ISAM 2011
International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing

Venue & Location

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Venue Address:

Tampere Hall (Tampere Talo)
Yliopistonkatu 55
FI-33100 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 243 4111
Fax +358 3 243 4199

Location of Tampere Hall

City of Tampere

Tampere is the third largest city in Finland and the largest inland centre in the Nordic countries. Currently there are over 210,000 inhabitants in Tampere, and close to half a million inhabitants in Tampere Region, which comprises Tampere and its neighboring municipalities. Tampere is one of the three most rapidly developing regions in Finland. It is a centre of leading-edge technology, research, education, culture, sports and business. In 2010, the City of Tampere came first in an image survey comparing the largest cities in Finland. It was also the most attractive city among Finns who plan on moving.

In August 2010, News Week promoted Finland to be number 1 on the list of "Best countries in the World"

With such a huge range of nations in the world, the question of whether there is a best place to live seems both simple and elusive. With that idea in mind, NEWSWEEK offers this list of best countries. Given that there are so many ways to measure achievement, we chose the five we felt were most important-health, economic dynamism (the openness of a country's economy and the breadth of its corporate sector), education, political environment, and quality of life. And because it's easier to improve quality of life if you're tiny and rich like, for example, Finland, the list also accounts for income and size with rankings by subcategories.


Despite the long winter, Finland is a pretty great place to be - the best, actually. It ranked the highest overall and also comes in as the best small country, the best high-income country, and the best country for education. Its students scored first in science and second in both reading and math in the 2006 (the most recent one for which data are available) Program for International Student Assessment, a test of 15-year-olds' education skills by the OECD. By Tara A. Lewis/ News Week