Venue & Transportations

The conference will be held at Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu. More information soon available

The conference will be held at Radisson Blu Oulu hotel.

There are good flight connections to Oulu from all over the world via Helsinki.

Numerous daily only one-hour-flights between Oulu and Helsinki are operated by Finnair (www.finnair.com) and Norwegian (www.norwegian.com/en). Several Finnair flights are also available as codeshare flights with several partners, including partners of Oneworld Alliance, and Air France. Arctic Airlink also connects Oulu with Luleå, Tromsø and with Gothenburg (www.arcticairlink.com).

Oulu has frequent train connections from Helsinki and Tampere (https://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage).

There are comfortable bus and taxi connections from the Oulu airport to the centre of the city where the conference venue is situated. Distance from the airport to the city is 15 km. The journey takes 15 min by taxi  and 30 min by bus.

Taxi fare from the airport to the city is about 35€. Bus fare is about 6€. There are two bus lines from the airport to the city (bus lines 8 & 9). Bus schedules and journey planner are here: "Journey planner"

The conference will be held at Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu

Rooms have been held in Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu. Please note that Oulu will host several big events during the same time and hotels will be full. Ensure your booking before cut off dates.

Radisson Blu Hotel

Hallituskatu 1,

90100 Oulu, Finland

tel.+358 (0) 20 123 4730

Email: info.oulu@radissonblu.com

Dates 1 – 5 July 2018

Room type and rates 

99 € /  single room//night; 119 € / double room/night

The allocation consists of Standard Rooms, and the availability for Superior Rooms and Business Class Rooms is more limited.

Room rates include: Super Breakfast Buffet, free WiFi, morning and evening saunas and free usage of EasyFit fitness center and hotel’s indoor pool.

Cutoff date:  1 June 2018

Reservations: Directly at Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu tel.+358 (0) 20 1234 730

Email: sales.oulu@radissonblu.com
When booking, please mention allotment code “MESA2018”. Payment: at the hotel.

There are limited amount of rooms available.

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Average day temperature for July in Oulu: 20°C (68°F)

Oulu is located 173 km (107 miles) south from the Arctic circle.

Coordinates of Oulu:

Latitude 65° 01' N; Longitude 25° 28' E

Prepare for 24h daylight at Oulu in early July !

More information  about Oulu