Organizers
Mikko Ruohonen, UTA University of Tampere, MCPC2009 Professor UTA / Business & Information Systems
DSc (Econ). Mikko Ruohonen is the Professor of Business Administration & Information Systems at the University of Tampere. Before his current position he served as chief executive and chairman of the board for the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tampere for three years. He holds a professorship at the University of Tampere and a docentship at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Mikko Ruohonen has worked in the field of information resources strategy and organization development since 1984. Besides his teaching and research he has been active in a number of executive programs such as Executive MBAs, Programs for CIOs, and Turku and Pori Management Development Programs. He has published over 100 articles, reports and columns, four textbooks, and several large research reports such as: i) an e-business strategy report for Finnish technology industries (2002), ii) an extensive research report on “Emergent Leadership Cultures in the ICT Industry” (Finnish Work Environment Fund, 2004) and iii) the report on the status and needs of a national strategy for the electronic networked economy for the Ministry of Trade and Industry (2005).
TEKES granted Mikko Ruohonen a leadership for the research and development project “Implementing mass customisation strategies utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) as a competitive advantage for Finnish industry (MASSI)” This was executed between 2006-2008. This project will continue with another TEKES-funded project “Strategically agile manufacturing networks (StrAgile)” executed from 2008-2010. Mikko Ruohonen serves as a special consultant and newsletter editor for Technical Committee 3 (Education) of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP). In addition, he has served as the president of the Executive Board for Association of Information Systems (AIS) Scandinavian Chapter 2006-2007.
Tampere University of Technology (TUT)
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) conducts scientific research in technology and architecture and provides the highest level of education within these fields. The University operates in close collaboration with business and other sections of society and produces high- quality services within its range of tasks. TUT is Finland’s most international university when evaluated according to the number of visiting researchers. Leading-edge fields of research at TUT are signal processing based technologies, nanophotonics, biotechnology, and intelligent mobile machines and hydraulic systems. Established in 1965, the University has grown to become a significant influence on technology in Finland and abroad. TUT plays a pivotal role as a promoter of business life, internationalization and well-being in the Tampere region and western Finland as a whole. The University is the fifth largest employer in Tampere.
The University of Tampere
The University of Tampere embraces many fields of science and its research profile is extensive and multidisciplinary. There are six faculties and nine independent institutes. The University of Tampere is the biggest provider of higher education in Finland for social sciences and the accompanying administrative sciences. Some 15,000 students are currently pursuing degrees at the University of Tampere. Every year approximately one thousand master's degrees and one hundred doctoral degrees are produced. The personnel number about 2,200. For 2007 the entire budget of the University was in the range of €140 million. Tampere, the home city of the University, is the third largest city in Finland. There are also activities in the smaller towns of Hämeenlinna, Pori, Seinäjoki, Valkeakoski and Virrat. Approximately one million people live in the area over which the influence of the University extends.