Programme (Current local time in Finland):
10.45 Lines open
Smart Development
11:00 Introduction
11.05 Smart Villages: what has been happening on European level and in Finland –
Marianne Selkäinaho, Senior Officer, Rural Affairs at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
11.20 Outcomes and opportunities of the Smart Rural 21 project – Edina Ocsko, E40 Group, Project Coordinator
Comments
Smart Agriculture
11.40 SMART Agriculture: its relevance in the mountains – Prof Davy McCracken, Head of Department of Integrated Land Management and Head of Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland
12:00 Smart villages and Smart farms: building smartness side by side – Liisa Pesonen, Senior scientist in Luke (Natural Resources Institute Finland)
Comments
12.25 “Blind Dates” in Break out -rooms
RECESS
Smart Communities
12.50 The Finland’s Smartest Village competition – Salla Pätilä, Network Expert, Finnish Rural Network
13.00 Kythera Smart Village, Greece – Dimitris Bogiatzis, Attica Islands Network (FLAG)
13.15 Restoring Rural Communities Through Coworking – TBC, “Zied zeme” (LAG), Latvia
Networks and digital solutions
13.30 Local digi support in rural areas – Examples from “Digisti kylässä” -project – Specialist Tuukka Kivioja, JAMK University of Applied Sciences.
13.40 Broadband in Scottish Lochs and Glens – Shaun Marley, Forth Valley & Lomond (LAG)
13.55 Kuitu kylässä / Village optical fibre project – Seppo Alatörmänen, Finland
14.05 Raudanmaa Village Broadband – Mirka Huhtanen, Finland
14.15 “Blind Dates” in Break out -rooms 15min
14.40 Summary and closing words – Kari Kylkilahti, Executive Manager, Leader Kantri, Finland
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Address for registration: https://urly.fi/1Iiy
Last day for registration is Mon 2020-08-31. The link to the webinar will be sent by e-mail for participants.