Laboratory of Hope
Our new exhibition is full of hope
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Aalto University and its partners organise hundreds of events every year, open to alumni, partners and the general public. You can also find the exhibitions below, after the events.
Event highlights
Alumni get-together in Barcelona
Join us for Aalto university alumni meeting in Barcelona!Guest talk: Craig Zilles "Exams with More Learning and Less Stress with a Computer-Based Testing Facility"
Craig Zilles from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will give a guest talk at the Department of Computer Science
Auto-Ethnography Without Confession: Artistic Research as Critical Method with Dr. Ally Zlatar
This interactive seminar explores how auto-ethnography can function as a rigorous artistic and research method without relying on confession or personal disclosure. Led by visiting artist Dr. Ally Zlatar, the workshop examines how strategic self-positioning, indirect narration, and formal constraints can be used as tools for inquiry and critique.
CAOS Research Seminar with Dr. Pauliina Valtasaari | Leadership in Arts Organizations – “Stardust” or Ordinary Working Life?
CAOS welcomes Dr. Pauliina Valtasaari for a seminar on human-centered, wellbeing-oriented leadership in arts organizations—beyond artistic ‘stardust.’”21. - 22.3. Cinema Sheryl, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
21. & 22. & 27. & 28. & 29.3. Project Hail Mary / Operaatio Ave Maria
22. & 28.3. Hoppers / Operaatio Majava
22.3. Die My Love
28. & 29.3. If I had Legs I'd Kick You
22.3. 11-12:30 Hotel Granados 83, Barcelona, Spain
Aalto alumni get-together
23. - 27.3. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: electrical power and energy engineering, engineering physics, neuroscience and biomedical engineering, design, bioproduct technology, photonics and nanotechnology, electronics, energy conversion and systems
23.3. - 20.4. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics Seminars
* Geometry of low nonnegative rank matrix completion
* Algebraic complexity of tensors with three or more modes
* What is a Cohen-Macaulay ring?
23.3. 16-17 Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Guest talk: Craig Zilles: Exams with More Learning and Less Stress with a Computer-Based Testing Facility
24.3. 14-16 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Auto-Ethnography Without Confession: Artistic Research as Critical Method with Dr. Ally Zlatar
24.3. 17-18 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Laboratorio of Hope Workshop
Ritual of Passage: Make Your Own Gift for the Baltic Sea
25.3. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars:
New Limits on Distributed Quantum Advantage: Dequantizing Linear Programs
25.3. 18-20 Central Zurich, Switzerland
Aalto alumni after-work in Zurich
25.3. 14:30-16 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
CAOS Research seminar with Dr- Pauliina Valtasaari:
Leadership in Arts Organisations - "Stardust" or Ordinary working Life?
25.3. 15:15-18 Aalto hall, Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Philosophy and system thinking lecture - Esa Saarinen: Tämä ei jää tähän(in Finnish)
25.3. 16:30-19 Marsio, Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Laboratory of Hope workshop:
MONOYU 藻の湯 - The Way of Seaweed (tea ceremony)
25.3. 17:30-19 Väre, Otaniementie 14, Otaniemi
Photography Alumni Talks: Laura Böök
25.3., 7.4., 8.4., 20.4., 21.4. Peacock-teatteri, Helsinki
30.3., 31.3. Aleksanterin teatteri, Helsinki
28.3. Monitoimitalo Lähde, Lahti
11.4. Tampere, Hällä-näyttämö
Teekkarispeksi: Piisydän (in Finnish)
26.3. 8:45-11 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Sustainable Campus Creating Hope event
26.3. 14:15-15:30 online & Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Aalto Brain Center ABC seminar: Electrical signaling in the retinal pigment epithelium regulates photoreceptor renewal
26.3. 17-18:30 online (For School of Business alumni Ekonominaukio 1)
Better Business Better Society seminar: Scaling a Startup with Scarce Resources: Case Small Giant Games
27.3. 12-13 Nanotalo building, Otaniemi
PHYS Brown Bag Seminar: Story of the Cantilever Force Sensors
27.3. 14-15 Rakentajanaukio 4, Otaniemi
GeoCorner - master's theses from the Master's Programme in Geoengineering
until 27.3. Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Laboratory of Hope exhibition
10.2. - 24.3. guided tours
30.3. 9-13:30 Dipoli, Otaniemi
Innovate Where It Matters Seminar:
A TOC Perspective on Growth, Focus, and Competitive Advantage
31.3. - 31.12. 13-13:45 T-talo, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Mind meets Machine Seminar series
Decoding our Internet - Mediated Live: Behaviour, Attitudes, and Wellbeing
31.3. 15-16 online & University of Helsinki
Machine Learning Coffee Seminars - Umberto Picchini: Scalable Bayesian inference in stochastic nonlinear mixed-effects models using semi-amortised likelihood and posterior approximations
