State of the Nation

Whatever you think about president Bush, his speech is an important event and a good opportunity to practise language.

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Greetings from Mari

Hi Matti,

Will you please tell my best wishes to everybody in the English

group. I found a group in Sipoo which goes better with the time

schedule of the family, so I'll join that one instead of the Kerava

monday group.

Best regards,

Mari

Our new group

Our new group consists of 10 students, a graphic designer, several retired persons, an export assistant, a human resouces manager, a detective seargent in the Helsinki police department, for example.

Science Forum Lectures in English

The Science Forum was arranged in Helsinki 10.-14. january 2007 .

The lectures can be viewed as videos

Most lectures are in Finnish, of course. In English you can find:
Opening lecture: Prof. Georgina Mace (Imperial Collage, Lontoo), Status and trends of global biodiversity
Prof. Bengt Saltin :Gene manipulation to exceed the performance limits in sports: threats or fiction?
Roald Sagdeev (University of Maryland, Venäjän Tiedeakatemia): Legacy of Sputnik