Arctic Design Week 2016, the world’s northernmost design week, takes place on 22-28 February 2016 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The theme of this year's design week is Design Business in the Arctic.





UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education will organise an online seminar on Monday, 8 February 2016. This seminar will start a bi-monthly seminar series discussing the issues and topics related to the TNs focus areas.

European Athlete as Student Network (EAS 2016) 13th annual conference will be organized in Rovaniemi, Finland on September 15-17, 2016. The conference also serves as a platform for a new UArctic Thematic Network in sports and education that the partner universities plan to initiate during spring 2016.

The 9th Baltic Sea Region Forum 2016 will be organized on 20 Mayin Turku, Finland under the theme "Maritime cluster in the Baltic Sea region and beyond". The focus of the Forum will be on transport, shipbuilding and maritime cluster.