Jari Mäkinen 17 March 2026
QMAT hoodies

Let’s kick things off!

The QMAT community is coming together this Thursday and Friday at the Aalto2 Museum Centre in Jyväskylä for our official kick-off meeting. Tero Heikkilä will open the event with a big-picture vision for the Centre, followed by presentations of the Work Packages – and, most importantly, plenty of opportunities to spark new collaborations.

Programme

Thursday, 19 March

Session 1 – Chair: Jose Lado

10:00 Kick-off opening (35 min), Tero Heikkilä
10:35 Administration (20 min), Anniina Runtuvuori-Salmela
10:55 WP1, Kezilebieke Shawulienu (JYU)
11:25 Break

Session 2 – Chair: Teemu Ojanen

11:35 WP1, Jose Lado (Aalto)
12:05 WP1, Peter Liljeroth (Aalto)
12:35 Lunch (~1 hour)

Session 3 – Chair: Kezilebieke Shawulienu

13:40 WP2, Teemu Ojanen (TAU)
14:10 WP2, Päivi Törmä (Aalto)
14:40 Coffee break
15:10 WP2, Tero Heikkilä (JYU)

15:40 Group photo (QMAT hoodies on!)

16:00–17:00 Break, museum tour & poster setup
17:00–19:00 Poster session (with refreshments & access to exhibitions)

20:15–22:00 Dinner at Alba

Friday, 20 March

09:00 Lab tour at Kezilebieke Shawulienu’s lab (Ylistö campus, two groups at 9:00 and 10:00)

11:00 Lunch at Uno Restaurant (Ruusupuisto)

Session 4 – Chair: Tero Heikkilä

12:00 WP3, Zhipei Sun (Aalto)
12:30 WP3, Pertti Hakonen (Aalto)
13:00 Coffee break
13:30 WP3, Mika Prunnila (VTT)
14:00 Closing words

14:30 End of the meeting

Presentation materials

For submitting presentation materials, please refer to Tero’s email.

Small-group meetings

Two dedicated time slots are available for pre-arranged small-group meetings focused on ongoing or future collaborations:

  • Thursday, 16:00–17:00 (before the poster session)
  • Friday, 09:00–11:00 (during the parallel lab tours)

Practical information

Venue:  https://aalto2.museum/

Alba hotel: https://www.hotellialba.fi/

Ruusupuisto Uno Restaurant: https://www.semma.fi/ravintolat/ruusupuisto/ravintola-uno/

Train station: https://visitjyvaskyla.fi/en/arriving/travel-centre-jyvaskyla/ 

Map: https://citynomadi.com/en/map?route=1dfd2d8ab5b2a662b58d9378f8afeac3