Digital Services Change the World

Speaker:Pia Viitanen (Minister of Housing and Communications)

Time and Date: 9:40-10:40, Nov. 14, 2013

Place: Room 138, Physics Building, Handan Campus

 

 

Abstract

Ms. Viitanen will introduce digital services that're chaning the world in this talk.

 

 

Biography

Minister of Housing and Communications and matters covered by the Communications Policy Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, 24 May 2013 to present

Master of Administrative Sciences, Member of Parliament

Social Democratic Party

Date and place of birth: 7 April 1967 Tampere

Place of residence: Tampere

 

Social Democratic Party, Party Council, 2012 to present

Social Democratic Party, 3rd Vice Chair 2008–2012

Social Democratic Party, 1st Vice Chair 2005–2008

Social Democratic Party, Party Council, 1994–1996

 

Member of Parliament, 1995 to present

Parliamentary Supervisory Council of the Bank of Finland, Member 2011–2013

Finance Committee, Education and Science Sub-committee, Chair 2007–2011

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), Administrative Council, 1999–2011

 

Tampere City Council, Member 1997 to present

 

Workers' Educational Association, Chair 2001–2013

National Housing Fund, Executive Board 2005–2007

Advisory Council for Housing, Chair 2003–2007

Council for Natural Resources, Vice Chair 2001–2003

Housing Council, Member 1995–2003

Council for the Environment and Natural Resources, Chair 1999-2000 

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs, Chair 1995–1999 

 

Spouse: Harri Sandell 

Language skills: English and Swedish