”Järjestämme kaikille avoimen robottibussin esittelytilaisuuden Matinkylässä kauppakeskus Iso Omenan edessä sunnuntaina 31.10. klo 15–18. Robottibussi on nähtävillä Markkinakadun puoleisen sisäänkäynnin ulkopuolella.
Samana päivänä järjestetään myös vastaava tapahtuma Espoon keskuksen kauppakeskus Espoontorin ulkopuolella klo 10–13.
Esittelytilaisuudessa yleisö pääsee tutustumaan robottibussiin ja kysymään siihen liittyviä kysymyksiä. Robottibusseja esittelee yrityskumppanimme Roboride Oy. Robottibusseilla ei tilaisuuksissa ajeta.
Tilaisuudet ovat osa syksyllä alkaneita robottibussikokeiluitamme, joilla edistetään automaattista ja vähähiilistä liikkumista. Espoon kaupunki on sitoutunut olemaan hiilineutraali vuonna 2030, joten hyvin palveleva ja kustannustehokas joukkoliikennejärjestelmä on meille välttämätön. Tulevaisuuden tavoitteena on tehdä robottibusseista pysyvä osa kaupunkien joukkoliikennettä.”
Mark Wednesday 14 October 2021 from 13:00 to 15:00 (EEST) on your calendar and participate online! See the exciting event programme and register here.
What is Mökki?
Come and hear more about the new learning environment that will change the world. You can also come up with ideas and participate in designing content and programmes for Mökki that can help many people. Mökki has been developed to quickly take the latest knowledge and expertise to where it is needed – or better: Mökki helps create interaction between different actors in order to learn and develop something new. Mökki has been created to promote sustainable development. New technologies will also play a role in future learning environments and development.
Mökki means a variety of things. Mökki is still in its fledgling stages. Come and help it grow. It may lead you to new and incredible pathways. Come and leave your own mark on Mökki!
5G Mökki is a place to:
enjoy yourself and do what you want
drop by, experience things, find new interests
meet people you know and new people from your own campus, and other campuses and companies
learn quickly about 5G and other new technologies, and apply them immediately
gain insights and invent something new
present demos, projects and campaigns, and hold quick info sessions.
More officially 5G Mökki:
is a new tool for bringing and creating fast-paced information and content for universities and companies. It encourages people to develop their knowledge and expertise related to new technologies, such as 5G, AI, VR/AR, Blockchain, and helps companies and other organisations to deploy the new knowledge quickly and flexibly.
connects universities/universities of applied sciences, companies and other organisations more closely, in direct and immersive interaction.
offers companies an easy and fast way to find new technology experts and to launch development projects.
With the help of Mökki, companies and other organisations gain a competitive advantage and enhance their productivity through the latest technology. This, in turn, encourages the employment of new experts and successful career and entrepreneurship paths.
The Mökki concept is based on the work of a number of leading technology professionals and top companies and universities.
The first 5G campuses in the world are Nokia Corporation Garage, Espoo, Aalto University Design Factory, Espoo; Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Hämeenlinna; South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk), Kouvola and Mikkeli; Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Vantaa. The Mökki network is currently expanding nationally and internationally.
Honey harvest Sunday 🍯! The Test Site’s little workers finished their part for the season and the produce is ready. We spent a couple of hours at the Urban Mill on 22.8.2021 doing the honey harvesting.
The Test Site Honey started off as part of a project at the ”How to change the world” course about 2 years ago. The project spun off to the Test Site adding to the biodiversity of the area 🌺. The garden group at the site planted plenty of flowers for the bees to pollinate so we have high hopes for some delicious honey 💛.
As the new school year is about to start, we are planning on setting up a stand at the Test-Site where you can fill your own jar. Follow Aalto Test-Site on Instagram for the latest announcements: https://www.instagram.com/aaltotestsite/
To whom? – Urban Energy Ecosystem actors Objectives: – To accelerate Urban Energy Ecosystems Services uptake – Strengthen collaboration within and with Otaniemiinnovation ecosystem
Join the event to discuss this hot topic together with industry experts, researchers, entrepreneurs and policy makers. In the event you will also hear some of the latest findings from novel Smart Energy research. The event is free of charge.
14:00 OPENING SESSION – SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CHALLENGES?
