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Engineering Sustainable Development: What's Happening at Tampere University?

Tampere University
LocationKorkeakoulunkatu 7, 33720 Tampere
Kampusareena auditorium A223, Tampere University, Hervanta campus
Date19.5.2026 13.00–16.00 (UTC+3)
Registration deadline: 13.5.2026,23.59 (UTC+3)
LanguageEnglish
Entrance feeFree of charge
How can the engineering of new IT help achieve the sustainable development goals? Warm welcome to the afternoon seminar to find out and discuss what is happening at Tampere University on this front!

Program

The seminar program consists of 15–20 minute talks presenting the versatile research carried out at Tampere University on engineering approaches relevant for sustainable development goals. After each talk, 5-10 minutes is reserved for questions.

13:00 – Coffee

13:15 – Welcoming words
Thomas Olsson, professor in Human-Centered Design and director of DigiSus research platform

13:20 – Green Data Engineering
Toni Taipalus, assistant professor in Software Engineering

13:45 – Approximate computing for improved (AI) sustainability
Jari Nurmi, professor in Communications Engineering

14:10 – Non-Toxic Printed Supercapacitors for Sustainable Low-Power Electronics
Chirag Mevada, postdoctoral research fellow in Tampere Electronics Research Center

14:35 – Break

14:45 – Sustainable Development with AI/IT
Mika Saari, university instructor in Computing Sciences

15:10 – How shall we train digital systems engineers to ecodesign?
Maxime Pelcat, professor at INSA Rennes, France

15:35 – Closing discussion
 

Organiser

Digital and Sustainability Transitions in Society (DigiSus) research platform

Further information

digisus@tuni.fi