Category: Project news

Startup Connect project press release

Update 18.3.2020 from the project: Event is postponed to later state! Follow the projects news!

The InnoCamp is a revolutionary learning program organised by Startup Connect project partners – ITMO and XAMK Universities. It brings together companies and students for an intensive one week camp experience. Participants will get life-learning experience in working for real cases in multicultural teams. Also companies from cross-border region are welcomed to submit cases for INNOCAMP 2020. Totally, there will be 25-30 students participating in InnoCamp 2020 held at ITMO university.

Application is opened in this link

Contact: Ksenia Sharapova
Email: [email protected]

Green InterTraffic project press release

Winter Road Congress was held from 12th to 13th February, 2020 at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Center. The show featured road maintenance equipment, products, software and services. Mrs. Ida-Reetta Virranjoki, researcher of the Green InterTraffic project, Client Manager for FMI road weather services, took part in the event. The main topics of the Congress were winter road maintenance, steps in the field of automation, the use of data on the situation on the roads, the role of contractors and road users. Mrs. Ida-Reetta Virranjoki presented of the Green InterTraffic project in the frame of the business program of the Congress. International seminar was attended by experts from Northern Europe and Russia. The exhibition was attended by about 3000-4000 participants and about 80 organizations.

Contact person: Ludmila Karelina

Green InterTraffic project press release

Aim of this survey is to explore the development of international road traffic between Finland and Russia from the point of view of relevant companies operating in logistics, transportation and forwarding industry. These companies remain as one of the important target groups of the Green InterTraffic project as well as any general development or investments aimed towards road infrastructure.

Out of the 919 companies 56 answered to the survey, which stands for response rate of 6.1 %. Generally, the results indicate that growth of the road freight business is somewhat stagnating, and international traffic between Finland and Russia is decreasing to some degree. However, highway E18 is seen as safe and fluently working road, and investments towards it have been successful: majority of the companies indicated that these infrastructure investments have benefited directly their business activities. The results of the survey are available at the link: http://en.greenintertraffic.ru/greenintertraffic/materials/stati.html

Contact person: Ludmila Karelina

Green InterTraffic project press release

On March 18, within the framework of the International Forum “ECOLOGY of the Big City-2020”, which will be held in the EXPOFORUM exhibition center, a seminar “Environmental projects of the Russia – Finland cross-border cooperation Program” will be organized. The event will be attended by organizations that implement projects under the South-East Finland – Russia CBC 2014-2020 program. Dr. Ludmila Karelina, project manager of the Green InterTraffic project, Vice-President of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will make a presentation on the project and talk about the progress of its implementation.

The 20th International Forum “ECOLOGY of the Big City” is the only industry event in the North-West in the field of environmental protection and rational nature management. In 2019, the event brought together 3,000 specialists from 60 cities in Russia and 21 foreign countries.

Green InterTraffic project press release

Dear colleagues! We invite you to take part in the training course on traffic exhaust gas emissions and road weather forecasts.

The training will take place on May 5, 2020 in Kouvola (Finland). The course was developed as part of the Green InterTraffic project and will be conducted in collaboration between South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and Lappeenranta University of technology (LUT) at the premises of XAMK, Paraatikenttä 7, 45100 Kouvola in Kaarisali (main building, room 357, 3rd floor). The training will be held in English. Participation is free of charge. You must register as a participant by March 31.

For more information and to register, please follow the link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/3122dc3a-8e03-4e16-8e09-635c95f470a9?displayId=Fin1945807

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

INCROBB project press release

Recently launched INCROBB – Inclusive cross-border business networking of tomorrow – project calls for a meeting in a round table format in Saint Petersburg on the March 4th, 2020. We invite owners and managers of SMEs that are interested in cross-border collaboration to discuss matters related to overcoming various barriers on the way of developing joint businesses in Russia and Finland. The event will take place at Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Representatives of Saint Petersburg Government Committee of Labor and Consulate General of Finland have been also invited. Additional information and on-line registration (in Russian language): http://spbtpp.ru/event/krugliy-sto-po-sotrudni4estvu-s-finlyandiey-dlya-msp-04032020/

WELCOME!!!
ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ!!!
TERVETULOA!!!

Contact: Igor Dukeov
Email: [email protected]

Green ReMark -project press release

Event: Green Energy Seminar
Location and date: Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg on Thursday, 27.2.2020.
Aim and content: The aim of the event is to facilitate the collaboration between Finnish and Russian green energy companies. During the event several Finnish innovative companies are presenting their technologies in Green Energy and are glad to meet and discuss co-operation also with Russian partners.

Мероприятие: Семинар по Зеленой Энергетике
Место и дата: Генеральное консульство Финляндии в Санкт-Петербурге, в четверг 27 февраля 2020 года.
Цель и содержание: Целью мероприятия является содействие сотрудничеству между финскими и российскими компаниями в области зеленой энергетики. В ходе мероприятия несколько финских инновационных компаний представят свои технологии в области зеленой энергетики и будут рады встретиться и обсудить сотрудничество с российскими партнерами.

Event programme in Russian and English: Green ReMark Seminar final

Project website: http://greenremark.com

Contact: Ms Sanna Riihinen
Email: [email protected]

Green InterTraffic project press release

Researchers and experts of the Green InterTraffic project have completed the development of the electronic version of the Manual of the Estimating Greenhouse Gas and other Air Emissions of the Road Traffic. This book analyzes emissions on the road E18: Helsinki-Saint Petersburg.

The aim of this Manual is to propose common approaches for calculating of road emissions for all interested stakeholders. In Part I the emission calculations for greenhouse gases are introduced. In Part II emission calculations for particulate matter and nitrogen dioxides are introduced.

Preliminary estimates of road transport emissions on the E18 are aimed to attract more attention to the region and to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the environment and human health. This work will be the basis for the development of the Common Model of ecological status of Intertraffic at the next stages of the project.

Link to the full text of the Manual 

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

INCROBB project press release

Inclusive cross-border business networking of tomorrow (INCROBB) project had the kick-off meeting on 21.01.2020 in Lappeenranta at the University of Technology. The project will start soon. The lead partner is LUT University and the partners are: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint-Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Etelä-Karjalan Yrittäjät ry, and SaimaanVirta.

The project is aiming at revealing potentials and obstacles for sustainable SME cross-border cooperation in the regions and proposing the ways of solving the problems through providing the cross-border information exchange & cooperation.

Further information: Igor Dukeov, LUT University, researcher
Email: [email protected]

C3E project press release

The South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences Xamk launches a C3E Synesthesia competition 20.1.-31.3.2020 to visualize music for the Mikkeli Music Festival 2020. This competition is open to everyone. We welcome young promising designers and artists! The task is to visualize the Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52, by Jean Sibelius in such a way that each movement forms its own distinct and standalone artwork.

Competition references
C3E Synesthesia_Competition to visualize Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3_20012020

Further information
Teemu Laasanen, Festival Director, Mikkeli Music Festival, [email protected]
Sami Kämppi, CEO, OiOi, [email protected]
Heini Haapaniemi, C3E-Project Manager, Xamk [email protected]

C3E project website 
www.xamk.fi/c3e