School of Business

School of Business alumni events

We organize many alumni events at the School of Business. In the alumni events, you have an opportunity to increase your knowledge, meet your fellow alumni and build new networks. Join our alumni community to get invitations to our alumni events!
Jaakko Honko -lecture 6.6.2019
Jaakko Honko lecture 2019

Homecoming Day

The biggest alumni event of the School of Business - Homecoming Day - is organized usually every second year. The previous Homecoming Day was organized on 27 January 2023. The School of Business Alumnus/a of the Year will also be announced at the Homecoming Day.

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Homecoming Day 2023

Homecoming Day is the biggest alumni event of the School of Business. The event offers inspiring discussions on current topics as well as a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends.

Events
Aalto BIZ Homecoming Day 27.1.2023

Photos and videos

Photos and videos from 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023 Homecoming Day events

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School of Business Ceremonial Conferment 2022

School of Business celebrated its 16th Ceremonial Conferment of Doctorates and Master’s Degrees at the old Main Building, currently known as Aalto Töölö, in Runeberginkatu, Helsinki. The Ceremonial Conferment was from May 12 to 14, 2022. The ceremony in 2022 conferred master's degrees on new alumni (promovendi) with graduation dates between 19 March, 2016 and 31 March, 2022 and doctorates on alumni with graduation dates between 29 April, 2016 and 30 April, 2022. In addition to these young promovendi, jubilee masters and doctors from 1971 and the new honorary doctors of the School of Business were conferred at the ceremony.

Act of Conferment

Ceremonial Conferment of School of Business

The Ceremonial Conferment of Aalto University School of Business was held at Aalto Töölö, in Runeberginkatu, Helsinki, from May 12 to 14, 2022.

Events
Kauppakorkeakoulun promootio 2022, promootiokulkue. Kuva: Mika Levälampi

The 16th Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees at the School of Business was celebrated

See a few pictures from The Act of Conferment and the Procession

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Kuvassa näkyvät hymyilevät  provosti Kristiina Mäkelä, Merkuriuksen airut Elina Mäkelä ja Ari Mäkelä.

Elina Mäkelä is the Spirit of Mercury at the 16th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business

She is the daughter of Provost Kristiina Mäkelä, one of the longest serving professors at the School of Business

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Better Business - Better Society Seminar Series

Better Business — Better Society seminar seriesoffers opportunities to learn about current societally important topics at the School of Business. We invite our collaborators, supporters and alumni to the seminar at the School, and everyone else interested in the topic to follow the live stream via Youtube. The seminars are arranged monthly, generally on the first Thursday of the month, excluding holiday seasons. The seminars are held either in Finnish or English. The seminar speakers are professors from our School and guests from the business sector. 

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Better Business — Better Society Seminar Series

The Seminar Series discusses the current and societally important topics at the School of Business. The seminars will be arranged monthly, generally on the first Thursday of the month, excluding holiday seasons.

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Jaakko Honko lecture

Jaakko Honko lecture is organized every second year. The next Jaakko Honko lecture will be organized on 21 September 2023. Invitations to the School of Business alumni who are in the alumni register will be sent in the end of summer 2023. 

Björn Wahlroos piti Jaakko Honko -luennon 2021. Kuva: Roope Kiviranta

Finland’s cost competitiveness is poor, says Björn Wahlroos in Jaakko Honko lecture

The lecture that carries the name of Chancellor Jaakko Honko was held as a remote event this year.

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Björn Wahlroos piti Jaakko Honko -luennon 2021. Kuva: Roope Kiviranta

Jaakko Honko remote lecture

Aalto University School of Business webinar 30.9.2021.

Events

Read news about School of Business events

The School of Business’ Homecoming Day invited alumni to Otaniemi for the first time

In his presentation, the keynote speaker of the seminar, Pekka Lundmark, CEO of Nokia, emphasised the importance of co-operation

Aalto BIZ Homecoming Day 27.1.2023

The 16th Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees at the School of Business was celebrated

See a few pictures from The Act of Conferment and the Procession

Kauppakorkeakoulun promootio 2022, promootiokulkue. Kuva: Mika Levälampi

Elina Mäkelä is the Spirit of Mercury at the 16th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business

She is the daughter of Provost Kristiina Mäkelä, one of the longest serving professors at the School of Business

Kuvassa näkyvät hymyilevät  provosti Kristiina Mäkelä, Merkuriuksen airut Elina Mäkelä ja Ari Mäkelä.

‘It’s spectacular to be part of a centuries old European academic tradition’

Jyrki Wallenius, Jubilee Master, would not miss a magnificent conferment ceremony, no matter what

Kauppakorkeakoulun promootiokulkue vuonna 2001

Finland’s cost competitiveness is poor, says Björn Wahlroos in Jaakko Honko lecture

The lecture that carries the name of Chancellor Jaakko Honko was held as a remote event this year.

Björn Wahlroos piti Jaakko Honko -luennon 2021. Kuva: Roope Kiviranta

A glimpse of the future through lenses of today

With the coronavirus pandemic still impacting our lives in different areas, Aalto created an opportunity to know future perspectives through its alumni community's lenses.

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Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October

After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.

Kuva Aalto-yliopiston kymmenvuotisjuhlasta

School of Business cancels Homecoming Day alumni event for 2020

The Alumnus or Alumna of the Year for 2020 will be made public at the Aalto 10 – Alumni Studio & Science Show remote event on 10 October.

Kauppakorkeakoulun Homecoming Day -alumnitapahtuma elokuussa 2018, paneelikeskustelu

The next Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees at the School of Business will be celebrated in May 2022

Due to the COVID-19, the Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees has been postponed to May 2022.

Kauppakorkeakoulun promootio vuonna 2011

Risto Siilasmaa, who delivered the Jaakko Honko lecture, recommends studying quantum computing and machine learning

The lecture, named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko, brought together more than 300 School of Business alumni to Ekonominaukio 1.

Risto Siilasmaa piti Jaakko Honko -luennon Kauppakorkeakoululla 6.6.2019. Kuva: Lasse Lecklin / Aalto-yliopisto

According to Homecoming Day, continuous learning will be expected from business school graduates in the future

Alumni populated the main building of the School of Business in Töölö for the last time.

Vesa Puttonen (on the left), Taavi Heikkilä, Marianne Vikkula, Heikki Malinen, Kristiina Mäkelä and Casper von Koskull in the panel discussion. Photos: Lasse Lecklin

Masters’ Gala gathered School of Business graduates to meet and mingle with old and new friends

Masters’ Gala was organized for the second time to celebrate the School of Business graduates.

School of Business Masters' Gala 2018

Masters’ Gala gathered School of Business graduates together to celebrate

Masters’ Gala was organized for the first time by the School of Business and KY. The idea is to bring back the graduates, celebrate their big achievement and strengthen the sense of community.

Riku Asikaine gave a speech to the graduates. Photo: Joel Leinonen

Nearly 400 alumni brought together by the Jaakko Honko Lecture

The public lecture brought the alumni to the School of Business to listen to Erkki Liikanen. In addition, the Jaakko Honko Medals were awarded at the event.

Homecoming Day brought hundreds of alumni to Töölö Campus

Former President Martti Ahtisaari emphasised in his speech the importance of higher education for society.

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