Fairs

We arrange several international fairs, conferences, seminars, symposiums, B2B meetings and match-making events, as well as introductions to new target markets, for companies every year. We handle all arrangements starting from reservations for the events, flights and accommodation. Our package service enables your company to focus on the essential at the events! Joint stands between several companies are the optimal way to maximise visibility, but every company can also have its own stand. Financial support for fair participation is also available through projects..

April

11.4.-13.4.2012 WIMA NFC Monaco, Monaco http://www.wima.mc/2012/content/Home-page/welcomeUK.php

WIMA is the leading global conference and exhibition exclusively dedicated to NFC services applications and, products. The event brings together the entire ecosystem with both transversal and vertical sectors from industry leaders to startups, and from application developers to merchants and service providers spanning a wide variety of industries. Join over 70 exhibiting companies with ready for market solutions plus 800 attendees in Monaco for the most exciting WIMA NFC Experience to date. Learn at first hand from the NFC leaders and innovators how NFC applications and products are enabling a multitude of services.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

19.4.2012 EWEA, Copenhagen, Denmark http://events.ewea.org/annual2012/

EWEA Annual Event is Europe's premier wind energy event; a place where the industry's brightest minds meet to exchange the latest knowledge, forge meaningful business relationships and create connections with influential people around the world. It combines a comprehensive, high-quality conference with a first class exhibition and incomparable networking opportunities.

Contact Virpi! virpi.colley@businessoulu.com

23.4.-27.4.2012 Energy, Hannover, Germany http://www.hannovermesse.de/en/about-the-trade-show/programme/tradeshows-lineup/energy

As the world’s largest trade fair for energy technologies, Energy functions as the ideal presentation and discussion platform for the products and solutions that contribute to an effi cient, sustainable, secure and competitive energy mix. The focus here is on conventional and regenerative energy generation concepts, as well as technologies for the transmission, distribution and storage of electric power.

Contact Virpi! virpi.colley@businessoulu.com

24.4.-26.4.2012 Infosecurity Europe, London, UK http://www.infosec.co.uk/

Infosecurity Europe, Europe's No.1 Information Security Event, is the meeting place for the entire industry, facilitating  meetings and networking opportunities between suppliers and active buyers, ensuring you are able to build relationships, develop business opportunities and demonstrate your product and service capabilities on the information security platform.

Contact Virpi! virpi.colley@businessoulu.com

24.-26.4.2012 BarentsSea Conference, Hammerfest, Norway
Time: 23.-25.4.2012
Place: Hammerfest, Arctic Culture Centre
Barents Sea Conference is the most relevant forum in the Northern Norway for the discussion of oil & gas-related activities, political terms of reference, industrial and business opportunities and energy sector politics. Barents Sea Conference held for the 7th consecutive years and has evolved to become one of the most important meeting places for the petroleum activities on the North Norwegian shelf. Barents Sea Conference looks forward to productive, innovative, and exciting days in Hammerfest last week of April - and wishes all participants welcome to the northern Norway. More information http://www.barentshavkonferansen.no/barents-sea-conference-201/
BusinessOulu offers financial support for SME's (50% support).

Contact Sanna! sanna.l.savolainen@businessoulu.com

25.4.-26.4.2012 Digital Kids, Los Angeles, USA http://digitalkidscon.com/

Now in our 6th year, Digital Kids Conference (formerly Engage!) 2012 takes place in Los Angeles, CA. Digital Kids provides companies the critical information they need to reach digital kids and connected youth through online and mobile technologies. Coverage will include social games, mobile and tablet apps, virtual worlds, social media and marketing and more.

Contact Nancy! nancy.ahola@businessoulu.com

26.4.-27.4.2012 RTT Excite, Munich, Germany http://www.rttexcite.com/

RTT Excite showcases the latest technologies across the industry and their diverse areas of application in the world of 3D realtime visualization. RTT Excite is a dynamic, interactive and international discussion platform providing comprehensive information about innovative technologies and solutions in 3D visualization for companies, analysts, universities and journalists.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

May   

7.5.-9.5.2012 World Of Health IT (WOHIT), Copenhagen, Denmark http://worldofhealthit.org/2012/

The WoHIT 2012 program is looking more promising than ever with cutting-edge, innovative and inspirational speakers. The content is primarily Hospital IT focused and provides practical information and concrete examples to assist European healthcare professionals in the betterment of healthcare through the effective use of information technology.

Contact Virpi! virpi.colley@businessoulu.com

8.5.-10.5.2012 CTIA Wireless New Orleans, USA http://www.ctiawireless.com/

CTIA is All Things Mobile. It is the best opportunity to create a more personalized, powerful experience at the one place for carrier services, enterprise, communications, apps, content and social networking. The International CTIA WIRELESS show draws more than 40,000 qualified attendees every year, hosts over 1,000 exhibitors and offers top-level speakers and the most comprehensive educational programming in the industry.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

14.-16.5.2012 Business delegation to Gällivare-Pajala, Sweden
Place: Gällivare, Kiiruna, Pajala

This business delegation is destined for companies, which have activities in mining, subcontracting in mining sector and having interests to cross-border trade in North. Delegation visits Boliden mine Aitik in Gällivare, LKAB subcontractor-day in Kiiruna, Pajala municipality and Northland mine-company in Pajala. This is also great possibility to companies have networking with Norwegian and Swedish participants of delegation. BusinessOulu offers financial support for SME´s (50% support).

