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Wellbeing Innovation Camp (WIC) 26.-29.10.2010

Themes: societal health, ubiquitous systems, physical exercise and health measurements.

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Description

Social media and ubiquitous computing solutions provide a fruitful platform for increasing social and individual wellbeing. We will create a process, network and platform for developing social media based innovations related to wellbeing and social inclusion. The activity will link basic research with participatory design, cross-domain education, data and text mining, rapid prototyping and spin-off promotion.

Wellbeing Innovation Camp (WIC) is a kick-off event for the innovation and education activities in this area. WIC will bring together students, researchers, and company representatives to provide a window to current activities and actors in Finland around wellbeing.

The camp consists of 3.5 days at Vierumäki in October, and a project dissemination day in December. Also a session for discussing and reviewing intermediate results will be organized in November (see the programme below). Virtual participation will be possible.

During the camp, problem-based learning is applied: participants will form multidisciplinary teams to carry out a small project work on a wellbeing related case. Project teams will continue their work during the fall, and present their results in December. Distance participation possibility is provided for international participants.

Wellbeing Innovation Camp Programme

You can find a detailed programme of the camp below and here as PDF. Some references are made to the Vierumäki area map.

Lectures are in Luentokaari (15b on the map), and meals in ravintola Wanha Sali (2b on the map).

TUESDAY, 26.10.2010

  • 11.30 Bus departs from Otaniemi, Espoo (Konemiehentie 2; bus company: Westendin linja)

  • 12.00 Bus departs from Arabia, Helsinki (Hämeentie 135)

  • 14.00 Arrival in Vierumäki; lodging into rooms

  • 15.00-15.45 Communication with and without computers
    PhD, docent Timo Honkela (Aalto University School of Science and Technology)

  • 15.45-16.15 Personal reflections on wellbeing concepts (free associations)

  • 16.15-17.15 Group forming exercises
    Thjien Liao (Aalto University School of Art and Design)

  • 18.00 Dinner

    WEDNESDAY, 27.10.2010

    THURSDAY, 28.10.2010

    FRIDAY, 29.10.2010

    Travel

    A shared bus transportation will be arranged according to the programme above. You can join us either in Otaniemi (address: Konemiehentie 2, Espoo) or at School of Art and Design (address: Hämeentie 135C, Helsinki).

    If you travel by car, please find your way to the Sports Institute in Vierumäki, Heinola, e.g. using Google Maps.

    If you need to come by public transport, we suggest that you take a bus to Heinola and take a taxi from there to Vierumäki Sports Institute (in Finnish: "urheiluopisto"). The bus timetables from Helsinki to Heinola on Tuesday are available. A search engine for bus connections is also available. The distance from Heinola to Vierumäki Sports Institute is about 14 km. If there is no taxi at the bus station, you can call any of the local taxi drivers in Heinola (Taksi Tapio Hilanko, +358 50 3586 311; Taksi Raimo Närvänen, +358 40 0491456; Taksi Markku Häkkänen, +358 40 0496451; Taksi Sami Putro +358 40 5408898, Taksi Juha Peltonen, +358 40 7260402; Taksi Jarmo Kojo, +358 40 0795822).

    Another option is to take a train or bus to Lahti and continue by taxi from there. The distance from Lahti to Vierumäki Sports Institute is about 30 km. The taxi fair costs about 50 euros. In Lahti, you can order the taxi from +358 3 8219800 or +358 600 300 41 (see http://www.taksilahti.com/ for details [in Finnish]).


    By car from Helsinki city center, View Larger Map


    By bus and taxi, via Heinola center (timing is not correct), View Larger Map

    T-61.6050 Course Information for Students

    See the course page in Noppa for more information about the course schedule.

    Venue

    The main event, Wellbeing Innovation Camp, will take place in Vierumäki Sports Institute. The institute is a versatile centre of education, leisure and sports. Vierumäki is the official training centre of the Finnish Olympic Committee and it is frequently visited by international athletes.

    The facilities at Vierumäki are of the highest standard and include an indoor athletics track, squash courts, tennis courts, several multiple purpose courts for other ball games, a fully equipped gym, a swimming pool, three golf courses (two 18 hole courses and one nine hole course), and several outdoor fields. The institute is located in the middle of beautiful Finnish nature. It takes more than 300.000 visitors per year, representing over 50 nationalities.

    Lodging will be in Vierumäki Sports Institute in rooms for two.

    Registration

    All students participating on the Camp must register using the registration form. The registration deadline is 10.10.2010. Please see from the list below the particular eligibility criteria related to your organisation.

    We would like the attending students to have a genuine interest in the area of wellbeing & lifestyle, and an interest in working in the field as part of one's career, as well as an interest in meeting and discussing with the company representatives in this field. For engineering students the camp will offer a chance to meet and discuss with concept design students, as well as to get and idea of the concept design process in the context of developing a wellbeing product.

    Aalto University School of Science and Technology

    The course is T-61.6050. In addition to registering for the Camp, please register to the course through Oodi.

    Aalto University School of Art and Design

    Interested students should contact prof. Turkka Keinonen, turkka.keinonen@aalto.fi. More information coming soon.

    EIT ICT Labs

    Participants from EIT ICT Labs Nodes are welcome. Both students, supervisors and interested researchers or company representatives are encouraged to attend. Information on how to register is coming soon.

    Student Registration:

    We can take a limited number of students to the summer camp. The places will be filled in registration order. EIT ICT Labs will cover costs for accommodation, local travel and meals for attending eligible students.

    To be eligible, you must be able to receive ECTS course credits for this course in your home university as part of your Master studies, or the topic of the camp should be related somehow to your PhD research topic. Supervisor recommendation is required to ensure this.

    Mobility funding that covers cheap flights is available for a limited number of EIT ICT Labs students.

    Researchers and company representatives

    The programme on 28th of October is intended to be of interest also to researchers and company representatives even from abroad. See this PDF for the preliminary programme. The event will provide opportunities to discuss further joint activities in the EIT ICT Labs Health and Wellbeing area.

    Researchers and company representatives are generally assumed to cover their own expenses. However, for a small number of participants from EIT ICT Labs Nodes we can cover the costs of lodging for 1-3 nights. General mobility funding from EIT ICT Labs may be applicable, please inquire your Node Director about this.

    For those interested in attending, please contact: krista.lagus@tkk.fi.

    Lodging

    Lodging will be in rooms for two. If you have a preferred roommate, please indicate it in the registration form.