Partners

Vienna University

The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich history, the University of Vienna has developed into one of the largest universities in Europe, and also one of the most renowned, especially in the Humanities. It is associated with 20 Nobel prize winners and has been the academic home to many scholars of historical as well as of academic importance.

www.univie.ac.at

Prof. Davide Bonifazi

Tampere University

Tampere University is a Finnish university that was established on 1 January 2019 as a merger between the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. Tampere University is primarily a research university, whereas, Tampere University of Applied Sciences focuses on development.

Pre-merger multidisciplinary collaboration was mainly conducted between the fields of signal processing, biotechnology and medical technology at the Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology (BioMediTech). The University states that it pursues to become a globally recognised research community in the areas of technology, health, and society research. The university has ten Finnish Centres of Excellence.

www.tuni.fi

Prof. Donald Lupo

LCR Hallcrest Ltd

LCR Hallcrest is a family owned pioneer of temperature sensitive, colour changing graphic technology and specialises in the formulation and microencapsulation of Liquid Crystal mixtures and the development and manufacture of thermometer labels, pigments, inks and paints that change colour.

For over 40 years Liquid Crystal has been used to monitor and communicate temperature and solve problems in a wide range of industrial, medical and food hygiene applications. The LCR Hallcrest name is synonymous with this effort and has been at the forefront of the innovation, development and manufacturing of products such as whimsical novelties like the mood ring of the 70’s, consumer products such as the battery testers, to medical diagnostic thermometers currently used in millions of surgeries annually.

www.lcrhallcrest.com/

Dr. Philippe Marrec

Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple has a passion for all things science. We aim to share our enthusiasm by offering inspirational and educational experiences that are tailor-made for schools, festivals, family and adult audiences.

Our mission is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, to engage the wider public with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) as part of popular culture, and to help build bridges between researchers and the public. We do this by training professional science communicators for high quality science shows, through a variety of formats. These include live presentations, demonstrations and street theatre. We also develop educational materials and create accessible science media for a public audience.

www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk

Wendy Sadler

Packdesign ID Oy

Packdesign ID is a design agency founded by Maija Olkkonen-Sepo and Emma Kosonen specializing in visual brand design and brand-building, business-supporting packaging design and a pioneer in comprehensive packaging design.

For years, we have been able to build successful brands and products together with our customers, and have seen that packaging design can significantly support product success. Every brand and product is important to us, and we also want to help you improve the competitiveness of your product, increase the value of your brand, and increase sales. We believe that the most distinctive and memorable brand and product experience is created through holistic packaging design, where a strong visual concept and user-driven thinking are seamlessly combined with form, material, structure, and practical efficiency and functionality throughout the packaging chain.

www.packdesignid.fi/

Maija Olkkonen-Seppo

Trelic Oy

Trelic (Oy, Ltd) provides consultation and experimental work on electronics materials and reliability testing. We can help you with reliability analysis of your product using various test methods, development of tailored reliability testing methods and in-depth failure analysis, life-time estimations and long-term stability of materials. We can also help you to adapt new manufacturing and miniaturization technologies and materials and verify their usability and reliability. We offer small scale production for challenging technologies.

www.trelic.fi

Laura Frisk

LCR Hallcrest LLC

LCR Hallcrest is a family owned pioneer of temperature sensitive, colour changing graphic technology and specialises in the formulation and microencapsulation of Liquid Crystal mixtures and the development and manufacture of thermometer labels, pigments, inks and paints that change colour.

For over 40 years Liquid Crystal has been used to monitor and communicate temperature and solve problems in a wide range of industrial, medical and food hygiene applications. The LCR Hallcrest name is synonymous with this effort and has been at the forefront of the innovation, development and manufacturing of products such as whimsical novelties like the mood ring of the 70’s, consumer products such as the battery testers, to medical diagnostic thermometers currently used in millions of surgeries annually.

www.lcrhallcrest.com/

Rocco Sapienza