2020
When Everything Went Digital board members: Matti Lötjönen (president), Aarni Rantanen (vice-president), Amanda Häkkinen, Maisa Kankkunen, Yannika Rönnqvist, Alexandra Salo, Martin Örn
This year, the novel coronavirus changed everything. Things were still normal in January when we held the National Session in Tampere, with hotel and hostel accommodation for all participants! The session was under the patronage of Tarja Halonen, Heidi Hautala and Iiris Suomela, all of whom joined to give speeches at our opening and closing ceremonies. During a short coffee break, president Halonen stressed the importance of activating and keeping in touch with our alumni. Our first International Forum, Lapland 2020, was supposed to take place in early April. However, as COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, we had to postpone the session with only two weeks’ notice. Fortunately, our 26
