The Nordic Battery Collaboration invites you to the fourth Nordic regional battery visit focusing on the Green Transformation of the Nordics! Event will be held in Vaasa, FINLAND.
EnergyVaasa is the Nordic capital for Energy transformation, with the strong focus on energy, marine and future sustainable batteries.
Program outline:
Tuesday October 1st
9:00 Welcome to the battery collaboration
– Jessica Olsson, Business Sweden
– Benedicte Fasmer Waaler, Innovations Norway
– Ilkka Homanen, Business Finland
Welcome Address
– Mayor Tomas Häyry (City of Vaasa), Giga & Vaasa
– Swedish embassy, TBC
– Norwegian embassy, TBC
10:30 Coffee break and networking
11:00 Nordics, Gigafactories, dream or reality?
– FREYR, Tor Stendahl
– Novo Sweden, TBC
– Elinor Batteries, Norway
– EIB, Mikko Helkala
– Panel moderated by Riitta Björkenheim, VASEK
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Building Finnish Battery Cluster
– Ministry of Economic affairs and employment of Finland, Jyrki Alkio
13:30 Foreign investments, full value chain possibilities
Opening speach; Critical minerals and European development, Jarkko Vesa
– FMG, Sini Eskonniemi
– Talga, Per-Inge Kruse
– Panel moderated by Benedicte Fasmer Waaler
14:30 Coffee break and networking
15:00 Transportation to Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub
15:30 Wärtsilä BESS applications and marine hybrid applications
– Wärtsilä BESS applications, TBC
– Wärtsilä marine hybrids TBC
16:30 Wärtsilä Sustainable Hub Visit
– Main R&D and manufacturing unit for Wärtsilä global, Juha Päivike
This is Wärtsilä:
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. Our dedicated and passionate team of 17,800 professionals in more than 280 locations in 79 countries shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. In 2023, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 6.0 billion. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub is located in Vaasa (3400 employees).
Video about Wärtsilä:
About Wärtsilä | Learn more about the company
17:15 Transportations to hotels
19:00 Dinner at Restaurant Strampen
Wednesday October 2nd
8:30 Good morning and welcome to the day 2
– Jessica Olsson, Business Sweden
– Benedicte Fasmer Waaler, Innovations Norway
– Ilkka Homanen, Business Finland
8:35 Marine & batteries
– We Tech Solutions, Mårten Storbacka
– Candela, Tord Ringenhall
– Rauma Marine Constructions, Teemu Kyläkallio
– Corvus, Norway, TBC
– Panel moderated by Jessica Olsson
9:45 Coffee break and networking
10:00 Working machine cluster in Finland
– Overview of mobile workmachine electrification, VTT, Johannes Hyrynen
– Industry case: electrification as a game changer, Sandvik, Mikko Valtee
– Mobile workmachine electrification, TBA
– Panel moderated by Heini Wallander, Business Tampere
11:30 Lunch
12:15 Buss transportation
12:30 GigaVaasa site visit, hosted by Marko Kuokkanen, Technology Centre Merinova
Information about EnergyVaasa and GigaVaasa
13:15 Arrival to the airport, transportation to the railway station and to the hotels
The participation fee is 150 euros and will be invoiced separately.
Go to Registration page
Welcome!
HOW to get to Vaasa by flight:
From Stockholm with SAS:
Monday 30 september, 12:05 Stockholm – 14:05 Vaasa, Direct flight 1h (time difference 1h).
Monday 30 september, 18:05 Stockholm – 20:20 Vaasa, Direct flight 1h (time difference 1h).
From Helsinki with Finnair:
Monday 30 september, 12:45 Helsinki – 13:45 Vaasa, Direct flight 1h
Monday 30 september, 16:10 Helsinki – 17:10 Vaasa, Direct flight 1h
Direct bus transportation to hotels from the airport will be available for flights arriving at 13:45 and 14:05.
Taxi Vaasa (Please reserve Taxi in advance, distance about 10 km to hotels)
https://www.taksivaasa.fi/en/
Tel:+35860030011
Accommodation:
A meeting package has been arranged for October 2, 2024, along with room blocks at
Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Vaasa
Original Sokos Hotel Royal, Vaasa
Rooms can now be reserved using the code BGIGAVAASA.
Attendees are responsible for booking their own rooms from the block through the sokoshotels.fi website by September 23, 2024.
Busstransportation from hotel to event venue
Dinner at Restaurant Strampen:
Located in a historic wooden pavilion by the waterfront in Vaasa, Restaurant Strampen offers a charming dining experience with a blend of traditional Finnish and international cuisine. Known for its seasonal menus and beautiful views, Strampen is a perfect spot to enjoy a memorable dinner in a relaxed and picturesque setting. Find more information about Strampen, strampen.com/english
