The next SNDS annual conference and workshop will be held in Oulu, Finland, on May 14-16, 2009. The organizers presented their city and their concept for the conference Friday night at this year's gala dinner – by showing a short video introducing the legendary "Men's Choir The Shouters" (see below), originating from and still based in Oulu.
The film also introduced the logo for the Oulu conference – designed by me. That makes it three in a row, as I also did the Stockholm 2007 and Copenhagen Crash 2008 logo designs. This is what the logo looks like – the title is "24".»The idea is of course that the news production happens 24 hours a day, and the Nordic long day might provide some means of looking at things in new light. We try to focus quite a number of presentations around future, that is the technological and mental future. We especially liked the idea of playing around with numbers in the marketing: 2+4: 6 reasons to come to Oulu; 12 months, 60 days, and so on before the event,« says Leena Kosonen from the Finnish oragnizing committee.
See you in Oulu next year!
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MIESKUORO HUUTAJAT (Men's Choir The Shouters) was formed in 1987 in Oulu, Finland, by a group of young men who clearly had nothing better to do. The idea was to dress ca. 20 men in black suits, white shirts and black rubber ties, and train them to shout some of the most beloved songs in the Finnish song heritage. On the 6th of December (the Finnish Independence Day), the choir were ready for their first performance. The choir shouted several patriotic songs and marches, the national anthem included.
Website: www.huutajat.org
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