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Games for Health Finland 2014 Announced

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The 2nd Games for Health Finland will be held on September 8, 2014, in Kuopio, Finland.

The 2014 Games for Health Finland event has been announced for September 8, 2014. It will be held at the Kuopio Music Centre in Kuopio, Finland.

Finland is a leader in eHealth technologies and has one of the world's fastest developing video game industries. Combining the two, the event will host experts from different backgrounds who will discuss the future of the industry, share their experiences, and meet potential new partners and collaborators.

Games for Health Finland aims to promote health and technologies that assist with self-care, prevention of diseases, and making lifestyle changes. The speakers at the event will include leaders in the health, technology, video game, and pharmaceutical industries as well as representatives of various health care organisations, funding organisations, and the education sector. They will provide insight into the emerging field of health games from different viewpoints.

The event will also offer entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to apply investments from the Finnish Business Angels Network FIBAN, while developers and manufacturers will be provided with a platform to present their brands and products, and to learn more about the latest prototypes and developments in the field of health technologies.

The Games for Health Finland network is dedicated to promoting health, rehabilitation, functionality, and treatment of diseases, which are all areas that require new technologies and business models to become more effective in achieving desired outcomes. Interactive solutions and methods that include the gaming element have proven to be very useful in this respect, as they can engage, motivate, and inspire people to change their lifestyles and sustain healthy habits in the long term.

The success of gaming technologies in the health care field has increased the interest of Finnish game developers to design innovative games and applications and provide solutions with a range of applications going beyond entertainment. Games for Health Finland, coordinated by Kuopio Innovation Ltd, supports entrepreneurship and the rapid development of experimental new technologies and prototypes, and organises events that bring these industries together.

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