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Merilin Varsamaa

Science and Business Park Tehnopol, Director of HealthTech

Speaker Bio

As a thriving and extremly motivated individual, I have been working in the healthcare industry for 10+ years, leading the growth of telemedicine international startup Viveo Health, thriving public health innovation at the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia and bringing innovation through my work at Science and Business Park Tehnopol. Through my work I have been able to build with my team, the biggest HealthTech Ecosystem in the Baltic States/Scandinavia, where we connect clinical partners with companies, support public/private sector with regulation changes and developing/testing new healthtech innovation in Estonia and abroad.


My passion for the ecosystem and society is to create a healthy environment, where people are living longer (healthier); have equal access to different services and provide digital solutions that could benefit EU and third countries in order to ease the healthcare crisis. As a health promotion specialist for my Bachelor’s degree I am an active health enthusiast, supporting others in choosing healthier options and taking care of one’s health. I have been supporting the public sector in creating new strategies for public/e-health sector and I am an active contributor for research and development area. Being on the advisory board of Tallinn University of Technology e-health MSc program and research advisor for Estonian Research Council I am contributing to the development of new healthtech solutions as well as on research on a daily matter. I also serve as public health innovation expert at the World Health Organization.


My aim is to showcase world-changing innovation in healthtech that is lead and developed in Estonia, implementing similar solutions that effectively contribute to the field. I am extremly excited to increase cross-border collaboration and implement and exchange best practices with other likeminded professionals and innovation leads.