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European Maritime Day 2025

21–23 May 2025 | Cork, Ireland

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Johanna Karvonen

EU Project Coordinator

Laurea University of Applied Sciences

Espoo, Finland

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I am an EU Project coordinator in the resilient infrastructure and maritime security domain, currently focusing on critical submarine infrastructure resilience.

My organisation

Laurea University of Applied Sciences is a distinguished and multi-faculty university educating future professionals in security management, business management, information and communications technology, service innovation and design, and nursing. Laurea operates in the Helsinki metropolitan area in six regional campuses with some 8.000 students of which 1 200 study in the adult education programmes (master’s degrees) and over 550 employees.
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About me

Ms. Johanna Karvonen, Project Coordinator for the EU funded VIGIMARE project on surveillance of Critical Submarine Infrastructure, is currently working at Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FIN) coordinating Horizon Europe funded projects within the Civil Security for Society domain. Her expertise lies in Security research, with a primary focus on European Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Border Security in the Maritime domain. Additionally, she is involved in projects related to Hybrid Threats, Inter-authority Cooperation, and Cybersecurity. Ms. Karvonen has 15 years of experience working with international research projects in Higher Education Institutions, after receiving her degree in Political Science, specializing in EU knowledge at Åbo Akademi University.

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Skills

  • Resilient Infrastructure
  • maritime security
  • Submarine Infrastructure resilience
  • Project coordination and management
  • Hybrid threats
  • Risk evaluation
  • Arctic security

Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday 22 May 2025

17:15 - 18:30

Workshop 7 "Protecting Subsea Infrastructure"

Format:In-person
  • Maritime security and surveillance

Workshop organized by National Maritime College of Ireland MTU.