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Morning programme – focus on the Data Economy

8:30 Event registration and coffee
9:00 Opening words Matti Sarèn, Rector of KAMK
9:05 Opening speech Riikka Pirkkalainen, Kainuu Regional Mayor
9:20 Data Economy: Benefits, new forms of collaboration, examples, Emma-Leena Kemppainen, Specialist Data and AI, Sitra
9:40 AIKA ecosystem: where the company’s AI journey starts, Anas Al Natsheh, Head of AIKA ecosystem & Data Nexus Solutions Lab

10:00 Ones, zeroes and billions – data economy as a concrete value creator, Otto Vainio, EU funding advisor, Business Finland
10:20 Break
10:30 Data Economy: Guidebooks and other tools, new possibilities brought by EU data regulation, Tarmo Toikkanen, senior lead, Sitra
10:50 Trust in success and courage to change: The Government data economy plan, Lasse Laitinen, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
11:10 Data economy opens new opportunities for Ponsse, Tuomas Mikkola, Manager, Data, API and AI , Ponsse Oyj12.00: Lunch break

Afternoon programme – theme “The role of Kainuu in European Supercomputing and Datacenter Ecosystems”

13:00 Introduction to European HPC collaboration, Kimmo Koski, CEO, CSC
13:10 LUMI High-Performance Computing Ecosystem – Current Status and Future Opportunities  Kimmo Koski, CEO, CSC
13:30 Supercomputing for Business – How LUMI supports Finnish Industry, Mikko Kerttula, Customer Manager, CSC

13:45 LUMI Company Case, Jyrki Pesonen, Technology Manager, Research, Raute Oyj

14:00 Coffee break

14:20 AI for enabling novel business models, Esa Viljamaa, Chief Operating Officer Iiwari Tracking Solutions Oy
14:40   64 Degrees From Reykjavik to Kajaani  Kristófer Andri Kristinsson, Director of Sales and Products Borealis Data Center

15:00 Panel discussion – How do Finland and Kainuu work in the European Context?
Panelists: Tarmo Toikkanen, Senior lead, Data and AI, Sitra, Timo Sorsa,  Ecosystem manager, ICT and Digitalization, Business Finland, Jaakko Aarnio, EU-DG, Kimmo Koski, CEO, CSC
16:00 End of day