Programme

Event moderator Jerrell Asbill

Monday 27th January

11:00-13:00

Registration

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:05

Music performance by TAMK music student

13:05-13:10

Welcome words: Kirsi Viskari, PhD

Vice President, Research and Development
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)

13:10-13:15

Drone Activities in TAMK: Antti Perttula

13:15-14:00

Keynote: The role of drones in digital automation: Jari Peltoniemi

Director, Engineering, Nokia Digital Automation
Nokia

14:00-14:30

Drone applications in harbour environment: Pekka Yli-Paunu

Director, Automation Research
Cargotec Finland Oy

14:30-15:00

Using drone in icing conditions: Jari Oja

Researcher
Tampere University

15:00-15:30

Networking and coffee

15:30-16:00

Drone utilization in infra construction projects: Visa Hokkanen

VP of Product
Infrakit Group Oy

16:00-16:30

Up-to-date accurate 3D site model for fast and reliable investment planning: Teemu Launis

Vice President Sales, Tampere
Elomatic Oy

16:30-16:45

Towards a Digital European Sky: Alain Siebert

Chief Economist & Master Planning
SESAR Joint Undertaking (a European Commission Agency) 

16:45-17:00

Status of RPAS legislation in Finland: Jukka Hannola

Chief Adviser
Traficom

17:00-17:40

Panel discussion

Participants: Alain Siebert (EU), Jukka Hannola (Traficom), Timo Lind (VTT), Jonas Stjernberg (Robots Expert) and Antti Perttula (TAMK)

18:00-21:00

Dinner at TAMK Catering Studio

19:00-19:10

Eye from the sky: drones and urban security: Antti Perttula

Tuesday 28th January

8:00-8:25

Registration for one-day participants

8:30-8:35

Music performance by TAMK music student

8:35-8:45

Info: Antti Perttula

8:45-9:10

Maria Fiskerud

Project Manager
Nordic Network for Electric Aviation (NEA)

9:10-9:55

Keynote: Building carbon-neutral Nordics: Oras Tynkkynen

Senior Advisor
Sitra (The Finnish Innovation Fund)

9:55-10:20

Electrical flying: Tomi Oravasaari

Director of Research Unit
Helsinki Electric Aviation Association

10:20-10:35

Networking and coffee

10:35-11:00

Forest management planning applying drones: Antti Mäkinen

CTO, Co-founder
Simosol Oy

11:00-11:25

Long range BVLOS flights and why we need U-space: Jonas Stjernberg

Senior Vice President
Robots Expert

11:25-11:50

Collective Intelligence for Autonomous Drone Swarms: Fabrice Saffre

Research Professor Distributed AI
VTT

11:50-12:15

Towards autonomous aviation: Ville Somppi

Director, Product Business and Sales Development
INSTA

12:15-12:40

Drones enabling carbon neutrality: Heidi Heinonen

Project Manager
Forum Virium, Carbon neutral drone solutions in Southern Finland

12:40-12:50

Conclusion

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:30

Approximate time for live drone demonstration

17:00

Possibility for international guests to join us at Kaupinoja sauna

We reserve the right to alterations.