OPEN DAYS 2013 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET FINLAND

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1 OPEN DAYS 2013 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET FINLAND

2 INDEX I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2013 City of Helsinki 3 Ostrobothnia Region 4 South Karelia 5 Tampere Region 6 West Finland 7 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event Uusimaa Regional Council 8 INTERACT 10 Project fairs by various Finnish partners 11 2

3 I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2013 City of Helsinki (Active ageing) "Ageing and service design solutions" Challenges and solutions Helsinki November 2013 Type: Workshop Organisers: City of Helsinki, International relations Chair: Iina Oilinki, Senior Advisor City of Helsinki Speakers: The starting point of the workshop is a shared European challenge: Demographic ageing is identified by the EU2020 Strategy as one of the main long-term challenges that Europe is facing post-crisis. On top of that many cities in Europe are facing budget deficits that might even continue to rise in the future. Europe needs innovative solutions and improved policies that enable better social and health care services with less money and fewer care takers. The workshop is targeted at learning about best innovative senior care practices and takes a hands-on approach to really understand the opportunities and challenges innovative solutions can offer. Combining design with social innovation is a novel approach and contributes to creating innovative products and services with new opportunities for EU businesses. The provision of services to an ageing population is at the core of the business of the involved city and regional authorities. City and state employees interested in service design and innovative solutions for active ageing. 3

4 Ostrobothnia Region (Baltic Sea group) Joint event with West Finland and Västerbotten (SE) "Model for future maritime transport systems" Managing change Umeå/Vaasa November 2013 Type: A seminar on board M/S Wasa Express, presenting a preliminary proposal for a renewed transport link between two cities situated on the Bothnian Corridor and carrying out a users survey on board. Organisers: North Sweden EU-office, West Finland EU-office in cooperation with the cities of Vaasa (Fi) and Umeå (S), NLC Ferry Ab Oy Chair: Mikael Öhlund, Chair of NLC Ferry Ab Oy and mayor of City of Umeå Speakers: Catarina Fant, Marketing Director NLC Ferry Stefan Damlin, CEO Wärtsilä Susanna Slotte-Kock, Director of development, City of Vaasa Isabella Forsgren, Head of planning department, City of Umeå Jan Teir, CEO NLC Ferry The Kvarken Multimodal Link is a major upgrade of an existing but inefficient maritime cross-border transport link between Finland and Sweden. It is situated on Priority Project 21 s Motorway of the Baltic Sea, north of the Åland islands, in the Gulf of Bothnia. It has direct connections to existing and planned rail and road networks on both sides of the border. The vision is to create a modern future maritime transport concept. The first part is to establish and upgrade a transport link and linking it to the existing transport networks. In the long term, the Kvarken Multimodal Link will in the future form a cost efficient link in the TEN-T Core/Comprehensive networks, which includes the Bothnian Corridor. The Project delivers wide benefits and a ferry utilising LNG as fuel to meet the IMO s MARPOL requirements on Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA), new materials and technologies to deliver a lighter vessel, less energy intensive and capable of ice-breaking in winter conditions. The development of the transport link will be performed in a Public-Private Partnership. It is widely supported by national, regional, local organizations in both countries. Passengers and transport enterprises, authorities, decision makers and media from both countries and their concerned regions. 4

5 South Karelia (Renewing health) "eservices in operational level" Challenges and solutions Lappeenranta September 2013 Type: Conference Organisers: South Karelia Social and Health Care District/ Development department Chair: 10th September: Toni Suihko, CIO, Eksote 11th September: Riitta Lehtonen, Project Manager, Eksote Speakers: Pentti Itkonen, CEO, Eksote Tomi Voutilainen, Professor of IT Law, University of Eastern Finland Jani Kariniemi, Development Manager, Medi-IT Katja Klemola, Project Manager, Eksote Tuula Karhula, Director of Health Care, Eksote Tiina Purhonen, Logistics Manager, Eksote Mika Mitikka, Project Manager, Eksote Tytti, Microsoft Bergman, Microsoft Toni Suihko, CIO, Eksote Anne Kallio, Development Manager, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health SUSTAINS, Sweden Eksote s conference will focused eservices and exploitation of the project result. Conference will be nationwide. The event will showcase some examples of regional projects and initiatives that are tackling key European challenges, sharing best practice and improving local service delivery. The event will be aimed at officers and practitioners from local and national level, the regional development agency, social partners, universities non-governmental organisations and health care professionals. The content of the event will be designed to engage the audience including people who have little or no previous experience of eservices as well as professionals who work field of eservices. Representatives from the health care professionals, universities, local authorities and Finland government. 5

