Business Joensuu Oy | ICT | SOHJO Business Event

Welcome to the North Karelia joint stand at Teknologia 2025, hosted by Business Joensuu!

Business Joensuu Ltd is a development company owned by the City of Joensuu. We provide business development services for all stages of entrepreneurship across the North Karelia region.
At our stand, you can meet representatives of Business Joensuu’s ICT projects as well as member companies of the ICT Hub Joensuu network.

Learn more about Business Joensuu’s services:
https://businessjoensuu.fi/

ICT Hub Joensuu

ICT Hub Joensuu is a North Karelian network of ICT companies that includes more than 60 cross-sectoral organizations. The network offers its members training, networking opportunities, cross-industry meetings, and knowledge sharing.

• Learn more about the ICT Hub Joensuu network here.

In addition, the ICT Hub Joensuu project has created Eastern Finland’s largest and only festival-style business event — SOHJO. SOHJO has been energizing the region for three years, growing from an event of 35 participants to one attracting more than 600 attendees. By popular demand, SOHJO 2026 will be a two-day event combining technology, creativity, and brilliance as driving forces for our future. The Early Bird ticket campaign is still ongoing!

• 26–27 March 2026 — SOHJO Business Event / Joensuu
  Early Bird tickets available at: https://businessjoensuu.fi/sohjo2026

A major focal point for North Karelia’s ICT sector is digital border security. The theme has gained strong traction both in Finland and internationally — our region offers an authentic testing environment, from Arctic conditions to “natural” signal interference. On 1 October 2025, Business Joensuu Ltd launched its own EAKR-funded project focused on establishing a center of expertise and test environment for digital border security.

You’re warmly welcome to explore the theme of digital border security and the BORDERLAND initiative at the official SLUSH side event on 18 November 2025:

• 18 November 2025 — BORDERLAND Goes SLUSH / Helsinki
  https://businessjoensuu.fi/borderland

Also present at our stand – ICT Hub Joensuu member companies:

• Process Genius (https://processgenius.fi/)

• Nolwenture (https://www.nolwenture.com/en)

• Thinglink (https://www.thinglink.com/en)

• Crayon (https://www.crayon.com/en/)

ICT Connection – Recognize – Articulate – Connect

The ICT Connection project helps companies and professionals find each other. The project uncovers hidden job opportunities, supports career development for job seekers, and strengthens employers’ branding and recruitment capabilities – to ensure that the right people and the right employers meet.

The project is carried out in cooperation between Business Joensuu Ltd and Software Finland. Business Joensuu supports companies in developing their employer capabilities through the Employer of the Future training program, while Software Finland helps women identify and articulate their skills through the online Technology Pathways training.

The ICT Connection project is funded by the European Union, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Central Finland (ELY Centre), and Business Joensuu Ltd. It is a subproject of the national Future Labour Markets coordination project and an important part of the initiative family promoting better matching in the labour market.

Expect the latest in ICT expertise — combined with North Karelian hospitality!

The ICT Hub Joensuu and ICT Connection projects are managed by Business Joensuu Ltd. ICT Hub Joensuu is co-funded by the Regional Council of North Karelia and the European Union, while the ICT Connection project is funded by the European Union, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Central Finland (ELY), and Business Joensuu Ltd.