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PREIN Annual Research Symposium

19 November 2024 (at 10:00-17:00)

Venue: Conference Room Eventi, separate rooms for WP sessions, Sokos Hotel Flamingo, Tasetie 8, Vantaa

Accomodation: Please note that room keys are available from 17:00 hours onwards at Restaurant Banquet.
Parking: If you park your car in the hotel parking hall, please inform your registration plate number to the hotel registration desk for free parking.

Flagship for Photonics Research and Innovation PREIN Annual Research Symposium: this event is open to all PREIN partner WP leaders, researchers, and doctoral researchers, photonics students, and also I-DEEP pilot partners.

09:00 – 10:00 Morning coffee and registration (time to put your posters up in Eventi conference room)

10:00 – 10:30 Flagship Director Goëry Genty: PREIN 2024 Summary

10:30 – 11:00 Executive Director Juha Purmonen, Photonics Finland: Photonics National Roadmap

11:00 – 11:30 Invited Speaker: Program Manager Toni Mattila, Business Finland: Funding Opportunities

11:30 – 12:15 WP6 theme: From Research to Start-up

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break (Buffet in Bankett-restaurant next to Eventi conference room)

13:15 – 15:00 PREIN Work Package Sessions (meeting for WP1 – WP5 topics in break out rooms – 3rd and 4th floor). Instructions for WP sessions.

  • WP1: Meeting room Fasaani
  • WP2: Meeting room Pelikaani 1
  • WP3: Meeting room Strutsi
  • WP4: Meeting room Albatrossi
  • WP5: Meeting room Kurki

15:00 – 17:00 Coffee and Poster Session (Eventi conference room) List of poster topics

16:45 – 17:00 Dismantling of the poster walls

Break (hotel rooms available for those staying overnight in Sokos Hotel Flamingo)

19:00 – 23:30 Dinner (Eventi conference room) – entrance from the outside door

Innovative Doctoral Education Ecosystem for Photonics I-DEEP Annual Event

Wednesday 20 November (8:45-12:00)

The morning session (8:45-12:00) is intendend primarily for doctoral researchers in photonics but other PREIN and I-DEEP participants are welcome to join to hear about the I-DEEP doctoral research presentations and the soft skills training on the thesis process.

Venue: Sokos Hotel Flamingo, Tasetie 8, Vantaa, Conference Room Eventi

08.45 – 09:00 I-DEEP Doctoral Pilot Director Goëry Genty Opening words

09:00 – 09:45 I-DEEP doctoral researchers’ presentation on their research themes (2 minutes / each doctoral researcher). See instructions for presentation

09:45 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 11:00  I-DEEP doctoral researchers’ presentation on their research themes (2 minutes / each doctoral researcher) continues

11:00 – 12:00 Emma Holmlund, PhD Planning Officer, Aalto University and Jaakko Autio, PhD Planning Officer, Aalto University Managing your thesis process

12:00-13:00 Lunch for I-DEEP and PREIN event and the Industry Connect participants (Bankett restaurant)

Industry Connect Matchmaking event with Doctoral Pilots

Wednesday 20 November (13:00-16:00)

Venue: Sokos Hotel Flamingo, Tasetie 8, Vantaa, Conference Room Eventi

The event is jointly organised by Technology Industries of Finland Semiconductor Branch Group, and the doctoral pilots in Microelectronics, Photonics and Quantum. The Industry Connect event is primarily targetted at doctoral students. The general session (13:00-14:00) is open to other PREIN and I-DEEP participants. After the coffee break, there is a parallel session for the other PREIN participants while doctoral researchers can participate in the matchmaking.
See the Industry Connect programme in more detail here

13:00 – 13:05 Leena Pöntynen, Technology Industries of Finland Opening of the Industry Connect event and aims of the event

13:05-13:45 Fire side chat with pilots and companies on what the pilots offer, what are the industry needs and future carreers for PhDs.

13:45-14:00 Coffee break (Parallel session for other participants, matchmaking for doctoral researchers and companies)

14:00-15:15 Group matchmaking for doctoral researchers and companies

15:15-15:45 Free matchmaking for doctoral researchers and companies

15:45-16:00 Closing of the event

Parallel session for PREIN participants

14:00-16:00 PREIN Vice director Jyrki Saarinen: Entrepreneurial Mindset to Innovate (Pelikaani 1, 3rd floor)