FCC - Industry & Technology Day

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 - 08:30
University of Helsinki (F3020)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
10 Jun 2026
AM
08:30 Registration  
09:00
Session 1 - Antti Vaihkonen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)) (until 09:50)
09:00 Welcome/Opening remarks - Sakari Puisto (Minister of Economic Affairs)  
09:10 Welcome/Opening remarks - Lassi Noponen (Director General, Business Finland)  
09:20 CERN and its contribution to Europe’s competitiveness - Giovanni Anelli (CERN)  
09:35 Present status and challenges of the FCC project - Michael Benedikt (CERN)  
09:50
Session 2 -Prof. Riccardo Crescenzi (London School of Economics and Polical Science) (until 10:45)
09:50 Roundtable Discussion - Ari Kokko (Copenhagen Business School) Lassi Noponen (Director General, Business Finland) Jussi Manninen (Executive Vice President VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) Catarina Sahlberg (Big Science Sweden Programme Director)  
10:45 --- Coffee Table ---
11:00
Session 3 - Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki) Djurabekova (until 12:30)
11:00 CERN’s Industry Procurement and Technology Department - Josephine Bengtsson (CERN)  
11:20 CERN’s Knowledge Transfer - Benjamin Frisch (CERN)  
11:40 EP Detector R&D program at CERN: An Early-Career Perspective - Juska Pekkanen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))  
11:55 Voice from the industry: A roundtable discussion  
PM
12:30 --- Networking Lunch ---
14:00
Session 4 - Pietari Kauttu (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)) (until 15:30)
14:00 Civil Engineering - Timothy Paul Watson (CERN)   (F3020)
14:15 FCC accelerator technologies and technical infrastructure - Jean-Paul Burnet (CERN)   (F3020)
14:40 AI, Robotics and Automation - Hannes Gamper (CERN)   (F3020)
14:55 Reliability and Availability - Jack Heron (CERN)   (F3020)
15:10 Q&A  
15:30 --- Coffee Break ---
16:00
Nordic-Baltic Perspectives on Big Science and Innovation - Kenneth Osterberg (University of Helsinki) Henning Kirschenmann (LUT University and Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)) (until 17:30) (Auditorium (F2044))
16:00 ESS Status and Future Opportunities - Dr Ciprian Plostinar (ESS)  
16:25 LUMI AI Factory – for Science and Business - Katja Mankinen (CSC)  
16:50 Connectivity for the AI era - Mr Guillaume Garros (Head of Industry Solutions at Nokia))  
17:10 Radiation Protection Research in Finland – Toward a safer and more secure society - Teemu Siiskonen (STUK)