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TWIN CAMPUS and STARTUP CONNECT are on board of the *SHIP

14.7.2020 by groteski

TWIN CAMPUS and STARTUP CONNECT projects press release

TWIN CAMPUS and STARTUP CONNECT projects are actively involved in organisation of startup festival *SHIP, which will be held in Kotka on 12-14.08.2020 in a hybrid format.

*Ship is a startup event that aims to provide a vibrant platform for pre- and early-stage startups to develop their businesses. As the biggest startup event in South Eastern Finland *SHIP brings annually together 30 international mentors and 50 pre-stage startups.

The event consists of two parts: Mentoring Program and the Pitch Captain Competition (PCC). Startups will compete for the grand prize of 5 000€ and a 3 ticket-package to Web Summit Lisbon 2020 (online). In addition, the runner-up of the Pitch Captain Competition will be awarded a 2 000€ certificate. CBC projects have invited mentors, startups from Russia and Finland, organised mentoring sessions and offered a special prizes.

Application period is open until 27.07.2020. More information and application instructions on web-page www.shipfestival.org

Contact: Sergey Troshkov

Email: sergey.troshkov(at)cursor.fi

The Green Roadmap and the Roadmap for the creation of an Intelligent Transport System has been published on the project’s website

9.7.2020 by groteski

Green InterTraffic project press release

Experts of the Green InterTraffic project have completed the development of the Green Roadmap and the Roadmap for the creation of an Intelligent Transport System for unmanned vehicles of the E18.

The Green Road Map gives the main directions of the implementation of events, including improving the energy efficiency of the existing fleet of vehicles, development of the use of alternative fuels, development of transport infrastructure and mobility management. The Roadmap for the creation of an Intelligent Transport System describes measures for the development of this system and related digital services.

The Road Maps are available at the link: http://en.greenintertraffic.ru/greenintertraffic/materials/documents-of-the-project.html

We also ask all interested stakeholders to assess the measures presented in the Road Maps following the survey by link:
http://en.greenintertraffic.ru/greenintertraffic/materials/application.html

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

INCROBB project released preliminary results

5.7.2020 by groteski

INCROBB project press release

An on-line presentation of the survey on opportunities and barriers for Russian SMEs aiming at cross-border collaboration was held in Russia by INCROBB project on the 26 of June. The analysis was based on about 170 interviewed given by top-managers and owners. The seminar was organized by the Saint-Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Consul general of Finland Anne Lammila addressed the participants with greetings and at the beginnings of the event. Tatyana Kudrjavseva (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University) and Igor Dukeov (LUT University) presented the project and the results.

The seminar collected 59 interested participants that reverted to the presenters with numerous questions. The obtained data will be converted by the INCROBB partners into practical tools for intensifying cross-border cooperation mechanisms and finding new forms of such collaboration.

For more information

Contact: Igor Dukeov, e-mail: igor.dukeov[@]gmail.com

The draft of the Investment Integrator Structure has been published

2.7.2020 by groteski

Bringing Together project press release

The draft of the Russian-Finnish Cross-Border Cooperation Investment Portal Structure has been published on the Bringing Together project web site. The Portal is a tool for quick and easy access support for investment and business activities in the border areas. This platform is aimed to support direct interaction among the main participants of investment and entrepreneurial activities, as well as to provide the convenient services for promoting and searching for new projects and business initiatives. A pilot launch of the platform and separate gadget applications based on the platform is scheduled for 2021.

The draft structure of the Portal is available at the link: http://en.bringingtogether.ru/platform/structure/

For more information of the project:
Ludmila Karelina, email: [email protected]

Jean Sibeliuksen 3. Sinfonian musiikin visualisointikilpailun voittajat on valittu

17.6.2020 by groteski

C3E hankkeen tiedote

Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu Xamk järjesti Suomessa ja Venäjällä kaikille avoimen musiikin visualisointikilpailun, osana Kaakkois-Suomi – Venäjä CBC 2014-2020 ohjelman rahoittamaa  

Rohkeita, poikkitaiteellisia toteutuksia 

Kilpailuun osallistui laaja kirjo ammattitaiteilijoita sekä pelitaiteen, audiovisuaalisen, graafisen suunnittelun ja valotaiteen opiskelijoita niin Venäjältä kuin Suomesta. Erityisen mielenkiintoisia olivat monialaisten tiimien yhteistyönä syntyneet kilpailuehdotukset. Kilpailijat hyödynsivät erilaisia alustoja ja pelimoottoreita kuten Unityä. Visualisoinneissa nähtiin mallinnoksia musiikin DNA:sta, croquis-tekniikkaa, tilallisia sommitelmia, avantgardistisia, kaitafilminomaisia sekä live-musiikin kanssa hienosti synkronoitavissa olevia kokonaisuuksia. Sibeliuksen musiikki inspiroi tarinallisuutta muun muassa tanssina ja jopa skeittauksena. 

 

Kansainvälisessä tuomaristossa olivat mukana Mikkelin musiikkijuhlien toiminnanjohtaja Teemu Laasanen, yrittäjät Sami Kämppi ja Antti Kaukinen OiOi:lta, projektipäällikkö Heini Haapaniemi Xamkin Luovien alojen yksiköstä sekä professori Liubov Dzhikiya ja apulaisprofessori Ekaterina Prozorova Pietarin valtiolliselta designin ja teknologian yliopistolta. Voittajia valikoitaessa tuomaristo piti tärkeänä luovuuden ja omaperäisyyden lisäksi harkittua ja taiteellisesti ehyttä kokonaisuutta, jossa on kehittyvä tarina ja vastattu synesteettisyyden tehtäväksiantoon. 

