Aiming for the world’s most studied age cohort – Future Finland stakeholder webinar

It is our pleasure to invite representatives of the Finnish scientific community to discuss research aiming to strengthen the Finnish welfare society over the following 100 years and to share their insights on the current research and implementation plans of the Future Finland (Huomisen Suomi) Birth Cohort initiative. 

You are warmly welcome to this interactive webinar on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 13:00-15:00. The event will be held in English. Registration is needed.

Programme

The programme of the webinar includes an introduction to the Future Finland Birth Cohort, an international and national perspective on other birth cohorts, and a discussion on the research needs and visions of the Finnish scientific community.

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Professor Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen (University of Copenhagen), Co-founder of the Danish National Birth Cohort and Scientific Principal Investigator for the cohort 2017-2024 
• Professor Sylvain Sebert (University of Oulu), Scientific Director of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort  
• Professor Jani Erola (University of Turku), Director of INVEST Research Flagship Center 
• Professor Aarno Palotie (FIMM/University of Helsinki), FinnGen Scientific Director, Research Director at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)  
• Dr. Annamari Lundqvist (THL), acting Project Director of the Future Finland Birth Cohort.  

The detailed programme will be published on this site before the event.

Registration

Please register your participation through the link below. Feel free to share this invitation also with your colleagues interested in the topic. 

Register for the webinar
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation via email with the participation link. 

Background information on Future Finland

The ambitious goal of the Future Finland Birth Cohort is to establish a unique, nationwide, lifelong data resource that will enable new forms of interdisciplinary top-level research. The birth cohort is intended to include all families with a child born between 2025 and 2029. The project comprehensively utilizes various national registers and other data sources. The collected information will be further enriched with consent-based sample and survey materials. 

Building the Future Finland Birth Cohort will be a joint national effort that is funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR) and its preparation is coordinated by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). The data resource will be available for the entire research community.  

The Future Finland Birth Cohort presents a unique opportunity to combine our forces and expertise to advance groundbreaking interdisciplinary research and broader multidisciplinary collaboration.

More information

For more information, please visit our website: thl.fi/futurefinland 

Annamari Lundqvist
project director
tel. +358 29 524 7283
[email protected]

For practical questions regarding the event, please contact Development Manager Birgit Simell ([email protected]) or Communications Specialist Elisa Lautala ([email protected]).