I’m in the process of finalising my presentation for Canada 3.0 – a conference held in Stratford, Canada on digitalisation of the society and pretty much everything around it. I’m travelling there together with Lari from Culminatum and talking about commercialisation of digital innovations. I’m going to be there representing both Gyllene Skor and ArcticStartup – bringing in knowledge from the Nordics.

I’m going to be talking about what the ecosystem here in Finland is and how that supports digital innovations and their commercialisation, both in startups and larger corporations. Furthermore, I’m going to be positioning my talk to the private side of the society. I’m going to talk about entrepreneurial experiences regarding the system we’ve built here in Finland and how entrepreneurs and corporationas are, for example, leveraging their R&D costs from organisations such as Tekes.

If you had 30 minutes to talk to the leaders of Canada on digitalisation of the society and economy – what would you like to tell them? What is the most important thing in your opinion for them to take into account when planning the future of Canada?