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20.08.2024

Startup IPR and Funding – Location Innovation Seminars in Tampere, Helsinki and Turku

We are organizing enlightening information seminars focused on startup Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and funding opportunities.
07.06.2024

Client story: City of Turku – new expertise in geographic information management

City of Turku gained new skills by using the Location Innovation Hub's Borrow a Researcher service and training in the use of new technologies.
16.05.2024

The Best Use of Location Information Award – submit your entry by 8 September 

We are launching the WDBE Best use of Location Information Award with KIRAHub to recognise the teams that are making a difference.
03.05.2024

Client Story: The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation – spatial data skills for nature conservation

The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) is the oldest and most influential environmental organisation in the country. The Location Innovation Hub provided the FANC with tailored training on the use and exploitation of geospatial data to support their advocacy work.
02.05.2024

Client Story: Skyfora – making weather forecasts more accurate in a changing environment

Skyfora is an innovative Finnish company that produces weather instruments, weather measurement methods and weather forecasts. The Location Innovation Hub provided Skyfora with technical consultancy and test environments.
24.04.2024

Finns solved the ghost car problem – more location innovation needed for a circular economy

Did you know that an estimated four million cars disappear in Europe every year? This means that cars that are no longer roadworthy are not recycled as required by law but can end up in backyards and on the side of the road. They are ghost cars that cause all kinds of problems.