Ilkka Kakko

Participation as invited lecturer into WTA/UNESCO training event in Korea, Daejeon. My expertise area and lecture is about platform thinking and teaching the new ways of ecosystem design on global scale. The attendees are science park managers and governmental officer from South-Asian developing countries like Indonesia, Vietnam etc. Interesting discussions and inspiring encounters ahead!

Helping Process Genius Ltd to apply for SME Instrument phase 1 funding, writing the proposal and taking care of the submission process.

PGplant is an administrative utility that helps you keep control of your industrial plant. PGplant creates an illustrative "as-built" 3D model of your plant using cutting-edge graphics, whether it is a factory, process plant, or any other operational environment. PGplant turns the physical environment into a virtual model, where the user can explore each… Show more

Helping Process Genius Ltd to apply for SME Instrument phase 1 funding, writing the proposal and taking care of the submission process.

PGplant is an administrative utility that helps you keep control of your industrial plant. PGplant creates an illustrative "as-built" 3D model of your plant using cutting-edge graphics, whether it is a factory, process plant, or any other operational environment. PGplant turns the physical environment into a virtual model, where the user can explore each individual process, related machinery, and documentation etc., and where the sub-processes can be presented using informative animations and videos. PGplant will enable monitoring and controlling your plant more widely among plant workers and managers alike, working at the office or in the field. With PGplant, you will also be able to keep all of the related information up to date and available 24/7.
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Helping Sensire Ltd to apply for SME Instrument phase 1 funding, writing the proposal and taking care of the submission process.

Sensire Ltd is known for providing turnkey monitoring services to secure their customers’ critical quality processes and day-to-day business. Today, Sensire’s innovative monitoring solutions are widely used to safeguard quality in food, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, as well as for monitoring industrial processes. Our mission is to safeguard quality… Show more

Helping Sensire Ltd to apply for SME Instrument phase 1 funding, writing the proposal and taking care of the submission process.

Sensire Ltd is known for providing turnkey monitoring services to secure their customers’ critical quality processes and day-to-day business. Today, Sensire’s innovative monitoring solutions are widely used to safeguard quality in food, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, as well as for monitoring industrial processes. Our mission is to safeguard quality throughout our customers’ value chains by delivering automated full-service monitoring solutions that are reliable, adaptable, and easy to use. We are driven to provide the best service experience and bring our customers the latest technological tools to help them ensure the highest level of quality, efficacy, and safety—whether it’s about protecting patient wellbeing, minimizing food wastage, or improving environmental sustainability.
(http://sensire.fi/en/)
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Ilkka Kakko was invited to contribute as a discussion panel member with short TEDx like presentation for 2016 Open Innovation 2.0 Conference in Amsterdam 23-24th May.

Ilkka Kakko is invited to contribute as an expert in the special thematic session "Creative Economy & Green Business". The Innovation Forum will be on 20-23 September 2016 in South Tangerang City, Indonesia.

Part-up is a Dutch competence platform provider, their vision is to become a global leader in this market. Ilkka Kakko together with Erik Raita from Karostech Ltd and the management team of Part-up work in order to submit HORIZON 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1 proposal for the submission on 7th of September. Looking forward for a positive outcome in coming months.

The preparation and presentation of a paper describing the fundamental changes in innovation intermediary market. The audience was about 150 STP leaders and innovation experts mainly from developing countries.

Polarsol Ltd is a Finnish technology start-up company manufacturing patented heat exchangers for advanced heat management systems. Karostech Ltd helped Polarsol to receive HORIZON 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1 funding by writing and submitting the application on behalf of Polarsol in 2015. During the Phase 1 implementation Karostech consulted Polarsol for six months in order to streamline their business plan for the challenges of the global market.

Karostech was also responsible of… Show more

Polarsol Ltd is a Finnish technology start-up company manufacturing patented heat exchangers for advanced heat management systems. Karostech Ltd helped Polarsol to receive HORIZON 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1 funding by writing and submitting the application on behalf of Polarsol in 2015. During the Phase 1 implementation Karostech consulted Polarsol for six months in order to streamline their business plan for the challenges of the global market.

Karostech was also responsible of Polarsol's submission process for Phase 2 in SME Instrument funding program. The application was approved in the beginning of April 2016, link here:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/news/sme-instrument-invests-73-million-50-innovative-smes-under-phase-2

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