Walking Together, the ERC Sunday Event

August 16th, 2026, 16:00–18:00

• Guided Outdoor Campus Tour (16.00-17.00): Meet at Tampere Hall (Yliopistonkatu 55), Main entrance on the Yliopistonkatu street side
• Informal social gathering (17.00-18.00): Ravintola Telakka (Tullikamarin aukio 3, Tampere), 2nd floor
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED: You can find the link to register in the presentation times email.

Welcome to Walking Together, the ERC Sunday Event!

We warmly invite you to join our casual orientation and networking event for participants of the Emerging Researchers' Conference (ERC). 

Walking Together is a vibrant collaborative networking opportunity, an invitation to connect. As Emerging Researchers, you are warmly encouraged to join this shared experience of exploring the campus side by side, where conversations can flow naturally, creating space to exchange ideas, perspectives, and stories about your research and academic journeys. This simple act of “walking and talking” creates a welcoming, relaxed, and inspiring atmosphere to meet peers from different contexts and disciplines, while also offering opportunities to reflect together on career paths, skills, and experiences. . 

We will meet at Tampere Hall at 16:00 and take a guided campus tour together. The meeting point is in front of the main entrance of Tampere Hall, which is on the Yliopistonkatu street side (see the Tampere Hall website for details). During the tour, we will introduce key locations such as conference venues, restaurants, cafés, the library, and other useful facilities. Following the tour (approximately 17:00), we will continue the evening at a nearby restaurant, Telakka, where you can buy food and beverages. At this informal social gathering, you can ask questions—big or small—about conference practices, academic networking, or the Tampere city itself. You will also have the opportunity to connect with fellow participants and more experienced researchers who are happy to share their insights.

We hope this event will help make your conference experience both smooth and enjoyable, giving you an opportunity to meet new people and get to know the location in advance. We look forward to meeting many of you!