We have prepared an amazing program for you fellow senators to enjoy the meeting together. Keep following – the contents will update frequently and more and more information will be dropped for you
Senator Program
| Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Senator Lunch, Music Hall | Senate 50th Anniversary Seminar, The Cathedral | Farewell Brunch / Lunch, Senator Hotel | |||
| 13:00 | Senator Registration Starts | Senator Excursions | ||||
| 14:00 | Senator Sauna Experience, Pehkolampi | |||||
| 15:00 | Bumble Bee, Invite Only, Senator Hotel | |||||
| 16:00 | Senator Excursions | |||||
| 17:00 | Senator Golf – Nightless Night | Opening Ceremony – All delegates, Oulu Hall | Home Hospitality Dinner, Time TBD | |||
| 18:00 | Gala Night, All delegates, Oulu Halli | |||||
| 19:00 | ||||||
| 20:00 | ||||||
| 21:00 | Senator Bar Open | Senator Bar Open | Senator Bar Open | Senator Bar Open | ||
| 22:00 | Until Late |
SENATOR GOLF: NIGHTLESS NIGHT (100 €)
Tuesday June 11, start at 5 pm until late night
Welcome to Green Zone Golf Course, a remarkable 18-hole golfing paradise straddling the border of Finland and Sweden along the serene Torne River delta. This unique course, with 11 holes in Sweden and 7 in Finland, offers the world’s longest Hole-in-One opportunity on the 6th hole due to the time difference between the two countries. Surrounded by captivating water hazards, it provides a challenging yet exceptionally beautiful golfing experience, with extended daylight hours for midnight sun rounds. The first tee times are at 8:30 pm and the golf takes place in the midnight sun. Limited for 50 first registers. Trip incl. transportation, light meal, green fee, sauna. There are some golf sets and carts for rental for those who might need them.
DRONES IN CITY LOGISTICS (FULL)
Thursday June 13, at 9.45-11 am
City logistics take a considerable part in urban transportation. Inevitably, the last mile deliveries are partly responsible for degrading the environment. Towards more environmentally friendly city logistics, using different means of transport has been tested; one among them is drones.
Oulu is one of the fore runners developing drone deliveries. Join us to learn what are the possibilites of drones in city logistics and see why Oulu has excellent possibilities to develop drone deliveries. Drone pilot shows drones in action.
SENATOR LUNCH (30 €)
Thursday June 13, starts at 12 pm
Bar opens at 11.30 am
The senator lunch will be served at the wonderful Preludi Restaurant in the Oulu Music Hall. We will enjoy a wonderful three-course meal made by Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs chefs accompanied by an entertaining program. The restaurant will also have a cocktail bar.
Limited for 300 participants. Book latest on Wed 5 June.
BUMBLE BEE (Invite only)
Friday June 14, at 3 pm
Senator Hotel Sauna & Spa area
Sponsored by Bo LKV (real estate agent)
SENATORS’ 55TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR
Friday June 14 at 12:00 – 2:00 pm
The high-end seminar takes place at the Cathedral just opposite the senator hotel. The themes gather around safety, security and equality of people in the world and in all aspects. Internationally recognized and valued speakers will bring out their perspectives of the topics that will certainly evoke thoughts in the listeners.
The seminar is not religious, despite the venue.
Key-note speakers:
“Finnish Approach – Comprehensive Security”, Lieutenant colonel, director Petri Huovinen from the Finnish Defence Forces
“Navigating the Path to Happiness: Exploring Resilience and Responsibility in Europe”, Member of the Finnish Parliament Saara-Sofia Sirén of Finnish Coalition Party
Host: Dean, Novelist Satu Saarinen
HOME HOSPITALITY DINNER (FULL)
Friday June 14, evening starting at 6:00 pm
Do you want to get to know Finnish food, Finnish way of living and Finnish hospitality? The senators & honorary member of the Oulu region want to invite our international senator guests to their homes for a comfy, cosy and uncomplicated dinner.
The events are fully booked. There will be more information sent to home hospitality guests about a week before dinner time to their emails.
SENATOR SAUNA (FULL)
Saturday June 15, at 12:30-3:00 pm (Time changed)
When in Finland, one must definitely experience a Finnish sauna, the authentic and real. Afternoon sauna and swimming will be enjoyed at City of Oulu Pehkolanlampi guest house, where we also enjoy a traditional Oulu lunch, salmon soup. The trip is possible for the first 45 people to register.
SCIENCE AFTERNOON AT UNIVERSITY OF OULU (FULL)
Wednesday June 12 at 1:00 – 4:00 pm
During your visit you will hear interesting science talks, introduction to biodiversity unit and participate in discussion about business ethics. The event will be held at the beautiful University of Oulu science garden. The Excursion is limited to 40 first enrolled. Welcome to the University of Oulu!
BUSINESSASEMA’S FABLAB (FULL)
BusinessAsema brings together employees and employment in an environment that handily offers options for developing your personal expertise as well as your business. Fablab is one of many services offered in BusinessAsema. FabLab is a digital fabrication workshop and prototype laboratory where you can make almost anything. In FabLab you can find a laser and vinyl cutters, 3D printers, milling and sewing machines, for example. Join us at BusinessAsema for a short presentation and hands on workshop in Fablab! www.businessasema.com/en
Wednesday 12th June 12:30-14:00
Friday 14th June 14:30-16:00
Maximum number of partcipants: 12 people/ excursion
ALL DELEGATES PROGRAM
PRE-EVENT: BUBBLY BUFFET & BAVARIAN NIGHT (FULL)
Tuesday June 11, evening.
The bubbliest pre-event ever! The event is jointly organised by JCI Tar Valley Oulu and JCI Bavaria Germany. Come and enjoy good food, drinks and company, as well as great JC vibes. Buy your ticket HERE
WELCOMING CEREMONY
Wednesday June 12 at 6 pm
included in the registration fee
Bus transfers from hotels
GALA NIGHT
Saturday June 15 at 6 pm
included in the registration fee
Bus transfers from hotels
SENATOR FAREWELL LUNCH CANCELLED
Due to too few participants
TRANSPORTATION
It is easy to get here and moving from place to place in Oulu is pleasant and comfortable. Pick up the following tips for arriving in Oulu and getting around smoothly.
Flights
Finnair has several daily routes from all over the world to Oulu via Helsinki. www.finnair.com
Lufthansa has two weekly routes from Munich to Oulu. www.lufthansa.com
Lufthansa offers special price for EC-participants. You will reach the booking platform via this link https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/meetings-and-events-delegates and with the event code FIAPQKQ. The reduced fares are automatically displayed. Please enable pop-ups permanently in your browser while booking, otherwise the window in the booking platform will not open.
Train
Trains come from all main destinations in Finland. If you arrive by ship from the Baltic countries or Sweden, it is easy to travel the last leg by train. www.vr.fi/en
Getting around in Oulu
In Oulu nearly everything is within walking distance. Oulu people use bicycles a lot and Oulu is famous of its great cycling possibilities. Rent a bike or crab a green city bike and pay by your mobile. Taxies are safe to use call one or use Bolt. You can also use public buses to get to the EC events, use the app to find the best fare. Most of the buses drive just by the senator hotel.
TOURS FOR EXTRA EXPERIENCE
You might be interested in seeing a bit more of Finland. You will find a good selection of overnight pre and after tours as well as fun daily tours to experience Finnish nature and atmosphere more widely than just the city life. Please check these tours for for your convenience and book your own. The tours are arranged by our partner Saaga Travels
https://saagatravel.fi/en/product-category/jciec2024/
In partnership with