Seminar: Remote, Hybrid, Resilient: Shaping the Future of Work and Business

Seminar 19th November 2025 in Lahti. Morning session & two afternoon workshops are also accessible online.

Join us for a Seminar on Remote, Hybrid, Resilient – Shaping the Future of Work and Business – Seminar 19th November 2025 in Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Open to all curious minds — business leaders, educators, students, researchers, experts, and policymakers

Venue: Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Mukkulankatu 19, Lahti, Hall A122

The event is free of charge and will be held in English. Morning session & two afternoon workshops are also accessible online.

Register by 3 November to secure your spot – but don’t wait too long, as registration may close earlier if all places are taken Register to the seminar by clicking here

The event is organised by the Distance Lab project funded by the European Union Interreg Baltic Sea Region program.

Program

9.00 Coffee & Chat to Start the Day  

9.10 Words of Welcome from Organizers,  

• Heidi Myyryläinen, LAB University of Applied Sciences

• Leena Toivanen, Centria University of Applied Sciences 

9.15 Exploring Remote Together: 9 Journeys, Many Insights

• Business lab for distance collaboration and development, Marie Holmgren, IUC Norr
• Developing Remote Networking Methods That Matter, Irma Bagdonienė, Kaunas Science and Technology Park
• From Physical to Digital – ‘Networking Methods’ in Practice – Aligning Tool, Organisation and Culture, Ingrid Gjelsvik and May Britt Roald More and Romsdal County Council
• Doing Well in Remote, Laura Palovuori, Centria University of Applied Sciences
• Running Hackathons in a Hybrid format, Linas Eriksonas, Lithuanian Innovation Centre
• Rethinking Innovation: Lessons the International Multidisciplinary Living Labs Network Holds for All of Us, Davis Vitols, University of Latvia
• Perspectives to distance interaction skills and sustainability, Sami Heikkinen, Marja Jordberg-Gilabert, Heidi Myyryläinen, LAB University of Applied Sciences
• Eight Labs, Six Countries, One Network: Lessons from the Living Lab Journey, Uldis Fridrihsbergs, Ventspils High Technology park
• Moving the Living Lab Forward. From Idea to Future Challenges, Anna Molter, Rzeszow Regional Development Agency
• Challenges in Business – Oriented Cluster coordination. Use of the LL Approaches in Various Fields of Cluster Activities, Marek Ostafil, Smart Secure Networks

11.30 Open Discussion  

12-13 Lunch 

13.00 Greetings from the Policy Area Coordinator

• Greetings from the Policy Area Coordinator – Innovation, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Esa Kokkonen, Director, The Baltic Institute of Finland, Policy Area Coordinator, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – Policy Area Innovation

13.10 Join the conversation: Connecting the Baltic Sea Region remotely

• Facilitators: Davis Vitols, University of Latvia Laura Palovuori, Centria University of Applied Sciences and Emmi Ollila, LAB University of Applied Sciences

14.00 Coffee Break 

14.30-15.30 Parallel Interactive Sessions: Exploring together where we are now and where we’re going

• Workshop A: Remote Innovation & Communication
  Facilitator: Marie Holmgren, ICU Norr. Room:  A127

• Workshop B: Remote Business Strategies, Facilitator: Leena Toivanen, Centria University of Applied Sciences. Room: A128  

• Workshop C: Designing Sustainable Business Models at Distance 
  Facilitator: Heidi Myyryläinen, LAB University of Applied Sciences. Room:  A135

• Online workshop D: Remote communication, innovation and business, Facilitator: Emmi Ollila, LAB University of Applied Sciences the link will be sent before the event, if you have registered to online workshop

If you are outside the Baltic Sea Program area (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Denmark, Germany), please share your affiliation. We’ll review all requests and send confirmations where possible.

The event is organised by the DistanceLab project funded by the European Union Interreg Baltic Sea Region program.

Welcome to the inspiring seminar!