9:00-9:45          Morning session: Setting the scene

9:00-9:05       Welcome
Mari Walls, Director, CSC – IT Center for Science

9:05-9:25       Keynote talk
Professor Minna Palmroth, University of Helsinki

9:25-9:45       LUMI ecosystem enabling international research collaboration
for data-intensive studies and its future development
Pekka Manninen, Director, CSC – IT Center for Science

9:45-11:30     Early afternoon session: International research collaboration
– trends and practical experiences

9:45-10:20      5-minute pitch talks from Finland-Colorado and
Finland-Japan research collaboration projects

10:20-11:20    Panel discussion: International collaboration in data-intensive research
- opportunities and challenges from practical experience

11:20-11:30        Audience Q&A & conclusions of the discussion

11:30-13:00      Break

13:00-13:45    Afternoon session: Looking forward – how to intensify international research
collaboration through funding schemes and policies

13:00-13:30    Current and future science policy landscape
Erja Heikkinen, Director, Ministry of Education and Culture

13:30-13:45    Current funding schemes for international collaboration and their future development
Floora Ruokonen, Executive Director, Research Council of Finland

13:45-14:15    Collaboration with Finnish researchers from international perspective
– experiences and views of researchers from Colorado and Japan

                      13:45-14:05        Partnering up with Finnish researchers to address global challenges

                                    Professor Keiichi Maeda, Kyoto University (13:45-13:55)

                                    Dr. Gorden Videen, Space Science Institute, Colorado (13:55-14:05)

                      14:05-14:20        Video greetings from Japanese and Coloradan researchers

14:20-14:50      Steps forward – open discussion with on-site participants

14:50-15:00      Wrap-up of the day