Partners and Advisors

Our partnership includes the universities, institutions, and many individuals who drove Finland into the New Space era in the 2010s. 

They have now united for a new effort to lead the forthcoming space revolution, fueled by artificial intelligence, expanding space applications, cost-effective high-capacity space transportation, and dual-use technologies. 

  • Tampere University / Faculty of Information Technology and Communications (Heidi Kuusniemi)
  • University of Vaasa / School of Management (Helka Kalliomäki)
  • University of Helsinki / Faculty of Science (Minna Palmroth)
  • University of Turku / Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR) (Marikka Heikkilä)
  • Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) in the National Land
    Survey of Finland (Hannu Koivula)
  • Aalto University / Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering (Jaan Praks)
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute (Jouni Pulliainen)
  • Tuotantoyhtiö Kupla Productions Oy (Jari Mäkinen)

Advisors

Ahonen, Kaisa - ESA BIC Finland
Anttila, Saku - Finnish Environment Institute
Arponen, Jyri - Regional Council of Varsinais-Suomi
Bösch, Hartmut - University of Bremen, Germany
Brown, Nicholas - UN Global Geodetic Center of Excellence, Germany
de Patoul, Judith - STCE (Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence), Belgium
Dempster, Andrew - University of New South Wales, Australia
Eloranta, Sauli - VTT Technical Research Centre
Gibbs, Mark - UK Met Office, United Kingdom
Green, Lucie - University College London, United Kingdom
Haaparanta, Heikki - Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Höyhtyä, Marko - National Defence University
Inna, Lauri - City of Pori
Kangas, Lauri - Finnish Defence and Aerospace Industries
Karlamaa, Kirsi - Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
Koski, Kimmo - CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd. Finland
Kostamo, Miika - ESA Phi-Lab
Meskus, Ville - ReOrbit Ltd.
Montewka, Jakub - Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Myllykoski, Mikko - Heurale Science Centre
Nagler, Thomas - ENVEO IT GmbH, Austria
Nahr, Nora - University of Passau, Germany
Nurmi, Tiina - Business Finland
Pajusalu, Mihkel - University of Tartu, Estonia
Pitkänen, Osmo - CGI Ltd.
Pulkkinen, Tuija - University of Michigan, United States
Pyyhtiä, Kaj - ICEYE Ltd.
Roos, Teemu - University of Helsinki
Sääksjärvi, Ilari - University of Turku
Sarimaa, Markku - Astronomical Association Ursa
Silye, Paul - European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO)
Tahvonen, Kati - EU Space Program Agency (EUSPA)
Turner, Drew - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
Veefkind, Pepijn - KNMI, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, Netherlands
Venäläinen, Eero - Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council
Vihavainen, Tero - Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment