Finland Section Student and Gold Activities

During the last weekend of October IEEE GOLD Oulu Finland together with Infotech and IEEE Student Branch Oulu organized a Grand Challenge Workshop in Sanginjoki. It was a two day event (30 – 31.10.2009) during which participants could gain knowledge about integration of different fields of technology.

Event was opened by IEEE GOLD Finland Oulu Activities chairman Rafal Sliz, who welcomed participants and briefly presented the contents of the seminar. Next Marek Skowron showed a presentation about benefits of IEEE for its members and deeply explained the IEEE Student Transition and Elevation Partnership (STEP) program.

After those presentations there was time for invited key note speakers. Professors Heli Jantunen and Olli Silvén made their presentations and shared their experience with working in co-operation with different laboratories from university and beyond, which attendees found very interesting.

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Our first IEEE GOLD seminar in the Helsinki area was held on Tuesday 26th of May 2009 and proved to be a success with many new people in attendance! Maciej Borkowski, our GOLD Chair, opened the seminar by giving a fun introduction to the IEEE and the student and GOLD activities in Finland and internationally. Read the rest of this entry »

IEEE gathered 15 student and GOLD members  to visit VTT on 13th of May. Many thanks to VTT, especially to Petteri, for organizing the visit and taking good care of us. Also many thanks to Vili and Esa for interesting presentations about Converging networks laboratory and award winning NFC technology.  May your research be successful as it has been! Read the rest of this entry »

Where: Helsinki University of Technology, Computer Science building, room T2.
When: Tuesday 26th May 2009, 2pm

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IEEE GOLD Finland ja IEEE Student Branch Oulu järjestävät vierailun VTT:lle Converging networks laboratorioon keskiviikkona 13.5.2009. Paikkoja on rajoitetusta, vain 20, joten jos kiinnostaa ilmoittaudu pikaisesti sähköpostilla osoitteeseen jari.hannu(at)ee.oulu.fi.

IEEE GOLD Finland and IEEE Student Branch Oulu are visiting VTTs Converging networks laboratory on Wednesday 13th of May 2009. If you are interested to attend, please email to jari.hannu(at)ee.oulu.fi as soon as possible. There is only 20 places for attendees.

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What: High-tech Entrepreneurship days
Where: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in Oulu
When: Mon 20, Wed 22, Th 23 April 2009

The aim of the entrepreneurship days is to provide information and education to entrepreneurs and to assist them in building new technology companies. The event will give a basic knowledge and important case examples related to entrepreneurship. The educational part will cover the basics of entrepreneurship as well as current and future trends.

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Visit the The Humanitarian Technology Challenge pages and find out how your education in technology can be used to solve humanitarian issues.

Thank you all for participating in the Transition Into Management event! Our special appreciation goes to our invited expert Markku Hentilä for leading the discussion and sharing with us his managerial experience. Markku holds a position of the CEO of Icecom and a Business Development Director of Opal Blue Ltd. The event attracted 23 participants from 7 companies located in the Oulu region, and from the University of Oulu.

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What: IEEE Sections Congress, Region 8 meeting and IEEE GOLD Summit 2008
Where: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
When: 17th – 22nd September 2008

The Sections Congress is the one major meeting sponsored by the IEEE which brings together the leaders and volunteers from all the different sections of IEEE. Just prior to the Sections Congress, was the Region 8 meeting and the GOLD Summit 2008. This year the IEEE Finland Section was represented by your humble Student and GOLD activities web master!