Research Service Days 2024

Wednesday, August 21st at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences:

13:00-18:00 Networking meetings  

17:30-20:00 Opportunity to participate in a guided tour (for a fee) at Strömsö.

Please note that the registration for the Research Service Days is open already on Wednesday between 12:00-15:00 at the University of Vaasa (Tervahovi building, Wolffintie 32).

Thursday, August 22nd at the University of Vaasa:

8:00 Registration opens, Tervahovi (Wolffintie 32)
9:00 Greetings from the University of Vaasa and VAMK: Rector Hannu Vahtera, VAMK and practical instructions, Auditorium Levón
9:15 Keynotes
            - EU Research and innovation policy in the context of the competetitiveness and the twin transition agenda /Prosperity
              Directorate, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ph.D. Evgeni Evgeniev (tbc)
            - Scenarios for EU Research and Innovation in the future / Senior Director, EU and International Collaboration Elina
              Holmberg, Business Finland 
10:30 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Panel discussion: The future of Finland's research, development and innovation system
            Host: Marja-Riitta Vest, Director, VAMK
            Panelist: 
            - Matias Mäkynen, Member of Parlament
            - Kari Komulainen, Senior Director, Funding Services, Business Finland
            - Ida Mielityinen, Executive Director, Arene
            - Mika Grundström, Vice Rector, University of Vaasa
12:00-13:00 Lunch, Restaurant Mathilda
13:00-14:30 Sessions
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00 Sessions
19:00-23:00 Dinner at the university, Restaurant Mathilda.  Bus transportation is arranged for the dinner.

Friday, August 23rd at the University of Vaasa:

8:30 Registration open, Tervahovi
9:30 Keynotes
         - Tunne ajatuksesi, ajattele tuntemuksiasi – rakennusaineita työhyvinvointiin, Professor Liisa Mäkelä, University of Vaasa
         - Research and innovation in the global context – visions for the future / Senior Specialist Olli Suominen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
10:15 Finn-ARMA’s speech and award ceremony,  the next Research Service Days
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Sessions
13:00-14:30 Lunch, Restaurant Mathilda

Please note that the program is preliminary, and we reserve the right to make changes.

Keynote speeches

Image Evgeni Evgeniev, Ph.D. RTD.E1. Industrial Research, Innovation and Investment Agendas Prosperity Directorate, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission  "EU Research and innovation policy in the context of the Competitiveness and the Twin Transition Agenda"

Image Elina Holmberg, Senior Director, EU and International Collaboration, Business Finland  "Scenarios for EU Research and Innovation in the future"

Image Liisa Mäkelä, Professor of Human Resources Management, University of Vaasa   "Tunne ajatuksesi, ajattele tuntemuksiasi – rakennusaineita työhyvinvointiin"

Image Olli Suominen, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland  "Research and innovation in the global context – visions for the future"

Panelists

Panel discussion: Suomalaisen tutkimus-, kehitys- ja innovaatiojärjestelmän tulevaisuus

Image Matias Mäkynen, member of Finnish parliament

Image Kari Komulainen, Senior Director, Funding Services, Business Finland

Image Ida Mielityinen, Executive Director, Arene

Image Mika Grundström, Vice Rector, University of Vaasa

Image Marja-Riitta Vest, Director, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences VAMK

The theme of Research Service Days 2024 is Visions for the future. This year we are emphasizing anticipation and preparation for various changes in different areas of research administration.  Our track themes are: 

• Pre-award
• Post-award 
• Responsible and open research
• Collaboration (international, companies)
• Data and openness

Download the Research Services Days Abstract Book:

We would like to offer you the opportunity to present your own research in the form of a poster at the upcoming Research Service Days. If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly ask you to inform us by email at rsd2024@uwasa.fi no later than August 8, 2024, so that we can reserve a suitable place for your poster.

Upon arrival at the event, we ask you to report your poster at the Research Service Days information desk, from where you will be directed to the location of your poster. We recommend adding a separate QR code to the posters, which allows other participants to delve deeper into your topic.

In our program, there is no separate poster session, but the posters are on display throughout the event. We encourage event participants to explore the posters especially during the coffee break on Thursday afternoon. We recommend that you be present at your poster at this time if you want to present your research in more detail.

Dinner will be held at the university premises in Restaurant Mathilda. You can prepare for a pleasant and relaxed evening, as the dress code for the event is smart casual.

Program

19.00 Dinner begins and welcome greetings
          Enjoy good company and food
22.00 The band starts at Café Oscar
24.00 Evening ends

Bus transportations

Bus transportation from the city center has been arranged, departing from in front of Sokos Hotel Royal and Rewell Center (Sokos Hotel Vaakuna) starting at 18.30. 

The first bus transport back to the city center departs from the university. Buses run back to the city center approximately every half hour, with the last bus leaving at 00.30.

Note: The schedule is preliminary and will be clarified closer to the event.

Research Service Days take place on 22–23 August 2024. Research Service Days is an annual event for the experts in research and development funding, innovation services, open science and other research management at universities of applied sciences and research institutes.

