Business Finland invites your company to join the Nordic Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo 2025 Smart Cities Day!
Ranked as the happiest country in the world, Finland leads the way in developing innovative solutions that foster the well-being and resilience of cities and their communities. This event will delve into state-of-the-art advancements, from energy efficiency and urban sustainability to the transformative application of emerging technologies in urban environments.
This Smart Cities Day provides an exceptional platform to gain insights into the latest trends in the smart city sector and to explore opportunities for collaborative ventures in business and research between the two nations.
Business Finland's Decarbonized Cities and Flexible Energy Systems programs are organizing an event at Osaka World Expo 2025 and inviting your company to join us! Our mission aims to create value for the society and to explore opportunities in business and innovation ecosystems. Now we will explore the collaboration possibilities further between Finland and Japan.
Now is your time to participate in the Smart Cities Day with Business Finland!
Why to join in
- Advantages for Finnish companies
- Showcase your company and innovations in a Nordic context, benefiting from the region's positive reputation in Japan
- Gain exposure through Nordic and Finnish marketing, communication, and event activities
- Take advantage of diplomatic support and Team Finland collaboration efforts
- Why World Expo
- Showcase solutions for sustainable growth at a global event with 28 million visitors from 160 countries
- Strengthen current partnerships and form new ones, including with leading global companies and research organizations
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to the Japanese market by participating in the Expo.
Preliminary Program
Time: at 10:00-17:00
Smart Cities Day will be held in the Nordic Pavilion and the event works as an invitation only for the Japanese customers of the companies and Business Finland.
The day's program will be tailored to the participants' expertise and interests. The day consists of a seminar program (keynote speech, case examples and panel discussions) and networking time around company tables.
Main themes of the day
- Flexible urban areas, incl. energy resilience in cities
- Innovative technology as a source of inspiration in cities
Join the day
Company Package includes
- Top table with company logo on company presentation area half day
- Possibility to use a meeting room (pre-bookings required)
- Dedicated program running the whole day, organized by Business Finland
- Coordination during the project
- On-site support
- Cleaning and electricity
- Coffee/tea and biscuits for a whole day
- Networking event, where companies can invite their own clients
Please contact Lauri Huuskonen (lauri.huuskonen (at) pulp.fi/+358 40 140 7745) for more information and registration.
Exhibition Explorer Funding in Business Finland
Business Finland offers funding for SME and midcap companies for exhibitions. We award Exhibition Explorer grants to groups of at least four SME and/or midcap companies who are participating in an international B2B trade fairs that are held abroad. Funding requires at least four eligible applications for the same event. When four applications have arrived in Business Finland, we will process the applications. At least half of the aforementioned group of companies must be SMEs. The companies in the group need to have a true desire to grow and internationalize their business.
Exhibition Explorer can be applied for the stand packages.
