The PEEX seminar (hybrid – online/ onsite) will take place on 22 April 2025 during the 4^th Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) Impact Week (22-25 April 2025 at the Sofia Cultural Center in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland).

During the ACCC Impact Week, the Finnish side will organize various seminars, workshops and panel discussions related to different ACCC Impact Program topics. The event is free of charge, and you can register for all events or individual events through the same registration link. The working language of the different events is English or Finnish.

Follow the program link: https://www.acccflagship.fi/index.php/4th-accc-impact-week-2025

Follow the registration: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/133534/lomake.html

The PEEX seminar aims to introduce the research and educational activities and projects at PEEX partner universities, and to discuss future collaboration in a frame of climate change and air quality research.

The seminar includes plenary talk on “Grand Challenges and Science Diplomacy” by Academician Markku Kulmala and general info update about PEEX programme e.g., projects and proposal in-progress by PEEX Secretary General Hanna Lappalainen and PI Alexander Mahura. New PEEX partners will introduce their organizations and research activities.

Schedule on 22 April 2025 (all times are in Finnish time):

• 09:00 Session I: Welcome & Opening words, PEEX program overview
• 09:20 Session II-A: Welcome new Partners
• 10:30 Coffee/ Tea Break (15 min)
• 10:45 Session II-B: Welcome new Partners (continued)
• 11:15 Short Coffee/ Tea Break (5 min)
• 11:20 Session III: Invited presentations from PEEX Partners
• 11:50 Wrap-up & Next Steps
• 12:00 End of the PEEX seminar
• 12:00 Lunch (for onsite participants)
• 13:00 Plenary talk by Acad. Markku Kulmala

Text by: PEEX HeadQuarters at Helsinki