Jaana Villanen is the Director of the Finnish Growth Corridor, whose passion is to promote the well-being of regions and develop new operating models to strengthen the vitality of municipalities and cities. Jaana has worked at Sitra as a senior advisor in the key area of Lifelong learning, where an Interactive Situational Picture was developed, which is still being developed at the Finnish Growth Corridor and lessons are shared for the benefit of the vitality of Finland as a whole.

Jaana will be hosting the panel discussion around the success factors and building blocks of effective networks, the Finnish Growth Corridor serving as a case example.