UniPlatform autumn conference will be arranged in Pori on August 18-19, 2009

The autumn conference goes under the title

“Over the Bothnian Sea”

UniPlatform Project: building up education and research co-operation between Västernorrland and Satakunta

The UniPlatform project is by a Botnia-Atlantica (Interreg IVa/60 %) programme financed cooperation project between Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK), Mid Sweden University (MIUN) and University Consortium of Pori (UCPori). The other financing organisations are the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, the County of Västernorrland, the City of Pori and SAMK. The duration of the UniPlatform project is 1.9.2008-30.9.2009. The UniPlatform project comprises research and education cooperation, R&D, staff and student mobility and student projects.

Time August 18-19, 2009

Place 18.8 University Consortium of Pori (Address: Pohjoisranta 11 A)
(Video conference/Campus Härnösand, Studio G319)
19.8. Solarium LIPO (SAMK) (Address: Tiedepuisto 3)

Tuesday August 18, 2009 (UCPori/Auditorium 125; 1.floor/Campus Härnösand: Studio G319)
(Finnish time) (Swedish time -1 h)

9.30 Coffee
10.00 Start of the UniPlatform conference (Head of International Relations, Project Leader Jari Heiniluoma/SAMK)
10.05 Opening of the conference (Mayor Aino-Maija Luukkonen/the City of Pori)
10.15 Greetings from the City of Sundsvall (Investigator to the City Executive Board/Former Mayor Peter Gavelin/the City of Sundsvall)
10.30 Finnish universities in EU-projects (Vice President, Adj. Prof. Matti Lähdeniemi/SAMK)
11.00 Working together: Swedish experiences from the UniPlatform project (EU-coordinator Paul Howgate/MIUN)
11.30 Lunch at UCPori
12.30 Open Kvarken Project (Project Manager Rainer Lytz/Project Coordinator Henrik Niemelä/Vaasa University of Applied Sciences)
13.00 Case presentations
- 13.00-13.15: Views on social services and health care cooperation between SAMK and MIUN (Lecturer Eija Viitasara/MIUN)
- 13-15-13.45: Model for mentoring PhD students (docent Jari Palomäki/TUT/UCPori)
13.45 Coffee break
14.15 Case presentations continue…
-14.15-14.45: Research on information management in SMEs (Professor Seppo Sirkemaa/TSE/UCPori; Professor Karen Anderson/ITM/MIUN)
- 14.45-15.15: Developing course cooperation between SAMK and MIUN (Lecturer Petteri Teppola/SAMK)
15.15 Conclusions of the day I (Project Leader Jari Heiniluoma)
15.30 Networking Buffet at UCPori


Presentations are given in English/Swedish.
OBS! G 319 är en trappa upp från ingången och ligger i hörnet mot U Huset – Biblioteket (se bifogad karta)

Wednesday August 19, 2009 (SAMK/LIPO/Solarium)
(Finnish time) (Swedish time -1 h)

9.00 UniPlatform project administrative meeting
10.00 Coffee break
10.15 Project discussions
- Funding Botnia-Atlantica projects (Program Manager Hans Beijar/the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia)
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Steering committee meeting
14.00 Coffee


Enrollments by August 7, 2009 Timo Forsten timo.forsten@samk.fi Phone +358 44 710 3020

The conference is free of charge. Transportations from Härnösand/Sundsvall and accommodation in Pori will be arranged by the UniPlatform project. It is also possible to follow the conference with the help of videoconference connections at MIUN (Campus Härnösand). Please let me also know if it is possible for you to attend a videoconference in Härnösand.

YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME!