Olli-pekka kallasvuo to lead wdc committee

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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to lead World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Committee

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, former president and CEO of Nokia Corporation, is the newly appointed chairman of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Committee.

The committee, consisting of 45 opinion leaders and specialists from various sectors of society, is tasked to support the management and board of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project, offering them broad-based social perspective.

“World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 is a unique opportunity with a broad social interface that stems from the project’s foundations,” Kallasvuo says. “We are all committed to offering our expertise to support the project’s decision making.”

The committee was appointed by International Design Foundation, which is the management organization of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project, the project’s owners, that is, the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti, and the participating universities.

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