Check out the full programme.
Eeva Hellström
Monday 24 August | Setting the Scene: A Systems View of Innovation and Futures
Session 1: System view, futures thinking and the forest sector, Alisa Puustinen, Finnish Forest Centre
Alisa Puustinen
THURSDAY 27 August | Entrepreneurship, foresight and anticipatory innovation
14:00 | Session 7: Forest organisations navigating the change, Alisa Puustinen, Finnish Forest Centre
Anne Ackermann
Tuesday 25 August 2026 | Inside and beyond regional innovation ecosystems
14:00 | Session 5: Opportunities in trans-regional innovation, Anne Ackermann, EFI
Jarno Hämäläinen
9:00 | Session 4: Regional innovation ecosystems Forest Joensuu & Innovation Joensuu
Lauri Sikanen, Natural Research Institute (Luke)
Jarno Hämäläinen, Business Joensuu
Juha Purmonen, Photonics Centre
Päivi Pelli
Monday 24 August | Setting the Scene: A Systems View of Innovation and Futures
14:00 | Session 2: Forest industries in times of change, moderated by Päivi Pelli, EFI
This session provides perspectives on traditional forest-based industries and their downstream industries, and on how large companies build their innovation capacity and innovation systems in response to a changing operating environment.
Teppo Hujala
Monday 24 August | Setting the Scene: A Systems View of Innovation and Futures
16:00 | Session 3: Framework for innovation & futures thinking / Futures tools, Teppo Hujala, University of Eastern Finland (UEF)