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PROGRAM – MEETING OF THE TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK IN FINLAND 4-5.2.2026
Meeting is organized in the city of Oulu in connection with the Oulu European Capital of Culture programme
Meeting on Nordic Indigenous traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions
Wednesday 4.2.2026, Oulu City Hall, Kirkkokatu 9
Taxi from Oulu airport to Oulu City Hall at 14:00 (arranged)
(12-14 Self-financed lunch restaurant Susiteetti, Oulu City Hall (those arriving with AY 437)
14.30 Nordic meeting on traditional Sámi knowledge, Juhlasali, Oulu City Hall
Coffee and pastry
14:35 Welcome words by Director General Juha Rintamäki, Ministry of Education and Culture (remotely)
Introduction
14:40 Nordic Sámi Convention (2016), Renewed Sámi Parliamentary Act, International instruments relating to TK and TCEs (UNESCO, WIPO), including article 31 UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Rights (UNDRIP, 2007)
- Kalle Varis, Sámi Parliament in Finland
15:00 “Deanu árbevirolaš máhttoráđi” – a proposal by the Sámi Parliaments in Finland and Norway for a common council on traditional knowledge from the Tana River
- Riitta Orti-Berg, Sámi Parliament in Finland
15:30 Increasing Nordic co-operation on the basis of work during Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2021
- Anna Vuopala, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
Discussion
15.30 – 15.45 break
15:45 Remarks by Nordic colleagues and discussion
16.30 Concluding remarks
17.00 Evening programme
- A short walk to a buffet dinner with the traditional knowledge network and Nordic colleagues, followed by a Ovllà opera at the Oulu City Theatre at 18.30
 


Morning seminar and meeting of the Traditional Knowledge Network in Finland
Thursday 5.2.2026, Oulu city hall, Kirkkokatu 9
Morning seminar
9.00 Presentation of a current research or project
Artificial intelligence and Sámi culture and cultural heritage, Sámi language models and the related opportunities and challenges
- Marko Marjomaa, Sámi Parliament in Finland
- Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio, University of Lapland
Break: coffee and/or tea
Meeting of the Finnish Traditional knowledge Network
10.00 Opening remarks
- Vice President I Leo Aikio of the Sámi Parliament in Finland, remotely
- New network members: short presentation of new members
10.30 Update on current issues of participants (10 min./Member)
- Ministry of Justice, Johanna Hautakorpi (Sámi Parliament Act, Language Act)
- Ministry of Environment Lotta Manninen, Annukka Lyra (CBD, Nagoya)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Janina Hasenson (UN negotiations)
- Ministry of Economy and Employment, Stiina Löytömäki (WIPO)
- Ministry of Education and Culture, Anna Vuopala (WIPO, UNESCO)
Self-financed lunch at Restaurant Susiteetti, Oulu City Hall
Discussion
- Discussion about possibilities to develop Nordic cooperation
- Other matters
- Next meeting

15:00 Meeting ends
15:30 Visit to the Oulu Museum and the Eanangiella - Voice of the Land exhibition, self-financed
16:30 Transfer to the Airport (those with AY 444)
More information: Anna Vuopala, 0407221319, [email protected]
 
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Ministry of Education and Culture
Director General Juha Rintamäki, Department for Culture and Arts Policy (remotely)
Anna Vuopala, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Copyright
Piia Immonen-Seguenot, Senior Ministerial Adviser, International affairs
Maija Lummepuro, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Cultural Affairs
Emma Harju, Senior Ministerial Adviser (remotely)
Ministry of Economy and Employment
Stiina Löytömäki, Senior Specialist, Industrial property
Ministry of Justice
Johanna Hautakorpi, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Legal Affairs, Autonomy and Equality
Ministry of Environment
Annukka Lyra, Senior Specialist (remotely)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Janina Hasenson, Chief Senior Specialist, Human Rights, remotely
Sámi Parliament in Finland
I Vice President Leo Aikio (remotely)
Riitta Orti-Berg, Culture Affairs Secretary
Kalle Varis, Legal Adviser
Marko Marjomaa, Language Affairs Secretary
Inka Saara Arttijeff, International Affairs Secretary
National Heritage Agency
Leena Marsio
Other experts
Tuomas Mattila, Postdoc researcher, University of Helsinki (remotely)
Eeva-Liisa Rasmus-Moilanen, Principal Sámi Educational Institute SogSakk
Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio, Postdoc researcher, University of Lapland

Nordic participants (remotely)

Denmark
Birgitta Sander Hjortsø, Ministry of Culture, Denmark

Greenland, Randi Sørensen Johansen, Greenland
Faroe Islands, Kristina Djurhuus Christiansen
Norway
Magne Svineng, Samediggi, Norway
Hildegunn Bjorgen, Arts and Culture Norway
Maria Jongers, Ministry of Culture

Sweden
Robert Nilsson, Ministry of Culture, Sweden
Maria Nyström, Institutet för språk och folkminnen (Isof)