SIX Mobile Work Machines and FIMA - Forum for Intelligent Machines invite mobile machine industry players and research institutes to participate in their joint results seminar.
The theme of Results Seminar 2025 is taking the industry-research collaboration to the next level. We will delve into the theme through the following topics:
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Current status and the future of mobile machinery research in Finland and the brand-new research roadmaps compiled by the Mobile Machines Academic Fellow group. And most importantly, what does this mean for industry?
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Result highlights from selected cases of industry-research collaboration.
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Needed enablers and requirements for companies to utilize academic results.
In addition to the presentations in the program the seminar includes excellent networking possibilities in the stands of the leading research organizations in mobile machinery domain in Finland: Tampere University, Aalto University, University of Oulu, LUT University, University of Turku and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
Time and place
February 4, 2025
at 8.30 – 17.30
Scandic Rosendahl
Pyynikintie 13, Tampere
Program
8.30 – 9.00
Registration and coffee
Session 1
9.00 – 9.15
Opening words
Ville Kyrki, Aalto University
Petri Hannukainen, Valtra
9.15 – 10.00
Keynote: ”Fighting with Machines”
Jyri Kosola, Finnish Defence Forces, Defence Command Finland
10.00 – 10.45
Status of mobile machinery research in Finland
Industry needs as a background, Miika Kaski, Sandvik
Mobile Machines Academic Fellows & research roadmaps, Matti Vilkko, TAU
Panel discussion by Academic Fellows: Mobile machinery research in Finland
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What are the focus areas of research organizations and where are we global leaders?
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Where are the gaps and overlaps?
10.45 – 11.15
Panelists:
Ville Kyrki, Aalto University
Emil Kurvinen, University of Oulu
Antero Kutvonen, LUT University
Wallace Moreira Bessa, University of Turku
Reza Ghabcheloo, Tampere University
Johannes Hyrynen, VTT
Moderator:
Heini Wallander, Business Tampere
Break and networking at the stand area
Session 2
11.15 – 12.15
Result highlights of industry-research collaboration
Industry-research collaboration – Knowledge building to company in field of electrification, Petri Hannukainen, Valtra & Tero Lappalainen, LUT
Battery system development – From cell level to machine system, Juuso Kelkka, IONCOR & Ari Hentunen, VTT
Optimised industrial IoT and distributed control platform for manufacturing and material handling , Sami Terho, Konecranes Oyj
12.15 – 13.30
Lunch & networking break (lunch at own cost)
Session 3
13.30 – 14.30
Companies’ capabilities to utilize academic results
Company case examples
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Mikko Valtee, Sandvik
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José Luis Peralta, GIM Robotics
Panel discussion with audience comments & questions
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Matti Vilkko (TAU), Mikko Valtee, (Sandvik) and José Luis Peralta, (GIM Robotics)
14.30 – 15.00
Break and networking at the stand area
Session 4
15.00 – 15.30
Keynote: Lumi AI Factory for ambitious research and development
Aleksi Kallio, CSC – IT Center for Science
15.30 – 16.00
Future perspectives on mobile work machinery research
Visions from the research roadmaps with audience comments & questions, Johannes Hyrynen, VTT
Closing words
16.00 – 17.30
Refreshments and networking at the stand area
Speakers
More speakers will be updated soon.
Contact
Antti Sirén
Secretary General, FIMA
antti.siren@fima.fi
Veli-Mikko Mäkelä
SIX Mobile Work Machines, Coordinator
veli-mikko.makela@tamlink.fi
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