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EARS ON HELSINKI
4 - 7 September 2014
Conference Program
THURSDAY 4TH
FRIDAY 5TH
SATURDAY 6TH
SUNDAY 7TH
HELSINKI CITY HALL
HOTEL SEURAHUONE
CABLE FACTORY AND MORE
HOTEL SEURAHUONE
8.00
DOORS OPEN: REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE
8.00
REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE
9.30
FRESH INK
9.30
BEST PRACTICES
The morning session looks at the new visual
culture in Asian arts, design and architecture.
The speakers discuss the effects of consumer
preferences and changing identity.
12.00
13.00
LUNCH
12.00
LUNCH
BIG, LIVE AND LOUD
13.00
ROUNDTABLES & WORKSHOPS
14.30
EARS ON COFFEE
14.30
EARS ON COFFEE & NETWORKING
15.00
HUNGRY FOR ENTERTAINMENT
15.00
TABLES AND WORKSHOPS PART 2
16.30
Networking and drinks.
19.00
HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK OPENING
10th anniversary celebration for HDW.
EARS ON HELSINKI FESTIVAL
16.00
HDW AT THE ABATTOIR
Bus transportation from the hotel.
EXCLUSIVE VISIT TO THE DESIGN MARKET
CHECKOUT
The Design Market is the largest design stock
sale in the Nordic region and one of the most
popular events of Helsinki Design Week. Bus
transportation from Hotel Seurahuone to the
Cable Factory.
Conference and hotel checkout.
ART, CULTURE AND VISITS
11.30
EARS ON BRUNCH
Meet once more your new and old friends at a
joint brunch. A perfect opportunity to arrange
the last one-to-one meetings. A short summary
on the weeks program and a few music
performances. Time to say thanks and goodbye
until we meet again.
You can also take a short break to see the sights
of the beautiful city of Helsinki.
EARS ON SAUNA
An exclusive visit to the countryside. Possibility
to try traditional Finnish sauna. A perfect
opportunity to get refreshed before the night.
Bus transportation from the hotel.
20.00
Networking and drinks.
19.30
COFFEE & FRIENDS
Visits to local companies, cultural venues,
events, exhibitions and more. Bus transportation
from Cable Factory to the city.
Roundtable sessions and workshops continue.
A look at consumer trends of the entertainment
industry in Asia for both live business and online –
and how financing is influencing the development where the bets are placed for the future.
WELCOME TO HELSINKI
13.00
A multi-track setting to share more of the best
practices and build new opportunities for
international collaboration.
The first afternoon session looks at two different
sides of the emerging music industry in Asia - the
pop phenomena making waves internationally and
the fast growing local live music scene.
16.30
11.00
The second day of EARS starts with a joint
session covering marketing, branding and best
cases and success stories in the Asian market.
COFFEE & FRIENDS
SHUTTLE SERVICE
Transportation back to the city.
20.30
NIUBI FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Local and international talents.
18.00
CLOSE YOUR EARS
A get-together for those who can't or won't leave
the city.
EARS ON HELSINKI
Program
4th September 2014 - Helsinki City Hall
08.00
WELCOME! REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE
09.30
OPENING WORDS
Kari Anttila
State Secretary
Ministry of Education and Culture of
Finland
Ambassador Zhang Yan
Executive Director
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
10.00
"FRESH INK"
The morning session looks at the new visual culture in Asian arts, design and architecture.
The speakers discuss the effects of consumer preferences and changing identity.
Pan Jianfeng
Designer & Author
SHTYPE
Tsutomu Okada
Chief Curator
Spiral Center Tokyo
Rossana Hu
Founding Partner
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
12.00
LUNCH
13.00
"BIG, LIVE AND LOUD"
The first afternoon session looks at two different sides of the emerging music industry in Asia - the pop phenomena making
waves internationally and the fast growing local live music scene.
Pelle Lidell
European A&R Executive
Universal Music Publishing
Nozomi Daikuhara
Creative Director
Nippon Television Music Corp.
Nicole Hyunjeong Kim
Global Marketing Manager
Starship Entertainment
Paul Dankmeyer
Program Director
Java Festival Production
Shen Lihui
CEO
Modern Sky Entertainment
14.30
COFFEE
15.00
"HUNGRY FOR ENTERTAINMENT"
A look at consumer trends of the entertainment & media industry in Asia for both live entertainment and online – what are
the latest trends and how financing is influencing the development - where the bets are placed for the future.
Cheung Fai
CEO
Feverchina corp.
