Friday 5.3.
Futuristic Interactive Technology (FIT) Competence Centre Opening
10th anniversary edition of Tech Turku Week has a bonus day: we celebrate the opening of Futuristic Interactive Technologies (FIT) Turku Competence Centre. FIT is a joint innovation environment for public and private sector to develop XR related solutions and services, equipped with the latest technologies. The lab is going to be a playground for tryouts, research and development. Join to explore the student projects and see how your organization can utilize the new world of interactive technologies!
We will also have a virtual fair space open for the occasion, where you can explore the exhibition of Augumenta, MeKiwi, Kudos, Ade, Adesante, Kiwa, Market Entry Partner and Turku University of Applied Sciences.
To access the demo, you need to install AltSpaceVR.
AltSpace VR event
You can follow the webinar either on AltSpaceVR or YouTube stream.
| Moderator: Jan Erola Market Entry Partner | |
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9.00 – 9.10 |
Opening Words Tero Reunanen |
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Session 1: Introduction to FIT Turku Research Activities |
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9.10 – 9.30 |
 FIT Turku Competence Center – Now Open
Dr. Mika Luimula Dr. Mika Luimula works as a Research Group Leader of Futuristic Interactive Technologies and as a Head of FIT Turku Competence Center for Turku University of Applied Sciences. He also holds an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Turku and is a Senior Advisor to the Board of Ade Ltd. His research group has won various awards especially in the field of virtual safety training. |
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9.30 – 9:50 |
 IC xRP Project – Cooperation between Finland, Germany, and Tunis Prof. Fahmi Bellalouna obtained his PhD degree in computer integrated mechanical engineering from the Ruhr University Bochum. He worked for automotive manufacturer Daimler AG in the area of the digital product design for more than 10 years. In 2015 he was appointed as a Professor for digitization in the |
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9.50 – 10:10 |
 First Experiences of FIT Turku Training Center Pasi Porramo is an entrepreneur, CEO of ADE and founder of med tech company Adesante. Pasi has been involved in creating several success stories and is currently deeply involved in virtual reality training. |
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10.10 – 10.30 |
Break – Virtual Coffee and Demonstrations in the Exhibition Hall and Rooms |
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Session 2: Virtual Reality in Maritime and Marine Industry |
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10.30 – 10.50 |
 Maritime Immersive Safe Oceans Technology |
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10.50 – 11.10 |
 Remote Controlled Tugboats Mr Hans-Christoph Burmeister Hans-Christoph Burmeister is heading the Department ‘Sea Traffic and Nautical Solutions’ at Fraunhofer-Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML in Hamburg, Germany. He coordinated the internationally known European research project MUNIN on unmanned vessels and currently active in the German project FernSAMS developing a remote and autonomous controlled tug. |
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11.10 – 11.30 |
 Virtual and Augmented Reality in Remote Operation Solutions Anton Westerlund is Vice President of the Remote Operation Solutions in Kongsberg, leading the Remote Operations Solutions department and heading the Kongsberg Maritime Turku site in Finland. Responsible for the product development in the remote operations domain. |
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11.30 – 12.00 |
Lunch Break – Demonstrations in the Exhibition Hall and Rooms |
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Session 3: VR Applications Here and There |
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12.00 – 12.20 |
 Mixed Reality across individuals, cities and organizations Dr. Andrea Bellezza Specialized in strategic innovation and new 4.0 technologies and mixed reality media. OSC Innovation’s founder and manager for projects as Luxottica, ENEL, Q8, MSD, Maserati, American Express, working in USA, China, Mexico, Nigeria. PhD cum laude in Education at the Universidad de Burgos. |
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12.20 – 12.40 |
 Simulandia – New Learning Environment for Vocational Training Lähde has 15 years of experience in transport and logistics training and managerial positions as well as simulation development. Five years of experience in developing e-learning environments - mainly virtual training - for the forestry, transport, logistics and construction industries. |
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12.40 – 13.00 |
 VR Simulation for Enhanced LNG Bunkering In 2013, Jari left Wartsila to establish GigaMare Inc. Today, GigaMare conducts training on more than 25 000 course-man-days annually for various customer segments. |
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13.00 – 13.15 |
Break – Virtual Coffee and Student Projects in the Exhibition Hall and Rooms |
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Session 4: Virtual Reality in Business |
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13.15 – 13.30 |
 Virtual Production @ ZOAN - Experiences from Virtual Shows
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13.30 – 13.45 |
 Path from TUAS student and FIT project engineer to the industry |
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13.45 – 14.00 |
 Jami Andersson Executive Director, Boost Turku Executive Director at Boost Turku and chairperson at Turku Game Hub. Self-taught entrepreneur and a community enthusiast who loves working with startups and getting things done. |
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14.00 – 14.30 |
Break – Virtual Coffee and Student Projects in the Exhibition Hall and Rooms |
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Session 5: TUAS Actively Organizing Student Competitions |
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14.30 – 14.45 |
 European Sales Competition Promotion Ph.D., MBA Timo Holopainen is involved in teaching sales for engineers and other professionals, negotiation and presentation skills and other business topics at University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) in Turku, Finland as Principal Lecturer, Sales. Before TUAS, Timo has over 20 years of experience working international sales and RDI professional. |
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14.45 – 15.00 |
 Last Year ICT Showroom Winner Timo Haavisto is a software design and development entrepreneur with over 20 years of work experience specializing on microservice architecture, database and backend systems, and remotely organizing the work of over 20 gaming industry professionals as a lead of an international team across 6 games. Presently he is in parallel pursuing to complete his ICT Bachelor of Engineering degree in TUAS. |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
Final chance to catch student projects |
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