University Business Forum 2024
Collaborate with businesses from startups to billion-dollar companies, learn about the latest research and hear inspiring insights from Subhagata Mukherjee and other top speakers. UBF 2024 is an opportunity worth seizing!
Get ready to be inspired!
UBF 2024 is coming with a new inspiring theme: People, Planet, Profit — emphasizing our shared journey towards regenerative business practices and sustainable transformation!
We are thrilled to announce our first confirmed keynote speaker: Mr. Subhagata (Subho) Mukherjee, Nokia's Vice President and Global Head of Sustainability shares groundbreaking strategies for creating lasting sustainable impact.
Subho is a global leader with broad experience in strategy, technology and innovation management, organizational impact & transformation and leadership positioning at large multinational companies. At Nokia, Subho leads the company’s global sustainability strategy, programs, and initiatives, including its overall Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) responsibilities. Subho’s focus areas include climate, circularity, bridging digital divide, industrial decarbonization, security and data integrity, responsible supply chain, responsible use of technology and new incubations in climate and nature related technologies.
Now you have the opportunity to hear the insights of an expert, the likes of which are rarely seen in Finland, in your own hometown! Join us for an experience filled with inspiration, networking, latest research and collaboration opportunities.
Stay tuned, the other speakers and more updates will be announced later!
Program
08:30-09:00 Coffee, registration and networking
09:00-10:30 Inspiration for “People, Planet and Profit” (Saalastinsali) with welcome words by Arto Maaninen, Vice Rector for Cooperation
Keynote:
There is no green without digital, Subhagata Mukherjee, VP, Global Head of Sustainability, Nokia
10:30-10:50 Coffee and networking (Tellus)
10:50 – 11:20 More inspiration: short thematic sessions
11:20-11:30 Short break
11:30- 12:00 More inspiration: short thematic sessions
12:00-13:00 Lunch at Saalastinsali
This year's thematic sessions (updates later)
Regenerative energy solutions
Metaverse: technologies and case-studies
People perspective: Regenerating business with unified actions
Multidisciplinary research for societal impact
University research labs and infrastructures at your service!
UBF is the University of Oulu’s main event for industry-university collaboration and is now organized for the 6th time. This half-day event is free of charge. The language of the event is English.
Welcome!