Program
Wind Finland on the 8th of Dec. 2021
8:30 Doors open and breakfast is served
9:20 Start of the seminar day
9:30 First session
Jan Hagen, Senior Vice President, Regional CTO NCE, Vestas – Seminar Opening
Karoliina Joensuu, Responsible leader of the VN TEAS study on wind power – Ways to advance wind power construction in Finland
Riku Huttunen, Director General for Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment – Finland’s Pathway to Net-zero
Peter Lund, Professor in Advanced Energy Systems at Aalto University – Prospects of wind energy for reaching carbon-neutrality and beyond
11:10 Networking lunch
12:40 Second Session
Petteri Laaksonen, Dr Sc. (Tech), Research Director LUT School of Energy Systems – Electrification and Hydrogen Economy – The Role of Affordable Electricity
Matti Rautkivi, Head Of Market Development, Ren-Gas Oy – Decarbonizing transportation sector with wind based renewable gas
Leena Sivill, Principal, AFRY – Hydrogen economy in Finland: opportunities and limitations – views from an ongoing project
Magnus Korpås, Professor, NTNU, – The role of wind energy in hydrogen futures – Examples from the Nordic area and the US
14:10 Networking break & coffee
14:45 Third Session
Juha Känkänen, Investment Director, Ålandsbanken Funds Ltd.
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Johannes Brunila, Transactions, OX2 – Money Talk – Change in investment climate?
Harriet Lonka, PhD, R&D Specialist at the Laurea UAS – Resilience and Finnish work life
15:30 Networking break
15:50 Fourth Session
Matti Sirkkola, Senior Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence – Co-existence of wind power and defense
Ville Lehtomäki, Managing Director, Kjeller Vindteknikk Oy – Validation of 4 different wind atlases for Finland
Anni Mikkonen, CEO, Finnish Wind Power Association
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Heidi Paalatie, COO, Finnish Wind Power Association – Advocacy update
17:00 Cocktail Session (open for all seminar guests)
17:00 Cocktails in the exhibition area
18:00 Networking evening (with evening ticket)
18:00 Networking evening in the restaurant & exhibition area
Seminar area
Musiikkitalo, Helsinki

1. Floor
Entrance
Restaurant (part of Networking Evening)
-1. Floor
Exhibition hall (lunch, breaks, Cocktail Session, Networking evening)
Seminar hall
Exhibition hall
1. Vestas
2. Intelligent Employment
3. Alpiq
4. Despro
5. Labkotec
6. Nordex Finland Oy
7. Kiwa Inspecta
8. Sitema
9. Peikko Finland
10. Skarta Energy
11. AFRY
12. HPP Attorneys
13. Omexom
14. Ramirent