Conference will be organized in the Helsinki Region. The Helsinki region includes the capital city and its metropolitan area, as well as some further-flung towns and cities. Here, nature trails and city life are both never more than a stone’s throw away, and the area is overflowing with good food, great design, interesting museums and unique architecture.
Visit Helsinki and discover why it’s said to be one of the world’s most liveable cities! Please see and read more about its’ attractions:
https://www.visitfinland.com/en/places-to-go/helsinki-region/
What is VTT ?
VTT is one of Europe’s leading research institutions. It is owned by the Finnish state It advances the utilisation and commercialisation of research and technology in commerce and society. Through scientific and technological means, it turns large global challenges into sustainable growth for businesses and society. VTT brings together people, business, science and technology to solve the biggest challenges of our time. This is how VTT creates sustainable growth, jobs and wellbeing and bring exponential hope.
Please read and see more https://www.vttresearch.com/en/what-vtt
VTT Ambitions
VTT – then called the Technical Research Centre of Finland – was founded in 1942 by President Risto Ryti’s decree in wartime Finland. VTT’s mission was defined as “to engage in technical research for the benefit of science and society”.
In its early years, the research institute played a significant role in supporting both the war and the home fronts. VTT developed, for example, a non-combustible wood material and bunker stoves for military use and tested the quality and safety of substitutes and food products sold during the shortage period.
In recent decades, VTT’s research activities have been driven by two strong trends: digitalisation of information and sustainable development. Of the research priorities, for example, printed intelligence in electronics and bioeconomy technologies have proven their impact and commercial potential alike. Today, VTT’s expertise can be found both on satellites in outer space and inside every smartphone in the world.
VTT’s history shows that research and technology expertise plays an important role in turning societal challenges into success stories. In the 2010s, we have increasingly focused our research efforts on solving global challenges.
We believe that through science, technology and cooperation, the five societal challenges selected for our strategy – climate change, resource sufficiency, good life, safety and security, and industrial renewal – can be solved while also creating sustainable prosperity.
