DIGITAL PRODUCT AFTERWORK
Sauna, quantified: Maximising wellbeing in the age of AI
22 OCTOBER 2026
When: 22 October 2026 at 16:30
Where: Qvik office, Urho Kekkosen Katu 5 C
Agenda
16:30 Doors open, beverages & bites
17:00 Keynote
18:00 Networking & discussions
18:30 Event ends
About the event
Digital Product Afterworks have been a meeting place for product owners, designers and developers for years. At Qvik's Kamppi office, they come together to connect and hear how digital products are created across industries.
For centuries, sauna has been about feeling: how hot it is, how long to stay, when to cool down. What happens when we start measuring it and building digital products around it?
Wearables track heart rate, stress and recovery. Sensors measure heat and humidity. AI can connect these signals into a product experience people want to use.
Perttu Rönkkö, Head of Digital & Devices at Harvia, explores what happens when one of the world's oldest wellbeing rituals meets connected devices, wearables and AI.
The evening is for people building digital products, AI and IoT services, and for anyone curious about wearables, quantified self and the future of wellbeing.
What to expect
The session combines two streams: the sauna environment and the body's response. Together they could help us understand individual heat exposure and get more out of every session.
Topics include:
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What the research says: heat exposure, frequency, duration and recovery
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Body data meets sauna data: HRV and recovery alongside temperature and humidity, and whether a sauna "dose" is comparable across people
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From data to digital product: turning measurements into personal recommendations, and where measurement starts to get in the way of the ritual
Keynote speaker:
Perttu Rönkkö
Perttu Rönkkö leads Harvia’s Digital & Devices initiatives, bringing together connected products, sensors, software, data and AI. His work explores how digital technology can extend the sauna experience beyond controlling the heater, towards understanding heat exposure, sauna usage and eventually the interaction between sauna and the human body.
Harvia is the global market leader in sauna solutions and is building a growing digital ecosystem around the sauna. The Red Dot Award-winning Fenix control panel automatically optimises heating, while the MyHarvia app and Smart Sauna Sensor bring connectivity, sensor data and usage insights into the sauna experience.
