Aalto Networking Platform

The Aalto Networking Platform initiative promotes cross-disciplinary actions in Aalto University’s seven key research areas. We bring together experts in science, technology, arts and business, across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.

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Our key activities focus on bringing researchers together and supporting multi- and cross-disciplinary initiatives

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Join us for this event where we’ll explore applying deep tech in healthcare, focusing on startup acceleration and the synergy between technical and medical worlds

6.5.2024 15:00 – 16:30 Events

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Concentrates on indoor air quality, specifically addressing moisture, microbes, and materials.

20.5.2024 13:45 – 17:00 Events

Finland will be the hot spot for sustainability related research, innovations, and solutions in June 2024 when Sustainability Science Days (SSD) unites with one of the world's biggest sustainability congresses – the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress (SRI).

10.–14.6.2024 Events

Key Research Area: Advanced energy solutions

The main focus in energy research and teaching are energy sciences, multidisciplinary energy technologies, and sustainable energy solutions.

View of Helsinki by night. Photo by Ioannis Koulousis.

Key Research Area: Arts and design knowledge-building

Art and creativity enable looking at the grand challenges of our time from a new perspective. Look past the imaginable and join us in changing the world in art and design knowledge building.

Key Research Area: ICT and digitalisation

Digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and communications are cut through the whole society, from education to medicine and economics.

Aalto X Reality Keynote PiP by Matti Ahlgren

Key Research Area: Global business dynamics

Research related to global economy dynamics is carried out in the areas of business, economics, and industrial engineering and management.

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Key Research Area: Health and Wellbeing

Aalto University’s expertise in health and wellbeing is broad-based, with strong clusters of research groups such as in medical devices, health AI, neuroscience, and care-facility architecture.

Key Research Area: Human-centred living environments

Research in this area aims to understand how individuals experience their physical environment and how art, spaces, buildings and communities can enhance it.

Kokoon modular living system is made of wood. Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo

Key Research Area: Materials and sustainable use of natural resources

Materials research ranges from physics, nanotechnology, mechanics, performance and design to biomaterials and sustainable resource use.

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All upcoming events related to the Aalto Networking Platform.

27.5.

Clean Heat Otaniemi Challenge poster including thermal energy storage

Lectures and seminars, Students 27.5.2024 14:00 – 16:30

Clean Heat Otaniemi Challenge 2024

Student teams of the MSc Thermal Energy Storage course have made solutions on how to decarbonise buildings on the Otaniemi campus, with collaboration of ACRE.

29.5.

Test combustion Engine in Energy Conversion & Systems group

Lectures and seminars 29.5.2024 8:30 – 10:00

Hydrogen Breakfast Series #4: Combustion of Hydrogen & Hydrogen-based vector fuels: Solutions for the engines of the future

In this fourth event in the Hydrogen Breakfast series, we will take a look at Combustion of Hydrogen and Hydrogen-based vector fuels in internal combustion engines, with perspectives from both Aalto academics & industry.