The most educational and fun seminar of the year, the Associations’ Kick-off, is here once again! The joint workshop and networking event that starts the year is a great occasion for association actives to gather together to mingle and learn! The 2025 Associations’ Kick-off is on Tuesday 4 February 2025. Welcome!
Practical matters
The Associations’ Kick-off is for all actives of the associations operating within TREY. The event is free of charge. The day program of the event will take place at Tampere University’s city centre campus and the afterparty at Pii-Klubi.
Register for the Associations’ Kick-off via this Microsoft Forms. Please note that registration is binding. Registration ends on 23 January 2025.
Schedule and programme
The daily program of the event includes a joint opening lecture and two workshops. Participants’ wishes for both workshop slots will be asked upon registration. You can find detailed descriptions of the workshops at the end of this page.
Event schedule
- 11.45-12.15 Coffee service available
- 12.15-13.00 Opening lecture
- 13.30-15.00 First workshop (slot 1)
- 15.00-16.00 Meal break at the participant’s own expense
- 16.00-17.30 Second workshop (slot 2)
- 17.30-> Afterparty at Pii-Klubi
Workshop locations
After the opening lecture and the meal break, participants will proceed to the workshops with guidance, and we will also arrange as extensive signage as possible for the city centre campus.
The exact locations of the workshops will be updated after enrolment has ended.
Other matters and additional info
Participants will be notified about the workshops in advance if possible, but at the latest on the day of the event before the start of the opening lecture. All changes to the event are announced on this page, on TREY’s email list for associations and on the association Telegram information channel.
You can read about the accessibility of campuses on the Intranet.
TREY’s principles for safer spaces are followed in the event. The principles can be found on TREY’s website here.
Let’s have fun and keep the event harassment-free. If you encounter unpleasant behavior or harassment, you can contact TREY’s harassment contact persons through hairinta@trey.fi. Harassment contact persons can also be reached via a Microsoft Forms contact form.
For more information about the event, contact TREY’s Specialist in Association Affairs Yeti Ahonen-Kakko (jarjesto@trey.fi, 040 713 0079).
Description of the workshops
There are a total of 19 workshops, which are divided into two different time slots – one before the meal and one after. Every workshop is organized only once. We have tried to divide the workshops thematically equally between the timeslots.
One workshop will be organized in English in the first time slot. One workshop will be interpreted from Finnish to English in the second time slot. The rest of the workshops are only in Finnish and their descriptions can be found in the event page in Finnish.
Time slot 1 (at 13.30-15.00)
International student culture – a threat, or an opportunity?
Target group: all working with student culture
Over 10% of new university students in Finland are international, a number that rises to almost 25% among technology students. With student traditions that date back decades, are there risks to including this growing group? Can these risks be mitigated, and are they truly outweighed by the benefits?
The workshop will be run by Owain Hopeaketo, who works as Project Manager for international experts at TEK after moving to Finland to study in 2016.
Time slot 2 (at 16-17.30)
ABC of association administration – Stumbling through administration (Yhdistyshallinnon ABC – Hoiperrellen hallinnon halki, will be interpreted to English)
Target group: Chairpersons, secretaries
Are you a newbie in the field of association administration? Does the association’s paperwork load make you so anxious that you’d rather not do it? In this workshop, TREY’s Specialist in Association Affairs Yeti guides you through the basics of association administration.
The workshop will be run by TREY’s Specialist in Association Affairs Yeti Ahonen-Kakko.
Banner picture: Reetta Sihto, TT-kamerat