Megatrend Day 22.5.2025
Welcome to Vaasa University of Applied Sciences’ Megatrend Day!
Megatrend Day – Focusing Our RDI Platforms on the Challenges of the
Operating Environment
22.5.2025
8.30-13.15
Auditorium Florence, Alere,
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Wolffintie 27
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences is organising an annual Megatrend Day, which this year will focus on focusing RDI platforms on the challenges and opportunities in the operating environment. The event will bring together experts, stakeholders and staff to develop RDI activities for greater impact – regionally, nationally and internationally.
Program
- 08.30 Opening & programme of the day, a few words on the priorities of our strategy
RDI Director Marja-Riitta Vest together with afternoon moderator CEO Rob Moonen - 08.45 National RDI activities and industrial policy for global impact for global globalisation
Harri Länsipuro, Chief Specialist, Innovation and Corporate Finance Department, Innovation Policy Group, INNO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment - 09.15 Strengths of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa and VAMK in a changing environment
Timo Aro, Strategy Director, City of Turku - 09.45 Review of the upcoming EU programming period
Emilia Pernaa, Director, West Finland European Office - 10.15 Comments from experienced EU Consuls – What will Vaasa, VAMK and the new program period look like?
Vagner Pinto Morais, Director, BGT Consuting Group and Rob Moonen, CEO, Moonen Ventures - 10.30 Instructions for the group work according to the theme of the day. Co-development led by Rob Moonen, supported by Marja-Riitta Vest and RDI platform leaders Mirja Andersson, Daniel Sahebi, Pertti Aula and Riku Niemistö
- 11.00 Coffee break and moving to the co-development rooms.
- ROOM E141 RDI platform Smart Industry, area of strength: energy transition, smart, Smart Digitalisation and Clean Transition. RDI platform led by Mirja
Andersson - ROOM E142 RDI platform Smart Society, area of strength: Solutions for well-being for the transformation of the welfare state. Riku Niemistö, leader of the RDI platform
- ROOM B124 RDI platform Smart Business, area of strength: International International business knowledge and logistics. RDI platform leader Daniel Sahebi
- ROOM C114 RDI platform Smart Design, area of strength: Design Thinking and Innovation, systems design. RDI platform leader Pertti Aula
- ROOM E141 RDI platform Smart Industry, area of strength: energy transition, smart, Smart Digitalisation and Clean Transition. RDI platform led by Mirja
- 12.30 Returning to auditorio Florence and break-up of group work
- 13.00 Closing words
Identifiers
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