Post Conference Excursions

Aalto University   – Towards a better world through innovations in wellbeing, health and energy

One-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

Welcome to a university that uniquely and boldly combines expertise in technology, business and art. During the day you will experience exciting innovations, cutting-edge technology, and recent research results in the fields of health,   wellbeing and energy. We will bring you interesting demos, practical solutions and fresh ideas.

Find out more   about Aalto University here.

Date: June 28, 2013
Departure from Helsinki: 9:00 AM
Return to Helsinki: 15:00 PM

Bayer Turku -  Visit to a Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals production plant – home of innovation.

One-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

Our R&D and Supply Center in Turku is one of the Bayer Group’s global pharmaceutical production plants. The site focuses on research and development as well as production of high quality specialty products for worldwide distribution. Our focus is on products that utilize polymer-based drug delivery (PBDD) technology and on manufacturing tablets and capsules. In more than 100 countries, our products are used by millions of people all over the world. Our success is based on research and innovative product development.

PBDD technology enables us to produce applications that deliver the drug to a specific target with great precision. It can also be used to develop long-acting drug delivery systems that can help to improve treatment and patient compliance. Our PBDD product family includes products for long-term contraception: two intrauterine delivery systems and one contraceptive implant.

Find out more about Bayer here.

Date: June 28, 2013
Departure from Helsinki: 8:00 AM
Return to Helsinki: 6:45 PM

Kone, Hyvinkää –   Reaching high with intelligent elevator solution

One-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

By 2030 over 60 percent of the global population will live in cities.   Urbanization is making cities grow upwards. This calls for intelligent elevator solutions – solutions that take into account the unique requirements of different building types and the people who use them. Skyscrapers, for example, wouldn’t exist without elevators.

One of the themes will be the recently presented new revolutionary KONE UltraRope elevator hoisting technology. 

Santeri Suoranta, Director,  High-Rise Platforms, introduces the newest innovations in elevator technology, and presents some of KONE’s most ambitious high-rise projects. A tour in KONE’s elevator factory in Hyvinkää will also be a part of the program.

Find out more about KONE here.
Date: June 28, 2013
Departure from Helsinki: 8:00 AM
Return to Helsinki: 2:00 PM

Mikkeli region –   Research on clean water, organic food and bioenergy

Two-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

Welcome to a two-day trip the Mikkeli region to hear about research on clean water, organic food and bioenergy!Mikkeli region post tour includes research high lights, local gourmet, Finnish fishing traditions and Finnish sauna. Come to enjoy two exciting days in the most beautiful lake atmosphere!

Find out more about Mikkeli University Consortium here and Mikkeli region here.

Departure from Helsinki: 8:00 AM (on June 28)
Return to Helsinki Airport: 13:00 PM (on June 29)

Oulu Capital of   Northern Scandinavia– from science to business

One-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

Experience the inspiring City concept, the Capital of Northern Scandinavia, Oulu Finland. It is our pleasure to show you the forerunner science based technologies and spinnoffs. Your tour starts from the Oulu University and Technology campus. Come and take a look at Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), Center for Machine Vision Research (CMV), Minipilot Concentrator Factory, Oulu Mining School, Printed Intelligence at VTT and 3D future at the Center of Internet Excellence (CIE). OuluHealth, the open innovation environment, shows you the Future Hospital 2030. After visiting LudoCraft Ltd, an innovative game studio of collaborative 3D multiplayer games and virtual worlds you can be inspired by the BrightLightHeadset made by Valkee Ltd. Last but not least, we take a tar boat cruise to Maikkula Mansion for an exquisite dinner.

Find out more about the post tour in detail.
Find out more about the University of Oulu here.

Date: June 28, 2013

Flight details 28th June 2013
Departure from Helsinki: 7:00am , arrival to Oulu 8.00am
Departure from Oulu: 9.45pm, arrival to Helsinki 10.45pm

Estonian research  – A study trip to Tallinn and Tartu

A two-day trip to the capital, Tallinn, and the university town of Tartu, covering topics from information technology, robotics and satellite engineering to genome research, biotech and the role of plants in climate change, will take you to the labs of Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu, as well as the development centre of Skype, and let you meet and interview some of the leading Estonian scientists and engineers. The trip is organized by the Estonian Association of Science Journalists and the Estonian Research Council and funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

For more details, see the programme here.

