AliceAI Learning was selected among the best innovations in the Huomisen hoivatyö (Care Work of Tomorrow) innovation competition, part of the CAREFUTURE project led by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. A total of 150 innovations developing the future of care took part, and 36 of them were recognized in Helsinki on 17 September 2026. AliceAI Learning was recognized in the category of technology-, policy- and organization-driven innovations.
The competition looked for new ways to carry out, organize and lead care and nursing work. The aim was to find solutions that can improve care in the future, strengthen the meaningfulness of care work and the skills it requires, and promote ethically sustainable and responsible care work.
The innovations recognized in the competition were seen as advancing the renewal of care and nursing work, and as building a future in which care work is effective, high in quality and valued.
AliceAI Learning addresses one of the central challenges in the health and social care sector: how the learning of the Finnish that international professionals need at work can be supported as part of everyday working life.
In care work, language is an inseparable part of professional competence. AliceAI Learning brings digital language learning support to where the language is actually used and also naturally learned: the workplace.
In the AliceAI Learning mobile app, professionals can practice the professional language they need at work — and speaking in particular — in realistic work situations. Practice takes place in short sessions, and the language content is built around real situations in health and social care. For employers, the solution also offers a way to track how practice is progressing and to identify where employees need more support.
The goal is more than developing language skills. As linguistic and professional confidence grows, it becomes easier for an employee to take part, to ask questions and to use their professional competence to the full. This supports collaboration in the work community and, ultimately, safer care.
Being recognized in the Huomisen hoivatyö innovation competition is an important acknowledgment for us, and it confirms that there is a genuine need in health and social care for language support that starts from working life. We will continue developing AliceAI Learning in close collaboration with professionals and organizations in the sector.
The Huomisen hoivatyö innovation competition is part of the Future of Care Work (CAREFUTURE) research project. Running from 2025 to 2031, the project aims to find solutions to the care crisis through innovation and to advance the future of care work. The project is led by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and the research is funded by the Strategic Research Council, which operates in connection with the Research Council of Finland.