Lua Zhou
Production Director
LeTV
Michael LoJudice
Co-Founder, GM
Caoker.com
Meng Jinhui
General Manager
VICE China
17.00
WELCOME TO HELSINKI!
Pekka Sauri
STAY UP-TO-DATE, GO TO WWW.EARS.ASIA
Deputy Mayor
City of Helsinki
EARS ON HELSINKI
Program
5th September 2014 - Hotel Seurahuone
ROUNDTABLE ROOM 1 - "KABINETT 36"
ROUNDTABLE ROOM2 - "ENGLISH ROOM"
08.00
REGISTRATION OPENS. EARS ON COFFEE.
09.30
GOOD MORNING! WELCOME TO DAY 2
ROUNDTABLE ROOM 3 - "KABINETT 35"
ROUNDTABLE ROOM 4 - "TURKISH ROOM"
REGISTRATION OPENS. EARS ON COFFEE.
08.00
09.30
10.00
10.00
SPOTLIGHT ON PERFORMING ARTS IN ASIA
A-POP SESSIONS
FROM LUXURY FEVER TO INDIVIDUALISM
Looks at new opportunities, connections and
experiments for theatre, dance and new circus in Asia
presenting the best case studies on international
collaboration and conquering of the new market area.
Presentations from music industry executives from Asia
about their work with both domestic and international
markets. Nordic songwriters and publishers working
with Asian markets will also share their experiences.
How to build a fashion brand in China? Looking at best
practice cases of young European brands entering the
Chinese market, building networks and finding suitable
retailers and collaborators.
Hiromi Maruoka, Cheung Fai, Kirsi Mustalahti, Riitto
Aittokallio, Anne Jämsä, Tang Fu Kuen - Moderated by:
Pirjetta Mulari
12.00
Meng Jinhui, Esther Muñoz Grootveldel, Anina Trepte,
Pekka Salokannel - Moderated by Martta Louekari &
Miia Koski
LUNCH
LUNCH
12.00
13.00
13.00
VOICES OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIONS AND CROSSOVERS
SOLD OUT: THE FESTIVAL BOOM IN ASIA
A WESTERN BRAND AND ASIAN CUSTOMER
Series of short presentations showcasing the voices of
the arts community. Followed by a round of Q&A and a
summary on issues raised that can be discussed with
policymakers.
The session looks at meaningful ways of collaboration
between brands and performing artists. Discussions
about artist endorsements in social media and
authenticity of communication.
The exponentially growing festival business in Asia and the
contrast between the established field in Europe. What are
the old mistakes and the new innovations? How to build
international presence and collaborate with other festivals?
Johan Storgård, Pirjetta Mulari, Pan Jianfeng, Martin
Roen, Cheung Fai, Tang Fu Kuen - Moderated by Kimmo
Aulake
Nicole, Sora Jung, Sung-Jin Park, Sharon Park, Satu
Maaranen, Otso Lindfors - Moderated by: Tan Thuong
(1300-1345: Branding a Festival) Juha Miikulainen, Erik
Söderblom, Paul Dankmeyer, Shen Yue - Moderated by Bojan
Boskovic || (1345-1430: How to build international presence for
a festival) Suvi Kallio, Michael LoJudice, Paul Dankmeyer Moderated by Mikko Niemelä
The workshop will focus on branding and customer
understanding in Asian markets, especially in China.
What do we need to know about Chinese consumer
behavior, values and culture when entering the market
with a Finnish/Western brand? What is the role of
online and digitalization in building a successful brand?
14.30
COFFEE
MORE COFFEE
15.00
14.30
15.00
ADDRESSING POLICY
ASIAN MUSIC BEYOND K-POP AND J-ROCK
The panel brings policy makers from Asia and Europe to
discuss the creative industries from a national and
municipal policymaking point of view. Responses also to
the issues raised in the foregoing session.
The previous session continues and is joined by Anita
Nemeth, Ministry of Education, Culture & Science,
Netherlands
16.30
STAY UP-TO-DATE, GO TO WWW.EARS.ASIA
This session looks into Asian music beyond j-rock, kpop and Gangnam Style. The session talks about the
interest and opportunities for Asian music in Europe,
and channels the for promotion for Asian indie music
online and offline, inside and outside of Asia.
Michael LoJudice, Nevin Domer, Berta Ribas Canal,
Olavi Paanen, Arif Ramly, Antti Silventoinen, Xingyue
Zhou - Moderated by Kieron Tyler
HELSINKI FESTIVAL TIME! NETWORKING & DRINKS
DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS - ARCHITECTURE IN CHINA
WORKSHOP CONTINUES: A WESTERN BRAND & ASIAN CUSTOMER
The session looks at architecture in China. Top
architects from Finland and China come together to
share their experiences in working in China and
collaborations between two different cultures.
