Collaboration among R&D actors towards sustainable growth: Networking event to promote green and digital transition (RRF 2024 closing seminar)

Welcome to the RRF 2024 closing event, celebrating the achievements of research projects funded through the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

This event brings together leading researchers, representatives from the business sector, and decision-making professionals committed to advancing sustainable growth through the green and digital transitions.

Why attend?

• Discover the latest research insights: Presenting researchers will share a look at the outcomes of RRF-funded research projects aimed at building a greener and more digital future.
• Expand your network: Networking breaks provide an excellent opportunity to connect with researchers and to meet other business and public sector representatives who share a commitment to sustainable growth and innovation.
• Shape the future: We especially encourage representatives from business, industry, and decision-making to attend so that together we can work toward a more sustainable future through collaboration between research and industry.

The language of the event is English. You can also follow the event via livestream (registration required)

Register by 30 November 2024

If you want to reserve a networking table for the coffee breaks (free of charge), please contact us at rrf@aka.fi.

Programme of the event

13.00                Opening words

13.05                Panel discussion (to be confirmed): Ecosystems in Green and Digital Transition as a Key for the Future

Panelist 1, RRF-funded research project

Panelist 2, RRF-funded research infrastructure project

Panelist 3, Ministry of Education and Culture

Panelist 4, Ministry of the Environment or Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland

Panelist 5, Research and Innovation Council

13.45                Pitch presentations, session 1

FOODNUTRI

Jani Salminen: ENVIMATfood - food system model for Finland

C-NEUT

Virpi Junttila: Regional data for evaluation of carbon neutrality

AIcon

Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio: AI-guided CO2 conversion

14.00                Coffee break, time for networking

14.20                Pitch presentations, session 2

ADAPTINFA

Elena Kozlovskaya: Extreme winter weather events and their impact on roads condition: combining physics with AI

GEOMEASURE

Wojciech Solowski: Soft seabed: the challenge for offshore infrastructure in Finland

WindySea

Arttu Polojärvi: Offshore wind and sea ice - multi-scale research needs

EasyDR

Jouni Räihä: What kind of demand response system households prefer?

DigiDecarbon

Jani Lukkarinen: Why fix what is not broken? Determinants of energy retrofits in ​ housing companies

14.45                Break

15.00                Pitch presentations, session 3

FireMan

Eija Honkavaara: FireMan - Unmanned aerial systems based solutions for real- time management of wildfires

ARTISDIG

Jouni Kostensalo: Creating structurally realistic country-wide tree maps

Green-Digi-Basin

Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen: Leveraging river basin models for sustainable water quality management in boreal river basins

Hydro-RI Platform

Eliisa Lotsari: HYDRO-RI-Platform

FINMARI

Katri Kuuppo: FINMARI Research infrastructure to support marine RDI

AIforLEssAuto

Laura Ruotsalainen: Artificial intelligence for urban low-emission autonomous traffic

15.30                Final words

15.35                Time for networking, coffee and light snacks available

16.00                Event closes