Program 2025

Program (tentative)

Sunday 15 June

Getting together

14:00 Tampere Hall aula: Presenting Tampere city, history & future.
15:00 Picnic in Sorsapuisto park
(Entering hotels, organizing practicalities, printing posters and papers if needed)

Evening program

18:00 Guided walking tour in Tampere City Centre

Monday 16 June

9-12 Opening

Location: Lyhty, Tampere University Main Building
9:00-9:15 Coffee + setting up the venue
9:15-9.30 Official opening of the PhD School
9:30-12:00 Kitchen table citizen panel presentations (pre-assignment 1)

12-13 Lunch: Juvenes

13-16 Lectures and seminar

Location: Lyhty, Tampere University Main Building
13:00-13:15 Greetings from Professor Helena Leino
13:15-14:00 Keynote lecture by Peter Ache
14:00-14:45 Keynote lecture by Aleksi Neuvonen
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 PhD seminar Group 1

16-17 Small group meetings

Evening program

Boat trip to Viikinsaari island

Tuesday 17 June

9-12 Mobile workshop

9:00 Meeting at the Tampere railway station main hall at 09:00
9-12 City exploration by tram

12-13 Lunch: Reaktori restaurant

13-16 Lectures, workshop and seminar

Location: Hervanta campus
13:00-13:15 Greetings from Dean Pekka Verho, Faculty of Built Environment
13:15-14:30 Sini Saarimaa*: Case: Phenomenon Network (Building Information Foundation RTS)
14:30-15:30 PhD seminar Group 2
15:30-17:00 Keynote lecture by Robert Goodspeed + discussion

Evening program: TBA

Wednesday 18 June

9-12 Seminar and workshop

Location: Lyhty, Tampere University Main Building
09:00-10:00 PhD seminar Group 3
10:00-11:15 Workshop on the Archive of the Future (pre-assignment 1)
11:15-12:00 Common discussion on futuring methods

12-13 Lunch: Juvenes

13-16 Lectures and seminar

Location: Lyhty, Tampere University Main Building
13:00-13:45 Keynote lecture by Kristi Grisakov
13:45-14:00 Break
14:00-15:00 PhD seminar Group 4
15:00-16:00 Flexible program

16-17 Small group meetings

Evening program

Sauna, swimming, goodbye party

Thursday 19 June

9-12 Closing session

Location: Lyhty, Tampere University Main Building
Common discussion on PhD process, moderated by Panu Lehtovuori
Reflecting the week
Welcome to WPSC 2026
PhD School Certificate ceremony

12-13 Lunch: Juvenes

Travel home

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Presentation

* Sini Saarimaa, Building Information Foundation RTS

Disruptive Dynamics in the Phenomenon Network: Transforming the Built Environment Sector

Tuesday 17 June at 13:15-14:30

A three-phase Delphi study involving 160 experts from the real estate and construction sector has provided a comprehensive overview of the sector’s multi-level transformation. The results highlight disruptive themes that challenge traditional operating models and underscore the need for new systemic thinking. In addition to methodological considerations, presentation explores conflicting phenomenon networks that emerge from an urban planning perspective.

For example:

Simplification and crisis preparedness vs. complex smart systems and the local production, storage, and distribution of renewable energy.
Recognizing the challenges of urban densification and adapting to climate change vs. promoting sustainable mobility through density.

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