Overview
| 1st June Sunday |
2nd June Monday |
3rd June Tuesday |
4th June Wednesday |
5th June Thursday |
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Registration and Welcome Reception |
Welcome Reception (by Espoo City) |
Helsinki University Library |
Study Tour Day |
Closing Dinner |
Registration and Welcome Reception
| Date | 1st June 2014 (Sunday) |
| Time | 16:15 – 19:30 |
| Venue | Otaniemi Campus Library |
| Otaniemi Campus Library, formerly the Library of Helsinki University of Technology, is the oldest and largest technological library in Finland. Now it is one of the three campus libraries of Aalto University. Aalto University Library was established in 2010, by the merger of the libraries of Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The library is now the third-largest university library in Finland.Otaniemi Campus Library building designed by the architect Alvar Aalto was built at the turn of 1969–1970. Activity of the library began in January 1970. The library has a central location as part of the Otaniemi campus alongside the Alvari square.There will be a lot going on in the next few years in Otaniemi Campus Library. The building will be fully renovated to cater for the demands of a modern learning centre. After the renovation, the library will offer a modern and dynamic space, supporting the Aalto University spirit of multidisciplinary learning, research and working methods – a new culture of doing and learning. | |
Welcome Reception (hosted by Espoo City)
| Date | 2nd June 2014 (Monday) |
| Time | 18:00 – 21:00 |
| Venue | SAHA – Meeting and Festival Venue |
| Saha is one of the oldest brick buildings in Otaniemi campus. It offers variable space for wide range of events. The hall takes 120 persons seated; standing it takes up to 160 persons. In years 1954 – 1955 built, Saha is designed by architect Alvar Aalto. Clear, rectangular and gently gabled Saha represents the practical and humane post-war industrial building design of Alvar Aalto.“Saha” means sawmill, and it really served the Helsinki University of Technology campus when the construction was bustling in the 1950s and 1960s. The roof of Otahalli, the first building, was made of the area’s forest. Later, the students of the department of forest product technology were educated in Saha.In 2005 the function of Saha came to an end and the building was changed into an exhibition, event and meeting facility. Even after the renewal, the original sawmill´s airiness and the human feeling of the wood still remains in the building. There are still original parts inside the building, especially the view of the ceiling, which are telling the history of Saha.
Information and picture taken from http://dipoli.aalto.fi/en/organiser/aaltofacilities/saha/. |
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Helsinki University Library & Free Time in Helsinki City
| Date | 3rd June 2014 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 17:30 – 22:00 |
| Venue | Kaisa House |
| The Kaisa House, situated in the heart of central Helsinki, represents state-of-the-art, award-winning library architecture. It is the most ambitious project of the Helsinki World Design Capital year 2012, which shapes both the cityscape and services. A department store once stood where this imposing building now stands. In the building, the new Helsinki University Main Library offers a wide range of services for students and researchers. The building contains seven newly built floors above ground level, and four renovated underground floors.
Learn more about the Kaisa house: http://wdchelsinki2012.fi/en/news/2012-09-05/kaisa-house-library-opened-doors-public and http://www.helsinki.fi/library/contact-us/for-media/main-library-in-kaisa-house/. |
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Study Tour Day
| Date | 4th June 2014 (Wednesday) |
| Time | 9:00 – 22:00 |
| Venue | Fiskars Village and Mustion Linna |
| Fiskars (Finnish: Fiskari) is a village in the town of Raasepori in western Uusimaa, Finland. The village is the site of the former Fiskars Bruk, which was founded in 1646 and gave rise to the company Fiskars (founded in 1649) and has since become an international corporation.The Fiskars Village developed around the ironworks founded by German-born Petter Thorwöste in 1649. The ironworks also produced copper. In 1822, John Jacob von Julin bought the ironworks and founded a fine production facility in 1830 and Finland’s first workshop in 1836. The development of the industrial community was fast, and the factories and workshops produced utility items from scissors and puukko knives to ploughs and power transmission devices. In order to transport the products, a narrow-gauge railroad from Fiskars to the Pohjankuru harbour was in use from 1891 to 1952. The history of the Fiskars company begins from the Fiskars Bruk, but the company no longer has active factories in the village. Fiskars is proud of its origins in the craftmanship in the village.Nowadays, the factory is a lively centre of Finnish art and design. There are about 600 people living in the factory area and it is very popular among artists, artisans and designers. In 2014 Fiskars will celebrate its 365th anniversary.
Information and pictures from http://www.fiskarsvillage.fi/en. “Svartå Manor” (Finnish: Mustion Linna) is situated close to the small village called Svartå or Mustio in Finnish. The Manor is one of the most precious manor houses in Finland with a history of more than two hundred years. It was built between 1783 and 1792 by Magnus Linder II. The manor house is the largest non-ecclesiastic wooden building in Finland. The architecture is a mix of the two consecutive styles rococo and neo-classicism and the Gustavian style dominates the interior. Special features in the main building are the parquet floors, one made in four kinds of wood and on the second floor is a unique bedroom where one king (Gustav III) and two emperors (Alexander I and Alexander II of Russia) have slept.Probably the most glorious time in Svartå Manor was during the ownership of Hjalmar Linder in the first years of 1900. He owned altogether 64 000 hectares of land and one of the first cars in Finland, which he brought here in 1902. Among others the Swedish painter Louis Sparre and the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius were Hjalmar Linder’s guests in Svartå.The wooden castle is embedded in one of the biggest private historical parks of Finland. Originally it was designed as a baroque park in 1787 but in the late 19th century Friedolf Linder renewed the park into an English style of park. He planted many exotic trees from all over the world, which are unusual species for Finland. The park is nowadays a retreat for the soul with its winding paths, romantic bridges, statues, follies and the unique water lily path over the water. The park and the castle are situated close to the old picturesque village of Svartå, which was an iron foundry village from the late 16th century. Many traditional red and yellow houses are left from the times of the ironworks.
Information and pictures taken from http://www.mustionlinna.fi/en/welcome. |
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Closing Dinner
| Date | 5th June 2014 (Thursday) |
| Time | 19:00 – 22:00 |
| Venue | Kulosaaren Casino |
| The Brando (Kulosaari) inhabitants of the early 20th century were a young and enthusiastic bunch eager to fill their lives with amusements and to present their beautiful, picturesque island to visitors. It was for this purpose that this classically beautiful seaside restaurant was built in 1915. Perhaps the most beautiful spot on the whole island, the islet rocks of its southernmost tip, was chosen as the location of the Casino building, designed by famed Finnish architect Armas Lindgren.The first restaurant-keeper was the Swedish-born Mrs. Paterson-Falden. Legend has it she always had some strong liquor hidden underneath the counter for the visiting gentlemen, even during the prohibition era.Over the years, Kulosaaren Casino has seen many changes under many different restaurant-keepers. In time, it has also grown into one of the most popular locations in Helsinki for banquets and festivities, especially during the summer season. Every year, Kulosaaren Casino is the setting of numerous crayfish parties, weddings, birthdays and corporate banquets.
Information and pictures taken from http://www.kulosaarencasino.fi/en. |
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Suggested Pre- and Post-Conference Activities (Not included in conference registration fee)
to be announced