The FAME Flagship warmly welcomes all interested companies and organisations to the Connect & Collaborate Event 2026, a full-day on-site event at the University of Eastern Finland’s Kuopio campus on 26 August 2026!
FAME Connect & Collaborate Events bring together the Flagship’s scientific expertise and representatives from industry, hospitals, research institutions, and wider society to create connections, share knowledge, and envision future innovations.
Aimed at company representatives from research, product development, and operations management, this event will focus on R&D-related challenges, scientific solutions, and real-life applications. Themes of the day’s sessions will be Medical Technology and Imaging and Industrial and Environmental Applications.
The Connect & Collaborate Event 2026 also includes an opportunity to visit the local Biomedical Optical Imaging and Ultrasound (OPUS) and Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (Kuopio-BIU) research laboratories with a guided tour.
Please note that places for the guided laboratory tours are limited and will be allocated in the order of registration.
Event programme (preliminary, to be updated)
UEF Kuopio campus, Tietoteknia building, Auditorium
8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00-9:30 Opening and introduction of the FAME Flagship and FAME at UEF Director, Prof. Tanja Tarvainen
9:30-10:30 Medical Technology and Imaging, session I Chair: Marko Vauhkonen
10:30-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 Medical Technology and Imaging, session II
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:15 Industrial and Environmental Applications Chair: Olli Gröhn
15:15-16:00 Closing and coffee
16:00-17:00 Laboratory tours:
- Biomedical Optical Imaging and Ultrasound laboratory (max. 20 persons)
- Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit (max. 10 persons)
An additional tour to the Kuopio Biomedical Imaging Unit can also be arranged on 27.8. at 9:00-10:00 (max. 10 persons).
Let’s build foundations for tomorrow’s solutions – together!
For more information, please contact: FAMEcoordinator@uef.fi
