Research Service Days 2024

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Wednesday, August 21st at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences:

• 13:00-18:00 Networking meetings 
• 17:30-20:00 Opportunity to participate in a guided tour (for a fee) at Strömsö.

Thursday, August 22nd at the University of Vaasa:

• 8:30 Registration opens
• 9:00-10:00 Welcome and the first keynote
• 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
• 10:30-12:00 Second keynote, panel discussion, and practical matters
• 12:00-13:00 Lunch
• 13:00-14:30 Sessions
• 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00-16:30 Sessions

19:00-23:00 Dinner at the university. Bus transportation is arranged for the dinner.

Friday, August 23rd at the University of Vaasa:

• 9:00 Registration begins
• 9:30-11:00 Good morning session, Finn-Arman’s speech, and the third keynote
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30-13:00 Sessions
• 13:00-15:00 Lunch

Please note that the program is preliminary, and we reserve the right to make changes.

The theme of Research Service Days 2024 is Visions for the future. This year we are emphasizing anticipation and preparation for various changes in different areas of research administration.  Our track themes are: 

• Pre-award
• Post-award 
• Responsible and open research
• Open Science and Collaboration (international, companies)
• Data and openness

Research Service Days take place on 22–23 August 2024. Research Service Days is an annual event for the experts in research and development funding, innovation services, open science and other research management at universities of applied sciences and research institutes.

The registration fee includes:

• Participation and materials
• Coffee and lunch on the Research Service Days as marked in the programme
• Dinner and evening programme at the university on Thursday, 22 August 

Prices: (participants)

Registration fee (early) 350 eur + VAT 24%
Registration fee (late) 400 eur + VAT 24%

You also have opportunity to participate in a guided tour at Strömsö on Wednesday, 21 August. Additional fee for the tour is 20 eur + VAT 24%.

Early bird fee is valid until 30 June after which date late fees apply. Registration is open as long as places are available. Final registration deadline is on 8 August.

Registration to the Research Service Days

We have reserved a room quota for the participants of the Research Service Days in the following hotels: 

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Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna

55 x standard rooms
10 x superior rooms

Price: 

• 140 € / single standard room / day  or 160 € / double standard room / day
• 115 € / single superior room / day or 175 € / double superior room / day 

The prices include a rich buffet breakfast, access to the customer sauna within opening hours, access to the hotel gym. The given prices include value-added tax. The customer does not have the right to transfer the contract to a third party without the hotel’s or consent. Guests reserve rooms from the quota themselves using the reservation code BRSD24 by August 14, 2024. 

Original Sokos Hotel Royal

43 x standard rooms 

Price:

• 122 € / single standard room / day 
• 142 € / double standard room / day 

The prices include a rich buffet breakfast, access to the customer sauna within opening hours, access to the hotel gym. The given prices include value-added tax. The customer does not have the right to transfer the contract to a third party without the hotel’s or consent. Guests reserve rooms from the quota themselves using the reservation code BRSD24 by August 14, 2024

In addition, you can book a room at a discounted price from Scandic Vaasa, either from this link or by making a reservation at www.scandichotels.fi using the reservation code FIARB

We would like to offer you the opportunity to present your own research in the form of a poster at the upcoming Research Service Days. If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly ask you to inform us by email at rsd2024@uwasa.fi no later than August 8, 2024, so that we can reserve a suitable place for your poster.

Upon arrival at the event, we ask you to report your poster at the Research Service Days information desk, from where you will be directed to the location of your poster. We recommend adding a separate QR code to the posters, which allows other participants to delve deeper into your topic.

In our program, there is no separate poster session, but the posters are on display throughout the event. We encourage event participants to explore the posters especially during the coffee break on Thursday afternoon. We recommend that you be present at your poster at this time if you want to present your research in more detail.

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Vaasa is easy to reach from near and far. The airport is only about 10 minutes from the centre of Vaasa, and the railway station is right in the city centre.
 

The distance from the city centre hotels to the University of Vaasa campus in Palosaari is 1.8 km (Original Sokos Hotel Royal and Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna). Walking along the coastline (University of Vaasa - Inner Harbour) the distance is about 1.5 km and from the Inner Harbour to the city centre about 1 km.
 

Buses 1, 2 and 4 run between the city centre and the University of Vaasa. In the city centre, take the bus from Vaasanpuistikko (line 2) or Raastuvankatu (lines 1 and 4). 

When you arrive in Palosaari, get off at the first stop after the Palosaari bridge (Wolffintie 33).
 

Bus timetables and routes  
Taxi Vaasa (0600 300 11 or Taxi Vaasa app)
Map of Vaasa
For more detailed instructions on visiting and parking on campus and a map of the campus, please visit the university's website.

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Things to do in Vaasa 

Eat, drink & enjoy

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Getting around

• Get to know Vaasa on foot or on a bike

              Vaasa City Day on Foot or on a B | Vaasa

• Getting around in Palosaari and near campus 
  • Mansikkasaari beach
  • Onkilahti Park 
  • Onkilahti outdoor gym:  
  • Vaasa Shoreline Route 
• Busses & Taxi
  • Bus schedules and routes / Electronic journey planner
  • Taxi Vaasa (0600 300 11 or Taksi Vaasa app)
     
• Sights and attractions in Vaasa region
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