1.4. - 9.7. Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Department of Mathematics and System Analysis seminars:
Numerical Analysis seminar: Computational modelling of light transport in optical imaging
1.4. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars
* Graph Reconstruction with a Connected Components Oracle
* A simple polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the total variation distance between two product distributions
1.4. 15-16 CS building, Otaniemi
Aalto Computer Science Talks:
* Semantic and Symbolic Vision Models for General and Medical Applications
* Untrusted infrastructure: why governments run on foreign platforms and what computer scientists can do about it
1.4. 18:30 Sibelius hall, Lahti
Dominante choir concert: Johannes passio
2.4. 9:30-10:30 CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Guest talk: Francesco Locatello – Discovering and Estimating Causal Effects from Raw Experimental Data
2. - 17.4. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: engineering physics, computer science, industrial engineering and management, acoustics and speech technology, engineering physics, communications engineering, electrical power and energy engineering
8.4. 13-14:30 A Grid, Otakaari 5, Otaniemi
A Grid Impact Series: Health Tech Match
8.4. 17-19 Viima, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Founder School Startup Handbook | Jyri Engeström and Timo Ahopelto from Lifeline Ventures
9.4. 10-15 Viima, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Mechatronics Circus 2026
9.4. Embassy of Finland, Washington DC, USA
Finnish universities' alumni get-together
10.4. 11-12 online
Machine Learning Research seminars:
How Finnish basic education prepares students’ data agency?
15.4. 17:30 Seattle, US
Aalto Alumni Afterwork
16.4. 9-17:30 Lapinlahden polku 8, Helsinki
Enough! Aesthetic Politics in a Finite World
16.4. 16-17:30 online or Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Founder Talks: Ilkka Paananen, Founder & CEO, Supercell
16.4. Zurich, Switzerland
Aalto alumni get-together
New Delhi & Bangalore, India
Aalto alumni get-togethers
21.4. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Ahaa public lecture Ihmisen ja teknologian suhde (in Finnish)
24.4. 8:30-11 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Smarter Work with Generative AI (SWAI)seminar: Aalto AI Adoption and Impact Study
29.4. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Tenured professors' Installation Talks
30.4. 12-14 Smökki, Jämerantaival 1, Otaniemi
Declaration of Wappu rowdiness
30.4. Otaniemi
Wappu celebrations around the campus for alumni
Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Doc+ Dialogues for doctoral alumni, researchers and postdocs
MAY
1.5. 17:00 Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki
Polytech Orchestra: Waputin Concert Ball
until 3.5. Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema exhibition
5.5. 14-16 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniem
CAOS Workshop - Ostranenie as a technique for thinking, creativity, and research
6.5. - 31.12. 14-14:45 CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Mind meets Machine Seminar series
6.5. Dr. Verena Zimmermann, ETH Zurich
20.5. Dr. Annika Svedholm-Häkkinen, Helsinki University
Dr. Heiko Hecht, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
6.5. 17-18:30 Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Otaniemi
Aalto Alumni Strategy Circle After Work:
Working with and selling to the public sector
6. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars
8.5. Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Product Development Project Gala
8.5. 15:30-16:30 Marsio, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science Theatre - Kaupunkisuunnittelu ja fiksut talot (in Finnish)
8.5. 17-20 Kipsari, Väre, Otaniemi
ARTS Alumni Career Event
8.5. 18-23 Otaniemi
Professors Rock!
20.5. 11-12 Kide, Konemiehentie 1, Otaniemi
Qual+ seminar: Why should we study industries, and how?
21.5. 16-17:30 online or Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Founder Talks: Tom Hale, CEO, Oura
21.5. 17-20 BMW Welt, Munich, Germany
Aalto Alumni Event
21. - 23.5. Otaniemi
School of Business Ceremonial Conferment 2026
22.5. Otaniemi
Prodeko 60 seminar(for IEM students, alumni and staff)
22.5. - 11.10. Art museum, Kasarmintie 9, Oulu
Tomorrow's Wardrobe exhibition
Online
Meet the Professor Ivan Vujaklija - Bionic engineering: Bridging biology and robotics
JUNE
2.6. Rakentajanaukio 4, Otaniemi
Civil Engineering Day
2.6. 10-12:30 & 3. - 4.6. 9-12:30 Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Experiences of Digitalized Healthcare open lectures
3.6. 17:00 Lasaretti, Kasarmintie 13b, Oulu
Aalto alumni get-together
9.6. Embassy of Finland, London, UK
Aalto alumni get-together
10.6. 17:00 Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium
The Pathfinders — Overcoming Circular Economy Bottlenecks exhibitionopening for alumni and friends in the New European Bauhaus Festival 9-13.6.
