Agenda for Monday 13th June

All times are EEST (+1 hr CEST/UTC+3)

12.30 Press registration at Renforsin Ranta business park (address: Tehdaskatu 15, Kajaani)

12:45–13.30 Possibility to take pictures/video from the LUMI data center guided by a host

13.45–14.30 Press Conference

The following representatives will be answering the questions: Kimmo Koski, Managing Director, CSC, Finland; Roberto Viola, Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission; Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking; Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland, and Pekka Manninen, Director, LUMI leadership computing facility, CSC, Finland

The event will also be streamed; please remember to register if you plan to participate remotely.

Inauguration (LUMI data centre)

15:00 Inauguration ceremony and data centre tour 

• Ms. Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
• Mr. Petri Honkonen, Finland's Minister for Science and Culture
• Mr. Mika Lintilä, Finland's Minister for Economic Affairs
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• Ms. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary of Finland's Ministry for Education and Culture
• Mr. Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC - IT Center for Science
• Mr. Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• Mr. Jari Tolonen, Mayor of the City of Kajaani
• Mr. Gilles Thiebaut, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Northern Western Europe, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Dinner at the LUMI data centre

Additionally, a pre-inauguration seminar will be arranged from 10:00 – 13:05 at hotel Katinkulta, Vuokatti, Finland (address: Katinkullantie 15, Vuokatti).

The seminar will discuss the role of HPC as a game-changer in green and digital transformation. There will be opportunities for discussion and networking among the participants of the inauguration event.

Pre-inauguration seminar: HPC as a key technology for the digital transition

Venue: Katinkulta auditorium

10:00 Opening words

• Mr. Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC - IT Center for Science
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

10:10 Keynote addresses

• Mr. Petri Honkonen, Finland's Minister for Science and Culture
• Ms. Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission 

10:50 First panel discussion

• Ms. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary of Finland's Ministry for Education and Culture
• Mr. Raimo Luoma, Permanent Secretary of Finland's Ministry for Economic Affairs and Employment
• Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General of European Commission’s DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• Mr. Timo Pesonen, Director-General of the European Commission’s DG for Defence Industry and Space

11:35 Coffee break and possibility for further bilateral meetings

12:00 Panel discussion on the role of HPC in solving grand societal challenges

• Ms. Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the European Parliament
• High-level representatives from LUMI consortium countries and EU institutions

12:45 Comment: Future insights for boosting the dual transition and data economy with LUMI

• Timo Harakka, Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications

13:00 Closing words by representatives of the EuroHPC JU and the LUMI consortium