Pulp & Breakfast event with VTT in Espoo: Accelerating innovations into business requires versatile experience
Welcome to PI’s Pulp & Breakfast event in Espoo, organized by PI and VTT! Join us to explore and discuss the latest innovations in the forest industry and discover the accelerator services offered by the Finnish ecosystem. In addition to learning how innovations are developed and supported, the event will highlight the diverse roles involved in new business development and the opportunities to engage with start-ups and emerging ventures.
Registration for the event has been closed.
Time: Friday, March 13, 2026, 8:00–10:15 AM
Location: Einstein, VTT Centre for Nuclear Safety (Kivimiehentie 3, Otaniemi, Espoo)
Language: English
Programme at a glance:
8:00 Arrivals and breakfast available
8:30 Welcome words
Antti Lindqvist, Managing Director, Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association
8:40 From Research to Impact: Scaling Innovations
VTT LaunchPad – The science-based deep-tech incubator
Lotta Partanen, Head of Incubation and Acceleration, VTT
EriCa Reactor – Accelerating green innovations from lab to market
Toni Pienonen, Partner, Crazy Town Oy
Advancing bioproduct innovation cases towards business
Juha Lipponen, Professor of Practice, Aalto University
Please note: Juha Lipponen is unfortunately unable to join the event.
9:20 Our story: start-up case presentations
Fiberdom – Duncan Mayes, CTO and Board member, Fiberdom
Lumir – José Cucharero-Moya, Acoustics Expert, Doctoral Researcher, Lumir
9:45 Closing words and networking
10:15 Closing the event
More information about the event: Donika Morina, donika.morina(at)puunjalostusinsinoorit.fi
We reserve the right to make changes to the programme.