The leading Finnish residential business conference of 2016 gathered industry leaders to Helsinki on January 26, 2016. In addition to the presentations on the present state and future trends of the market we also learned about digitalization and residential innovations.<\/p>\n
My company, AE Partners<\/a>, was one of the organizing partners of the Asuntomarkkinat 2016<\/strong> <\/a>conference. During the conference, I had a change to interview three\u00a0presenters for my podcast.<\/p>\n Linda thinks that programming languages will become the first second languages for kids. All companies will become software companies, and all future problems will be connected to information technology. Quite radical claims, but she had a lot of evidence to back them up in here very inspiring presentation. As for home automation and Internet of Things, she calls for open standards. Who wants a home that in 10 years will become obsolete because of outdated proprietary technology?<\/p>\n Visit http:\/\/lindaliukas.com<\/a> for more information on Linda. In the title photo of this article, Linda is with another presenter, Juha Kostiainen,\u00a0Senior Vice President, Urban Development and Corporate Relations of YIT.<\/p>\n The festival is open to everyone that\u2019s interested in the future of the suburbia: inhabitants, politicians, authorities, investors, builders, and so on. During one week, there are workshops, presentations, demos, parties, and exhibitions. The idea of the festival is to raise awareness, search for solutions, and inspire to action. The first event took place in August 2015 in Vantaa, but there are going to many more in the near future.<\/p>\n You can contact Katja via email at Linda Liukas \u2013 Author, Programmer, Educator<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Linda Liukas<\/strong> is a world-famous children\u2019s book author, programmer, Rails Girls<\/a> co-funder, and illustrator. Her book for kids on programming, Hello Ruby<\/a>, received over $380,000 in pre-orders during the first month on Kickstarter.<\/p>\nOurHouse \u2013 Festival for Suburbia<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Executive Producer Katja Linderoos<\/strong> presented OurHouse<\/a>, a festival for suburbia. As a legacy of the rapid urbanization of the country between 1950s and 1970s, Finland\u2019s suburban condominiums require huge repair investments. How to cope with the challenge is the theme of the OurHouse festival.<\/p>\n![\"karjaluoto\"](\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/karjaluoto.jpg\")