Voittajateokset ovat:
Osa I, Allegro moderato: Sini Aalto ja Mikko Oksalahti, Suomi
Osa II, Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto: Daria Kuriatnikova, Sofiat Parchieva, Anastasia Khokhryakova, Artemiy Dzhikia, Sofia Voronova, Venäjä
Osa III Moderato – Allegro ma non tanto: Lydia Siikasmaa, Suomi

Lisätietoja C3E hankkeesta ja kilpailusta:
Projektipäällikkö Heini Haapaniemi
Puh. 044 7028355, Sähköposti: [email protected]

C3E hankkeen työpajoissa suunniteltiin interaktiivista peliseinää

4.6.2020 by groteski

Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulun Xamkin Contents for Cross-Cultural Events -hanke (C3E) kokosi kouvolalaisia toimijoita suunnittelemaan interaktiivista peliseinää erityisesti nuorille. Toimijat ideoivat peliseinän toteutusta toimijakohtaisista tarpeista yhteisten sisältöjen suunnitteluun. Eskolanmäen kasiluokkalaiset innostuivat aiheesta asiantuntijoiden ohjaamana: https://read.xamk.fi/2020/luovat-alat/interaktiivista-peliseinaa-suunniteltiin-tyopajoissa/

C3E hanketta rahoittaa Kaakkois-Suomi – Venäjä CBC 2014-2020 ohjelma.
Lisätietoa hankkeen toteutuksesta: projektipäällikkö Heini Haapaniemi, sähköposti: heini.haapaniemi(at)xamk.fi

Studies on the chemical content of the sediments in the Hanhilampi and Likolampi ponds – Does the contaminants in the sediment pose a threat for groundwater quality?

26.5.2020 by groteski

RAINMAN project press release

As part of the RAINMAN Project, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and the City of Mikkeli studied the chemical content of the sediments in the ponds Likolampi and Hanhilampi and estimated the risk of possibly contaminated sediments to groundwater quality in the Hanhikangas aquifer. In both ponds, the bottom sediment contains elevated concentrations on cadmium, mercury, zinc and aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbons. In the Likolampi pond, elevated concentrations of chromium, copper, lead and nickel were detected as well. The higher concentrations were found from the top of the sediment. This indicates that external pollutant loads to the ponds still exist.

Following this study, the stormwater catchment areas and the current quality of the stormwater flow will be researched paying special attention to contaminants analysed and detected from the bottom sediments of the studied ponds.
The study report is now available in Finnish at http://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/74_2019.pdf

Contact: Anu Eskelinen, Geological Survey of Finland GTK
Email: [email protected]

Culture and Tourism: Life in “The New Normal”

21.5.2020 by groteski

EDUCRO project press release

A panel discussion organized by EDUCRO project, on Friday 29.05. at 13-15pm (CEST+1) at Creve Zoom, https://humak.zoom.us/my/crevezoom

How culture and tourism companies manage to live in “The New Normal”? What kinds of innovative business models have emerged in response to the Covid-19 outbreak? What challenges did the companies and organizations face, how have they overcome them, and what have they learned? We are going to discuss these and other important questions during the event.

Speakers:
Paul Gudgin, Festivals and events expert
Mika Kylänen, LAB University of Applied Sciences
Valery E. Gordin, Higher School of Economics
Susanne Marx, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences

Juha-Pekka Natunen, Kulttuuritila Nuijamies
Anastasia Knyazeva, Dostoevsky Museum
Anna Vilkuna, Kaakon Taide
Elizabeth Ordinartseva, Art-Center “Pushkinskaya-10”

The event is free of charge and open to everyone interested in the topics.

Contact: Olga Bogdanova
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 4695 22820

Bringing Together Project Website has started its work

18.5.2020 by groteski

Bringing Together project press release

On May 18, the project management group online meeting of the Bringing Together project was held. Participants discussed issues related to launch the site http://bringingtogether.ru/, where project news are published, research and development of the project in the future will be presented.

Ludmila Karelina, project manager and vice-president of the SPbCCI, also informed that the Project Steering Committee has been formed with the participation of representatives of the authorities of Finland and St. Petersburg. Another important issue was the holding of the Workshop for researchers and experts scheduled for June this year. It is agreed that the event will be held in a distance format.

For more information of the project:

Ludmila Karelina, email: [email protected]

The Manual of the estimating greenhouse gas and other air emissions of the road traffic has been published

12.5.2020 by groteski

Green InterTraffic project press release

A printed version of the Manual of the Estimating Greenhouse Gas and other Air Emissions of the Road Traffic, prepared by researchers and experts of the Green InterTraffic project, has been published. This book analyzes emissions on the road E18: Helsinki – Saint Petersburg.

  • In Part I the emission calculations for greenhouse gases are introduced.
  • In Part II the emission calculations for particulate matter and nitrogen dioxides are introduced.

One of the main tasks of the work is to attract more attention to the region and to reduce the anthropocentric impact on the environment and human health. The Manual will be distributed at events of the Green InterTraffic project. If you are interested in receiving a printed copy, you can also send a request by e-mail: [email protected] (Ludmila Karelina, project manager, Vice-President of the SPb Chamber of Commerce and Industry).