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Time: 15-16 Sept, 2026
Place: Saarijärvi, Finland

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Welcome to the home of Circular Bioeconomy Business – Accelerator BioBoosters – a vibrant environment for education, research, and innovation. In this hands-on demo days you’ll learn more about the Tarvaala Bioeconomy Campus at the heart of Lake-Finland and see and hear concrete achievements from the BioBoosters activities.

Day one focuses on innovation, insights, and live demos. You’ll -experience demos from selected companies involved in -BioBoosters activities and connect with other paticipants during the day, and at the networking dinner. Day two highlights the farmer’s voice. You’ll visit a nearby HRV farm and explore the surrounding test environments.

Event page: BioBoosters Demo Days 2026, JAMK University of Applied Sciences

The Demo Days are organised by Jamk University of Applied Sciences Business Accelerator BioBoosters

Program

15 September, 2026
Innovation, insights and live demos Bioeconomy Campus, Tuumalantie 17, 43130 Tarvaala

12:00 Transportation from Jyväskylä
13.00 Welcome and opening keynote from Valtra: The Urgent Need for Agricultural Innovation
13.45 Networking coffee
14.15-16.45 Demo Walk: Explore and Experience five demo stops
1 Valtra & Delta Cygni Labs: Smart Machinery, Automation and Connectivity
     2 AGCO Power and Batemo: Advanced Powertrain and Simulation Technologies
     3 Soil Scout and Yield Systems: Smart Field Infrastructure and Sensing
4 Drone and Satellite-Based Crop -Monitoring
5 Digital Decision Support and Digital Twin
17.00-17.30 Ecosystem Exchange
18.00 Networking Dinner at Ruustinna
20:30 Transportation to Jyväskylä

16 September, 2026
Farmer Perspectives in Practice
HRV Farm, Lännentie 250,
43270 Saarijärvi

8:15 Transportation from Jyväskylä to HRV Farm
9.30 On-Farm Demo Sessions,
45 min each:
• From Collaboration to Field Testing: Jari Valkola, CEO at HRV Farm
• Farmer Perspectives on Data-Driven Agriculture: Tero Lahti, Paavola Farm, 2nd Vice Chair of the Board at MTK
11:00 Lunch
12:00 Transportation to Jyväskylä

Practical information
Accommodation and Transportation
• Stay in Saarijärvi, a small beautiful rural village close to the event venue, or in Jyväskylä, a bigger city with public transportation options from Helsinki, 60 km’s away from the venue. We –recommend Ruustinna for those staying in Saarijärvi for the convenience and beautiful and -authentic location.

Ruustinna is conveniently our dinner location for the first night, located in Saarijärvi city center, around 6 km away from the Bioeconomy Campus.

You can book your accommodation from the new timber-structured hotel or in the old vicarages B’n’B side, both located on the same site.

Address: Paavontie 1, 43100 Saarijärvi

• Stay in Jyväskylä In Jyväskylä, the closest hotels for transportation are Hotel Verso, Sokos Hotel Alexandra, Solo Sokos Hotel Paviljonki, Scandic Jyväskylä Station, and Scandic Jyväskylä City.

Those who stay in Jyväskylä, we provide bus transportation to and from Jyväskylä city center on both days.

If you wish to travel on your own, please note the public transportation between Saarijärvi and Jyväskylä is limited. Find the schedule from here and use Tarvaala to find the nearest bus stop.

Contact:
Anni Hintikka
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
anni.hintikka@jamk.fi

Researchers, aquaculture companies, technology providers and innovation organisations gathered in Klaipėda for the opening event of the Nordic Testbed Network Roadshow 2026, which was dedicated to Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS), pilot infrastructure and aquaculture development in the Nordic-Baltic region.

The event, hosted by Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, combined strategic presentations with study visits and networking activities, which were focused on applied research and collaboration between science and business.

