If you have any questions or need more information concerning the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us: nndr2025@helsinki.fi.
If needed you can contact the concerence secretary also via phone: +358 50 438 4640
More information to be updated later.
Paper sessions
Please arrive to your session in advance, to make sure your presentation is ready to present.
Paper sessions are 1,5h and generally have four papers per session. This means that each presenter has 20 minutes, 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions. Some thematic streams may have different time allocation. The presenters in these sessions are contacted by the thematic stream coordinators.
Please use PowerPoint’s feature auto-captioning for your presentation.
The last person in the session is usually the chair, unless stated otherwise in the programme.
Two weeks before the conference you’ll find a form here where to submit your presentation.
Two weeks before the conference the presentations are uploaded onto a folder that will be found here. The presentations are uploaded regularly as they arrive.
Check the principles of accessible presentations, here.
Abstract book, here.
Poster sessions
Please arrive to your session in advance, to make sure your presentation is ready to present.
Please bring your own poster or plan so that you can pick up your poster in one of Helsinki’s local print shops. NNDR organizing committee cannot print the posters.
The poster display is A0 size. Vertical side is longer, and the horizontal side is shorter, which means that the display is “portrait” rather than “landscape”.
Poster session is on Thursday at 15:30-16:30 the posters can be brought in the Pohjoinen lämpiö already on Wednesday evening, or before the start of the session. You can leave your poster in the session room.
Please note that the poster session is arranged at the same time as one of the coffee breaks.
The conference will be held at the University of Helsinki City Centre Campus: Main building (Fabianinkatu 33) and Porthania (Yliopistonkatu 3). There is about 180 meters between the two buildings. Most of the programme is in Main building.
Main building is built in 1832, which is why we are trying to make it as accessible as possible. Please contact nndr2025@helsinki.fi if you require individual accommodations.
Please refer to the Main building accessibility map, information of the conference rooms and Service map when planning most suitable accessible routes.
Porthania PI platform lift is 98cm x 80cm (picture on the accessibility map). When the wheelchair wheels fit inside the lift, the lift can be used. PI also has a platfrom from side that does not have a lift. This platform can be used for wheelchairs too.
Keynotes are streamed to Urbarium and PIII (Porthania) and Studium 1 (main building). The floor is flat and there is a ramp to Urbarium. PIII is partially accessible, only the back row in the auditorium is accessible with a wheelchair.
Main building accessibility map.
Main building accessibility map with video material of entrances lifts and cafeteria FIN SWE ENG
Information about the conference rooms in Main building, opens in a new window.
Information about the conference room in Porthania, opens in a new window.
Service map of Main building, opens in a new tab. Here more about accessible entrances.
Service map of Porthania, opens in a new tab. Here more about accessible entrances.
Porthania accessibility map.
We have reserved rooms in the Main building.
U2071 has beanbags, yogamats, plush mats, plush toys, headphones and light cubes. This room is more a sensory space than only a quiet room. The sensory space is not in use when the last keynote session starts on Friday.
U4070 is a quiet space and U4071 can be used to emotional regulation when needed.
We ask the lifts to be left for the guests, who need them for accessibility.
We have volunteers helping participants find the conference locations and guiding participants to the accessible routes.
Interpretation and presentation auto-captioning:
Hearing aid users:
All the session rooms have either presenter microphones or an inbuilt ceiling microphone that can be connected to a hearing aid or CI.
However, room U3040 sound is not always clean.
Allergy free rooms
Rooms F3017 and F3010 are allergy free rooms. If you have a guide dog with you, a volunteer can take you to your place and and take care of the dog during the session.
In Porthania the satellite room Urbarium is also allergy free.
We also hope that no strong scents are worn during the conference days.
Accessible toilets
There are accessible toilets in the main building and Porthania. The old side of the main building (Unioninkatu side, with the U-rooms) has one accessible toilet. Please use the lift to reach the toilet in the first floor on this side. This toilet also has a patient lift.
Fabianinkatu side, the new side of the main building, has accessible toilets in all floors.
Luggage:
There are lockers in Main building and Porthania. Main building Fabianinkatu side lockers can hold a small cabin bag (20 only).
For bigger bags we have a luggage room F3022C next to Studium 1 (volunteers present mostly on Friday).
You can also ask our volunteers and University staff on where to leave your luggage.
Code of conduct
We follow the code of conduct of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
From Helsinki-Vantaa to the city center and back:
Local trains I and P run Ring line from the airport to the center and back, every 10-20min.
Both trains take around 30min between the airport and city center.
Bus 600 runs from Airport to city center, it takes about 60 minutes.
ABC-zone ticket fare is 4,10EUR.
Local traffic accessibility:
The local traffic is run by HSL (Helsingin seudun liikenne). Most public transport has an accessible entrance, buses and some trams included.
Find more about HSL accessibility from their website, here.
About local traffic:
HSL mobile phone application: Download from here. The mobile application has all the ticket choices.
Physical HSL tickets: It is possible to buy physical local traffic tickets from HSL automates and from R-kioskis. Some automates only give out single tickets (use time 90min). You can buy single tickets and 1-7 day tickets from R-kioski. Busses, trams, metros and local trains do not sell tickets.
HSL app and tickets are valid in all modes of transportation.
Check HSL website for more detailed information.
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Agora hall and Laurus cafeteria fits 200 persons, there is also a side room with more tables.
As there is programme during the conference dinner we hope that you will take note of the following:
There will be international sign language interpretation during the conference dinner.
There is a lot to do in Helsinki!
In this list you will find museums that you can to visit from the city center, some outdoor locations close by, and other fun activities in the city. We hope you enjoy your stay in Helsinki and experience the city also outside of academia.
Note that our official partners offer free admission with a conference pass.
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
There are two exhibitions on display at Kiasma.
The collection exhibition Rock, Paper, Scissors explores the diverse meanings and techniques of contemporary-art materials from the 1970s to the present. This lavish exhibition provides keys for understanding numerous phenomena in the art of recent decades.
The collection exhibition is located on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Dafna Maimon’s (b. 1982) works are often performative and cinematic. In her art, Maimon portrays the modern individual struggling with society’s expectations, a complicated relationship with food, and a lost sense of community. The exhibition features three video installations and a large number of drawings and paintings.
Dafna Maimon's exhibition is located on the 4th floor.
Helsinki University Museum (FLAME)