Sculpted Realities
Advanced sculpture art exhibition
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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
Department of Computer Science: MSc Thesis Presentations
Oula Kivalo will present their MSc thesis on Friday 24 April at 10:30 in A142, CS building
Department of Computer Science: MSc Thesis Presentations
Master’s thesis presentation in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and User-Centred Design on Friday 24 April at 11:00-11:30 in Zoom
PHYS Brown Bag Seminar: “Nature Positive Solar Energy”
Join us for science and pizza in the Nanotalo lobby!
GeoCorner
Featuring presentations of master's theses from the Master's Programme in Geoengineering.21.4. 19:00 Peacock theatre, Helsinki
Teekkarispeksi: Piisydän (in Finnish)
22.4. 9-16 online or Helsinki
FCAI SIG Language, speech and cognition: Digital Language Sovereignty – Euskadi–Finland AI & Language workshop
22.4. - 9.7. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Department of Mathematics and System Analysis seminars
* 22.4. Seminar on analysis and geometry, Akseli Jussinmäki (Aalto)
* 27.4. Etna Lindy (Aalto), Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
* 27.4. Ian Välimaa (Aalto), Consistent clustering in tensors block models
22.4. 14-18 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Sculpting Time - a symposium
22.4. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars
* Geometry of low nonnegative rank matrix completion
* Gap-ETH-Tight Algorithms for Hyperbolic TSP and Steiner Tree
22.4. 17:30 Lalit Ashok Bengaluru Hotel, Bangalore, Intia
Welcome to Finland Reception
23.4. 9-12 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Datatalouden materiaalinen kestävyys (in Finnish)
23.4. 14-15:30 verkossa & Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
MAGICS Talks 2026: AI in scientific and artistic research
23.4. asti Väre, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
Sculpted Realities exhibition
24.4. 8:30-11 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Smarter Work with Generative AI (SWAI)seminar: Aalto AI Adoption and Impact Study
24.4. 12-13 Nanotalo, Otaniemi
PHYS Brown Bag Seminar: Nature Positive Solar Energy
24.4. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: communications engineering and networking technology, bioproduct technology, finance, geoinformatics
Cinema Sheryl, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
24.4. 18:15 & 26.4. 18:50 Project Hail Mary / Operaatio Ave Maria
25.4. 15:00 Hoppers / Operaation Majava
25.4. 17:00 Naked Lunch / Alaston lounas
25.4. 19:00 & 26.4. 15:00 The Drama
26.4. 17:00 Crash
25. - 26.4. 11-18 Väre, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
TOKYO Spring Sales
25.4. 18:00 Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
KYN choir - Matkalla
27. - 29.4. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: electrical power and energy engineering, accounting, computer science
27.4. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics Seminars
29.4. 14-17 Väre, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
Prosperous late-stage careers: new insights from the Senior Talent project at Aalto University
29.4. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Tenured professors' Installation Talks
- Getting unstuck in innovation
Tua Björklund, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering - Computer vision: From research labs to the real world
Juho Kannala, Department of Computer Science - How to create value from wastewater?
Anna Mikola, Department of Built Environment - How AI can help your team develop soft human skills
Niina Nurmi, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management - Doing business on a finite planet: Management and sustainable resource use
Samuli Patala, Department of Management Studies - 3D printing – Sustainability in manufacturing
Mika Salmi,Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering - Converting CO2 to chemicals with the help of microbes
Silvan Scheller,Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems - Rethinking organizational “control” through deliberations
Vikash Sinha,Department of Accounting & Business Law - Civic and bioregional wrinkles
Gianni Talamini,Department of Architecture - Taboo and tragic trade‑offs: Making values explicit in decision processes
Eeva Vilkkumaa, Department of Information and Service Management
29.4. 17-19 online & Demos Helsinki, Mechelininkatu 3d, Helsinki
Design Interrupted: Design After the Cuts
30.4. 12-13:30 A Grid, Otakaari 5, Otaniemi
SKlubi & School of Electrical Engineering Wappu brunch
30.4. 12-14 Smökki, Jämeräntaival 1, Otaniemi
Declaration of Wappu rowdiness (about 13:50) and other events wappu.fi
30.4. 14:30 Otaniemi
Alumni Wappu May Day celebrations around the campus for alumni
- School of Business & Aalto EE, Ekonominaukio 1
- School of Chemical Engineering, Marsio, Otakaari 2
- School of Engineering, Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5
- School of Science, B hall, Otakaari 1
until 30.4. Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Sculpting Time – a contemporary sculptureexhibition
Until 30.4. 102,0 MHz
Radiodiodi broadcast season
MAY
1.5. 17:00 Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki
The polytech Orchestra: Waputin Concert Ball
until 3.5. Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema exhibition
4.5 - 9.7. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Department of Mathematics and System Analysis seminars
* 4. -18.5. Seminars on analysis and geometry: Hardy Inequalities and Liouville Theorems for Elliptic PDEs
