PRINSE'26
Seminar program
9th PrintoCent Industry Seminar
Wed 28.1.2026
Venue: University of Oulu, Aapistie 5A
08.15 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel via Sokos Hotel Arina to the PRINSE’26 event venue
09.00 – 10.45 Opening & Keynote (Leena Palotie -sali)
Grand opening will lay the setting for an exciting seminar!
Chair - Kari Rönkä, Chairman of PrintoCent, VP, VTT
09.00 Welcome and Opening words
Kari Rönkä, Chairman of PrintoCent, VP, VTT and Satu Väinämö, Director, PrintoCent, VTT
09.15 Title
Speaker, TBD
09.45 Title
Samuli Siitonen, CTO, Nanocomp
10.15 Title
Prateek Singh, CEO, founder, Finnadvance
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break 30 min
11.15 – 12.00 Company pitches (Leena Palotie -sali)
Companies present at the EXHIBITION AREA will give 5 min introductions to their companies.
Chair - Juho Paavola, Lead, Flexible electronics and photonics, VTT
11.15 Sefar AG
Roland Drach, Area Sales Manager
11.20 Wurth Elektronik Oy
Olli Kinnunen, Sales Manager/Product Manager
11.25 Verkotan Oy
Kari Komonen, CEO
11.30 OuluHealth Ecosystem
Minna Komu, OuluHealth Network Director
11.35 MedPhab Association
Christina Liedert, CEO
11.40 Isoproto
Janne Isopahkala, Managing Director
11.45 DeltaMod Tech
Anders Haag, Senior European Business Development
11.50
Speaker, Title, Company, TBD
11.15 – 12.00 Demo pitches (F202)
The latest research demos showcased at the DEMO AREA will be introduced by the researchers.
Chair – Markus Tuomikoski, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
1) Topic: Diagnostics
11.15 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
2) Topic: Wearables
11.25 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
3) Topic: Intelligence technologies
11.35 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
4) Topic: Sustainability
11.45 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
5) Topic
11.50 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch & demos, company booths, networking
14.00–15.30 Session 1A
Wearables for Healthcare and Wellbeing (Leena Palotie -sali)
This session will provide a view how wearables can address critical healthcare needs, the materials used to create wearable sensors, and cutting-edge solutions that are shaping the future of healthcare and wellbeing.
Chair - TBD
14.00 Title
Tobias Meyer, Business Development Manager, IEE S.A.
14.20 Title
Mikko Paakkolanvaara, CTO, Screentec
14.40 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
15.00 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
14.00 – 15.30 Session 1B
Drones with embedded intelligence (F202)
This session explores how structural electronics solutions enable drones with embedded intelligence—creating lightweight, smart, and energy-efficient aerial systems for sustainable mobility.
Chair – TBD
14.00 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
14.20 Title
Ilkka Kaisto, RadelGo
14.40 Title
Antti Takaluoma, Senior Specialist, Offcode
15.00 Title
Michael Strohmayr, CEO
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break 30 min
16.00 – 17.30 Session 2A
Healthcare and Wellbeing Solutions (Leena Palotie -sali)
This session will provide a view on the latest developments in healthcare.
Chair - TBD
16.00 Innovation Through Collaboration: Bridging Tech Companies and Healthcare Needs
Timo Alalääkkölä, Head of testing and Innovation,
Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia POHDE
16.20 Title
Hugh Passmore, CEO, Clini-Hub Ltd
16.40 The Innovation dilemma: Key trends and Market Insights for Printed Medical Devices — by Embega Healthcare and MC3
Luis Huici, Business Development Manager, Embega
17.00 Title
Niina Huikuri, Senior Vice President Medical, and Hannele Toroi, QARA Director, Bittium
16.00 – 17.30 Session 2B
Startup journeys from idea to market (F202)
Chair - TBD
16.00 Title
Jani-Mikael Kuusisto, CEO, The Warming Surfaces Company
16.15 Title
Teemu Ruotsalainen, CEO, Mukava Biosignals
16.30
Juha Hannula, Co-founder, Nucu
16.45 Title
Johannes Österberg, Supply chain Manager, Sooma
17.00 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
17.15 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
Bus transportation to the hotels after the seminar
19.00 – 20.30 Reception by The City of Oulu, at the City Hall, Torikatu 10
Thu 29.1.2026
9.30 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel via Sokol Hotel Arina to the PRINSE’26 event venue
10.00 – 11.30 Session 3A
Energy Autonomous Solutions (Leena Palotie -sali)
This session focuses on the exciting possibilities of printed intelligence as a key enabler for innovative energy autonomous systems. Speakers will explore innovative approaches for energy harvesting and storage integration, as well as highlight sustainability aspects and photovoltaics integration.
