Events
Let's kick off the new academic year at Aalto University together!
Book launch: Designing Renewable Energy Systems within Planetary Boundaries
Join us in celebrating the launch of the co-edited textbook and the start of a new semester at Aalto University.
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition
Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.
Marsio Presents, 5 September 2025: Creative Teaching with Media & AI
Explore media & AI in teaching at Marsio: Keynote by Jani Romanoff, talks by Aalto University educators, and studio exploration.
What Design Can't Do
Silvio Lorusso delves into the disillusionment in contemporary design culture and challenges designers rethink their role within the chaos.
Artpreneurship – Reimagining the Role of Artistic Creativity in Business
What if the key to future business success isn’t what you know – but how boldly you imagine?
Aalto Ahaa public lecture 16.9. – A journey to the possibilities of materials
Three experts lead the listener to consider the sufficiency and circulation of materials in the green transition, the fashion industry and supply chains. The lecture is in Finnish.
Designing workplace happiness - event 22.9.2025
How to build workplaces where people can thrive? Come and hear what Aalto University researchers have to say about building happiness in working life!
The Intersection: XR - Business - Creativity
Business Finland and Aalto University are hosting the event to enhance dialogue between universities and businesses.
Community event 25 September 2025: Come meet our board
Welcome to a community event and discuss with the Aalto University Board – propose questions by 15 September
Legacy Awakens: An inspiring journey through science and design
What happens when scientific expertise meets creative hands-on design in materials research? In what ways can these different approaches inform each other? Why is collaboration, in all its various forms, so meaningful? The seminar is organized by the Aalto University Bioinnovation Center to celebrate the long career of Aalto Distinguished Professor Tapani Vuorinen as a researcher, educator, and industry partner.
For school classes - Miraculous Materials 26.9. – Aalto University Junior Science Theatre
Science theatre events in Finnish, intended for 9-12-year-old students, continue on Aalto University's campus (in Finnish only)
Miraculous Materials 26.9. – Aalto University Junior Science Theatre
Science theatre events, intended for 9-12-year-old students, will continue on the Aalto University campus (in Finnish only)
Built Environments for a Cooler Planet: Sustainable Urbanization Pathways for the World of 2075
The event brings together academics, university students, government officials, and business representatives from Finland and abroad to identify innovative solutions, competence needs and opportunities for climate-sensitive urban growth.
The panel discussion 'Three Perspectives on Fashion Change' held at the Marsio building of Aalto University examines the economic and ecological future of fashion.
When one overinterpretation leads to another
This is not a door – absurd stories of construction is a distillation of the Rakennuskato research project, highlighting how much unnecessary demolition and repair takes place in construction, along with the resulting waste of natural resources. The discussion event opens up perspectives on why goals and reality often fail to meet.
Driving renewal – Live podcast
The Uudistajat (Driving Renewal) podcast shares stories and insights from leaders and experts on how organizations drive, adapt and create sustainable change.
Aalto Ahaa public lecture 14.10. – Inventions in everyday life
Three experts lead the listener to think about the significance of inventions in building a better everyday life and a better world. The lecture is in Finnish.
Quantum Strategy: The path to making quantum technology Finland’s next success story
Finland's new quantum strategy paves the way to global impact—this event highlights key steps toward quantum supremacy.
For school classes - Curiosity and Senses 31.10.– Aalto University Junior Science Theatre
Science theatre events in Finnish, intended for 9-12-year-old students, continue on Aalto University's campus (in Finnish only)
