POKE Symposium

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POKE symposium

Åbo Akademi University, Åbo

19-20.3.2015

Thursday (Aud. Ringbom, Axelia)

Chairman Professor Tapio Salmi

8.45 Opening remarks

9.00 Johanna Wassholm, Turku-Åbo region - a historical overview

9.50 POKE Group leaders: The present and future in research activities

10.20 Coffee

10.30 Martina Stekrova, Synthesis of biologically active compounds

10.50 POKE Group leaders: The present and future in research activities

12.00 Lunch, Restaurant Teini

13.00 Departure to Raisio Smart Chemistry Park (from Gamla Stortorget)

Presentation of Raisio Oyj

Presentations of companies and round walk

18.00 Dinner, Restaurant Koulu

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Friday (Aud. Brahe, Sibelius museum)

Chairman Professor Tapio Salmi

9.00 Kimmo Henriksson, DeltaLangh, Company/Maritime Scrubbers – current status and challenges

10.00 Selected scientific presentations: Pasi Tolvanen, Mikhail Golets, Tiina Aid

10.45 POKE Group leaders: The present and future in research activities

11.30 Lunch, Restaurant Hus Lindman

12.30 Departure to Meyer Turku (from in front of Axelia)

Company / activities presentation

Production and R&D at Meyer

Round walk in the production facilities and Mein Schiff 4

Meyer Werft

MEYER WERFT, based in Papenburg, was founded in 1795 and is in its sixth generation of family ownership. MEYER WERFT has achieved an excellent worldwide reputation over the last decades. The company is especially known due to the construction of huge, modern and sophisticated cruise ships.

Meyer Turku

Meyer Turku Oy is one of the leading European shipbuilding companies and specialised in building cruise ships, car-passenger ferries and technically demanding special vessels. Meyer Turku has 1,350 own employees and the shipyard area in Turku comprises 144 hectares.

Innovations like the first all-outside-cabin cruise ships, the prefabricated cabin and bathroom modules, and the indoor promenade originate from Turku shipyard. The orderbook of Meyer Turku consists of three cruise ships for German TUI Cruises. Mein Schiff 4 will be delivered in spring 2015, Mein Schiff 5 in spring 2016 and Mein Schiff 6 in the spring 2017.