13.00 Welcome by Tekes
13.15 The 2014 Chinese Consumer : Cultural, social & channel trends
influencing purchase behaviour and how to best address them – Mark
Tanner, Founder and MD of China Skinny
Youth culture in China and how VICE adapted China market as a global
media company - Meng Jinhui, VICE China
14.45 Coffee and networking
Importance of Design in Chinese Market - Hannu Kähönen, CreaDesign
Branding of the Chinese me-generation consumers. Case: OneClick - Kirsi
Mantua-Kommonen, OneClickToFinland
16.30 Closing
Rossana Hu, Mika Woll, Teemu Kurkela, Pekka Salminen
- Moderated by Marco Steinberg
HELSINKI FESTIVAL TIME! NETWORKING & DRINKS
16.30
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM
To ensure that you get the most out of your visit to EARS on Helsinki, we have planned for you several visits, events and
get to know the other delegates and the city of Helsinki.
9.30-16.30 EARS
ON HELSINKI
SEMINAR
PROGRAM
@Helsinki City Hall
10.00-16.30 EARS
ON HELSINKI
SEMINAR
PROGRAM
@Hotel Seurahuone
16.30 EARS on
Helsinki Festival
- Networking
and drinks
16.30 Networking
& drinks by the
City of Helsinki
19.00-20.30
Nom de Plume
Cabaret @LeBonk
19.00-23.00
Helsinki Design
Week 10 Years
& Opening
Party @Vanha
19.00-02.00
Niubi Festival
Opening @mbar
AM444 feat.
Jimi Tenor & Desto,
Flica, DJ’s Arttu P &
Nevin, CURFEW
18.00-22.00
Helsinki Design
Week’s party
19.30 RAW
at Urban Apa
Festival @Stoa
20.30-03.00 Niubi
Festival @Korjaamo
Bo Ningen (JAP), Chui
Wan (CN), Aavikko
feat. Kabar, Siinai,
Mr. Peter Hayden,
DJ Mark Gergis,
DJ Arttu Partinen
21.00-22.35
Helsinki
International
Film Festival Pre
Event @Allas
Saturday 6th
11.00-13.00
Visit to HDW
Design Market
@Cable Factory
14.00-15.00
Visit to Museum
of Finnish
Architecture
15.00-17.00
Social Innovators
Connected 2014
@Teurastamo
Sunday 7th
11.30-13.30 EARS
on Brunch @Hotel
Seurahuone
Sightseeing and
visiting interesting
places in Helsinki
15.00-18.00
Double-bill
performance at
Zodiak
@Cable Factory
16.00-20.00
EARS on Sauna
@Nuuksio
National Park
18.00-23.00
Closing your EARS
@Sauna2
Punavuori
20.30-03.00 Niubi
Festival @Korjaamo
Wild (ID), Filastine &
Nova (US/ID), Gangzi
& Votkin (CN/FI),
Death Hawks Pekko
Käppi ja K:H:H:L, DJ
Mark Gergis, DJ Arttu
Partinen
21.00-22.30
Helsinki
International
Film Festival Pre
Event @Allas
21.00-22.45
Helsinki
International
Film Festival Pre
Event @Allas
12.00-18.00 Helsinki Comics Festival @Lasipalatsi
Arriving to Helsinki
Friday 5th
11.00-20.00 Helsinki Comics Festival @Lasipalatsi
Thursday 4th
14.00-20.00 Helsinki Comics Festival @Lasipalatsi
Wednesday 3rd
YOUR MAP TO EARS ON HELSINKI 2014
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EARS on Helsinki VENUES
1
2
Speakers’ recommendations
Hotel Seurahuone Helsinki
Helsinki City Hall
8
9
10
EARS Partner Events Venues
3
4
5
6
7
11
The Abattoir
The Old Student House
The Cable Factory
Korjaamo Culture Factory
mbar
12
13
14
15
16
17
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Ateneum Art Museum
Design Museum
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Kuva/Tila
Stoa
LeBonk
HIFF Pop Up Event at Allas
Helsinki Comics Festival
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Hakaniemi Market Hall
Bar Loose
Kotiharjun Sauna
Restaurant Sea Horse
Arabia District
Zodiak
Island Suomenlinna
Good Life Coffee
Helsinki Contemporary
Linda Line
3
13
19
7 km
6
24
17
8
16
7
1
4
9
2
18
14
15
25
10 11
26
22 5
12
20
21
23
JOINT EVENTS
EARS ON SAUNA
EARS ON BRUNCH
CLOSE YOUR EARS
What?