10. - 11.7. Alvar Aalto park, Otaniemi
Alvar's summer party
SEPTEMBER
1.9. 13-15 Otaniemi
Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2026-2027and meetings of alumni who started50 years ago
1.9. - 31.10. Marsio & Väre, Otaniemi
Designs for a Cooler Planetexhibition and events
16.9. 10-12 online & Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
The Nordic Tipping Point
19.9. 10:30-14 Otaniemi
Espoo Rantamarathon (discount for Aalto alumni, students and staff)
online
Meet the professor webinars
2.10.
Prodeko 60 documentary premier (for IEM students and alumni)
6.10. & 10.11. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Ahaa open lectures (in Finnish)
9.10.
Diskonttaus(annual gala for IEM students and alumni)
23.10. & 27.11. Marsio, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science Theatre
28.10. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Tenured professors' Installation Talks
28.11. Singapore
Aalto Alumni Event
- Back to Work Sessions:
- FCAI webinar serie: AI and Data Science against COVID-19
- Decarbonize Design by Aalto University & Yale University
- Aalto 10 - Alumni Studio & Science show (in Finnish)
- Aalto Ventures Program: Thought Leader’s Talks
- Games Now! Lectures
- Better Business – Better Society seminar series
- Tenured Professors' Installation lectures
- Way Out There – Secrets from the lab and beyond
- Climate University
- Philosophy and system thinking lectures by professor Esa Saarinen (In Finnish)
- Sosiaalisen median ilmiöt (In Finnish)
- Aalto University Executive Education webinars
- Podcasts in English e.g.
Cloud Reachers about Future of learning
Magnificent life by Esa Saarinen
Discover Finland & Working in Finland
Operations Leadership with Gautam Basu
Future-led Learning
Painting energies
In Finnish e.g.:
Työmatkalla - Lauri Järvilehto hosts alumni and students,
Puttonen & Vilkkumaa- asiaa paremmasta busineksesta,
Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit
Kuituus,
Kahvit näppikselle
Ratkaisujen tarpeessa
Entä jos...? - Pirjo Sanaksenaho ja Tiina Heikka
Kestävät tekstiilisysteemit
Paras hetki päivässä
Osaamisen Aalloilla - More lectures at Aalto University YouTube channel
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Exhibitions
CLOSER – Exhibition comprising works from the Contemporary Design MA course, Personal Exploration
The exhibition is open through 20.2. – 5.3.2026
Hämeenlinna Art Museum’s exhibition brings artworks to life through film
Hämeenlinna Art Museum will open a new exhibition Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema, produced in collaboration with the Aalto University Department of Film ELO.
Public art collections at Aalto University
The aim of public art across Aalto is to create a vibrant environment for experiencing the world through various perspectives and for embracing imagination, intuition, and exploration.
Aalto galleries and exhibition venues
How can we make space for unexpected ways of looking at the world? Galleries and exhibition venues are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents.
Väre Exhibitions
Väre Exhibitions, School of Art, Architecture and Design
See more exhibitions online
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition
Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 – Exhibitions
What don't we see even though we should – or could? Explore the exhibitions of Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 to discover what Aalto students and researchers should be made visible.
DIALOGUES Creating New Textile Futures | Aalto Virtual Exhibitions (external link)
DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures by AaltoTEXTILES
Life 1.5 – an exhibition of planet-friendly materials, fashion and food
Designs for a Cooler Planet is a five-week-long festival celebrating experiments in planet-friendly materials, fashion, and food.
Near futures – online exhibition
Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019–2020 graduates
Breaking ground – 8 ways research shaped our world
Breaking Ground is an exhibition which highlight the interconnected histories of long term and fundamental research and their impact on society
Exhibition in honour of Aalto's 10-year anniversary highlights student impact over the decades
‘Creativity in Action: The Spirit of Student Life’ exhibition opens at the Dipoli Gallery and online on 27 August.
Re-imagining the Past exhibition Vol. 2 online
The stories and images from the exhibition celebrating Aalto 10 are now available for online exploration.
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