Speaker
Petri Väisänen
(University of Turku)
Description
The Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, FINCA, is a national research entity, supported by four universities, established soon after Finland joined ESO. It's mandate is to promote astronomical research in the country, ESO-focused science in particular, and participate in both training and relevant technology projects: in short, to make sure Finland benefits from its ESO membership. I will briefly highlight FINCA's main activities, including current ESO/ELT projects we are involved in, and FINCA's role in Finnish astronomy.