Download the presentations during the trip:
Enn Mellikov, Harry Alles, Mari Järve and Reet Aus: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B__GkzpscHYDM1YtRmFoczM5UUU&usp=sharing

Anna Piperal: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a5qx7wlmd8m68cl/20120822%20Estonian%20ICT%20%26%20DC%20New_%20ENG.pptx

Priit Kull: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ntqfkcnia9yoybe/SHEE%20Science%20mission%201.ppsx

Some videos of Mart Noorma’s presentation:  http://youtu.be/WKnyPKOYOWA; http://youtu.be/4hNgSfB_kAA;http://youtu.be/0o1teNHAW04

Date: June 28-29, 2013
Helsinki: 8:00 AM (on June 28)
Return to Helsinki: about 8:30 PM (on June 29)

University of   Tampere – on science journalism and journalism education in Finland

One-day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

The program includes a discussion with experts from   the School of Communication, Media and Theatre on the contradictions of doing science and science journalism and on journalism education in Finland.
The participants also get to visit the Institute of Biomedical Technology whose diverse research areas include immunology, cellular biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology and stem cell based regenerative medicine.

In the evening an informal get-together in a beautiful location just outside the City of Tampere will be organised with dinner, traditional Finnish sauna and   swimming in the lake. 

Find out more about University of Tampere here.
WCSJ 2013 Post-conference tour schedule

Date: June 28, 2013
Departure from Helsinki: 8:30 AM
Return to Helsinki: 11:00 PM

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj – nuclear power-generated electricity from the island of Olkiluoto

A one day trip
Free of charge to the delegates

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has been supplying safe and reliable electricity from the island of Olkiluoto for more than 30 years. Half of the produced electricity is used to keep the wheels of industry rolling while the other half flows to households, services, and agriculture via local energy companies all around Finland.   In Finland, each producer of nuclear power-generated electricity is fully responsible for its own nuclear waste management. Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and Fortum Power and Heat Oy have jointly established Posiva Oy to manage the research and development and the  implementation of final disposal of spent nuclear fuel  produced at their power plants in Finland, deep in the Olkiluoto bedrock. The underground characterisation facility ONKALO has enabled research at the actual disposal depth.

One day Olkiluoto visit includes presentations and discussions with the representatives of the companies TVO Oyj and Posiva Oy and a site tour in Olkiluoto.

Find out more about TVO and Posiva at www.tvo.fi, www.posiva.fi

Date: June 28, 2013
Departure from Helsinki: tbc
Return to Helsinki: tbc

GE Healthcare Press Trip - The Future of Patient Care: ‘Intelligent Hospitals’

Friday 28th June, 09.45-12.30

Anaesthesia. It’s a word most commonly associated with surgery, something many of us have either experienced personally or through a friend or family member. But how does it work and what makes it effective? Take an exploratory journey through the science of general anaesthesia, what makes it effective and what actually happens to the human body when under anaesthetic agent.

This morning visit to GE Healthcare’s manufacturing site in Helsinki, close by to the WCSJ conference venue, will explore the topic and demonstrate some of the very latest advances and technologies in patient monitoring that are helping clinicians provide improved patient care whilst allowing hospitals to function more efficiently.

GE Healthcare is a global leader in clinical solutions for the operating room and critical care unit, bringing together patient monitoring, ventilation and a 100+ year history in anaesthesia excellence. At the facility you’ll hear from Chief Scientist, Hanna Viertio-Oja, and meet the head of GE Healthcare Finland, Urs Pennanen.

A light lunch will also be provided before the return bus back to the conference venue.
You’ll be collected by minibus from the conference venue at 09.45.

This is an ideal visit for health/science journalists who are interested in learning about the future of intelligent healthcare. We hope you can make it!