Support Association for Finnish Inventors
© Support Association for Finnish Inventors
2006 - 2010. Updated 18.4.2010
2006 - 2010. Updated 18.4.2010
Support Association for Finnish Inventors SAFI
The association was established on 26.4.2004 on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "World Intellectual Property Day".
The goal of the association is to improve and support the operational preconditions of inventors and other innovators, to sustain finnish competitiveness and to be a liaison between inventors and businesses.
The association arranges several events, the most important of which is the annual World Intellectual Property Day / Day of Finnish Inventors in April. This event is mandated by the United Nations agency WIPO. Other activities include debate panels, providing information and supporting inventors in various other ways.
World Intellectual Property Day and Innovation Parliament
The World Intellectual Property Day was celebrated for the fifth time on 24th April 2009 at the Helsinki School of Economics.
WIPO founded the day to get global attention to creativity and innovations as generators of welfare and prosperity for the mankind. The 2009 theme in Finland was "Innovation as wings for welfare".
This years goal set in accordance with the national innovation policy was to challenge Finland to renew the thinking and structures for both business and public sector innovation.
Hosts for the event were the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Support Association for Finnish Inventors and Headline Oy.
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SKTY - toiminnan perusteet
Suomalaisten Keksijöiden Tukiyhdistyksen toiminnan perusteet - puitteet ja tavoitteet. PDF 83Kt
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Keksimistoiminnan puitteet, toiminta-ajatus, tuotteet, strategia, sidosryhmät. PDF 85Kt
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During the four years of the associations existence a versatile, high quality package of other events for promoting innovation has been developed to support it. A central part of this program is the National Innovation Parliament.
It is a two day workshop for the workers and visionaries of innovation. This years Parliament was held in Turku on 21.-22. April 2009. The committees looked for new initiatives for improving finnish competitiveness and plenary sessions gave recommendations accordingly.
The host of the event was the city of Turku in co-operation with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Support Association for Finnish Inventors and Headline Oy. Key supporters included the Turku School of Economics, the Turku University, the Åbo Akademi, the Turku Science Park Oy, Cultural Capital of Finland 2011 and the Turku Region Development Centre.
The National Innovation Parliament presents annual Konsta -awards. This years winners were:
Regional Konsta: Pohjois-Karjalan Keksijät Ry
Company Konsta: Technopolis Ventures Oy
Media Konsta: Student Magazine
Education Konsta: Mind -platform
Life Work Konsta: Olavi Linden
Events arranged by us:
- World Intellectual Property Day /
Day of Finnish Inventors
- Konsta-award gala
- National Innovation Parliament
- Discussion panels
- innovation related materials
- guidance and networking services available soon
Activity
"Due credit and improved stimuli for inventors"
