Tour D: Tampere - the hub for cutting edge ICT business and innovation (FULL)
Themes: A business-driven ICT cluster model, open Innovation & capacity building, getting down to business
Location: Tampere
The Finnish ICT Cluster incorporates a diverse set of actors from industry, academia and the public sector. The Finnish ICT cluster comprises a number of regional, national and international projects, which focus on accelerating the growth of new ICT business in Finland and abroad.
Tampere ICT Cluster Tour Agenda
| 08.00 – 10am | Transport by bus from Jyväskylä to Tampere |
| Morning | Hermia Auditorium |
| 10am | Coffee & morning snack |
| 10.25 – 10.45am | Welcome & cluster presentation: Business-driven cluster model in Tampere Region Juha Miettinen, Programme Director, Ubiquitous Computing Cluster Programme in Finland |
| 10.45 – 12pm | Joint Nokia Research Centre (NRC) and Nokia Innovation Centre (NIC) visit Jyri Huopaniemi, Director, Nokia Research Centre Tampere |
| 12pm | Depart from Hermia for city centre |
| 12.30 – 1.30pm |
Buffet-style lunch at Plevna |
| Afternoon | Demola premises, city centre |
| 1.30 – 2pm | Demola open innovation environment concept Petri Räsänen, Vice President, ICT, Hermia Oy |
| 2 – 2.30pm | Valoa Design Oy Miikka Seppälä, CEO |
| 2.30 – 3pm | tbc |
| 3 – 3.30pm | Coffee |
| 3.30 – 4pm | Tampere Central Region Living Lab Kirsi Lindfors, Development Manager, Tampere Region Centre of Expertise for Ubiquitous Computing (OSKE) |
| 4 – 4.20pm | Wrap-up discussion and feedback |
4.30pm |
End of day – return to Jyväskylä by bus |
More information on the ICT cluster: http://www.ubi.fi |
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Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Finnish Science and Technology Information Service:
Research.fi
Finnish Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation
SHOKs
Finnish Centre of Expertise Programme:
OSKE -programme
