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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

Event poster with three people and text about turning research into value. Date: Monday, March 2nd 2026. Time: 15:30 – 17:30.
Lectures and seminars

Doc+ Dialogues: Turning Research Know-How into Value

Welcome to Doc+ Dialogues - new panel discussion series for Doctoral Researchers, PostDocs and Alumni. Come and connect with your collegial community in Marsio at the heart of Aalto.
Focus on hope and lens illustration
Lectures and seminars

Aalto Ahaa public lecture 3.3. - Hope

In the Aalto Ahaa public lecture series, three experts guide listeners to reflect on hope in life, in technology, and in understanding polarization.
Promotional image for Aalto Startup Center and A Grid's Demo Day, taking place in March 4
Exhibitions, Fairs, Networking, Other, Students, Workshops

Demo Day 2026

Aalto Startup Center x A Grid Demo Day is the perfect opportunity to see the innovation that comes out of the Aalto University campus.
ABC Seminar SK
Lectures and seminars

Towards wearable OPM-MEG for Noninvasive Source Localization in Epilepsy

This time, Svenja Knappe (University of Colorado) will present recent advances toward wearable OPM-MEG systems and applications in epilepsy research.

Marsio Cinema, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Cinema Sheryl movies e.g.:
27.2. & 28.2. & 1.3. Pillion
28.2. Hamnet
28.2. Wuthering Heights
1. & 6. & 8.3. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2. - 30.3. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, geometry and combinatorics seminars: What is a graphical model?

2.3. 15:30-16:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Doc+ Dialogues: Turning Research Know-How into Value for doctoral alumni, researchers and postdocs

3.3. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Ahaa public lecture: Hope - Suuntaa katseesi toivoon (in Finnish)

4.3. 13-17 A Grid, Otakaari 5, Otaniemi
Aalto Startup Center Demo Day
(10-12 Pitching competition)

4.3. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Seminar on analysis and geometry

4.3. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars:
 * Hardness of hinted ISIS from the space-time hardness of lattice problems 

4.3. 15-16 online or Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Machine Learning Coffee Seminars: 
Model-based Distributionally Robust Optimisation: Bayesian Ambiguity Sets and Model Misspecification

Until 5.3. Väre, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
CLOSER– Exhibition comprising works from the Contemporary Design MA course, Personal Exploration

5.3.15:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Mathematics and System Analysis seminars:
Graphical Analysis of Dyadic and Quasi-Dyadic Codes

5.3. 17-19 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Laboratory of Hope workshop: 
The Togetherness Lab – Exploring Hope

5.3. 17-18 Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Otaniemi
Studia Generalia: Miten löydetään huoneenlämpötilan suprajohde? (in Finnish)

6.3. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: finance, logistics

9. - 12.3. Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Mathematics and System Analysis seminars e.g.:
 * 9.3. 15:15 On the effect of socioeconomic conditions on population health
 * 11.3. 10:15 Uniqueness of sign-changing solutions to Trudinger's equation
 * 11.3. 11:15 p-Dirichlet structures, the resistance conjecture and energy image density property

10.3. 13-16:30 Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Five years of Bioinnovation

11. - 13.3. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: building technology, engineering physics, measurement science and technology, space science and technology

11.3. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars:
Impact of Dataset Properties on Membership Inference Vulnerability of Deep Transfer Learning

11.3. 16:30-18 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Lecture and discussion: Toivon monet kasvot (in Finnish)

13.3. 9-15 online or Heureka, Vantaa
Heräys 2026 seminar on AI in Finnish

14.3. 17:00 Helsinki conservatorium
KYL choir concert: Iter per Europam - Matka Euroopan halki

until 15.3. Finnish forest museum Lusto, Punkaharju
Visakoivu – Pirun puristama puu / Curly birch – the tree pressed by the devilexhibition

16.3. 12-13:30 Marsio, Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Laboratory of Hope workshop:
How can we remember and imagine futures differently?

17.3. 14:30-15:30 Ekonominaukio, 1, Otaniemi
Computer Science Guest talk: Cédric Colas - Autotelic Curiosity - The Co-Evolution of Goals and Behaviors

17.3. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Workshop in Finnish: Miten voimme muistaa ja kuvitella tulevaisuudet toisin?

17.3. 17-20 Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aalto alumni get-together

17.3. Beijing & 19.3. Shanghai
The Embassy of China events for Finnish universities' alumni

18.3. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars:
 * Sublogarithmic Distributed Vertex Coloring with Optimal Number of Colors
 * New Limits on Distributed Quantum Advantage: Dequantizing Linear Programs

19.3. 12:15-16:35 Rakentajanaukio 4, Otaniemi
Practice and research seminar on urban-transport planning and modelling: 
What's modelling got to do with planning?

19.3. 16-17:30 online or Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Founder Talks: Peter Sarlin, Founder & CEO, AMD Silo AI

20. - 27.3. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: industrial engineering and management, electrical power and energy engineering, engineering physics, neuroscience and biomedical engineering

20.3. 15:30-16:30 online & Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science theatre - Ajattelu & tekoäly ja robotit (in Finnish)

21.3. 10-17 Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Electric transport day (in Finnish)

22.3. 11-12:30 Hotel Granados 83, Barcelona, Spain
Aalto alumni get-together

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

26.3.17-18:30 online (For School of Business alumni Ekonominaukio 1)
Better Business Better Society seminar

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

Exhibitions

Text 'LABORATORY of HOPE' on a vibrant red and purple background. 'HOPE' is highlighted in yellow.

Laboratory of Hope

Our new exhibition is full of hope

Events
Poster for 'Closer' exhibition with a snowy tree trunk. Lists names, dates, and details about the event at Aalto University.
Events
A woman in white stands in a theatrical dressing room with violet walls, a lit vanity mirror, and hanging clothes.

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.

News
Renata Jakowleff «Blue» 2017, 190 x 160 x 40 cm, glass and steel, assembled Photo: Mikko Raskinen

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.

Research & Art
Aalto betaspace, an exhibition venue for students at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture / photo by Julia Weckman.

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.

Research & Art
Wood and Clay course exhibition organised by Nathalie Lautenbacher, Väre Main Lobby, March 2019

Väre Exhibitions

Väre Exhibitions, School of Art, Architecture and Design

Research & Art

See more exhibitions online

Visitors at an exhibition exploring sustainable materials. Displays include furniture, small plants, and design elements.

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition

Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.

Events
Colourful abstract graphics for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 visual identity.

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.

Designs for a Cooler Planet
Image from remote site: virtualexhibitions.aalto.fi

DIALOGUES Creating New Textile Futures | Aalto Virtual Exhibitions (external link)

DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures by AaltoTEXTILES

Life 1.5 in black font and Designs for a Cooler Planet logo on a white, fragmented background.

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.

Events
Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019–2020 graduates

Near futures – online exhibition

Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019–2020 graduates

Events
Tienraivaaja Breaking Ground näyttelyn mainos

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

Events
Creativity in Action exhibition graphics by Emery Norton

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.

News
Re-imagining the Past Vol. 2. Photos: Kitty Norros

Re-imagining the Past exhibition Vol. 2 online

The stories and images from the exhibition celebrating Aalto 10 are now available for online exploration.

Events
Campus maps, addresses and opening hours in Otaniemi
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