ScAIEM Tampere programme version 0.5
A more detailed programme with information about the venue and rooms will be published here in July 2026.
The programme structure is as follows:
Tuesday, November 24
- 09:00 – 14:00 PhD Student Workshop, includes lunch
- 14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break
- 14:30 – 16:30 Heads of Department Meeting, chair Tuomas Ahola (TAU)
- 14:30 – 16:30 Heads of Doctoral Education Meeting, chair Miia Martinsuo (UTU)
- 14:30 – 16:30 Heads of Degree Programme Meeting
- 18:00 – 19:30 Conference Reception at Tampere City Hall
- 20:00 – 22:00 Tampere Sauna Experience with Black Sausage tasting
Wednesday, November 25
- 09:00 – 10:00 Opening Session
- 10:00 – 11:00 Parallel Sessions I – including “Use of AI in IEM master’s theses by Mats Engwall (KTH) and co-chairs”
- 11:00 – 12:00 Lunch
- 12:00 – 13:00 Keynote (speaker to be confirmed)
- 13:00 – 14:00 Industry-Academia Panel
- 14:00 – 17:00 Company visits (Metso, others to be confirmed)
- 1800 – 21:00 Conference Dinner @ Grand Ballroom of the Tampere Comedy Theatre
Thursday, November 26
- 09:00 – 10:00 Parallel Sessions 2 – including “Future Competence Requirements of IEM professionals by Osmo Kauppila (UO) and co-chairs”
- 10:00 – 11:00 Celebration of ScAIEM: Presentation from ‘Thesis awardee’, ‘Teaching achievement award’ and the ScAIEM 2027 primer
- 11:00 – 12:00 Lunch
- 12:00 – 13:00 ScAIEM General Assembly
- 13:00 – 14:00 Parallel Sessions 3
- 14:00 – 14:30 Coffee
- 14:30 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions 4