Aalto on Tracks leaves Friday 14 May - Keep track at http://aaltoontracks.com
11.05.2010
Aalto on Tracks is taking over 80 people from the Aalto University community to the Shanghai World Expo - on a private train. The train leaves Helsinki on Friday 14 May at 18.23 and arrives in Shanghai 10 days later. Welcome to the farewell party at restaurant Amarillo on Friday at 3 p.m. Keep track of Aalto on tracks at http://aaltoontracks.com.
"The multi-disciplinary background of participants will be utilized in several workshops, case studies, as well as a TEDx event on the train. In Shanghai we have arranged several company visits, like attending the opening of the Aalto-Tongji Design Factory and participate at the Finland Day events", says Mikko Ikola, the Chief Organiser of Aalto on Tracks. "We will continuously be writing blogs on what is happening during the trip."
Stay tuned at www.aaltoontracks.com. The site will collect blog posts, status updates and photos along the way.
Aalto on Tracks is organised by the students of Aalto University in close collaboration with the Aalto University Student Union, Aalto University, Aalto-Tongji Design Factory and Aalto Entrepreneurship Society. The aim of project is to take Aalto University, Finland, and Finnish education to the world, and to provide an unforgettable learning experience for the participants. Especially, Aalto on Tracks is the realization of the creativity, motivation, and initiative which makes the impossible possible.
Aalto on Tracks
Farewell Party Fri 14.5. at 3 p.m. -
Restaurant Amarillo, Mikonkatu 9, Helsinki
Open to friends and relatives as well as media.
The train leaves Helsinki central railway station
on Fri 14.5. at 6.23 p.m., train Tolstoi to Moscow, then changing to private train
Contact information:
Mikko Ikola
Chief Organiser
+358 50 411 7282
mikko.ikola [at] aaltoontracks [dot] com
The web pages of Aalto on Tracks can be found at: http://www.aaltoontracks.com/
