Make the most of your conference and join the social events – meet & network with old and new colleagues!
Wed 29 May at 18:30 – 20:30 Get-together evening at Löyly
Hernesaarenranta 4, Helsinki
We welcome all ICBEM 2024 participants to the pre-conference Get-together & Networking event on Wednesday May 29.
Our setting is the iconic Löyly Sauna, Bar & Restaurant on the southern tip of Helsinki. During the informal evening, you will get to enjoy refreshments and the famous Löyly salmon soup. Finnish actor and fisherman Jasper Pääkkönen is behind the secret recipe of the soup, and he is also one of the founders of Löyly.
The entire sauna department and it’s adjacent terrace are reserved for ICBEM 18:30-20:30. Why not try the gentle steam of the smoke sauna and take a refreshing swim in the sea! We warmly recommend it, and remind you to bring your swimsuit as the saunas are mixed.
You can naturally join the party without going to sauna, the terrace towards the sea will be our outdoor venue.
Agenda
17:45 The private bus to Löyly departs from Aalto University Dipoli (Conference venue)/Hotel Radisson Espoo
17:50 Bus stops for pick-up at Hotel Radisson Espoo
18:30-20:30 The Löyly saunas and adjacent terrace are reserved for us and our staff will guide you how to find your way back by public transport tram number 6 to city centre or walk into city centre 20 min.
LÖYLY BAR, RESTAURANT, AND SAUNA
Löyly is one of the most popular things to see and do in Helsinki and the perfect setting for ICBEM 2024 participants to relax and wrap up their first day at the conference. In 2018, Löyly was among Time Magazine’s 100 Best Places in the World.
Sauna is an essential part of Finnish culture and the national identity. There are only 5.4 million Finns, but the country has 3.3 million saunas. Löyly is without a doubt one of the most popular public saunas in Helsinki – now you have the opportunity find out why.
Thursday 30 May at 17:00 Cruise & Dinner at Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen, Hanaholmsstranden 5
After the second conference day we will take you out for a tour at sea! A private boat will cruise along the shore and offer a small treat of seaside Espoo. We will pass the nearby Keilaniemi business park – a hub of high tech, innovations and business life, as well as the beautiful Espoo archipelago.
Unplugged from the buzz of the city ,our elegant, yet charming Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen is welcoming us. It is located on its own island on the border between Espoo and Helsinki, about 4 km from the Aalto University campus and conference venue. venue. Its Restaurant PLATS will serve us locally sourced, organic Finnish delicacies with hand picked wines!
The mission of Hanaholmen is to convey the benefits of Finnish–Swedish cooperation and to strengthen the Finns’ belonging to the Nordic family. Echoing the conference theme, the values and mission of Hanaholmen are peace, security and inclusion; culture, knowledge and education; sustainable welfare. The attracting building features many Nordic design details.
Agenda and how to Get to Hanaholmen
17:00 Our staff will guide you for the 5 min walk from Dipoli conference venue to the nearby Otaranta pier.
17:05 Another guide will walk with you from the adjacent Hotel Radisson Espoo.
17:15 Our private water bus will depart, the tour will take approximately 30 minutes. You can reach also Hanaholmen by public transport (Metro: Koivusaari station-2 stops from the Aalto University station).
18:00 Cocktail at Hanaholmen Culture Centre sponsored by City of Espoo
18:30 Dinner and Impro theatre show
21:45 we have bus transport back to Otaniemi and/or Helsinki city centre.
You will get a feel of the Nordic White Nights as midsummer will be celebrated only a few weeks later!