6 Tampere Region (Smart clusters for a new industrial revolution) "What has been achieved with EU funding in Tampere Region?" Challenges and solutions Tampere 20 November 2013 Type: Seminar and workshop Organisers: Council of Tampere Region Chair: Speakers: The regional EU funding authorities, Council of Tampere Region and Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, organize an event to take a closer look at the funding period. The stakeholders who were involved in the implementation of the projects funded from the structural funds will be present in the event and share their best practices. The objective is to showcase the achievements and discuss the experiences. There is a link to the Brussels Open Days event as one the cases presented will deal with the development of the New Factory open innovation platform which has been partly co-funded from regional funds. An important part of the event is to look at what will remain of the projects and what could be developed further. In this context, we will also take a look at the new EU funding period How will it differ of its predecessors? What are the objectives during the next funding period? The event will be aimed particularly at those involved with the projects but local politicians, local authorities and active developers will be invited to the event as the objective is to evaluate the achievements and experiences and finally to take a look at the future. Those involved with the EU projects, local politicians, local authorities and active developers (such as universities, businesses and NGOs). 6

7 West Finland (Baltic Sea Group) Joint event with Ostrobothnia and Västerbotten (SE) "Model for future maritime transport systems" Managing change Vaasa / Umeå November 2013 Type: A seminar on board M/S Wasa Express, presenting a preliminary proposal for a renewed transport link between two cities situated on the Bothnian Corridor and carrying out a users survey on board. Organisers: North Sweden EU-office, West Finland EU-office in cooperation with the cities of Vaasa (Fi) and Umeå (S), NLC Ferry Ab Oy Chair: Mikael Öhlund, Chair of NLC Ferry Ab Oy and mayor of City of Umeå Speakers: Catarina Fant, Marketing Director NLC Ferry Stefan Damlin, CEO Wärtsilä Susanna Slotte-Kock, Director of development, City of Vaasa Isabella Forsgren, Head of planning department, City of Umeå Jan Teir, CEO NLC Ferry The Kvarken Multimodal Link is a major upgrade of an existing but inefficient maritime cross-border transport link between Finland and Sweden. It is situated on Priority Project 21 s Motorway of the Baltic Sea, north of the Åland islands, in the Gulf of Bothnia. It has direct connections to existing and planned rail and road networks on both sides of the border. The vision is to create a modern future maritime transport concept. The first part is to establish and upgrade a transport link and linking it to the existing transport networks. In the long term, the Kvarken Multimodal Link will in the future form a cost efficient link in the TEN-T Core/Comprehensive networks, which includes the Bothnian Corridor. The Project delivers wide benefits and a ferry utilising LNG as fuel to meet the IMO s MARPOL requirements on Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA), new materials and technologies to deliver a lighter vessel, less energy intensive and capable of ice-breaking in winter conditions. The development of the transport link will be performed in a Public-Private Partnership. It is widely supported by national, regional, local organizations in both countries. Passengers and transport enterprises, authorities, decision makers and media from both countries and their concerned regions. 7

