Some helpful information for your last conference day: The lecture hall for paper session 9 has been changed and is now D10a. You can take your luggage to the university with you if you need to. More information about this in our program leaflet. For information about how to get to the airport and other... Read More

Some additional information to make your conference days easier! Lunch There is no official lunch time and you can use your lunch vouchers anytime you want during the lunch hours of Juvenes restaurant from 10.30 to 14.30. We want to apologize for the inconvenience we caused by not informing about this properly. Evening party Please... Read More

On Wednesday, we’ll launch the 25th BOBCATSSS with an opening ceremony packed with interesting speeches, words from the organizers, music and dance performances. The ceremony will begin with a speech from the University of Tampere’s Vice Rector, Dean and University Lecturer in history, Katariina Mustakallio who is in charge of international affairs. We’re also honored... Read More

Some new information about the afternoon tours, gala dinner and evening party! Afternoon tours Some of the afternoon tours in social program have an entrance fee. We are collecting the fees at the university before the tours, so we are asking for everyone participating the tours to bring the exact amount of entrance fee with... Read More

Weather and how to dress The weather cast for the conference days at the moment is around -5°C but the temperature might drop to -15°C as well. The ten day weather forecast can be found for example at Foreca’s website. We highly recommend wearing warm clothes and layering: warm gloves or mittens, a warm beanie,... Read More

Registration to the conference workshops opens on Monday 16.1.2017. There are eight workshops available for conference participants. You can register for the workshops by amending your registration on your personal registration form in Lyyti. If you have already registered to the conference, you should receive an email about this on Monday where you will have... Read More

We are pleased to announce four more afternoon tours for the most requested programs. There will be another tour to Linna University library, Metso city library, Rauhaniemi sauna and ice-swimming and for the Moomin exhibition. Metso and Linna tours both take place at the same time as the original ones. The extra tour for Linna... Read More