The registration fee includes:

• Participation and materials
• Coffee and lunch on the Research Service Days as marked in the programme
• Dinner and evening programme at the university on Thursday, 22 August 

With the Research Service Days participant pass, you also get free entry to the following museums during the days: Ostrobothnia Museum, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Tikanoja Art House and Old Vaasa Museum. You can find more information about the museums here.

Prices: (participants)

Registration fee (early) 350 eur + VAT 24%
Registration fee (late) 400 eur + VAT 24%

You also have opportunity to participate in a guided tour at Strömsö on Wednesday, 21 August. Additional fee for the tour is 20 eur + VAT 24%.

Early bird fee is valid until 30 June after which date late fees apply. Registration is open as long as places are available. Final registration deadline is on 8 August.

Registration to the Research Service Days

Note! There is a separate registration for the networking meetings on 21 August.

(Note! It is not yet possible to buy train tickets on VR's website for Tuesday 20.8. or Wednesday morning 21.8. between Helsinki/Tampere and Vaasa. According to VR, there will be connections, but due to the summer track work, timetabling will take a little longer). 

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Vaasa is easy to reach from near and far. The airport is only about 10 minutes from the centre of Vaasa, and the railway station is right in the city centre.

(Note! It is not yet possible to buy train tickets on VR's website for Tuesday 20.8. or Wednesday morning 21.8. between Helsinki/Tampere and Vaasa. According to VR, there will be connections, but due to the summer track work, timetabling will take a little longer).  

The distance from the city centre hotels to the University of Vaasa campus in Palosaari is 1.8 km (Original Sokos Hotel Royal and Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna). Walking along the coastline (University of Vaasa - Inner Harbour) the distance is about 1.5 km and from the Inner Harbour to the city centre about 1 km.
 

Buses 1, 2 and 4 run between the city centre and the University of Vaasa. In the city centre, take the bus from Vaasanpuistikko (line 2) or Raastuvankatu (lines 1 and 4). 

When you arrive in Palosaari, get off at the first stop after the Palosaari bridge (Wolffintie 33).
 

Bus timetables and routes  
Taxi Vaasa (0600 300 11 or Taxi Vaasa app)
Map of Vaasa
For more detailed instructions on visiting and parking on campus and a map of the campus, please visit the university's website.

We have reserved a room quota for the participants of the Research Service Days in the following hotels: 

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Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna (quota full)

55 x standard rooms
10 x superior rooms

Price: 

• 140 € / single standard room / day  or 160 € / double standard room / day
• 115 € / single superior room / day or 175 € / double superior room / day 

The prices include a rich buffet breakfast, access to the customer sauna within opening hours, access to the hotel gym. The given prices include value-added tax. The customer does not have the right to transfer the contract to a third party without the hotel’s or consent. Guests reserve rooms from the quota themselves using the reservation code BRSD24 by August 14, 2024. 

Original Sokos Hotel Royal (quota full)

43 x standard rooms 

Price:

• 122 € / single standard room / day 
• 142 € / double standard room / day 

The prices include a rich buffet breakfast, access to the customer sauna within opening hours, access to the hotel gym. The given prices include value-added tax. The customer does not have the right to transfer the contract to a third party without the hotel’s or consent. Guests reserve rooms from the quota themselves using the reservation code BRSD24 by August 14, 2024

In addition, you can book a room at a discounted price from Scandic Vaasa, either from this link or by making a reservation at www.scandichotels.fi using the reservation code FIARB

You can also look available accommodation from here: https://www.vaasa.fi/majoitus/?tyyppi%5B%5D=130&alue=kaikki&haku=

Each track now has a room; all rooms are auditoriums. The abstract book can also be found in the abstract book section.  
 
There have been some challenges with the Nextcloud link in previous messages. Leave your presentation in ppt format via this link: https://nc.uwasa.fi/index.php/s/zQp2w4m79jcJYTP . Name your presentation surname_title and submit it to Nextcloud no later than August 8th. Please let us know if you do not want the material of your presentation to be distributed to the participants of the event.  
 
Please note that all presenters must register for the event and pay the full event fee. Registration is open and can be found at this page in registration section. Early bird tickets are available for €350 + VAT until June 30, 2024. After that, the price is €400 + VAT. Registration ends by August 8, 2024.  
 
If you have any questions or special needs, please contact us by email at rsd2024@uwasa.fi.  

Tervetuloa Vaasaan 💙 Välkommen till Vasa 💙 Welcome to Vaasa

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Things to do in Vaasa 

With the Research Service Days participant pass, you also get free entry to the following museums during the days: Ostrobothnia Museum, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Tikanoja Art House and Old Vaasa Museum. You can find more information about the museums here.

Eat, drink & enjoy

Restaurants and Cafés in Vaasa and the Vaasa Region | Vaasa

Getting around

• Get to know Vaasa on foot or on a bike

              Vaasa City Day on Foot or on a B | Vaasa

• Getting around in Palosaari and near campus 
  • Mansikkasaari beach
  • Onkilahti Park 
  • Onkilahti outdoor gym:  
  • Vaasa Shoreline Route 
• Busses & Taxi
  • Bus schedules and routes / Electronic journey planner
  • Taxi Vaasa (0600 300 11 or Taksi Vaasa app)
     
• Sights and attractions in Vaasa region
  • Sights and attractions - Visit Vaasa | Vaasa