Location

Venue

The conference will be held in University Consortium of Pori, an old cotton factory called Porin Puuvilla by the Kokemäki river. UC Pori

More information about the conference venue and accommodation at:
http://www.porinyliopistokeskus.fi
Click here for more information on how to get to the location.

You can reserve hotel accomodation at a special conference price at the Sokos Hotel Vaakuna through the link below.
Hotel reservation for Creative Futures -conference

The lunches are at participant's own expence.

Pori

The City of Pori was founded on the mouth of the Kokemäenjoki river in 1558. Traditionally an industrial and port city, it has rapidly transformed itself into a city of students. Its strong ties to culture have kept the city vigorous for centuries. Pori is well connected to the rest of Finland and the whole world. It takes about 15-10 minutes from the airport, railway station or bus station to the city centre and conference venue.

By plane

The flight from Helsinki to Pori takes about an half an hour. For air travel, the addresses you need are www.finnair.com and www.blue1.com.

By train

Pori railway station is almost in the city center. You can get to Pori from Helsinki via Tampere in 3 hours with the Pendolino train (change in Tampere), from Tamepre in 1,5 hours. For train information, look at www.vr.fi/heo/eng, which includes all the details you need.

By express bus

Pori bus station is in the city center. You can get Pori from Helsinki via Forssa, Huittinen, Kokemäki, Harjavalta. The route takes 3-4 hours. Express buses run also from Turku, Rauma, Tampere and other cities. See: http://www.expressbus.com/ and http://www.porinlinjat.fi/kartatreitit.html for local bus routes and maps.

The taxis and local buses

Once in Pori, you can use taxi’s +358 600 30033 (0,99 € + local network charge) or the extensive bus network.

Other hotels in Pori:

Cumulus Hotel Pori http://www.cumulus.fi
Scandic Hotel Pori http://www.scandic-hotels.fi/SiteHomePage

WELCOME!

Pori, Finland

   

Creative Leadership www.creativeleadership.fi
Turku School of Economics, Pori Unit www.pori.tukkk.fi
University of Art and Design, Pori School of Art and Media www.pori.uiah.fi