Tuesday 11.1.2022, Bienvenue à Lyon, à Palais de la Bourse

Left-to-right: Piere Rampa (France), keynote speaker Arvea Marieni, Frank Hovorka (France) and Tarmo Savolainen (Finland). Pierre, Frank and Tarmo spoke in the Inception on Tuesday 11th of January.

Ville Alajoki from Finland talking about the Crown Bridge project in Helsinki as part of the Round Table during the Opening Plenary. Map made by our current CEO Annina.
Tuesday 11.1.2022, Parallel virtual sessions

Some of the presentations were via remote access. Viivi Siuko from Tampere University, Finland, had a very inspiring presentation about challenges in the infrastructure sector.
Networking

Top row left-to-right: Pierre Benning (France), Dominique Chevillard (France), keynote speaker Arvea Marieni, Frank Hovorka (France), Vincent Keller (France), Frank Gautheron (France). Lower row left to right: Jaan Saar (Estonia), Annina Lehikoinen (Finland), Christophe Castaign (France), Tarmo Savolainen (Finland), Petteri Paavilainen (Finland).

The athmosphere at the event was very inspiring! There was also time to network and chat with other participants at the event.

Tarmo Savolainen’s selfie in the hall. As you can see, safety measures were taken care of during the event.
Lyon

There was some time among the conference to get to know Lyon. The bridge is calles Pont Lafayette and it crosses river Rhone. It has been constructed in 1820s and It is 214 meters long and 13 meters wide.

In the background you can see the towers of the Church of Saint-Nizier. The construction of the church began already in 14th century, but e.g. the sacristy and the organ were installed as late as in the 19th century. The church is part of UNESCO World Heritage List since 1998.

In the background you can see the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fouvière. The construction was finished late 1890s.

Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon lit during the night-time. It was opened in 1454 and has a long history of serving as a hospital, refuge, museum and a hotel.

The Passerelle du College bridge during night-time. The construction of the bridge was completed in 1845 and it was rebuilt exactly one hundred years later in 1945 after one of the piers was destroyed in the World War II.
Wednesday 12.1.2022, Parallel Sessions

Panel discussion about IFC 4.3. The room is slightly fancier than for example Finland’s Messukeskus!

The presentations were very interesting and inspiring. Paulus Eckhardt (the Netherlands) talking about digital infomartion exchange.
Wednesday 12.1.2022, Closing Plenary

Jaan Saar (in front of the computer) and Souheil Soubra (on screen) were hosting the closing plenary on Wednesday.