What?
What?
Still in the city? A gettogether for those who can’t
or won’t leave the city.
When?
Sunday Sept 7 at 18.00
When?
An exclusive visit to the
countryside. Possibility to
try the traditional Finnish
sauna. A perfect opportunity
to refresh before the night.
Saturday Sept 6 at 16.00
Where? Nuuksio National Park, Espoo.
Hotel Seurahuone
Meet once more your old and
new friends at a joint brunch.
Perfect opportunity to
arrange one-to-one meetings.
Time to say thanks and
goodbye until we meet again.
When?
Where? Sauna2 (Ratakatu 9)
Sunday Sept 7 at 11.30-13.30
Where? Hotel Seurahuone
(Kaivokatu 12)
EARS PARTNER EVENTS
HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK
NIUBI FESTIVAL
What?
Helsinki Design Week is the largest design
festival in the Nordic countries. Held annually in
September, the multidisciplinary festival presents
What?
Design Week is celebrating its 10th. In its entirety,
the festival programme takes place in a variety
of event spaces spread throughout the city.
Niubi’s Lineup:
When?
& Nova (US/ID), Chui Wan (CN), Gangzi & Votkin
(CN/FI), AM444 feat. Jimi Tenor & Desto (CN/
Sept 4-14
Where? Various locations
K:H:H:L, Siinai, Death Hawks, Mr. Peter Hayden, DJ
Mark Gergis (Sublime Frequencies, Sham Palace),
DJ Arttu Partinen (Mental Alaska), DJ Nevin
Free entry
Sept 5:
Helsinki Design Week’s party
at the Abattoir at 18.00-22.00
(Työpajankatu 2)
Bus transportation from Hotel Seurahuone at 19.30
Sept 6:
Visit to the Design Market for EARS
delegates (Tallberginkatu 1)
Bus transportation from Hotel Seurahuone at 11.00
region and one of the most popular events of
larger than ever as both large and small design
companies bring their extra stock to sell.
www.helsinkidesignweek.com
Niubi Festival aims to show that there is more
to Asian music than j-rock, k-pop and Gangnam
Style. In addition to Asian alternative music,
the festival features a selection of the most
interesting Finnish indie bands of the moment.
When?
Sept 4-6
Where? At Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, (Töölönkatu 51)
and mbar, Lasipalatsi (Mannerheimintie 22-24)
Free entry with EARS registration every day!
PERFORMANCES AND INTERESTING EVENTS
A DOUBLE-BILL PERFORMANCE AT ZODIAK
GLIMS&GLOMS - NOM DE PLUME
What?
What?
An opportunity to see a double bill performance
by Joona Halonen and Anne Hiekkaranta
Choreographer Joona Halonen’s “Nolla Nolla” (Zero
Zero) is a succession of short scenes and situations
coloured by imagination. It is a culmination of
Halonen’s thematic puzzle for year 2014, where the
overall shape of the work is approached from various
angles through a series of ingenious transitions.
Anne Hiekkaranta’s contemporary dance piece
“Conus Marmoreus!!!” is a kinetic journey
through the cartoon classic Magica de Spell’s
Enchanted Sea Snails. What results of a collision of
contemporary dance and comic book imagery?
When?
Saturday Sept 6 at 15.00
Wednesday Sept 3 at 19.00
Where?
Free entry for EARS delegates!
Registration: siiri@ears.asia
www.glimsgloms.com
What?
Registration: siiri@ears.asia
When?
Helsinki International Film Festival screens
Sept 5-7
Friday Sept 5 at 21.00:
FRANK
dir. Lenny Abrahamson
UrbanApa Festival is an urban arts festival, which
introduces fresh points of views, new performance
Saturday Sept 6 at 21.00:
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
dir. Morgan Neville
RAW is a set of performances that will leave
Sunday Sept 7 at 21.00:
MUSCLE SHOALS
dir. Greg Camalier
dance art, performance, music and pop culture
with a surprising but relaxed touch.
Where?
When?
Tickets 4 euros with the EARS registration,
free entry with an invitation
URBAN APA - RAW
When?
It takes the spectator to the sources of
humanity and sexual identity with the help
of classical compositions of Jacques Brel,
Friedrich Hollaender and Kurt Weill.
HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
POP UP PRE EVENT
Where? Zodiak Center for New Dance
(Tallberginkatu 1, Helsinki)
What?
Nom de Plume is a cabaret soirée created
by Simo Heiskanen and Mari Kätkä.
