Programme

Preliminary programme:

• 10.15-12.00 Registration for the conference 
• 12.00-12.15 Opening of the days by Professor Minna van Gerven and Associate Professor Ilkka Pietilä 
  • Greetings from the Social Policy Association, President of the Association Lina Van Aerschot
• 12.15-13.00 Keynote by Professor Jon Kvist (University of Roskilde, Denmark) 
• 13.00-13.30 Comment and discussion, Olli Kangas (University of Turku)
• 13.30-14.00 Coffee break 
• 14.00-16.30 Working groups 
• 16.45-17.15 Autumn meeting of the Social Policy Association 
• 19.00-22.00 Conference dinner in restaurant The Cock (for those who have purchased the dinner ticket)

Preliminary programme:

• 09.00-11.00 Working groups 
• 11.00-12.00 Lunch (self-funded)
• 12.00-12.45 Keynote by professor Femke Roosma (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
• 12.45-13:15 Comment and discussion, Associate Professor Hanna Wass (University of Helsinki)
• 13.15-14.15 Panel discussion of the social and health organisations  
• 14.15-14.30  Social Policy Association Graduate Prize, Ullamaija Seppälä
• 14.30 Invitation to the Social Policy Conference 2026 
• 14.45 Ending the Social Policy Conference 2025