Kainuu Digital Summit 2024: Data Economy
12.09.2024
Kajaani, Kaukametsä, Koskikatu 2-4
Join AIKA-ecosystem, Sitra, Business Finland, and local companies at the forefront of the data economy.
Hear about the possibilities data sharing brings to companies, as well as inspiring examples and concrete tools and guides you can use to jumpstart your journey into the data economy. This event is useful for companies, entrepreneurs, decision-makers, students, and lecturers.
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 The Government data economy plan, Lasse Laitinen, Senior Specialis, TEM
11:10 Ponsse Data Economy Strategy, Tuomas Mikkola, Manager, Data, Analytics & API solutions Ponsse Oy
12.00: 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
14:00 Coffee break
14:20 Kainuu data-oriented company case, Esa Viljamaa, Chief Operating Officer Iiwari Tracking Solutions Oy
14:40 Borealis Data Center
15:00 Panel discussion – How do Finland and Kainuu work in the European Context?
Sitra, Business Finland, Jaakko Aarnio, EU-DG, Kimmo Koski, CEO, CSC
16:00 End of day
16:30 Possibility for LUMI visit for participants (based on interest and availability)
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