8 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event Uusimaa Regional Council "Talents Available Summit" Managing change Helsinki 5 September 2013 Type: Presentations & Round table discussion Organisers: Uusimaa Regional Council, Helsinki, Finland Ministry of Education and Culture, Helsinki, Finland Interreg IV A EXPAT: Innovative services for International Talents - project Chair: Morning session: Roman Schatz Afternoon session: Risto Penttilä, CEO, Central Chamber of Commerce, Finland Speakers: Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland Päivi Castren, Group Vice President, Wärtsilä, Finland Reijo Karppinen, CEO, Dynaset, Finland Jocy Ma, International Talent, Finland Jing Lin, Vaisala Inc. Inger Christofferson, City of Uppsala, Sweden Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland Christine Chang, Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland Kaido Väljaots, Institute of Baltic Studies, Estonia Carl-Johan Åkerblom, Turku Science Park, Finland Ville Santalahti, Regional Council of Southwest Finland Sanita Kovaleva, Riga Planning Region, Latvia Risto Penttilä, CEO, Central Chamber of Commerce, Finland Olli Sorainen, Senior Government Counsellor, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland Tuula Antola, Director of Economic and Business Development, City of Espoo Juha Eskelinen, Deputy Regional Mayor, Director of Regional Development, Helsinki Uusimaa Region, Finland Ulla-Maija Forsberg, 1st Vice Rector, University of Helsinki Outi Mäkelä, Member of Finnish Parliament and President of Board, Board of Helsinki- Uusimaa region The conference organiser reserves the right to the variation of the programme. Global mobility of international talents is increasing; simultaneously EU is facing challenges of an ageing population. In order to increase or even maintain its competiveness, the Union needs to attract and retain international talents more effectively. Thus, it is essential to increase awareness of opportunities in the regions, ensure a smooth arrival and settling in and facilitate development of lasting social connections. 8

9 Achieving this, development and improvement of services that facilitate internationals to settle in and improving their access to social and professional networks is needed. In addition to this grass roots approach, it is essential that policy makers understand the importance of investing in expats for a harmonious society and competitive economic region. The event is organised by Uusimaa Regional Council together with the Ministry of Education and the EXPATproject. The programme will consist of high level speeches, presentations from both industry and academia, and central findings of the EXPAT-project. A round table discussion will summarise the day followed by a cocktail reception for participants. The event is connected with the Open Days Work Shop: "Managing global talent retention through crossborder cooperation. Participants will consist of policy makers, business professionals and scientists from the Central Baltic Sea Region. Representatives from the Finnish, Estonian and Latvian Ministers, region s universities, industry, local authorities, local government, local international talents. An audience of 250 persons is expected. 9

10 INTERACT (European Cooperation Day) "Territorial Cooperation Film Festival" Turku September 2013 Organisers: INTERACT The Territorial Cooperation Film Festival will be held on September 2013, at the Logomo cultural centre as part of European Cooperation Day. The selection of films will cover an array of themes including intercultural communication, life across the borders, territorial cooperation, immigration, etc. An opening speech will take place on Friday, 20 September 2013 followed by the opening film. Entrance will be free for all the films and the capacity is limited to 120 people. The film festival programme is available for download. INTERACT Point Turku organises this event with the support of Turun elokuvakerho and Logomo. General public

11 North Karelia, Finland and Karelia (Russia) (European Cooperation Day) "Project Fair" Joensuu 25 September 2013 Organisers: North Karelia, Finland and Karelia Meet projects cooperating between North Karelia, Finland and Karelia (Russia) at the shopping centre Iso Myy, on Wednesday, 25 September 2013 and find out how the European Union funding is utilised throughout the area. General public. 11

12 Kainuu, Finland and Karelia (Russia) (European Cooperation Day) "Project Fair" Kajaani 27 September 2013 Organisers: Kainuu, Finland and Karelia (Russia) Meet projects cooperating between Kainuu, Finland and Karelia (Russia) at the city library in Kajaani, on Friday, 27 September 2013 and find out how European Union funding is utilised throughout the area. General public. 12

13 Oulu region, Finland and Karelia (Russia) (European Cooperation Day) "Project Fair" Oulu 13 September 2013 Organisers: Oulu region, Finland and Karelia (Russia) Meet projects cooperating between the Oulu region, Finland and Karelia (Russia) at the city library in Oulu, on Friday, 13 September Here it will be possible to try mobile applications developed by the University of Oulu, try a trout game and find out how European Union funding is utilised throughout the area. General public. 13