Services

Dipoli - Event and conference facilities

Dipoli serves as the main building of Aalto University. It is a new type of multi-use building which reflects the skills and knowledge, activities, and people of the University. Dipoli offers the entire Aalto community and stakeholders meeting places, work space, as well as facilities for events and exhibitions.

Dipoli, Käpyovi. Photo: Aalto University/Tuomas Uusheimo

In addition to the university and its students, partners of Aalto may also hold events of their own at Dipoli. Dipoli has six facilities for conferences and private parties for 10-1000 people, as well as Compass Group´s restaurants and café.

Dipoli restaurant services

Dipoli 360° space tour

Explore Dipoli and its event and conference facilities through a 360° space tour. Move from room to room and look around at the iconic main building of Aalto University.

Explore Dipoli!

Aalto University / Dipoli / photo: Markus Sommers

Kaleva

Kaleva is a prestigious hall for seminars, congresses, evening events and exhibitions. The implementations of technology for large events, such as speaker systems for music performances, special lighting, image transfer, streaming, etc. can be ordered separately from event technology professionals.

Furnishing options

600 people, rows of chairs
350 people, classroom configuration
200-400 people, evening banquet

Technology

Standard equipment includes

Data projector (resolution WUXGA, Christie D12WU-H)
Projection screen (7m) at the stage
Four hand-held microphones, four headset microphones, four table microphones
High-end sound reproduction
Aalto Open wifi

Capitolium

In connection with the Kaleva Hall there is an open and well-lit lobby space, Capitolium, which is available for coffee breaks, get-togethers, cocktail parties, or exhibitions.

Gala Lobby

Cloakroom services are on the first floor, in the Gala Lobby in the immediate proximity of the main entrance.

Kaleva & Sief

Kaleva Hall can be combined with the adjacent Sief Hall for seminars, evening banquets, or exhibitions. When combined, the hall has a capacity for 1000 people sitting in rows of chairs, 550 in classroom configuration or 600 for an evening banquet.

Sief

Sief is the main buffet lunch area for conference customers and has a capacity for about 200 people. Stand-up lunches can be held for up to 600 people when the lobby areas are included. The Sief Hall can also serve as an exhibition and evening banquet or seminar venue for larger event. In seminar use the hall can hold 300 people seated in rows of chairs or 200 with a classroom configuration. The hall has a data projector (resolution WUXGA, Christie D12WU-H), and a projection screen.

Lumituuli

Lumituuli is an auditorium for up to 250 people. In addition to seminars, the space is suitable for various presentations and information events, as well as for films and plays.

Technology

The auditorium contains comprehensive technical solutions:

Data projector (resolution WUXGA, Christie D12WU-H)
Projection screen
Four speech microphones with table stands and swan's necks, two headset microphones, two hand-held microphones
55" screen
Aalto Open wifi

Dipoli-rakennuksen pääsisäänkäynti nimeltään Käpyaula. Kuvassa pitkä aulakäytävä, missä kahvipöytiä ja muodin opiskelijoiden suunnittelemia ja valmistamia vaatteita. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto, Mirka Elovaara

Cone Lobby

Next to Lumituuli stands the Cone Lobby with plenty of atmosphere, which showcases changing exhibition activities.

Entrance

Dipoli has two entrances - Cone Entrance and Gala Entrance. Lumituuli is located next to the Cone Entrance.

Takka

Capacity: 34 people in classroom configuration / 60 theatre / 20 U-shape or regular meeting table
Data projector, white board

Palaver

Capacity: 50 people in classroom configuration / 80 theatre / 24 U-shape / 20 regulat meeting table
Data projector, white board

Poli

Meeting table for 18 people
LCD display screen

Metso

Monday-Thursday you can have a delicious lunch in Metso.
More information: Ravintola Metso MA-TO klo 11-13.30 - Compass Group (compass-group.fi)

At another times it is possible to rent Metso -hall for private occasions. Metso Hall is an impressive, concrete and colorful dining hall where both banquets and meetings can be held. The hall seats about 70 people, but at its maximum the space can accommodate more than 100 people for dinner. Delicious catering at Dipoli is provided by Compass Group Finland.

Dipoli, Aalto University Facility Sales team and Event coordinators

Contact information

[email protected]

Kati Gustafsson +358 50 501 4086 (9:00-16:00)
Mirka Elovaara +358 50 406 4465 (9:00-16:00)

Lobby Event Team (Sami Kettunen, Antti Leino, Jonna Saarelma) +358 29 442 0007

The catering company in Dipoli is Compass Group FS Finland
[email protected], +358 40 4853 429

Dipoli info desk +358 50 511 2195
Visiting address: Otakaari 24
Postal address: Po.Box 18000, 00076 Aalto, Finland

Book a venue for your event at the Aalto University campus

Aalto University offers versatile and high-quality facilities for different kinds of events. More than 100 spaces are available and they are located on the Otaniemi campus.

Gallery

Photos from inside and outside Dipoli and events

Aalto-yliopisto / Dipoli / takka / kuva: Tuomas Uusheimo — Metso restaurant / Photographer: Tuomas Uusheimo

Dipoli / Aalto-yliopisto / kuvaaja: Tuomas Uusheimo — Dipoli / Photographer: Tuomas Uusheimo

Dipoli juhlavalaistuksessa — Dipoli illuminated / Photographer: Antti Leino

Dipoli / Metso / kuvaaja: Tuomas Uusheimo — Restaurant Metso / Photographer: Tuomas Uusheimo

Dipoli / juhlaportaat / kuvaaja: Tuomas Uusheimo — Main stairs / Photographer: Tuomas Uusheimo

Aalto University Campus & Real Estate (Aalto CRE) is responsible for renting facilities for meeting and event use. We enable efficient conferences, meetings and events in a unique setting in Töölö and Otaniemi.

Our professional facility rental team does not leave our customers to plan the event on their own. The rental conditions make it easier to take certain practical matters into consideration in advance when organising events.

Here you will also find restaurants, the map, the Aalto Space mobile app, access control - all practical information on one page! You can also visit the campus virtually.

Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi is the home of an innovative community.

Explore the campus virtually at virtualtour.aalto.fi.

A parkland-style campus established in the 1950s forms the core of Otaniemi. The overall vision of the campus was that of Alvar Aalto, and its individual buildings were designed by Aalto and other celebrated Finnish architects such as Reima and Raili Pietilä and Heikki and Kaija Sirén.

Otaniemi - Event and conference facilities

Are you looking for a small or a large space for your event? Aalto University offers a diverse range of facilities for various events, such as meetings, seminars and congresses. Over 100 venues are available, the majority of which are located in the Otaniemi campus. We welcome Aalto University stakeholders and partners as well as other operators to explore the facilities and to organise an event in the heart of the university.

Aalto University Undergraduate Centre Otaniemi, image: Tuomas Uusheimo

Meeting and sauna facility Aalto Inn Laajalahti

The meeting and sauna facility Aalto Inn Laajalahti is located by the sea in Otaniemi. Come and spend a relaxing sauna evening with your colleagues, or have a meeting with a view over the sea. Get to know Aalto Inn Laajalahti.

This service is provided by:

Aalto University Facility Sales

Did you find what you were looking for? If not, please contact us: [email protected].

Published: 7.7.2020
Updated: 12.3.2024

Dipoli - Event and conference facilities

Dipoli 360° space tour