Events

Events programme – Designs for a Cooler Planet 2024

Lectures and seminars
Attend over thirty open seminars, talks, tours, film screenings and workshops. Most of the events will take place at the Otaniemi campus or online.
Colourful hand motifs on white background.

When

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Where

Otaniemi, Helsinki & Online

Come and explore the impossible!

Welcome to participate in over thirty talk events, seminars, workshops and guided tours. Events are mainly organised either live on the Otaniemi campus or hybrid. More detailed information can be found under each individual event, some require you to register.

All events are in English and free of charge if not stated otherwise.

Events at Marsio

Otakaari 2 A, Espoo

Artificial Creativity – Aalto LASER Talks

Is artificial intelligence simply a tool, or does it possess creative capabilities?

Hybrid afterwork event on Thu 3 Oct 2024 at 16:00–18:30. Read more and register!
Visual designer Merle Karp made this collage with AI, using photos by Mikko Raskinen, Anne Kinnunen and Aleksi Poutanen.

Open screenings for the Radical Creatives documentary

What is radical creativity? How do uncertain and seemingly impossible projects move forward? Welcome to the screenings of the documentary directed by Emilia Hernesniemi.

Free screenings on Thu 12 and Tue 24 Sept 2024 in the Marsio movie theatre. Read more and drop by!
Radical Creatives screening in Kino Regina

Sustainable Innovations in Nonwovens

Transforming the nonwoven industry by developing sustainable, renewable alternatives for everyday items such as diapers, face masks, and packaging. In this hybrid seminar, members of the SUSTAFIT research project share insights on how to develop solutions that are not only planet-friendly, but also economically viable.

Hybrid seminar on 10 Sept 2024 at 9:20–11:30 at Marsio and online. Read more and register!
Collection of white and grey nonwoven fabrics
People looking at pieces of work at an exhibition.
Photo: Kalle Kataila

Cooler Planet exhibition tours

Join the guided tours to make the most out of your exhibition visit!

Cooler Planet exhibition tours in Finnish

Mon 9 Sept 2024 at 16:00–17:00
Mon 23 Sept 2024 at 17:00–18:00
Mon 30 Sept 2024 at 17:00–18:00

Cooler Planet exhibition tours in English

Thu 12 Sept 2024 at 16:00–17:00
Thu 19 Sept 2024 at 16:00–17:00
Thu 26 Sept 2024 at 16:00–17:00
Thu 3 Oct 2024 at 15:00–16:00

public art at Aalto

Public art tours

Join the tours guided by the art curator, Outi Turpeinen, to learn more about public art on campus. Tours start from the Marsio lobby.

Public art tours in Finnish

Thu 12 Sept 2024 at 16:00–17:30
Wed 2 Oct 2024 at 16:00–17:30

Public art tours in English

Tue 10 Sept 2024 at 15:00–16:30
Wed 18 Sept 2024 at 15:30–17:00

Events at Väre

Otaniementie 14, Espoo

Creativity and Collaboration: Transforming the Impossible

Welcome to the seminar that brings together academic, societal, and business representatives across sectors to share a vision of creating sustainable futures through collaborative creative approaches.

Seminar on Mon 30 Sept 2024 at 16:00 in Kipsari, Väre. Read more and register!
Aalto Radical Creatives, Photo: Lina Jelanski
Fungi growing experiments part of Kudos by Elina Koivisto and Maiju Suomi.

Talks and workshops at Kudos – a library for material relations

Kudos pavilion is located in the F Lobby, Väre ground floor.

Mon 9 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
Fungal matters – what could we learn from fungi?
Talk and visit to the Kudos pavilion.

Mon 16 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
Tue 17 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
Material agency in architecture – making clay renders
Workshop in the Ceramics workshop (Väre, ground floor) and visit to the Kudos pavilion.

Mon 30 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
Designing with the more than human
Talk and visit to the Kudos pavilion.

Read more

Wardrobe confidence: Creative strategies for wearing what you own

Tue 10 Sept 2024 at 17:00–18:30

Talk and workshop at Lecture hall F101, Väre

Events elsewhere on campus

Various locations in Otaniemi

Embrace the Future – A Responsible Multispecies Leadership Agenda

Is it possible to apply multi-species and biodiversity-respecting approaches to the development of leadership and business practice? The answer is yes! These novel approaches to management studies enhance the holistic well-being of both human and non-human beings and are worthy of further exploration.

Hybrid seminar on Wed 18 Sep at 14:15–16:30 at Undergraduate Centre and online. Read more and register!
Cow hide.
Transparent materials made out of wood
Photo: Esa Kapila

Magnificent materials book launch

Tue 24 Sept 2024 at 9:00–12:00

Breakfast and workshop in Finnish

Design Factory, K3
Puumiehenkuja 5, Espoo

Transforming Education to Reach Global Impact

An exhibition on the Aalto journey through case-based teaching and learning in Africa, South Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Book launch and hybrid seminar on 25 Sept 2024 at 10:00–12:00 at Maarintie 8
PBL South Asia final presentation in Bhutan_photo by Matleena Muhonen 2020

Art, science, bioethics, microbes, and cooling towers – Conversations on art-science collaboration

11 Sept 2024 at 10:30–13:00

Seminar with panel discussion, followed by lunch

Lecture hall U7 (U135a)
Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1

WiT Talks – Humanitarian Architecture Today

11 Sept 2024 at 17:00–19:00

Hybrid talk

Mordor (A108b/A111a) and online
A Grid, Otakaari 5

Documentary film about marine scientists at Seili island

Wed 11 Sept 2024 at 17:00–19:00
Wed 18 Sept 2024 at 17:00–19:00
Wed 25 Sept 2024 at 17:00–19:00

Film screening in both English and Finnish. Location TBC.

Multispecies sustainable Baltic Sea 2050

18 Sept 2024 at 13:00–15:30

Workshop in Finnish

Mordor (A108b/A111a)
A Grid, Otakaari 5

MingleforGOOD | Sustainability Action Booster

Thu 26 Sept 2024 at 17:00-20:00

Workshop. Location TBC.

Events in Helsinki

Bee on a flower at Alusta pavilion.
Photo: Elina Koivisto

Farewell to Pollinators – Alusta pavilion moving party

Come and bid farewell to pollinators and Alusta pavilion as we know it, and celebrate its upcoming moving to its new permanent home at Otaniemi campus.

Talks, art and party on Tue 10 Sept 2024 at the Design Museum courtyard. Read more and drop by!

Wood crystals on a black fabric.

Designs for a Cooler Planet

Visit Designs for a Cooler Planet festival in Otaniemi on 6 Sep – 3 Oct 2024 to challenge your perception of the possible.

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