Aalto Center for Digital Business Growth Seminar
In times of complexity, uncertainty, and austerity, we need an encouraging strategic vision towards growth and prosperity. The Aalto Center for Digital Business Growth is designed to create that, with the practical aim to drive digital business growth by serving as a central hub for impactful research and collaboration, forging pathways where technology and business meet to catalyze sustainable economic development.
To kick-start the center, we will organize a seminar to present the aims of the center and to discuss the opportunities that digitalization can provide for businesses. Come and explore with us the next generation of electronic commerce, in what ways can digitalization serve as a catalyst for sustainable business growth, and how can partnerships between academia, industry, and government foster impactful collaboration that accelerates digital business growth.
Program:
- 15:00 – 15:10 Timo Korkeamäki, Dean, Aalto School of Business - Dean’s welcome
- 15:10 – 15:20 Jukka Salonen, Professor of Practice, Aalto School of Business - Aalto CDBG concept
- 15:20 – 15:50 Heikki Lempinen, CEO, Reima - Next generation e-commerce
- 15:50 – 16:00 Break
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16:00 – 16:30 Panel Discussion – How to thrive and grow with digitalization?
Host: Eeva Vilkkumaa, Associate Professor, Aalto School of Business
Panelists:
- Carmen Ene, CEO, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT
- Petri Nikkilä, CEO of Openbank and Global Head of Consumer Finance, Santander
- Petri Parvinen, Professor, University of Helsinki
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Carsten Sorensen, Professor, Copenhagen Business School
- 16:30 – 16:55 Henry Tirri, CTO, Nokia - How to forge impactful collaboration between business and academia?
- 16:55 – 17:00 Jukka Salonen, Professor of Practice, Aalto School of Business – Closing words
Arrival instructions:
Entrance: Lumituuli Auditorium, Dipoli, Käpy doors, Otakaari 24, 02150 Espoo
By Taxi: give the above entrance to the driver
By GPS: with the help of Google maps  &²Ô²ú²õ±è;
By Metro: exiting metro at the Aalto-yliopisto/Aalto University metro station, take exit A towards Otaniementie which brings you to the A Bloc building entrance. Walk from A Block to Dipoli takes approx. 8 minutes.
By Car: parking places are marked in this map:
