Defence Summer Party 18th of June: TAMPERE x DDE x DEFINE Collaboration Celebration

Registration:
Please register through this link by June 15, 2025. We will confirm your attendance with separate email.

 

This summer, we’re bringing together some of the most forward-thinking minds and companies in the defence and dual-use innovation space to celebrate a new era of collaboration.

DEFINE / City of Riihimäki is proud to officially launch a strategic partnership with the City of Tampere and the Digital Defence Ecosystem (DDE). This collaboration marks a powerful milestone in strengthening Finland’s defence innovation capabilities, bridging regional strengths, and accelerating the dual-use ecosystem both nationally and internationally.

At the heart of this celebration is a shared mission: to fuel next-generation security, defence, and resilience solutions through co-creation, cross-sector expertise, and dynamic ecosystems.

Expect a day filled with high-level insights, global perspectives, cutting-edge tech demos, and plenty of community spirit:

• Dive into interoperability in critical communications with U.S.-based JPS Interoperability Solutions
• Gain insights on transitioning innovation into action from former U.S. Army Chief Scientist Dr. Stephen Lee
• Witness the official signing ceremony of our trilateral collaboration
• Meet the innovative startups and scale-ups shaping the future of defence tech
• Enjoy BBQ, drinks, and relaxed networking in true summer spirit

Join us at the DEFINE Innovation Hub in Riihimäki and be part of a growing movement that puts Finland—and the broader New Nordics—on the global defence innovation map.

Together, we innovate. Together, we scale. Together, we secure.

Programme on 18th of June

11.45 Doors Open

12.30 Webinar: The Mission of Interoperability for Military, Public Safety, and Commercial Security Applications in Critical ​Communications by JPS Interoperability Solutions Inc.

The webinar will describe how communications interoperability is utilized in critical incident response.  The problem is to allow multiple organizations with different radios on different frequencies, with different SATCOM phones on different SATCOM services, and with different Cellular phones operating on different mobile carriers all to communicate with each in real time.  This technology permits all of these diverse resources to be bridged together in any combination needed to manage a mission.  Hence, different military organizations from different NATO countries in a joint mission are allowed to communicate directly with each other and with multiple civilian organizations including from law enforcement, from emergency services, from fire services, from hazardous materials services, from infectious diseases services, etc.  The webinar will use similar military, public safety, and local security applications in the United States as Use Case Examples.

14.00 Innovation and Innovaction by Dr. Stephen Lee

Working with the U.S. Department of Defense developing dual-use technologies for National Security – To maintain global leadership in science and technology, the U.S. Department of Defense strives for excellence in a wide variety of disciplines in order to maintain a competitive advantage over its near-peer adversaries on all fronts.  Innovation and programs that support innovation include working directly with the Soldier or Warfighter to define and refine new ideas and technology into Innovaction – acting on innovation.  Transitioning university and industry-based research with the DoD research programs opens many opportunities including working directly with Special Operations and DoD Laboratories to create new capabilities and technology. This talk and discussion will focus around how to work with the US DoD by providing examples of research transitioning from ideas in academia and industry to technologies used by the defense community and civilian applications.

Dr. Lee has been the Chief Scientist of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and U.S. Army Research Office in which he directed multiple of billions of dollars in research investments for academic research, SBIR/STTR, and major prime contracts over 26 years.  He has led projects from basic research in academia to technology transition of systems commercially available and in the field for the U.S. government.  The scope of work includes all levels including idea generation to how to market and sell your idea.

15.30 Signing Ceremony & Speeches for Tampere and DDE and DEFINE collaboration. Press.

16.00 Demo demonstrations by DDE and DEFINE companies.

BBQ & drinks

The venue

DEFINE Innovation Hub

Pohjoinen Asemakatu 5, 11130 Riihimäki

The venue is next to the Riihimäki railway station (200 m), we recommend to arrive by train.
There are some parking slots available outside the venue (at the end of of the yard) and more parking at the Peltosaari parking area. There is an underpass walk connection from the Peltosaari parking to train station & DEFINE hub at Veturitallit (5 minutes walk).