FINMARI Researcher Day 2024
Date: 07.03.2024Location: Vuorimiehentie 5, 02150 Espoo
The Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! In 2024, the annual FINMARI Researcher Day is held at the Geological Survey of Finland.
Date: Thursday 7 March 2024, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (UTC+2)
Location: Auditorium, Geological Survey of Finland GTK
Address: Vuorimiehentie 5, 02150 Espoo, on the map
We are delighted to offer timely keynote speeches by
- Aleksi Nummelin, FMI: What Destination Earth Digital Twins have to offer for the ocean realm
- Isaac Santos, University of Gothenburg: Submarine groundwater discharge
- Nicolas Pade, EMBRC: European Marine Biological Resource Centre EMBRC
The day`s program consists of presentations, posters, and pitches about the ecological state, bio- and geodiversity, the effects of climate change, the green transition, and other current topics relevant to marine research in the Baltic Sea.
Please note, that this is an on-site event only and registration is required.
Registration for the event has closed.
FINMARI Researcher Day 2024 program
| Time (UTC +2) |
Presenter |
Presentation title |
| 9:00 | Morning coffee and registration | |
| 9:30 | Aku Heinonen, Director, Science and Innovations, GTK | Opening address |
9:40 |
Session 1 Ι Chair: Aarno Kotilainen (GTK) |
|
| Isaac Santos | Keynote presentation: Submarine groundwater discharge | |
| Joonas Wasiljeff | Morphology Modulated Magnetic Characteristics in Coastal Fe-Mn Concretions | |
| Anu Kaskela | Seabed geodiversity of the Archipelago Sea, the Baltic Sea | |
| Saara Mäkelin | Drivers of variation in benthic faunal carbon and nutrient stocks over temporal and spatial scales | |
| Leena Virta | Benthic diatoms in a changing Baltic Sea | |
| Discussion, Q&A | ||
| 11:00 | Technical break | |
11:15 |
Session 2 Ι Chair: Joonas Virtasalo (GTK) |
|
| Aleksi Nummelin | Keynote presentation: What Destination Earth Digital Twins have to offer for the ocean realm? | |
| Leena Laamanen-Nicolas | State of the Baltic Sea | |
| Sakari Sarkkola | Presentation of the infrastructure and operation of the forest water pollution monitoring network | |
| Kari Lehtonen | Detection of effects of environmental stressors on aquatic organisms | |
| Kimmo Tikka | New results and future plans in Glider observation in the Baltic Sea | |
| Lauri Laakso | Geopolitical situation in the Baltic Sea – research needs and funding opportunities | |
| Discussion, Q&A | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
14:00 |
Poster session Ι Chair: Maiju Lehtiniemi (Syke) |
|
| Poster pitches á 3 min, followed by a poster gallery walk & afternoon coffee | ||
15:00 |
Session 3 Ι Chair: Joanna Norkko (UHEL Tvärminne Zoological Station) |
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| Nicolas Pade | Keynote presentation: European Marine Biological Resource Centre EMBRC-ERIC | |
| Christian Pansch-Hattich | Four years of mesocosm development and research across environmental gradients in the archipelago of SW Finland | |
| Conny Sjöqvist | Temperature optima of a natural diatom population increases as global warming proceeds | |
| Lars Pelikan | Duration of coexistence with a novel type of invasive predator increases prey survival | |
| Aarne Lauerma | The effects of maternal thyroid hormones on the egg size, hatching success and larval properties of the Baltic herring in the Baltic Sea | |
| Nicolas Goñi | An overview of current knowledge gaps on Bothnian herring ecology, and how to address them | |
| Discussion, Q&A | ||
| 16:30 | Closing and FINMARI 10-yr cocktails | |
Further information
The FINMARI website:
FINMARI ‒ Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure
Questions about the event? Please contact: events@gtk.fi
