Keyword: Conference

The International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB Conference) will be held in Turku at the Turku City Theatre from June 2 to 4, 2025. The RRB Conference is known as one of the most prominent forums in the fields of bioeconomy and green chemistry, and it continues to foster innovation, collaboration, and knowledge exchange among academic researchers, industrial leaders, and venture capital experts from around the world. 

The 25th International Nursing Ethics Conference is organised at the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku on 28–29 August 2025. The call for abstracts is open until 28 February 2025.

Already seventh multidisciplinary, international WORK2025 conference on work and working life research is organised in hybrid format on 20–22 August 2025 by Turku Centre for Labour Studies (TCLS). WORK2025 offers 18 exciting research streams, several keynotes, and breaks in between the sessions to share knowledge, research results, and to discuss new directions in research. The theme of the conference, Work in the era of unruly AI, highlights some of the most significant recent changes in working life.

Discoveries made when biology meets computational sciences are revolutionising the landscape of life sciences and healthcare. Computational biology and bioinformatics are driving this transformation, helping researchers analyse vast amounts of biological data. European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) is Europe’s main event in computational biology and bioinformatics this year, bringing 600–800 experts to Turku, Finland, on 16–20 September 2024.

Multidisciplinary, international WORK2023 conference on work and working life research is organised in hybrid format on 23-25 August 2023 online and at the University of Turku. The call for abstracts is now open. Abstracts are accepted by 28 February 2023. All presented abstracts are published as an e-book of abstracts.

Dependence on technology underline the need for ethics and constructive debate

As COVID-19 hastens the implementation of digital tools in virtual communication and remote work, many sectors of our societies are becoming even more dependent on the use of technology.  Reactions to the pandemic have included questionable approaches to contact tracing through smartphone apps, and invasive surveillance monitoring of our working-from-home practices.

The 2021 International European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) conference has been decided to be organised in Turku. The conference welcomes research centres providing light microscopy services and equipment, as well as companies in the field from Europe and elsewhere around the world to Turku.