How ICT based innovations play an ever increasing role in solving our global challenges? The session includes short presentations by renown experts followed by an interactive discussion.

This session covers in a tutorial manner areas where major hardware and software research breakthroughs may originate and, on the other hand, how ICT based innovations play an ever increasing role in solving our global challenges. The session begins with short introductions by renown experts followed by an interactive discussion.

Chair: Yrjö Neuvo, Professor, Aalto University, former CTO of Nokia and Member of Nokia Group Executive Board

Short introductions and panel discussion with:
Didier Deltort, Global General Manager Monitoring Solutions, President, GE Healthcare Finland
Sebastian Nyström, Head of Products Business, Nokia Technologies
Stuart Parkin, Millennium Prize Laureate 2014, IBM Fellow, IBM Almaden Research Center, Visiting Professor at Max Planck Institute, Martin Luther University

From Research to ICT Innovations is part of Aalto University Academic Summit programme. The summit will focus on how universities contribute in creating knowledge societies thereby facilitating economic development, job creation and well-being. The symposium will feature leading scientists and experts from all over the globe.