SuomiAreena 2019 was a success – check out our highlights!

Tieto was one of the main partners of SuomiAreena 2019, the biggest public debate forum in Finland. The week took place in Pori from the 15th to the 19th of July attracting 73 000 visitors! 

The themes of SuomiAreena 2019 were future skills and innovations – and as a main partner of the event we organized full round of activities throughout the week in Pori.

“Participating SuomiAreena gave us a great opportunity to take part in the public discussion and introduce our data-driven innovations to the event visitors. SuomiAreena offers a great platform for different stakeholders to share and discuss about their future visions and views”, says Kia Haring, Head of Global Communications and Sustainability.

Our highlights in brief:

• At our data-driven hub at Kansalaistori we showcased the impact of data in our everyday life gathering 7500 visitors to the booth during the week.
• We organized a panel discussion on innovations and competitiveness together with Tech Industries of Finland with top speakers such as Peter Vesterbacka and the Minister of Economic Affairs. The panel attracted 500 listerners. 
• Another panel discussion on future scenarios was organized together with Children and Youth Foundation featuring e.g. Riku Rantala, Tuure Boelius and Katri Saarikivi for 400 listeners. 
• Tulevaisuusbileet, our future-themed evening party, was a great success and attracted 1200 visitors to listen about future visions and artificial intelligence. The evening culminated in one of the top Finnish artists, Ellinoora’s, concert.