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.
&
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
&
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