Contact Sanna! sanna.l.savolainen@businessoulu.com

   
14.5.-17.5.2012 SVIAZ Expo Comm, Moscow, Russia http://www.expocomm.ru/en/index.html

Russia’s largest international exhibition for the telecommunications industry! For over 30 years, Sviaz-Expocomm has been the largest and most prestigious industry event in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. Every year it serves as the most excellent place for industry professionals to network, to promote technology and exchange information. Sviaz-Expocomm enjoys a high international standing and is one of the major events used by overseas IT manufacturers to promote their products and develop their business in Russia.

Contact Nancy! nancy.ahola@businessoulu.com

14.5.-17.5.2012 Tetra World Congress, Dubai, UAE http://www.tetraworldcongress.com/

TETRA World Congress is the meeting place of the international critical communications community and will welcome 2500 TETRA Users, Manufacturers, Network Operators, Application Developers and Systems Integrators from around the globe to Dubai in May 2012. Hear the latest experiences from the TETRA-User Focused Programme and access the latest TETRA Equipment And Applications!

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

15.5.-16.5.2012, Accelerate Oil&Gas, Sao Paolo, Brazil http://www.accelerateoilandgas.com/

Widely expected to be one of the most important events of 2012, AccelerateOil&Gas will afford PETROBRAS members, IOCs, EPCs and other key industry players the chance to meet with suppliers and contractors to explore project opportunities, technological solutions, financing vehicles and other issues critical to the formation and implementation of O&G based projects.

Contact Virpi! virpi.colley@businessoulu.com

   
22.-24.5.2012 NFC Solutions Summit, San Francisco, USA http://www.cvent.com/events/nfc-solutions-summit-2012/event-summary-428ceac64a914cfaa4b34ae53444cf08.aspx

The Smart Card Alliance and NFC Forum are pleased to present NFC Solutions Summit--the first comprehensive American showcase for the burgeoning technology of Near Field Communications. The NFC Solutions Summit will cover the state of this promising technology, developments in new NFC devices and add-ons, the status of the growing NFC ecosystem, the promise of NFC-enabled payments and other popular applications, NFC implementation, and American and international market forecasts.
   
Contact Nancy! nancy.ahola@businessoulu.com

June

10.-13.6.2012 Scanmet IV, Luleå, Sweden
Place: Nordkalotten Hotell & Konferens

The conference focuses on research and development activities in steel production, covering all process steps from iron making to continuous casting. The purpose is to bring together internationally recognised engineers and scientists from iron and steel producers, research institutes, universities and equipment suppliers to share knowledge and exchange ideas.
More information: http://www.scanmet.info/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
BusinessOulu offers financial support for SME´s (50% support).

Contact Olli! jukka.olli@businessoulu.com

12.-14.6.2012 Euro Mine Expo, Skellefteå, Sweden
Place: Skellefteå, Kraft Arena

Euro Mine Expo 2012, the international trade fair and conference for the mining industry and its suppliers. Business Oulu will have B to B meeting during Expo and companies are able to meet co-operators from Sweden and Norway.
More information about Expo: http://www.eurominexpo.com/index.php?id=1&visa=1&sidtyp=sida&Sidtitel=conference
BusinessOulu offers financial support for SME´s (50% support). Registration to the BusinessOulu B to B trip by 29.5.2012 to Sanna Savolainen.

Contact Sanna! sanna.l.savolainen@businessoulu.com  

19.6.-22.6.2012 CommunicAsia, Singapore http://www.communicasia.com/the-event.html

Network and join leading as well as home-grown exhibitors as they feature a comprehensive myriad of key and emerging technologies from FTTx, LTE, mobile broadband, mobile commerce and innovations, next generation services, satellite communications, smartphones & devices and many others. Together with the world-class knowledge based CommunicAsia2012 Summit, gain latest industry updates and take part in thought-provoking sessions by prominent industry players.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

September

17.9.-19.9.2012 NFC World Congress, Nice, France http://www.nfcworldcongress.com/

NFC World Congress has proven to be the world's leading event dedicated to near field communications business. Over three days this international exhibition and conference will unite again all the NFC value-chain players to consolidate and amplify the momentum of the contactless market.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

18.9.-22.9.2012 PT/EXPO COMM CHINA, Beijing, China http://www.expocommcn.com/en/

PT/EXPO COMM CHINA is the largest international ICT event held in Asia. The event will encompass new generation of information technology and focus on next NGN, Internet of things, Tri-Network Convergence, High Performance IC, High End Software etc. The convergence trend of Information Technology and consumer electronics products is getting more obvious. The event will provide more area for consumer electronics products presentation in order to fully present developing trend of the ICT industry.

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

October

23.10.-26.10.2012 ScanPack, Göteborg, Sweden http://www.scanpack.se/en/

ScanPack is Scandinavia’s largest meeting place for the packaging industry: Machinery, Materials, Equipment, Systems, Labelling/Marking, Packaging, Design, Biopacks!

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

November

14.11.-16.11.2012 COMPAMED, Düsseldorf, Germany http://www.compamed-tradefair.com/

The leading international marketplace for the medical supplier industry and product development! COMPAMED offers the complete range of products, materials and services for use in the medical industry: High-tech solutions, components, pre-products, packaging, new materials, innovations and products in the complex areas of microsystem technology / nanotechnology as well as „Electronic Manufacturing Services“ (EMS).

Contact Outi! outi.tiensuu@businessoulu.com

NANCY AHOLA
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VIRPI COLLEY
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IRENE OUKKA
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SANNA SAVOLAINEN
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OUTI TIENSUU
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