Sculpted Realities
Advanced sculpture art exhibition
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911±¬ÁÏÍø 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, Celebrate Wappu with us!
Welcome to experience 911±¬ÁÏÍø's May Day spirit
School of Science Alumni May Day Sima
Kick off May Day with SCI alum and staff!
AaltoCHEM Wappu event 2026
Welcome to the School of Chemical Engineering’s May Day event! This is an excellent opportunity to meet old friends and the School’s management, hear the latest news from AaltoCHEM and enjoy the May Day atmosphere with mead, doughnuts and music.
Alumni Wappusimat at the School of Business on 30.4.2026
Welcome to the School of Business and Aalto EE's Wappuevent!30.4. 12-13:30 A Grid, Otakaari 5, Otaniemi
SKlubi & School of Electrical Engineering
30.4. 12-14 Smökki, Jämeräntaival 1, Otaniemi
Declaration of Wappu rowdiness (about 13:50) and other events
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
broadcast season
1.5. 17:00 Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki
1. - 31.5. Otaniemi
Otaniemi on a sustainable path in May
2.5. 12-16 Zurich lake, Switzerland
Vappu Aalto Alumni & Friends Picnic
, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
2. - 3.5. 17:15 The Devil Wears Prada 2
until 3.5. Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema exhibition
4.5 - 9.7. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* 4. - 18.5. Seminars on analysis and geometry: Hardy Inequalities and Liouville Theorems for Elliptic PDEs
* 5.5. Latent efficient price recovery in ETFs: A simulation study, Aalto Stochastics & Statistics Seminar
* 5.5. Mathematical physics seminar
* 7.5. Algrebra, Number Theory and Applications seminar
* 13.5. Interpolating Sobolev spaces on domains: full vs. homogeneous norms, Seminar on analysis and geometry
* 18. & 25.5. Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminars
4. - 5.5. Maria 01, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Helsinki
Moral Ambition Aalto Summit
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. - 7.5. CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Computer Science Guest talks:
* 6.5. 13-14 Michael Liut - The Wonderful World of AI: Adaptive Systems, Adaptive Content, Adaptive Feedback for a Unique Student Experience
* 7.5. 16-17 Angela Zavaleta Bernuy - Supporting Computing Students Readiness for Entry-Level Roles
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
* 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
7.5. 9-12 verkossa & Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Otaniemi
7. - 8.5. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: engineering physics, automation and control engineering
8.5. 9-17 Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
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
11.5. 14-16 online & Music House, Helsinki
(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
until 17.5.Taidehalli, Helsinki
- The 20th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations
18. - 25.5. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* Michael Yang, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
* Tuomas Kelomäki, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
19.5. 13-16 Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Sähköpaja Gaala
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
20.5. 18-20:30 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21.5. 14-15:30 Kide, Konemiehentie 1, Otaniemi
Physics Research seminar:
Vortices, Skyrmions, Möbius Strips: From Nanooptics to Ocean Waves
21.5. 16-17:30 online or Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Founder Talks:Maija Itkonen, Founder and CEO of Onego Bio
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
(for IEM students, alumni and staff)
22.5. - 11.10. Art museum, Kasarmintie 9, Oulu
exhibition
25.5. Zurich, Switzerland
Aalto Alumni afterwork
26.5. 13-16 Kaupungintalo, Helsinki
Care and Climate in an Age of Vulnerability - 911±¬ÁÏÍø Design for Government Final Show 2026
27.5. 13-16:45 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
28.5. 18:15 Ritarihuone, Helsinki
KYL choir concert:
1.6. - 25.8. Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* 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. 17:30 Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium
exhibitionopening for alumni and friends in the 9-13.6.
11.6. Otaniemi
Honorary doctors' talks
JULY
10. - 11.7. Alvar Aalto park, Otaniemi
AUGUST
29.8. 17:00 Sibelius Hall, Lahti
29.8. 18:00 City Hall, Mariehamn, Ã…land
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
2.9. 17:00 Stockholm, Sweden
Aalto Alumni event
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.
(for IEM students and alumni)
6.10. & 10.11. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Ahaa open lectures (in Finnish)
9.10.
(annual gala for IEM students and alumni)
20.10. 9-18 Dipoli, Otaniemi
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
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
28.11. Catapult campus, Singapore
Aalto Alumni Event
- Back to Work Sessions:
- FCAI webinar serie:
- Aalto 10 - Alumni Studio & Science show (in Finnish)
- Better Business – Better Society seminar series
- Philosophy and system thinking lectures by professor Esa Saarinen (In Finnish)
- (In Finnish)
- 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.:
°Õ²âö³¾²¹³Ù°ì²¹±ô±ô²¹ - 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
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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 911±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Film ELO.
Public art collections at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
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
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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition
911±¬ÁÏÍø’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 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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