Update on February 23rd: the workshops are now fully booked, so check how you can get involved otherwise!
The series of three workshops aim to start forming a community of interest and increase awareness of what is already happening in digitalization and sustainability at Tampere Universities. Each workshop will follow a similar agenda consisting of brief talks related to platform themes, discussion and workshopping around selected challenges/questions. The input from earlier workshops will feed into planning the latter ones, but each works as a stand-alone event.
You are welcome to join any of the workshops, or even all of them! Just sign up at least a week in advance so we can plan the events sustainably.
Kick-off workshop, part 1: February 7th at 9-12
The schedule of the first workshop is as follows:
9:00 Morning coffee & networking
9:30 Introduction of the DigiSus platform and its aims (professor Thomas Olsson & the DigiSus team)
9:45 Thematic talks by speakers from the community
10:15 Discussion and workshopping on selected challenges/questions
11:15 Wrap-up and next steps
11:30 Lunch & networking
Confirmed speakers and topics include:
- Kaisa Väänänen, Tampere University: Human-centered AI for social sustainability
- Tuomas Korhonen, Tampere University: Understanding ecologic sustainability and financial impacts in value chains
Kick-off workshop, part 2: February 22nd at 9-12
The schedule of the second workshop is as follows:
9:00 Morning coffee & networking
9:30 Introduction of the DigiSus platform and its aims (professor Thomas Olsson & the DigiSus team)
9:45 Thematic talks by speakers from the community
10:15 Discussion and workshopping on selected challenges/questions
11:15 Wrap-up and next steps
11:30 Lunch & networking
Confirmed speakers and topics include:
- Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, Tampere University: BiciZen – Empowering urban cyclists through citizen science
- Iina Savolainen, Tampere University: Emerging Technologies Lab
- Kaarina Nikunen, Tampere University: Data infrastructures, everyday life and imaginations of public good
- Mikko Ahonen, Päivölä Institute: Sustainability challenges – Effects of radiofrequency radiation on environment. Case: Smart agriculture.
Kick-off workshop, part 3: March 7th at 13-16
The schedule of the third workshop is as follows:
13:00 Coffee & networking
13:30 Introduction of the DigiSus platform and its aims (professor Thomas Olsson & the DigiSus team)
13:45 Thematic talks by speakers from the community
14:15 Discussion and workshopping on selected challenges/questions
15:15 Wrap-up and next steps
15:30 Coffee & networking
Confirmed speakers and topics include:
- Matias Ansaharju, City of Tampere: Smart AND Sustainable – Smart City Development At the City of Tampere
- Kristiina Härkönen, Gofore: Gofore’s goals – Sustainable digitalisation & digitalisation for sustainability
- Marko Teräs, Tampere University: Building digitalization of higher education from the ground up – a mission impossible?
- Jussi Okkonen, Tampere University: Capacity building in higher education in Ghana & digital literacy
- Manu Setälä, Solita: Traceability in ecosystem with non-distributed ledger technology