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TIMETABLE AND IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION
MONDAY 15 MAY 2017
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12am – 8pm Accreditation at the southern entrance “Esplanad parc”,
Messukeskus Helsinki, Event & Convention centre, address :Messuaukio 1, Pasila area
12am – 4pm Visiting competition area; visiting time must be agreed with skill category’s workshop supervisor and
international contact person
12am – 4pm Meals for international competitors have possibility to have a free lunch at Panorama-restaurant
(remember the lunch ticket)
Team leaders, trainers, guardians and observers, self-paid lunch at Messukeskus’s restaurants
2pm – 3pm Information session for international competitors, coaches and team leaders. The information session will
take place in the Merihaka seminar room in the “Hakaniementori”-area at Messukeskus Helsinki, hall 3.
International Competition Guides will be present the information session.
6pm - 7.30pm Taitaja2017 Helsinki Opening Ceremony
Taitaja2017 Opening Ceremony will take place at Messukeskus Helsinki,
“Itäkeskus” -area (Hall 1)
The international competitors and team leaders must be at Hall 1 at 5.20pm at latest.
After this, they will be arranged to the order they will enter the stage. The competitors will go to from backstage to the stage
and then take their seats. The teams are requested to take a long their school flag. Competitors and team leaders will pass
quickly the stage and present the teams by waving their flags and hands.
Individual international competitors will also take part in the competitor introductions at the Opening Ceremony. The
international competitors are requested to take along a national flag (any size).
5.45pm at latest International trainers, guardians and observers take seats on the area reserved for them.
TUESDAY 16 MAY 2017
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7am – 7pm Accreditation
(the southern entrance “Esplanad parc” -area, Messukeskus Helsinki)
10am – 7pm Competition time (unless otherwise informed in skill category)
10am – 7pm Meals for international competitors
The international competitors and Competition Guides will have their meals at the Panorama Restaurant at
Messukeskus Helsinki.
From Tuesday to Thursday, meal times are scheduled separately, the workshop supervisors or international contact
person have been informed of the times by each skill category. If the restaurant is very busy, the competitors have
priority.
Snacks for international competitors
On competition days, the “Senaatintori” café area is at the disposal of international guests. You can enter the area using
your access pass. Coffee and tea is available throughout the event and snacks are provided against a free snack
voucher.
Taitaja2017 Helsinki side events in Messukeskus Helsinki
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Seminar “City within a city”, 10 am–7pm in Finnish and Swedish
Events on “Senaatintori”, 10am–3pm
Taitaja9 Finals at “Itäkeskus”, hall 1, 10am–4pm
Final of the Forest Quiz, 3–4pm, award ceremony Taitaja2017 “Senaatintori” at 5pm
The biggest spring term celebration on “Senaatintori” at 4–7pm,
coffee and cake served, 4pm – 6.30pm
Welcome speech 4.30pm
Mini Chamber of Predictions (Chamber of Predictions for students in Year 1 to 9), Taitaja2017, “Senaatintori” 1–3pm.
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WEDNESDAY 17 MAY 2017
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7am – 6pm Accreditation
(the southern entrance “Esplanad parc” -area, Messukeskus Helsinki)
8am – 5pm Competition time (unless otherwise informed in skill category)
10am – 3pm Meals for international competitors at Panorama restaurant
(free lunch ticket)
6pm – 10 pm Friend evening at Linnanmäki Amusement Park for all competitors
https://www.linnanmaki.fi/en/how-to-get-to-linnanmaki
Taitaja2017 Helsinki side events in Messukeskus Helsinki
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International seminar and workshops “Local Meets Global Competence in Finnish VET” 10am – 5pm, “Merihaka and
Kulttuurisauna”-area, hall3
http://taitaja2017.fi/en/seminar/
Events on “Senaatintori” -area, 9am–5pm
THURSDAY 18 MAY 2017
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7am – 10am Accreditation
(the southern entrance “Esplanad parc” -area, Messukeskus Helsinki)
8am – 1pm Competition time (unless otherwise informed in skill category)
10am – 2pm Meals for international competitors at Panorama restaurant
(free lunch ticket)
2pm Checking competitor results at the Competition area
4pm – 8pm Results of the Finnish National Championship revealed
Taitaja2017 Helsinki Award ceremony and closing ceremony, “Itäkeskus”, hall 1
Taitaja2017 Helsinki side events in Messukeskus Helsinki
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Seminar “City within a city”, 9.30am–3.30pm in Finnish and in English “Robotics, a helping hand” by John Dobson, Matrix
Techonoly Solutions, UK
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events on “Senaatintori”, 9am–2pm
Taitaja2017 HELSINKI SAYS THANK YOU!