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On Thursday, the program for students and teachers is the same.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14–17 | Arrival and getting comfortable at the hotel | Check-in at Hotel Arthur |
| 15–16.30 | Late lunch NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 16.30 for the opening ceremony |
Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 17–19 | OPENING CEREMONY Lecture: Esa Saarinen - "Philosophy as a Transformative Force" |
University of Helsinki City Centre Campus Building: Porthania Lecture hall: P II |
| 19–21 | Welcome dinner | Hotel Arthur's restaurant |
NOTE: Please check that you are reading the correct timetable, students and teachers respectively.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7.30–8.30 |
Breakfast NOTE: At 8:30, check which of the two rooms you will write your essay in and go to that room. Volunteers will help you find the room in the lobby. |
Hotel Arthur's restaurant |
| 9–13 | Writing the essays | Hotel Arthur's Ballroom |
| 13–14 | Lunch | Hotel Arthur's restaurant |
| 14–16.30 | Amazing Race Helsinki | Directions in Hotel Arthur’s Ballroom at 14, then onwards to experience Helsinki and compete! Return to Hotel Arthur at 16:30 the latest |
| 17–18 | Trip to Luukki Manor NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 16:50 for the trip |
Bus transfer to Luukki Manor at 17 from Hotel Arthur |
| 18–19.30 | Dinner | Luukki Manor |
| 19.30-21.30 | Sauna For general information and tips regarding Finnish sauna culture, visit here Leisure time |
Luukki Manor |
| 21.30–22.30 | Return to Hotel Arthur | Bus transfer to Hotel Arthur leaves at 21.30 |
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8–9 | Breakfast NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 9.00 for the lecture |
Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 9.30–10.30 | Lecture: Ilkka Niiniluoto - "Defending Truth in the Post-Truth Era" | University of Helsinki City Centre Campus Building: Porthania Room P674 |
| 10.30–12.30 | IC Meeting NOTE: if this is your first time as a judge in the IPO, a separate instructory lecture is being held in the adjacent room P673 between 10.30–11.30 |
University of Helsinki City Centre Campus Building: Porthania Room P674 (P673) |
| 13–14.30 | Lunch | Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 14.30–18 | Phase A proofreading of essays NOTE: Come to Hotel Arthur’s lobby by 14.30 |
Hotel Arthur, rooms: Ballroom, Mäki, Hjelt, Aurola, Nuoreva, Topelius, and Boardroom |
| 18.30–19.30 | Dinner | Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 19.30– | Phase B proofreading of essays | Hotel Arthur |
NOTE: Please check that you are reading the correct timetable, students and teachers respectively.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7.30–8.30 |
Breakfast NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 8.30 for the lecture |
Hotel Arthur's restaurant |
| 9–12.30 | Lecture: Säde Hormio – "Climate change and democracy", between 9–9.45 Lecture: Elisa Aaltola – "The need for multispecies democracy", between 10–10.45 Workshop related to lectures’ topics, between 11–12.30 |
University of Helsinki City Centre Campus Building: Porthania Room P674 |
| 12.45–13.30 | Lunch | Hotel Arthur's restaurant |
| 14–18.30 | Trip to Suomenlinna Guided tour Leisure time |
NOTE: Ferry to Suomenlinna leaves at 14.15 from Kauppatori, we leave together from Hotel Arthur by foot at 13.45. Return ferry from Suomenlinna leaves at 17.20. We meet at the ferry at 17:05! |
| 18.30–20 | Dinner | Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 20–21.30 | Leisure time, just relax | |
| 21.30– | Party | Hotel Arthur’s Ballroom |
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7.30–8.30 | Breakfast | Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 9–10.30 | Evaluation meeting between 9–10 NOTE: Steering Board reading for medals takes place the whole day between 10.30–18.30 in Hotel Arthur |
Hotel Arthur’s Ballroom |
| 11–12.30 | Pedagogical workshop | Hotel Arthur’s Ballroom |
| 13–14 | Lunch NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 14:50 for Luukki Manor |
Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 15.00–18.30 | Trip to Luukki Manor Outdoor activities and sauna For general information and tips regarding Finnish sauna culture, visit here |
Bus transfer to Luukki Manor leaves at 15.00 from Hotel Arthur |
| 18.30–20 | Dinner | Luukki Manor / Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 20–21 | Return to Hotel Arthur Sauna for Steering Board in Hotel Arthur |
Bus transfer to Hotel Arthur leaves at 20 |
| 21.30– | Party | Hotel Arthur’s Ballroom |
On Sunday, the program for students and teachers is the same.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7.30–9.00 | Breakfast NOTE: We leave together from Hotel Arthur’s lobby at 9:10 for the closing ceremony |
Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 9.20–12 | CLOSING CEREMONY Lecture: Inkeri Koskinen – "Objectivity in the Service of Democracy?" Award ceremony |
University of Helsinki City Centre Campus Building: Main building The Great Hall |
| 12–14 | Farewell lunch | Hotel Arthur’s restaurant |
| 14– | Going home | Home |