Participants were introduced to the Aquaculture Competence Centre at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, where ongoing experiments and technological developments within the ProRMAS project were presented. The event also featured AquaQlt’s patented shrimp tower technology and its commercialization journey. Klaipėda University Marine Research Institute presented their projects focused on fisheries and aquaculture research.

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Study visits formed an important part of the event. Participants explored RAS infrastructure and experimental systems at the Aquaculture Competence Centre and later visited the Fisheries and Aquaculture Laboratory at Klaipėda University Marine Research Institute, where current research and pilot-scale aquaculture activities were showcased.

A central objective of the Roadshow is to strengthen cooperation between Nordic and Baltic research infrastructures, testbed facilities and industry stakeholders. Discussions throughout the event focused on practical implementation challenges, monitoring systems, automation, pilot-scale experimentation, as well as opportunities for future technology transfer.

The Roadshow also highlighted the importance of creating environments where technologies and production approaches can be tested under real operating conditions. Such initiatives help bridge the gap between research and practical implementation while supporting knowledge exchange and regional cooperation.

Next up in the Nordic Testbed Network Roadshow 2026 is:

Field Trial Data Collection and Plant Phenotyping in Norway

You are warmly invited to this year’s digital meeting of the Nordic Testbed Network. The theme of this year’s event is data sharing – an issue that many of you are addressing in your projects, research, and collaborations, whether related to infrastructure, legislation, security, or other factors.

 This meeting provides an opportunity to hear from fellow members about their experiences and best practices, and to learn from one another.

The event is structured around three core pillars: “why share” → “how to agree” → “how to implement it technically,” each presented by different members.

Program

• Welcome and agenda
• Presentation round
• “Why share” – Results from a needs assessment for data sharing in the aquaculture industry – Finn Olav Bjørnson, SINTEF ACE
• “How to agree” – commercial law and experiences from setting up agreements – Tomas Klingström, Gigacow SLU
• “How to do it technically” – Experiences on data sharing between organisations & achieving the FAIR data compliance – Jesper Cairo Westergaard, PLEN living labs, Copenhagen university
• Full group sharing session
• What other positive examples do you know of (individual projects, programs, initiatives)
• What support organizations do you use for help?
• Thank you and coming up next in the network

This summer, it is time for the second roadshow by Nordic Testbed Network. First up is Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (KSTP), who invites you to the RAS Roadshow 2026!

The roadshow is designed to engage a target audience through presentations, demonstrations, and to offer networking opportunities. We aim to connect the testbed members with relevant startups, end-users, other testbeds, and other important stakeholders focusing on digitalisation in the bioeconomy sectors throughout the Nordic and Baltic region.

In Klaipeda, the practical implementation, innovation potential, and commercialisation pathways of RAS technologies will be highlighted. The event, at May 26th, will showcase the Aquaculture Competence Centre at KSTP, including ongoing experiments focused on advancing recirculating aquaculture technologies and sustainable production models.

Participants will be introduced to an innovative RAS-based spin-off company, AquaQlt, which recently received a patent for its shrimp tower technology. The event will also include a visit to Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, Fisheries and Aquaculture Laboratory, strengthening the link between research, pilot infrastructure, and commercialisation.

The event will target:

• Aquaculture companies and fish farmers
• Startups developing RAS technologies or related digital solutions
• Technology providers
• Researchers and students
• Public authorities and policy stakeholders
• Investors and innovation support organisations

Get more information and the see the programme here!

Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) is an advanced, closed water system used to cultivate fish and shellfish in controlled environments, such as indoors or in tanks. The system is designed to reuse water through continuous filtration and purification, minimising the need for fresh water and reducing environmental impact compared to traditional aquaculture.

The Nordic Testbed Network welcomes the blue members of the network and potential and curious members to join the digital workshop on January 17, 09:00-10:30 CET.

The workshop will focus on sustainable ocean management, including digital twins, and future EU/Horizon applications. The aim is to explore which topics are of interest and what collaboration needs there are among our blue members, which will be used to plan a larger workshop or physical meetup later in 2025.

Send an email to sofie.p.andersson@slu.se if you want to join the workshop.