SPOL

for psychology students in all Nordic countries

in Turku (Åbo)  29.-31.1.2010

by now, most participants are familiar with the background and how to get here, so here is the most relevant info at the moment, the map and:

PROGRAM

FRIDAY

10.00-16.00: Scientific Forum: “Open Psych-Mic”

The program during the first day is made up of what you bring to the table: the idea is that we organize suitable rooms and equipment, and give you the opportunity to share your psychology related thoughts and experiences with your fellow students. Your own imagination sets the limits for what kind of activities are organized, it can be anything from discussion groups about CBT or the treatment of addictions, to workshops on mindfulness or on professional ethics, to presentations of your bachelor/masters thesis, to poster and paper presentations, to film sessions, to psychodrama, to brainstorming about future co-operation between psychology students in the Nordic countries, to..?
This is a great way of gaining conference experience in a relaxed, low pressure environment, that we really hope that as many of you will grab! This is how the program looks so far, there might still be some changes:

• 10-10.30 arrival at Arken, registration at info desk which will be right by the main entrance in Arken

• 10.30-11.30 SESSION 1

1. Lecture room Valhall: Discussion group – Philosophy and Psychology, Mikael Andersén. Maximum participant number 18 persons, report your interest to Mikael: dedu2000@hotmail dot com
   
2. Lecture room Radiatorn: Workshop – Professional Ethics, Thomas Pakalén and Elisabeth Nordenswan. Psychologists often encounter situations in their jobs where different ethical views can motivate different actions. During the workshop examples of such situations are presented and discussed in the group. Maximum participant number 15 persons, report your interest to Elli: elisabeth.nordenswan@abo dot fi
3. Lecture room Westermarck: Presentation – EFPSA, Priit Tinits + Presentation of the participants home universities, several presenters
   

• 11.30-12.45 LUNCH (at own expense, see the map for restaurants with student friendly prices)

• 11.30 First host-guest meeting session: Anna, who is in charge of the housing arrangements will be standing by the main entrance to Arken with a list of all the hosts and guests to help you find each other. Remember to agree on what time to meet with your host/guest on beforehand!
  

• 12.45-13.45 SESSION 2

1. Lecture room Westermarck: Vesa Nevalainen, who is the Chief Psychologist at the Finnish Psychological Association talks about further education for psychologists in the Nordic countries.
   
2. Lecture room Radiatorn: Film session, part 1 – during the session we’ll watch the first half of the video material in the Swedish artist Anna Odell’s piece “UNKNOWN, WOMAN 2009-349701″. Maximum participant number 30 persons, there will be a sign-up list by Arken’s main entrance.

• 13.50-14.50 SESSION 3

1. Lectureroom Valhall: Presentation – Psykologifabriken, Rebecca Andersson. Presentation of Psykologifabriken, which is a project that aims at finding and spreading new ways to make use of all the exiting new research available. Discussion about psychological entrepreneurship.
2. Lecture room Westermarck: Workshop – Open space discussion part 1, Sami Råman. Four principles that describe the workshop:
   1. Whoever comes are the right people
   2. Whenever it starts, is the right time
   3. Whatever happens, is the only thing that could have happened
   4. When it’s over, it’s over
   Sounds interesting doesn’t it? Be prepared to be surprised!
3. Lecture room Radiatorn: Film session 2 – during the session we’ll watch the second half of the video material in the Swedish artist Anna Odell’s piece “UNKNOWN, WOMAN 2009-349701″, and after that there will be a group dicussion about the material. Maximum participant number 30 persons, same group as in the first session, there will be a sign-up list by Arken’s main entrance.

• 15.00-16.00 SESSION 4

1. Lecture room Valhall: Discussion group – Brainstorming about future co-operation between the Nordic countries (preparation for the meeting on Sunday), Elisabeth Nordenswan
   
2. Lecture room Westermarck: Workshop – Open space discussion, Sami Råman.
   Four principles that describe the workshop:
   1. Whoever comes are the right people
   2. Whenever it starts, is the right time
   3. Whatever happens, is the only thing that could have happened
   4. When it’s over, it’s over
3. Lecture room Radiatorn: Presentations of students own projects, papers etc., several presenters

• 16.00 Second host-guest meeting session: Anna, who is in charge of the housing arrangements will be standing by the main entrance to Arken with a list of all the hosts and guests to help you find each other. Remember to agree on what time to meet with your host/guest on beforehand!
  