Friday Sept 5 at 19.30
Where? Allas (Katajanokanlaituri 2,
next to the Finnair Sky Wheel)
Free entry!
near metro station Itäkeskus)
Tickets 10 euros, free entry with an invitation
Registration: siiri@ears.asia
HELSINKI COMICS FESTIVAL
What?
welcomes comics fans and professionals alike!
showcased by bringing in visiting artists, exhibitions,
drawing performances, competitions and a comics
market will be organized from Saturday to Sunday!
When?
Sept 5-7
Where? Lasipalatsi Square (Mannerheimintie 22-24)
Free entry!
EXHIHBITIONS
MUSEUM OF FINNISH ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN MUSEUM
Finnish Architecture. Biennial Review 2014
Daan Roosegaarde: Dune
individual buildings to entire landscapes showing a
Artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde is internationally
known for creating social designs that explore the relation
between people, technology and space. His Studio
Roosegaarde is the social design lab with his team of designers
and engineers based in the Netherlands and Shanghai.
When?
Ilmari Tapiovaara
EARS visit on Saturday Sept 6 at 14.00
Where? Kasarmikatu 24
designer Ilmari Tapiovaara (1914 – 1999). Design
Museum is staging a major exhibition of his work
featuring both furniture and sketches from archive
collections that have not been displayed previously.
with the EARS registration
Where? Korkeavuorenkatu 23
KIASMA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Tickets 10 euros
Alfredo Jaar
and social morals – our responsibility for our own fate
more than 40 works from 1974–2014, including such
Together
Top names of Finnish contemporary art, design
and fashion will meet in an exhibition organised
jointly by Marimekko and Kiasma
Where? Mannerheiminaukio 2
KUVA/TILA
Odd Bird
foreshadow future trends of art. In the present Internet era,
the concepts of time and distance, centre and periphery
are no longer relevant. Has this simultaneity provided new
frameworks for making art, or have artists become more
homogeneous and their working methods more restricted?
Where? Merimiehenkatu 36
Free entry!
Free entry during the weekend,
Sept 5-7
ATENEUM MUSEUM OF ART
Tove Jansson Exhibition
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth Tove
Jansson (1914-2001), Ateneum hosts a major centenary
exhibition presenting Jansson’s impressive career as
an artist, illustrator, political caricaturist, author and
creator of the Moomin characters and stories.
Where? Kaivokatu 2
Free tickets by request,
contact siiri@ears.asia
OTHER THINGS TO DO AND SEE IN HELSINKI
DESIGN DISTRICT HELSINKI
TORI QUARTERS
Design District Helsinki is a cluster of creative
members including design shops, galleries, workshops,
museums, restaurants, hotels and design agencies.
of little boutiques and events for locals and travelers.
Where?
road of discoveries in Helsinki and Design District.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SHOPPING AND LOCAL FOOD
CLASSICS ARE FOREVER
NEW LIVING ROOM
DIAMONDS AND OTHER FANCY THINGS
CREATIVE SUNDAY
MANLY SHOPPING TOUR
SOMPASAUNA
Sompasauna is a wooden heated self-service public sauna in
and free for everyone to use. Sompasauna is a community
sauna built and maintained by a group of volunteers.
Where? Southern tip of former port now known
as Kalasatama district, a 20 minute walk
from Kalasatama metro station.
Free entry!
HAKANIEMI MARKET HALL & MARKET SQUARE
KULTTUURISAUNA
A visit to one of the most authentic places in Helsinki.
Kulttuurisauna is no traditional sauna! It was one of the
projects for the Helsinki World Design Capital year in 2012
and it opened its doors in 2013. Designed by a JapaneseFinnish couple, it is warmed up by wood pellets instead
of wood blocks. Situated by the ocean shore in Merihaka,
or see the handicrafts at the Market Hall.
When?
Sunday Sept 7
Where?
Hakaniemi
Finland’s most famous architects, Alvar Aalto and it is
open from Wednesday to Sunday from 16.00 to 20.00.
Where?
Hakaniemenranta 17
Entry 15 e per person
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Helsinki is a compact city – it’s very easy to get around by
foot. When going a little further than to the seminar venues,
it might be faster to take a tram or a metro. You can buy a
single ticket at metro stations or from the tram or bus driver.
Day tickets are available for unlimited use on public
INTERESTED IN DOING
OR SEEING SOMETHING ELSE?
EARS on Helsinki registration and info desk is prepared
to assist you in making the most out of your visit!
ticket machines, from the Tourist Information or from the
Helsinki City Transport service point at the Central Railway
Station.