Program

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Day 1: Wed. October 1st


09:00	Registration Registration opens, with tea/coffee & time for initial networking	LUT Main Lobby
10:00	Opening of the 2025 T.I.M.E. Conference LUT Rector Prof. Juha-Matti Saksa T.I.M.E Association President Prof. Didier Clouteau	Room 2310
10:15	Understanding LUT and the Finnish context: Internationalisation, Research, and Education. LUT University Provost Prof. Mari Kallioinen-Mänttäri	Room 2310
11:15	Education with a Purpose Dr Kimmo Rauma	Room 2310
12:15	Lunch break	LUT Buffet
13:15	Lakeside walk Opportunity for a healthy walk by Lake Saimaa. Indoor activities in case of bad weather.	LUT Main Lobby
14:30	Business and cultural immersion: understanding Finland Prof. Karl-Erik Michelsen Tanja Karppinen	Room 2310
16:00	Tea & coffee break	Kärkikabinetti by LUT Buffet
16:30	T.I.M.E. Speed Dating Organised by the LUT Entrepreneurship Society, this will be a dynamic networking session designed to facilitate introductions between members, showcase institutional profiles, and initiate discussions around potential areas for academic collaboration. For participants registered to Speed Dating on the registration form.	LUTES Parvi
17:30	Transportation from campus to the Cocktail Reception Transportation provided from LUT's Lappeenranta campus to cocktail networking event in the city. The Cocktail Reception at 18.00-19.30.	Raatihuone, Lappeenranta

Day 2: Thu. October 2nd

^{T.I.M.E. Association president's day - specific schedule to be sent to the rectors.}


08:30	Registration Registration opens, with tea/coffee & time for networking		LUT Main Lobby
09:00	Redefining knowledge and learning in the AI era Paavo Ritala, Professor of Strategy and Innovation, LUT University		Room 2310
	Group photograph		Room 2310
10:00	T.I.M.E. Association workshops #1 1 - Improving the diversity, equity and inclusion of double degree program (Dr. Johanna Naukkarinen, associate professor, LUT University) 2 - Enhancing students’ intercultural communicative competence in collaborative online environments (Prof. Marta Aguilar-Pérez, associate professor of English for Special Purposes and technical communication, Universitat Politècnicade Catalunya, Barcelona Tech) 3 - A New Face of Mining Engineer—International Curricula to Sustainable Development (Anna Gogolewska, PhD Eng. Wrocław Tech.; Maria Mamelkina Development Manager, LUT University) 4 - Industrial Technology serving Sustainability (Sveta Morris, Sustainability Director – Nordics, L'Oréal; Mohamed-Saad El-Harrab, Deputy Dean of Industrial Engineering Department, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées)		Room 1326 Room 1247 Room 1245 Room 1325
	11:00-12:00	11:00-13:00	Gallery hall & Third corridor
	Campus & lab tour #1 Meeting point at Street Café on the 3rd floor Junior University & JHC Power-to-X & Nuclear Engineering Separation Sciences & Mechanical Engineering (steel structures, welding technology, packaging technology)	T.I.M.E. international study fair Information	Gallery hall & Third corridor
13:00	Lunch break		LUT Buffet
14:00	Campus and lab tour #2 Meeting point at Street Café on the 3rd floor Junior University & JHC Power-to-X & Nuclear Engineering Separation Sciences & Mechanical Engineering (steel structures, welding technology, packaging technology)
15:00	T.I.M.E. Association workshops #2 5 - Preparing engineers for industry 5.0 : a T.I.M.E. perspective (Prof. Masao Nagakawa, Associate Professor at Doshisha University, Japan; Prof. Lucas Equeter, junior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering University of Mons) 6 - Double Degree in Energy Technology -our challenges (Franziska Arens, exchange coordinator, LUH; Katja Hynynen, associate professor Electrical Engineering, LUT University; Päivi Sikiö, associate professor Energy, LUT University) 7 - Creating and capitalizing on the synergies between management actions and grassroot initiatives to develop engineers prepared to work globally for a sustainable future (Jonas Niklewski, Lund University; Ivar Björnsson, Lund University)		Room 1325 Room 1326 Room 1247
16:00	Close of day two Time for personal appointments & to explore Lappeenranta at own leisure
16:15	AC Members meeting 16:15-17:15		1245
19:00	T.I.M.E. 2025 Gala Dinner 19.00 Welcome drink 19.30 Dinner 22.00 Dancing with the band Overdrive		Kehruuhuone, Lappeenranta Fortress

Day 3: Fri. October 3rd


08:30	Registration Registration open		LUT Main Lobby
08:45	T.I.M.E. General Assembly		Room 2310
	11:00	11:10
	Coffee break	AC Members meeting	Room 1245
11:30	T.I.M.E. General Assembly		Room 2310
13:30	Farewell Lunch		LUT Buffet
	Start of optional social program. Access is limited to those who have signed up in advance.
14:30	Afternoon sauna by Lake Saimaa Access is limited to those who have signed up in advance. Towels are provided, please have your own swimming suit and hygiene products.		From LUT Main Lobby short walk to Vierula, Lake Saimaa
17:30	Close of day three

Day 4: Sat. October 4th


08:30	Trip to Verla - UNESCO world heritage site A visit to Verla - former wood-grinding mill, a key site in the industrial history of Finland. Lunch is served during the visit. Access to this trip is limited to those who have signed up in advance.
14:00	Mini city tour of Lahti Short tour of Lahti (European Green Capital 2021) & view of LUT's Lahti Campus
15:00	Close of day four The trip will end at Lahti Travel Center, where you can conveniently continue your journey by train to Helsinki Airport (travel time from Lahti 1 hour) The bus returns to Lappeenranta, with an estimated arrival time around 17:00.

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Trip to Verla - UNESCO world heritage site

A visit to Verla - former wood-grinding mill, a key site in the industrial history of Finland.
Lunch is served during the visit.

Access to this trip is limited to those who have signed up in advance.

14:00

Mini city tour of Lahti

Short tour of Lahti (European Green Capital 2021) & view of LUT's Lahti Campus

15:00

Close of day four

The trip will end at Lahti Travel Center, where you can conveniently continue your journey by train to Helsinki Airport (travel time from Lahti 1 hour)

The bus returns to Lappeenranta, with an estimated arrival time around 17:00.

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