Please note: this event and its registration form are in Finnish.
Welcome to the fourth day of Turku Tech Week! The day consists of two parts: the Turku Chamber of Commerce seminar ICT2026: Human x Artificial Intelligence and the ICT Showroom. Read more below and register for the third day’s events!
ICT2026: Human x Artificial Intelligence
The traditional seminar organised by the ICT Committee of the Turku Chamber of Commerce focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in the future of work. The keynote speech will be delivered by Minna Huotilainen, who researches learning and better working life.
At the seminar, we will discuss the use of AI in the business world and its role in decision-making. AI is entering the human domain of work – but what role do we want to give digital tools, and what role should be reserved for human creativity?
We will hear examples of how work has been made more efficient and where humans still reign supreme.
The event will also see the announcement of the ICT Achievement of the Year award as well as the results of the Turku Chamber of Commerce ICT survey.
Time: Thursday 5 March 2026, 9.00–11.00
Venue: Myy Auditorium, ICT-City
Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3–5, 20520 Turku
Parking: Parking is managed by Aimo Park. The new ParkCity facility (Joukahaisenkatu 8) offers plenty of parking spaces.
Programme
8.30 Coffee service
9.00 Opening of the event
Creative focus: the role of AI in the workplace of the future
Professor Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen is a professor and brain researcher who studies learning and better working life. She works at the University of Helsinki and is also well known as a non-fiction author. She has, among others, co-authored the book Aivot työssä with Katri Saarikivi and Keskittymiskyvyn elvytysopas with Mona Moisala.
Presentation of the results of the Turku Chamber of Commerce ICT survey
Panel discussion
Presentation of the ICT Achievement of the Year award
11.00 Event ends
HyväÄly project funder
The aim of the University of Turku’s HyväÄly project is to develop practices for adopting artificial intelligence that support employee wellbeing, companies’ competitiveness, and the ethical and sustainable development of AI.
Inquiries
Olli Hakala
Turku Chamber of Commerce
+358 50 60 177
olli.hakala@kauppakamari.fi
ICT Showroom Exhibition
ICT Showroom is an exhibition and competition where students present project work completed over the past year. ICT Showroom is jointly organised by Turku University of Applied Sciences, the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi.
The event will be held at Turku University of Applied Sciences’ Kupittaa campus on Thursday 5 March 2026, 10.00–15.15 (the exhibition runs until 13.30).
Time: Thursday 5 March 2026, 10.00–15.30
Venue: ICT-City
Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3–5, 20520 Turku
Programme
Read more about the exhibition day on the ICT Showroom website!
Further information
Jerker Björkqvist
Åbo Akademi
jerker.bjorkqvist@abo.fi
ICT Showroom 2026 is organised by the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi and Turku University of Applied Sciences. We reserve the right to make changes.
From Maps to Code: Data Club Opens Up the Possibilities of Geospatial Data (Webinar)
Lounaistieto’s Data Club is back! Our March Data Club is also part of the Turku Tech Week side programme, and we warmly invite everyone interested in geospatial data and data utilisation to join.
Would you like to learn more about maps and coding? At the spring Data Club, we will explore the National Land Survey of Finland’s topographic data. In addition, Gispo Oy will present cartographic generalisation using Python algorithms, and the City of Turku will introduce open and paid datasets available via its ordering service.
Time: Thursday 5 March 2026, 13.00–14.00
Venue: Webinar
Programme (preliminary)
Renewal of the National Land Survey’s topographic data and maps
Teemu Saloriutta, National Land Survey of Finland
Cartographic generalisation with Python algorithms
Juho Ervasti, Gispo Oy
Open and paid geospatial datasets available via the City of Turku
Jani Helin, City of Turku
Further information
info@lounaistieto.fi