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New innovations for the health and well-being sector: Geospatial Challenge Camp kick-off 25.9. in Espoo
The Geospatial Challenge camp will kick off next week, when the challenge partners and the research teams will introduce themselves and start working together. The kick-off event will take place at Aalto University's Otaniemi campus. The two-day event will include an open session on 25 September from 13-17, where the challenge concept and the data and support offered by the partners will be presented.
All those interested in the educational activities of the Location Innovation Hub and location data and technology innovation in the health and well-being sector are welcome to attend.
Register here before 12pm on Friday 22nd September. Select session 2 on the form.
Programme for 25.9.
13.00 Geospatial Challenge Camp 2023 opening words
- Short introduction to GCC concept and mission
- Geoportti RI – The Hub for Finnish Geospatial Research and Education Resources
- LIH – Centre of Excellence in Location Information (European Digital Innovation Hub)
13.20 Introduction to the GCC2023 theme “Health and Well-being”
- subtopics of the challenge
- emerging needs from the community of scientists and practitioners
13.50 GCC2023 for sustainable digital geospatial solutions
- vision for the sustainability
- practical tips and ideas
14.15 Coffee/Tea
14.45 Partner perspectives to GCC2023
- Varha
- HealthHub Finland (Henrik Honkanen)
- University of Oulu (Harri Antikainen)
- GISPO (Sanna Jokela)
- CSC (Samantha Wittke ): LUMI and CSC computing resource opportunities
- Geoforum (Miika Kostamo)
16.00 Q&A
- Discussion of the forms of cooperation between camp participants, mentors and partners
- Good practices and tips
- Important milestones and weekly mentoring
17.00 Closing and way forward
The Geospatial Challenge Camp is a new innovative service from Geoportti and the Location Innovation Hub (LIH) that aims to solve real-world sustainability challenges using open data and location technologies. The theme of this year's Geospatial Challenge Camp is health and well-being. It will start in September and run for 10 weeks.
