Helsinki: 15 June 2007

PSI stakeholders have met for the first time to form a national PSI Group within Finland. The first meeting held on the 15th June 2007 was attended by 13 of the 17 members of the PSI Group. The PSI Group has the support of both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The current membership of the PSI Group includes:

Members present at PSI Group meeting 1

• Antti Eskola (Ministry of Trade and Industry)

• Juhani Korhonen (Ministry of Finance)

• Antti Kosonen (National Land Survey of Finland)

• Pekka Krook (Diges Association)

• Miira Paasilinna (Diges Association)

• Paavo Paloheimo

• Katri Pölkki (Federation of Finnish Enterprises)

• Antti Riivari (Ministry of Trade and Industry)

• Esa Rimpiläinen (Suomen Puheentunnistus Ltd)

• Petra Tarjanne (Ministry of Trade and Industry)

• Kirsti Vallinheimo (Ministry of Finance)

• Antti Vertanen (Ministry of Agriculture)

• Markus Sovala (Ministry of Finance)

Members not present at the PSI Group meeting 1

• Rolf Alfors (Väestörekisterikeskus)

• Matti Holopainen (The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities)

• Tommi Rissanen (Culminatum Ltd)

• Pirkko Saarikivi (Foreca Ltd)

Finland National PSI Meeting

One of the topics on the PSI Group Meeting 1 agenda was the ePSI plus National Meeting that will be held in Tampere on 2nd October 2007 commencing at 1100 hours. The ePSI plus National meeting will be part of the MindTrek conference.