Please contact Elli (elisabeth.nordenswan at abo dot fi) with your program suggestions so that we can find a slot for your program in the schedule.

19.00 Sitz

A 3 course dinner accompanied by lots of student songs, fun and games – a traditional yet relaxed way of spending time together that the psychology students in Turku are very fond of!

Venue: Sode, which doesn’t actually have an address, so check out the map:

http://maps.google.se/maps/ms?hl=sv&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117492126466821350797.00047d3bc1d57344edfba&ll=60.452213,22.284737&spn=0.0051,0.019248&z=16

Price: 13e with alcohol (includes 1 beer/1 cider and 1 snaps and 1 punsch), 11e without alcohol. Dinner payments are collected by the door, if possible please bring the exact sum with you as we probably won’t have change!

Menu: Starter: traditional bread from the archipelago with shrimp topping. Main course: lasagne and tomato salad. Dessert: chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream.

Dress code: relaxed party (if you are from a Finnish university, please feel free to wear your haalarit, which is a traditional student overall)

SATURDAY

10.15-16.00: SPOL Seminar:

Far from Traditional: Versatile Use of Psychological Knowledge

10.15-10.30 Welcoming speech
10.30-11.00 “EuroPsy – bridge to global practice in psychology” Tuomo Tikkanen, president of the Finnish Psychological Association talks about the global work market and the EuroPsy legitimation
11.00-11.30 Presentation of workshop speakers
11.30-13.00 Lunch break
13.00-13.45 Workshop 1
13.45-14.00 Break
14.00-14.45 Workshop 2
14.45-15.15 Coffee break
15.15-16.00 Workshop 3

For the workshops we have invited psychologists who have unusual/interesting jobs to talk about how they apply their psychological knowledge in their jobs, and what you should do as a psychology student if you want a similar job. There will be four workshops running simultaneously, from which you will be able to choose the one that you are the most interested of. The workshop speakers are:

Matti Sorsa, M.Phil (Psychologist); Human Performance Specialist, Aviation, Maritime, NPP: He graduated in 1981 (Applied Psychology, Helsinki University). Since then he has worked in Selection, Training and Safety Investigation in the fields where human action and high level of technology meet in a high-risk environment.He operates as a free consultant runnning his
own company.

Pauliina Tuomivaara, M.A. (Psych), specialised in family counseling, Riding Therapist (ratsastusterapeutti SRT): Pauliinas presentation will cover the following topics: Riding Therapy as mental rehabilitation, what it is. Who it is for – clients in riding therapy. Who pays for it – the funding of riding therapy in Finland. How to become a riding therapist in Finland.

Petri Koistinen, D.Sc (Econ.), M.A. (Psych.), works as a Human Factors and Safety Culture Specialist at Olkiluoto NPP: Graduated from Tampere University in 1996 (Psychologist) and from Lappeenranta University of Technology in 2003 (PhD in Economics and Business Administration). Since June 2004 he has been working as an organinizational psychologist in Olkiluoto NPP (nuclear power plant). Main topics at work are: organizational learning, safety culture and also general issues like organizational development and job satisfaction. Presentation will cover those themes and also how M.A. in psychology will ‘help to cope’ in industry.

Antti Revonsuo Ph.D. (psychology): BRAIN, CONSCIOUSNESS, HAPPINESS: How 21st Century Psychology Became Everything That 20th Century Psychology Rejected. In the 1990’s, psychological science changed in ways that are nothing short of revolutionary. During my Master’s studies in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, no such fields as Cognitive Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, Consciousness Research, or Positive Psychology existed. Consequently, I felt that my studies did not tell me much about the things I was really interested in, such as the mind-brain problem, consciousness, dreaming, biological evolution of mind, happiness and positive emotions. Fortunately, it turned out that all of these topics were just about to make a rapid and forceful entry to psychological science. Thus, my entire career in research and teaching has in fact been on topics that I never studied one bit! In my workshop I will (1) tell about my research and teaching on consciousness, dreaming, happiness, etc. (2) talk about the academic career path and, based on my own experience, would encourage other people to follow their dreams and favourite topics if they aim at becoming successful researchers, (3) talk about the importance of opening new pathways and going your own way beyond what you were taught during your studies, because it is certain that psychological science will keep changing, and the psychology you study now will not necessarily be the psychology you will work on 10 or 20 years from now.

