVATION

Focus Areas

REHAB INNOVATION

Healthcare treatment at

hospitals

Rehabilitation and treatment by

telemedicine Homecare in

private homes

Healthcare

Homecare

HEALTHY AGEING INNOVATION

PREVENTIVE HEALTH INNOVATION

Minimize risk and screening for diseases

Life quality and independent

senior life

Services in Welfare Tech

Business Development

• Business Plan

• Business Case

• Certification & Legislation

• Sale and Export

• Project Development

• Funding

Matchmaking

• One-to-one Contact

• Partnerships

• Forming Consortiums

• User Involvement

Network

• Events

• Membership/Association

• Membership Benefits

• Exposure

• Communication

• Knowledge Sharing

Project Facilitating

• Fundraising

• Project Management

• Product Development

• Financial Management

• Testing

• Welfare Tech Innovation

• Welfare Tech Lab

Increasing demand for public services Increasing number of senior citizens Increased number of diagnoses Clients demand high quality healthcare

Available resources (labor force and capital) Decreasing labor force Tight economic policy

Market potential for welfare technology

The Challenge: A “Burning Platform”

THE BURNING

PLATFORM

Universal challenge due to an ageing society

GVC´s linked to the demographic challenge

Need for solutions that allow for a more efficient delivery of healthcare.

Need for solutions that allow elderly people to live safely and independently in their own homes.

Need for an increase in number of “knowledge based workplaces”.

Welfare Tech – Towards Internationalisation

International conferences and fairs (since 2010)

Export missions (since 2011)

EU projects (since 2012)

Awarded a national health and welfare tech innovation network (2013)

Cluster excellence gold certification (2014)

Office sharing and close cooperation with (since 2013)

– Healthcare Denmark (exporting Danish Healthcare Solutions) www.healthcaredenmark.dk

– Invest in Denmark (attracting international medtech/welfare tech companies to Denmark) www.investindk.com

– CoLab Denmark (entry point to Danish healthcare and homecare testbeds) http://com.colab-denmark.dk

Strategy for internationalisation (2014)

Strategy for Internationalisation

Collaboration with international clusters

KPI 2015: Relevant clusters in Scandinavia, Germany and UK mapped and rated and at least one operative agreement of colaboration signed.

Participation in international innovation projects

KPI 2015: 2 EU project application handed in, of which one successful.

Coordinated contribution to export promoting activities

KPI 2015: At least 50 members have participated in international international care-tech/med-tech/ e-health fairs and delegations.

Members have started to form commercial consortia's.

Cluster to Cluster – a Gateway to new markets

Give companies access to:

Markets and market intelligence;

Know-how and technologies;

New business models

Excellent research and innovation environments;

Test-bed facilities and references needed for international sales;

Exposure to international competition leading to product excellence and specialisations;

B2B collaborations (commercial consortia's and collaboration, product-development, -alignment or –integration);

Contact

Welfare Tech Forskerparken 10H, DK- 5230 Odense M

+45 3177 8078 info@welfaretech.dk www.welfaretech.dk

Do you want to know more about Welfare Tech and find out what we can do for you please contact:

Programme Manager

Karen Lindegaard

Welfare Tech

+45 2025 3518

karli@welfaretech.dk

Thank you for your attention