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 LUMI Inauguration event 2022

LUMI Inauguration event 2022

Time and place

All times are EEST (+1 hr CEST)

Sunday 12th June 

19:30-21:30 Get-together, Holiday Club Katinkulta, Vuokatti

Monday 13th June

All times are EEST (+1 hr CEST)

8:00-10:00 possibility for bilateral meetings in Katinkulta meeting facilities, Vuokatti

10:00–13:00 Pre-inauguration seminar, Holiday Club Katinkulta, Vuokatti

10:00 Opening words
• Mr. Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC – IT Center for Science
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

10:10 Keynote address
• Mr. Petri Honkonen, Finland’s Minister for Science and Culture

10:30 Taking research, innovation and industry to the next level – introduction to the panel discussions
• Mr. Mika Lintilä, Finland’s Minister for Economic Affairs

10.45 Panel discussion on cross-border and cross-sector cooperation for developing digital infrastructure ecosystems for building competence and sustainability
• Ms. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry for Education and Culture
• Ms. Ilona Lundström, Director-General for Innovations and Enterprise Financing of Finland’s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Employment
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• Mr. Timo Pesonen, Director-General of the European Commission’s DG for Defence Industry and Space

11:25 Coffee break and possibility for further bilateral meetings

11:55 Panel discussion on the role of HPC in solving grand societal challenges
• Ms. Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the European Parliament
• Mr. Herbert Zeisel, Deputy Director-General at Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Chair of the Governing Board of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• Mr. Renno Veinthal, Deputy Secretary General of Estonia’s Ministry of Education and Research
• Mr. Jan Hrušák, Special Envoy for Research Infrastructures of Czechia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and former chairperson of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)

12:35 Comment: Future insights for boosting the dual transition and data economy with LUMI
• Mr. Timo Harakka, Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications
12:50 Closing words
• Mr. Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC – IT Center for Science
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

12:55 Lunch and possibility for further bilateral meetings

14:00 Transfer to the Data Center

15:00–17:00 Inauguration ceremony,  LUMI data centre, Renforsin Ranta Business Park

15:00 Inauguration ceremony and data centre tour

  • Ms. Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission (video greeting)
  • Mr. Petri Honkonen, Finland’s Minister for Science and Culture
  • Mr. Mika Lintilä, Finland’s Minister for Economic Affairs
  • Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  • Ms. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry for Education and Culture
  • Mr. Samuel Engblom, State Secretary of Sweden’s Ministry of Education and Research (video greeting)
  • Mr. Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC – IT Center for Science
  • Mr. Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
  • Mr. Jari Tolonen, the Mayor of the City of Kajaani
  • Mr. Gilles Thiebaut, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Northern Western Europe, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

17:00 transportation to Kajaani airport

17:30 transportation to Oulu airport

17:00 – Dinner at the LUMI data centre

Travel

Flights

The alternatives are to fly directly from Helsinki to Kajaani or to fly via Oulu. From Oulu, it takes about 2 hours 30 minutes to travel to Kajaani.

We recommend booking one of these flights mentioned below as bus transportation will be provided from these flights arriving Sunday and leaving Monday/Tuesday.

Helsinki-Kajaani flight schedule: 16:25–17:50 Mon-Fri, Sunday and 21:00–22:25 Mon-Fri, Sunday

Kajaani-Helsinki flight schedule: 05:40–07:00 Mon-Fri, 18:20-19:40 Mon-Fri

Helsinki-Kajaani flights are operated by DAT and can be booked via their website www.flydat.dk

Helsinki-Oulu flights: 15:50–16:55, 20:25–21:25 (Sunday 12th)

Oulu-Helsinki flights: 22:10–23:10 (Monday 13th)
7:45–8:45 and 9:50–10:50 (Tuesday 14th)

Helsinki-Oulu flights are serviced by Finnair and can be booked via their website www.finnair.com

There are regular direct train connections to Kajaani from Helsinki, please visit the website www.vr.fi/en

Hotels

Original Sokos Hotel Valjus

Book via http://www.sokoshotels.fi

Holiday Club Katinkulta
From the hotel’s free capacity
https://www.holidayclubresorts.com/en/store/

Have questions, contact us events(at)lumi-supercomputer.eu

We continuously follow the situation with COVID-19 and adhere to national and local COVID guidelines to ensure this event is safe for everyone and are prepared to alter the event if a need arises.