Con­tact infor­ma­tion

Maria Vuoren­so­la

Pro­gramme Man­ag­er
Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance 2021–2027
City of Oulu, Business­Oulu
maria.vuorensola@businessoulu.com
+358 40 760 1288

Arto Maa­ni­nen

Chair, Oper­a­tional Exec­u­tive Group
Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance 2021–2027
Vice Rec­tor — Coop­er­a­tion
Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu
arto.maaninen@oulu.fi
+358 29 448 4084

Dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion in the chang­ing urban envi­ron­ment

MetaC­i­ty and future infor­ma­tion net­works
Aimo Vainio, aimo.vainio@oulu.fi, +358 29 448 3003, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

Oulu’s Data Space
Erk­ki Siira, erkki.siira@vtt.fi, +358 40 846 5303, VTT Tech­ni­cal Research Cen­tre of Fin­land Ltd

Co-cre­ation plat­form for autonomous vehi­cles
Olli Lukkari, olli.lukkari@businessoulu.com, +358 40 593 7465, City of Oulu, Business­Oulu

Dig­i­tal solu­tions for health and well-being – OuluHealth

Dig­i­tal solu­tions in pre­ven­tive health care
Miika Niem­i­nen, miika.nieminen@oulu.fi, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

Effec­tive health inno­va­tions and dig­i­tal solu­tions
Riik­ka Hir­vas­nie­mi, riikka.hirvasniemi@pohde.fi, +358 44 703 4556, Pohde
Timo Alalääkkölä, timo.alalaakkola@pohde.fi, +358 40 561 4390, Pohde

OYSTER – Dig­i­tal Health RDI Cen­tre
Min­na Komu, minna.komu@businessoulu.com, +358 50 591 7721, City of Oulu, Business­Oulu

Sus­tain­able clean­tech econ­o­my and clean solu­tions

Next-gen­er­a­tion ener­gy prod­ucts and ser­vices
Teemu Räi­hä, teemu.raiha@luke.fi, +358 29 532 2728, Nat­ur­al Resources Insti­tute Fin­land

New solu­tions for waste and side streams
Juho Ras­mus, juho.rasmus@oulu.fi, +358 50 339 1778, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

H2 Research­Hub and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly steel
Pekka Ter­vo­nen, pekka.tervonen@oulu.fi, +358 40 673 9519, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

Water know-how, dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion and export oppor­tu­ni­ties
Pirkko Task­i­nen, pirkko.taskinen@oulu.fi, +358 40 506 2079, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

Sup­port for star­tups, con­tin­u­ous learn­ing and ecosys­tem build­ing

Star­tups
Jus­si Haukka­maa, jussi.haukkamaa@oamk.fi,  +358 40 195 5446, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences

Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing
Han­na Blomqvist, hanna.blomqvist@osao.fi, + 358 40 131 9354, Edu­ca­tion­al Con­sor­tium OSAO
Soile Joki­nen, soile.jokinen@businessoulu.com, +358 40 183 4722, Business­Oulu

Ecosys­tem build­ing
Pir­jo Koskinie­mi, pirjo.koskiniemi@businessoulu.com, +358 40 592 5375, Business­Oulu

Strate­gic Steer­ing Group

Ari Alatossa­va, City of Oulu, May­or (sub.)
Jouko Niin­imä­ki, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Rec­tor
Marko Lind, Tech­nop­o­lis Plc, Direc­tor of Oulu oper­a­tions
Ilk­ka Luo­ma, Pohde — The Well­be­ing Ser­vices Coun­ty of North Ostro­both­nia, Direc­tor
Tua Huo­mo, VTT Tech­ni­cal Research Cen­tre of Fin­land, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent
Hei­di Fager­holm, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences, Rec­tor
Jar­mo Palonie­mi, Edu­ca­tion­al Con­sor­tium OSAO, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor and Prin­ci­pal
Topi Han­hela, Luke Nat­ur­al Resources Insti­tute Fin­land, Vice Pres­i­dent, Dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion

Steer­ing com­mit­tee in inno­va­tion ecosys­tem agree­ment

Kari-Pekka Kro­n­qvist, cen­tral admin­is­tra­tion, chair­man
Juha Ala-Mur­su­la, Business­Oulu
Tapio Mat­in­mikko, cen­tral admin­is­tra­tion
Mika Pent­tilä, edu­ca­tion­al and cul­tur­al ser­vices
Marko Kilpeläi­nen, urban envi­ron­men­tal ser­vices
Tuu­la Lotvo­nen, Business­Oulu, sec­re­tary

Expert group for eval­u­a­tion

Tuu­la Lotvo­nen, Business­Oulu, chair­man
Sari Hyväri­nen, cen­tral admin­is­tra­tion
Nina Himsworth, Business­Oulu
Anne-Maria Simo­jo­ki, cen­tral admin­is­tra­tion