Chair - Thomas Kraft, Senior Scientist, VTT
10.00 The future of energy autonomous wearables
Juhani Kemppainen, Manager, Sensor technologies, Polar Electro
10.20 From Lab to Fab: Indoor Organic Photovoltaic Modules to Power IoT Devices
Kanaan Hani, Vice President of new business development, Dracula Technologies
10.40 Towards Sustainable IoT: Environmental Impacts of Printed vs Traditional Electronics in Real-World Applications
Edmund Whitmore, Enviromental Engineer, 4Mod
11.00 Printed Power
Anders Elfwing. Co-founder, Epishine
11.15 Enhanced Sustainability and Cyber Resilience of Biometric Security with Printed Energy Harvesting
Frank Sandeløv, CEO, CardLab
10.00 – 11.30 Session 3B
Enablers for Printed Intelligence (F202)
This session explores how printed intelligence is shaping the future with next-generation solutions across industries.
Chair - TBD
10.00 Title
Karthikesh Raju, Ginolis
10.20 Eco-conscious embossing
Raimo Korhonen, CTO, M-Boss
10.40 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
11.00 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
11.30 – 13.30 Lunch & demos, company booths, networking
13.30 – 15.00 Session 4A
Next-Gen Diagnostics and Biosensor Technologies (Leena Palotie -sali)
This session will provide a view on the latest developments in printed & hybrid electronics enabled diagnostics and biomarker analytics. Printed electronics and sensors offer new features in health and performance testing, like improved usability and sensitivity and seamless digital integration to personal and public health data.
Chair – TBD
13.30 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
13.50 Title
Juuso Nissilä, Co-Founder, Summa Labs, Inc
14.10 Title
Ville Rajala, Sr. Business Development Manager, Canatu
14.30 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
13.30 – 15.00 Session 4B
Enabling Technologies for future devices (F202)
Discover the technologies behind printed intelligence and how they are driving future innovation.
Chair – TBD
13.30 Smart Gasket - Enabling Predictive Maintenance of Industrial Applications
Jaakko Niukkala, Smart Product Specialist, TT Gaskets
13.50 Smart Sensing for Industrial Vibration Monitoring
Eero Kaikkonen, CEO, MoveSole Smart Sensing
14.10 Title
Vincent Barlier, Commercial director Foundry, Pragmatic Semiconductor
14.30 Title
Timo Peltoniemi, CEO, Elcoflex
15.00 – 15.30, Coffee break 30 min
15.30 – 17.00 Vision keynotes and closing (Leena Palotie -sali)
Visionary keynotes bring us “food for thought” and lay the ground for the future steps in Printed Intelligence and its impacts.
Chair – Arto Maaninen, PrintoCent board member, Rector, University of Oulu
15.30 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
16.00 Title
Speaker, title, company, TBD
16.30 Title
Terho Kololuoma, CEO, Dobbelgänger
16.45 Closing words
Arto Maaninen, PrintoCent board member, Rector, University of Oulu
17.00 Bus transportation via Scandic Oulu City and Sokos Hotel Arina to Oulu Airport.
18.30 – 23.00 WINTER ADVENTURE
- Arctic Sea Night Experience and sauna & jacuzzi
- Sauna+Jacuzzi (20.00-23.00)
18.15 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel to winter adventure place Nallikari Experience Center
19.45 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel to Restaurant Nallikari
23.00 Bus transportation from Restaurant Nallikari to Scandic City Oulu hotel
