Theme: Towards a future of 100% renewable energy
Place: Wärtsilä's office, Hiililaiturinkuja 2, Salmisaari, Helsinki
Time: 22.5.19, 15:00 - 19:00
How can we move to a more sustainable way of life as a society? In this intensive workshop, we’ll dive into the world of renewable energy and figure out together how our future will be like in 2030. Join us to see what kind of solutions are already possible in the realm of renewable energy, and most importantly, to ideate more viable concepts for the future. The topic will be observed from different viewpoints, such as: electricity production, transportation, cities and living, economy and investing, municipal influence and politics, and 100% renewable energy systems.
The workshop is organized and facilitated by the experts of Wärtsilä and Frantic. The workshop is aimed at anyone interested in the topic, no prior knowledge required.
Program:
15.00-15.30 Doors open, coffee, and light afternoon meal
15.30-16.30 Introductions
Welcoming words by the organizers: Frantic,
Wärtsilä, and Women in Tech
"Towards a 100 % renewable energy future": Eleonor
Hedström, Business, Innovation Manager, Wärtsilä
Intro to the Design Game workshop method: Emma
Laiho, Lead Designer, Frantic & Katja Vakula,
Service & UX Designer, Frantic
16.30-18.30 Workshopping
18.30-19.00 Wrapping up the workshop and mingling
Speakers and main facilitators:
Eleonor Hedström, Business, Innovation Manager, Wärtsilä
Eleonor has many years of experience from driving innovation projects in Wärtsilä, e.g. idea management tool implementation, innovation processes, intrapreneur programs, and start-up collaborations. Eleonor’s latest achievements include forming a community among Finnish energy players and incubation of a new business function.
Emma Laiho, Lead Designer, Frantic
Emma is a solid design professional who strives to design attractive services that create new business opportunities while serving the users better. With years of experience in user research, workshop facilitation, and usability evaluation, Emma has designed services for some of the leading companies in Finland.
Katja Vakula, Service & UX Designer, Frantic
With a background in engineering, Katja is a well-rounded design professional who aims to design functional, usable and lovable services that people want to use. Katja has extensive expertise in conducting user research and facilitating workshops.
About the organizers:
Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2017, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 4.9 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Frantic
Frantic is a Finnish digital service consultancy with over 100 experts in Helsinki and Tampere. Frantic develops its clients’ digital business and customer experience through human-centered design and modern application development. Read more at www.frantic.com.
Registration:
Registration will open on the 2nd of May at 12:00, when the link will be published in the discussion section of Facebook event. Please, note, that Facebook registration is not enough.
Everyone with keen interest in the future of business and technology, and irrespective of gender and background, is welcome to participate in Women in Tech events.