Lasse Nurmi M.A. (Psych.) I graduated from the University of Turku in 1978. My first appointment as a psychologist was at the Military Psychology Office of the Finnish Defence Forces. Later I was there a chief psychologist having a responsibility for the selection of  military personnel (psychological testing procedures). Since 1986 I have been working for the police, first as a senior lecturer at the Police College of Finland and since 2006 as a police psychologist at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Crime Investigation: Homicide and Other Serious Crime section. My work at the police has included training, consulting in hostage negotiation, criminal investigation, disaster victim identification and family liaison officer work. I’ve conducted also tens of critical incident debriefings for the police and other people.

Merja Tuomola Master of Social Sciences, (sport) psychologist, supervisor, works as private entrepreneur doing among other things solution-focused hypnotherapy and psychological coaching.

17ish-19ish Seminar Sauna

Venue: Kåren, address: Hämeenkatu 22. The entrance to the sauna is a few meters past the main entrance to Kåren, towards the town center and away from Arken.

After the seminar we’ve reserved the sauna at Åbo Akademis Student Union which is called Kåren. The sauna fits about 20 people at a time, but there’s more space in the dressing room for chilling & beerdrinking As there’s only one sauna and one shower room the men and women bathe together, so it can be a good idea to bring a swimsuit or extra towel that you can use in the sauna. Remember to bring your own beer/drink of choice!

20ish -> Seminar party

Venue: Dynamo, a slightly alternative night club, which is in an old wooden house in the center of Turku. The address is Linnankatu 7.

The party is almost as big a part of the SPOL seminar as the scientific program, and as the seminar this year is going to be bigger and more international it’s guaranteed to be a lot of fun! The music will be provided by DJ Pink Freud and MBoost, and during happy hour (up until 23.00) a beer costs 2,80. Tickets to the party will be sold at Arken earlier the same day, during the breaks in the scientific program for a couple of euros.

SUNDAY

11.00-18.00 Miniexcursions
During the day there will be several shorter excursions in and around Turku. The idea with the excursions is to offer you a relaxed way to spend more time with your new friends and get to know the city your staying in a bit better at the same time. You can sign up for the excursions in Arken during the breaks in the seminar program on Saturday.

11.00-14.00 Sledding at Observatorieberget

11.00-14.00 Group walk around the city to see some popular sights

15.00-18.00 Winter outdoor swimming (see www.turunavantouimarit.fi for more info)

15.00-18.00 Caribia spa and waterpark (see www.holidayclubspahotels.com/kylpyla-caribia-en.html for more info)

14.15-18.00: Nordic Psychology Student Meeting

Venue: Arken, Tehtaankatu 2 (the main entrance is across the yard through the glass doors)

During the meeting future forms for co-operation between the student organizations in the Nordic countries will be discussed, two representatives/country will be chosen for the next “term”, and the venue for the next Nordic Psychology Student Meeting will be chosen. Everyone who is interested in the subject is more than welcome to join the discussion, but the meeting is not compulsory.

MAP

To make it easier for you to find your way around in Turku between the different venues we’ve made a map for you. On it you can find Arken, Kåren, Dynamo etc, but also restaurants that have student friendly prices and the train station, bus station etc. Hope you find it to be helpful! Open this link to see the map.

ACCOMMODATION

All students that have requested accommodation have a host for the week-end, and you should have recieved info about this via mail. If you haven’t or if you have any questions, please contact Anna Sysi who is in charge of the accommodation: annasysi@gmail dot com.

WE WON’T BE MAKING PRINTED COPIES OF THE PROGRAMS, SO PLEASE GATHER UP ALL THE INFO THAT YOU NEED FOR THE WEEK-END FROM HERE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE IN TURKU!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us, the organizing committee of the meeting:

Teemu Pauha: firstname.lastname@psyli.fi
Thomas Pakalén: firstname.lastname@abo.fi
Elisabeth Nordenswan: firstname.lastname@abo.fi

We’re looking forward to seeing you all in Turku soon!