Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Japan

FCCJ Luncheon Meeting 17 September 2004

Theme:
"Tekes - in search of Science and Technology Excellence"

Speaker: Mr. Dr. Jukka Viitanen, Counsellor, National Technology Agency (TEKES) Tokyo office

RECAP

The content of Dr. Viitanen's presentation:

Background - Finland's future is in high tech
Tekes main functions to support the process
Technology strategy
Tekes activities
Organization of core activities
- Finland and location international offices
- Technology programs
Functions for Tekes international offices
Key activities in the office
- Innovation environment
- Technology program work
- Commercialization services
Tools to take care all this
Some results

For Dr. Viitanen's presentation in full, click here!

IMAGES FROM THE MEETING

Marko Saarelainen, President of Honka Japan Inc. and FCCJ board member chaired the meeting.	Jukka Viitanen presents TEKES tools.
Dr. Viitanen presenting some of TEKES global partners.	From left, Olli Juvonen, Finpro, Yasuji Ishigaki, Former Ambassador to Finland, Ambassador Eero Salovaara and Declan Collins, JMEC.
Declan Collins presenting the beneifts of JMEC	Juhana Häkkänen of Vaisala K.K. presents a question. Left Dr. Katja Valaskivi, Finnish Institute, behind Masaoki Fujita of Coil Center Fujita and Takaaki Satake of Japan Finland Society.
Matti Suokko of Microsoft Corporation (based in Seattle but now in Japan for three months) presents a question. Mr. Suokko will be our speaker at the November luncheon.	The meeting was attended by 35 members and guests.