Fifteen Years of Excellence – 2025 CoE Seminar
The Research Council of Finland will organize a Centre of Excellence seminar on Tuesday 2 December 2025.
The afternoon event for all Centres of Excellence will take place from 12:45 to 18:00 at the Research Council’s premises in Hakaniemi, Helsinki.
The event is intended for the directors, PIs, and coordinators of the consortia in all three Centres of Excellence programmes: 2018–2025, 2022–2029, and 2026–2033. Please ensure that your consortium is represented at the event.
Please register for the seminar by 25 November 2025.
Before the afternoon event, an induction and orientation session for the new 2026–2033 Centres of Excellence will be held from 9:30 to 12:45.
Preliminary Programme
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12:45 – 13:00 |
Opening remarks Floora Ruokonen, Executive Director, Impact and Science Policy Unit, Research Council of Finland |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Centres of Excellence 2018–2025 - Lauri Aaltonen, CoE in Tumour Genetics Research: The evolution of a Centre of Excellence - Matti Lassas, CoE in Inverse Modelling and Imaging: Interface between Flagships and Centres of Excellence - Frans Mäyrä, CoE in Game Culture Studies: a Centre of Excellence in a changing environment |
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14:00 – 14:15 |
Short break |
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14:15 – 14:25 |
Introduction of the new CoE Programme |
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14:25 – 14:45 |
The new Centres of Excellence 2026–2033 Programme - Sanna Valkonen, CoE of Multibeing Indigenous Societies - Aleksi Vuorinen, CoE in Neutron-Star Physics - Virpi Lummaa, CoE for Human Diversity through Contacts (HuDi-Con) |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Break & refreshments |
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16:00 – 17:00 |
Centres of Excellence 2022–2029: CoEs and research impact - Hanna Vehkamäki, Virtual laboratory for molecular-level atmospheric transformations - Pipsa Saharinen, Cellular mechanics in the function of biological barriers - Yrjö Helariutta, CoE in Tree Biology |
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17:00 – 18:00 |
Networking and refreshments |
