Finnish Quantum Days 2025

Session Key

Session Key

Ecosystem
Science
Overview
Policy
Event Itinerary

Day 1

8:30 Registration

Session 1

9:00 InstituteQ Welcome Address
Ilkka Niemelä (Aalto University President)
9:10 Opening Speech
9:30 Finnish Quantum Ecosystem: Opportunities and Growth Strategies
jointly by Erja Turunen (VTT), Jukka Pekola (Aalto University), Per Öster (CSC)
10:00 Coffee Break & Posters/Exhibition

Session 2

10:30 Launch of the Finnish Quantum Strategy
11:00 Panel Discussion
11:45 Lunch & Posters/Exhibition

Session 3

12:45 European Quantum Flagship talk
13:00 Nordic Quantum Network overview
13:15 Panel discussion: Quantum investment and international collaboration
Moderator: Erja Turunen
Panelists: Gudmund Høst (Nordforsk)
14:00 Coffee & Posters/Exhibition

Session 4

14:45 Invited talk
15:05 Quantum Doctoral Program Pilot (QDOC) Introduction
Adam Foster (Aalto University)
15:15 Panel discussion: Quantum education
16:00 Contributed Talk
16:20 Contributed Talk
16:40 Contributed Talk
17:00 Closing Talk: 60 years of low-temperature quantum science and technology in Finland
Mikko Paalanen (Emeritus Professor at Aalto University)
17:15 Dinner, Networking, & Posters/Exhibition

Day 2

8:30 Registration

Session 5

9:00 Finnish Quantum Flagship Welcome Address
9:15 Keynote Talk
Peter Knight (Imperial College London)
10:00 Invited Talk
10:30 Coffee Break

Session 6

11:00 Invited Talk
11:30 Invited Talk
Stuart Parkin (Max Planck Institute)
12:00 Contributed Talk
12:20 Lunch & Posters/Exhibition

Session 7

13:30 Company Keynote
14:10 Company Contributed Talk
14:25 Company Contributed Talk
14:45 Coffee & Posters/Exhibition

Session 8

15:15 Three Minute Thesis Pitching Competition
15:45 Contributed Talk
16:05 Contributed Talk
16:25 Closing Talk
Mika Sillanpää (Aalto University)

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