Dr. Max Hirsh (PhD, Harvard) is a leading global expert on airports and urban development, and pioneer of the Airport Urbanism method. Drawing on 15 years of industry experience, he serves as technical advisor on a variety of airport-led development projects and regional masterplans.
Marita Jaatinen serves as Chief Business Development Officer at Business Tampere. Marita leads initiatives aimed at industrial growth in the Tampere urban region, including hydrogen and heavy industry projects. At the same time, Marita also serves as the Director of Economic Affairs for the Municipality of Pirkkala.
Aivars Starikovs is a Member of the Board of Hydrogen Europe and Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Hydrogen Association. He is also an Advisor for Energy and Alternative Fuels to the President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Currently, as North-East European cluster coordinator, Aivars is involved with the development of joint procurement activities for fuel cell buses.
Eveliina Ojala has been in the logistics industry since 2009. She has gained experience in ground handling at Tampere-Pirkkala and Helsinki-Vantaa airports. Ojala joined DANX Oy in 2014, and currently serves as Operations & Linehaul Manager Finland. Her responsibilities include domestic and cross-border linehaul operations as well as air freight logistics. Ojala is a trained avionics technician.
Tomi Viitanen is a business transformation expert with deep experience in the aviation and service industries. As CEO of Joen Service Oy, applies a proven methodology honed at large group companies (Swissport, ISS) and public companies (Pallasair Plc). Focused on building strong stakeholder relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions that drive growth.
Petteri Lehti works as a Project Manager at LUT University’s Electric Mobility Research Center, focusing on electric aviation. He has 30 years of experience in traditional aviation, working with both carriers and airports. His particular interest lies in aviation and transport ecosystems and in how electric aviation ”will add possibilities and enable new modes of mobility.
Taivo Linnamägi, Director of Aviation Department of Ministry of Climate of Estonia
Henri Hansson, Senior Vice President, Regional Airports, Finavia
Petri Kallio has served as CEO of DACHSER Finland Air & Sea Logistics Oy since October 2019. In this role, he is responsible for DACHSER’s air and sea freight operations in Finland. Kallio has over 30 years of experience in the industry, having held various management positions at leading international logistics companies both in Finland and abroad.