Spe­cial Event at Nordic Pavil­ion, EXPO 2025 (June 4, 2025)

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City of Oulu is an offi­cial part­ner of Fin­land at the Nordic Pavil­ion.

OULU, Fin­land – Build a Bet­ter Future by Con­nec­tiv­i­ty and Trust

(Invi­ta­tion Only Event)

City of Oulu will hold a spe­cial event at the Nordic Pavil­ion, EXPO 2025 Osaka/Kansai,

“OULU, Fin­land – Build a Bet­ter Future by Con­nec­tiv­i­ty and Trust”.

We offer a show­case of Oulu’s exper­tise in ICT (Resilience & Secu­ri­ty) & Health­care (Smart Solu­tions in Health­care) and net­work­ing with our excel­lent local part­ners.

Oulu is an offi­cial part­ner of Fin­land at the Nordic Pavil­ion.

Event details

Date & Time:
Wednes­day, June 4, 2025
13:30–18:50 (Doors open at 13:15)

Place:
Large Con­fer­ence Room, 3rd Floor, Nordic Pavil­ion, EXPO 2025 Osaka/Kansai (Access to the EXPO 2025)

Par­tic­i­pa­tion:
Free of charge (EXPO admis­sion tick­et ID will be offered to con­firmed par­tic­i­pants)

Lan­guage:
Eng­lish (No inter­preter) ** Dig­i­tal trans­la­tion is pos­si­bly avail­able.

Dress Code:
Busi­ness casu­al  

How to Join: Invi­ta­tion only event

Con­firmed par­tic­i­pants will receive a one-day EXPO admis­sion tick­et ID (valid on June 4, entry at 12:00 via East Gate) by email. Entry time can be changed by your­self through EXPO offi­cial mobile appli­ca­tion up to 3 times.

Pro­gramme

(to be updat­ed with fur­ther details & sub­ject to change):

ICT ses­sion

“Resilience & Secu­ri­ty”

13:30
Wel­come & Intro­duc­tion to the City of Oulu, ICTOulu
by BusinessOulu/City of Oulu

13:45
Keynote pre­sen­ta­tions
6G and Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty by Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu
Autonomous work machine research pro­gram by Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences

14:15
Com­pa­ny pre­sen­ta­tions
Orbis Sys­tems
Fab­Patch
Print­o­Cent

15:00
Break
Net­work­ing & Mini Fair & VR Demo expe­ri­ence
Cof­fee, tea and cin­na­mon roll will be served

15:45
Pan­el dis­cus­sion
Top­ic: Build­ing a Bet­ter Future through Con­nec­tiv­i­ty and Trust – Insights from ICT Ecosys­tem Stake­hold­ers in a Chang­ing World
Facil­i­ta­tor: Simo Kekäläi­nen (event mod­er­a­tor)

Pan­elists:

  • Prof. Kim­mo Halunen, Pro­fes­sor of Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu
  • Dr. Noo­ra Jans­son, Direc­tor, Researcher and Devel­op­ment, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences
  • Mika Kouhia, Head of Gov­ern­ment Rela­tions, East Asia, Nokia Solu­tions and Net­works Japan G.K

16:25
Pikku het­ki­nen: Refresh­ment time
Finnish way of inter­views by event mod­er­a­tor Simo Kekälainen

Health­care ses­sion

“Smart solu­tions in health­care”

16:35
Keynote pre­sen­ta­tions
OuluHealth: (Oulu Health­care ecosys­tem) & OYSTER (Incu­ba­tor for health­care star­tups) by Business­Oulu
Smart hos­pi­tal by Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal

17:05
Col­lab­o­ra­tion Talk between Oulu and Tohoku Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tals
Top­ic: Col­lab­o­ra­tion beyond the bor­ders: Why inter­na­tion­al col­lab­o­ra­tion is valu­able – A case study of Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal part­ner­ships between Japan and Fin­land
Facil­i­ta­tor: Simo Kekäläi­nen (event mod­er­a­tor)
Speak­ers:

  • Dr. Min­na Komu, OuluHealth Net­work Direc­tor, BusinessOulu/City of Oulu
  • Dr. Hideo Hari­gae, Direc­tor, Tohoku Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal
  • Dr. Atsuhi­ro Nak­a­gawa, Design Head, Tohoku Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal
  • Dr. Miia Turpeinen, Dr. Miia Turpeinen, Hos­pi­tal Direc­tor, Well­be­ing Ser­vices Coun­ty of North Ostro­both­nia, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal

17:40
Clos­ing words by Business­Oulu / City of Oulu

17:50–18:50
Min­gle evening at a ter­race restau­rant
(min­gle foods and drinks will be served) & VR Demo expe­ri­ence

Speak­ers

Pro­fes­sor, D. Sc. (Tech.), Kim­mo Halunen

Dr. Noo­ra Jans­son

Mika Kouhia

Dr. Hideo Hari­gae

Dr. Atsuhi­ro Nak­a­gawa

Dr. Min­na Komu

Dr. Miia Turpeinen

Host/Modetor

Simo Kekäläi­nen

Oulu region is locat­ed in north­ern Fin­land just below the Arc­tic Cir­cle. Oulu is the fifth largest city in Fin­land, one of the coun­try’s fastest grow­ing cities, and the cen­tre of inno­va­tion, busi­ness, cul­ture, and edu­ca­tion in the North. It is also one of the major tech­no­log­i­cal hubs and R&D liv­ing labs in Europe, espe­cial­ly when it comes to world-class wire­less excel­lence. Oulu is often called the Sil­i­con Val­ley of North­ern Europe.

The event will high­light Oulu’s strengths – the world-class exper­tise and inno­va­tions of ICT, and a dynam­ic and ver­sa­tile trust-based ecosys­tem – through show­cas­ing cut­ting-edge research in our local uni­ver­si­ties, remark­able activ­i­ties for future health and social care, and com­pa­nies with nov­el technologies.ections between Japan and Fin­land.

For inquiries, please con­tact:

Takako UCHIDA
Senior Advi­sor, Inter­na­tion­al Affairs (Japan)
Business­Oulu
takako.uchida@businessoulu.com