* 5.5. Mikail Muftuoglu, Mathematical physics seminar
* 7.5. Daniel Slivinsky, Algrebra, Number Theory and Applications seminar
* 13.5. Zofia Grochulska, Seminar on analysis and geometry
4.5. 17-18:30 online (& Ekonominaukio 1 for School of Business alumni and supporters)
Better Business – Better Society seminar: Finland's Unemployment and AI
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: Better Together? - On designing Successful Expert-AI Collaboration in Cybersecurity
* 20.5. Dr. Annika Svedholm-Häkkinen, Helsinki University
* June Dr. Heiko Hecht, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
6. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Computer Science Theory Seminars
* Computational aspects of disks enclosing many points
* Filter Banks: from Low-Rank Representations to Deep Models for Efficient Time Series Forecasting
* Recognizing Subgraphs of Regular Tilings
* Capaciated Fair-Range Clustering: Hardness and Approximation Algorithms
6.5. 15-16 CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Computer Science Talks: Measuring polarisation in social media
6.5. 17-18:30 Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Otaniemi
Aalto Alumni Strategy Circle After Work:
Working with and selling to the public sector
7. - 8.5. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: engineering physics, automation and control engineering
8.5. 9-17 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 and Student Career Event
8.5. 18-23 Otaniemi
Professors Rock!
9.5. 17:00 Cajsan Helmi, Helsinki
The polytech Orchestra alumni chamber music concert
11.5. 14-16 online & Music House, Helsinki
Yhdenvertainen musiikkiala 2024 (in Finnish)
11.5. 17-18 Online
Meet the Professor Ivan Vujaklija - Bionic engineering: Bridging biology and robotics
11.5. 17-19 online & Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Design Interrupted - Noortje Marres: The struggle for interdependence: On the impossibility of co-existence in postnormal societies
12. -28.5. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: computer science, mathematics and statistics, automation and control engineering, radio science and engineering
12.5. 15-17 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Doc+ Dialogues: Creativity, Collaboration & Customer workfor doctoral alumni, researchers and postdocs
14.5. 19:00 Ritarihuone, Helsinki
Dominante choir - Veden sylistä
until 17.5.Taidehalli, Helsinki
Our Land, for All- The 20th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations
18. - 25.5. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics Seminars
* Michael Yang, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
* Tuomas Kelomäki, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
20.5. 11-12 Kide, Konemiehentie 1, Otaniemi
Qual+ seminar: Why should we study industries, and how?
20.5. 12:30-13:30 School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Identity Work as Strategy: Rethinking Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Media Work - Research seminar with Sven-Ove Horst
20.5. 13-15 Think Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki
Where is urban green in climate action?
20.5. 18-20:30 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Welcome to Finland - Vietnam Connect
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 - The beginning of a new era, autonomous driving and new materials
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
28.5. 18:15 Ritarihuone, Helsinki
KYL choir concert: Romantiikkaa & romantiikkaa
JUNE
1.6. - 25.8. Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, Number Theory, and Applications seminars
* 1.6. Heegner Points and the Gross-Zagier Formula
* 9.7. Prof. Timothy Trudgian
* 25.8. Prof. Guillermo Mantilla-Soler
1. -5.6. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: computer science, mathematics and statistics
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. 18-20:30 Ambassador's Residence, London, UK
Finnish universities' 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.
11.6. Otaniemi
Honorary doctors' talks
JULY
10. - 11.7. Alvar Aalto park, Otaniemi
Alvar's summer party
AUGUST
29.8. 17:00 Sibelius Hall, Lahti
Dominante choir concert at Sibelius festival
29.8. 18:00 City Hall, Mariehamn, Åland
The polytech Orchestra: Tour Concert
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)
20.10. 9-18 Dipoli, Otaniemi
AI Day
23.10. & 27.11. Marsio, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science Theatre
28.10. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Tenured professors' Installation Talks
11.11. Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo
Polytech choir & Retuperä WBK concert
12.11. 11-17 Dipoli, Otaniemi
Aalto Talent Expo (for students and recruiters)
25.11. 19:00 Uusi Paviljonki, Kauniainen
27.11. 18:00 Espoonlahti Church
The polytech Orchestra: Autumn Concerts
28.11. Catapult campus, 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
Sculpting Time – a contemporary sculpture exhibition
Sculpting Time is a group exhibition by six artist-teachers that reimagines sculpture for an age shaped by speed and technology.
The exhibition "Our land, for all" explores personal and national identity
The 20th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations, opened at Kunsthalle Helsinki, asks: whose stories is Finland built from? The exhibition has been curated by PhD, docent Annamari Vänskä.
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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