Pasi Laitala, Director of Sustainable development at City of Espoo
Janne Laine, Vice President, Innovation, at Aalto University
Erja Turunen, Executive Vice President, Smart industry and energy systems at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Jari Jokinen, CEO, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK
14:10 TOPICAL URBAN ENERGY RESEARCH
CO2 emission reductions with sector coupling of electricity and district heat, Matti Lehtonen, Professor, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering at Aalto University
Aalto Center for Autonomous Systems and Aalto Autonomous Car, Ville Kyrki, Associate Professor, Intelligent Mobile Machines, Aalto University
Practical tools to solve the last mile challenge of decarbonisation, Antti Arasto, Vice President, Industrial energy and hydrogen at VTT
14:40 FUTURE ENERGY SERVICE ECOSYSTEMS – KEY QUESTIONS
Helena Sarén, Head of Smart Energy at Business Finland and Chairperson at Nordic Energy Research
Ecosystems: from Value Creation to Value Capture, Sari Kola, Entrepreneur and co-author of Ecosystem Handbook, Innovaatiotohtori.fi
15:00 EXEMPLARY ENERGY ECOSYSTEM PILOTS
Aalto Works Bloc: low-carbon heating and cooling system, Antti Säynäjoki, Development Manager, Aalto University Campus & Real Estate
How to build sustainable and resilient energy networks, Simo Säynevirta, Vice President, Digital Lead, ABB
LuxTurrim5G ecosystem for Smart Urban Energy, Juha Salmelin, Ecosystem Leader at Nokia
Sustainable Energy Positive & Zero Carbon Communities (SPARCS): Elina Wanne, Development manager, Sustainability, City of Espoo
15:30 SMART URBAN ENERGY – EMERGING ROADMAPS TO 2035? DIALOGUE WITH CITIES
City of Espoo • Tampereen kaupungin kasvupalvelut • Oulu Startup Incubator Oy • EnergyVaasa • Lappeenranta Greenreality
16:10 VIRTUAL PARALLEL SITE VISITS TO ADVANCED APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS
Smart Otaniemi 2.0, hosted by Sanna Öörni, Co-Creation Manager at VTT and Tatu Koljonen, Executive in Residence at Aalto University
Sustainable City of Espoo – Building ecosystems together, hosted by Mari Päätalo, Development Manager, Sustainability, City of Espoo
Aalto EIT Services, hosted by EIT experts and project managers Zoltan Javor and Petri Allekotte
Aalto Startup Center’s Ecosystem, Marika Paakkala, Head of Aalto Startup Center
TEK – Community of Professionals, hosted by Jussi-Pekka Teini, Engineering Sustainability at Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK
16:40 PITCHES ON SMART HEATING SOLUTIONS
Introduction by Samuel Cross, Manager for Energy, Aalto Networking Platform
Clean Heat Otaniemi challenge
Books like it Hot! Tony Salomaa, M.Sc. student, Aalto University
SolarVenue – Heat in the moment, Doctoral student Tero Koivunen, M.Sc. Irina Safonova, and M.Sc. student Abhishek Dahiya, Aalto University
Helsinki Energy Challenge – Beyond Fossils, Tomi J. Lindroos, Senior scientist, VTT
17:00 CLOSING
INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS DURING THE EVENT
FACILITATORS: Sami Kazi, VTT and Elina Wanne, City of Espoo
With this event, free of charge, we want to get you access to new knowledge, practical experiences, contacts and collaboration opportunities. Not to forget new creative insights it may trigger!
The event is jointly organized by City of Espoo, 6Aika: Ecosystems of Growth-project, Business Espoo, Enter Espoo, Aalto University, Aalto Networking Platform, Aalto Startup Center, Aalto EIT Services, Aalto Design Factory, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Smart Otaniemi, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK, Urban Mill Innovation Platform and CRESCENDO@CC project. Producer: Urban Mill Innovation Platform, Otaniemi, Betonimiehenkuja 3E, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 21.5.2021 at 9:00-17:00 (EEST)
This year’s gala will be organised as a digital only event. 10 prototypes will be showcased by the student teams. The online platform will open on the Monday 10th of May, while the gala itself will be held on Friday 21st of May.
What does this mean?
Well having the platform open well in advance allows visitors to see what presentations, project booths and other activities there are on the platform. You will be able to see all of our students, their profiles, their expertise and which project they belong to. This way visitors can preplan their Gala Day schedule have more effective use of their time.
For 24 years, PDP has brought students of business, design, technology, and science together to tackle industry challenges and develop state of the art solutions to real industry problems. At the Product Design Gala 2021, you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome projects.
Aalto-yliopiston ylioppilaskunta AYY ilmoittaa, että riemukkain ja riehakkain aika vuodesta on täällä!
”Vaikka emme pääsekään juhlimaan wappua fyysisesti yhdessä perinteiseen tapaan, on wappu ainutlaatuista ja perinteikästä aikaa Aalto-yhteisössä. Juhlikaamme opiskelijayhteisöä, tulevaa kesää ja ilon juhlaa! Kokoontukaamme etätapahtumiin, pukekaamme haalarit päälle niin kotona kuin lenkkipolulla ja painakaamme lakit päähän aattona.”
As a startup, you might be wondering:
– How does Angel Investing work?
– What does an Angel investor look out for in startups?
– What metrics are important and how can you attract a great Angel Investor to your startup?
We will be hosting Reima Linnanvirta who will be sharing his experience as an Angel Investor.
Reima Linnanvirta is an angel investor and chairman of the board at the Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN). He invests in early-stage startups, especially in B2B software and SaaS. With over 20 companies in the portfolio, including Cambri, Innovestor, and OGOship. He recently made his latest exit with Whiteboard.fi which was sold to Kahoot!
ABOUT STARTUP GRIND Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content – collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide. For more information: www.startupgrind.com
An event for students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and companies interested in learning more about International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM Foundation), their portfolio of projects in the Nordics, and possible pathways for future collaboration in the field of synthetic biology.
Time & Location 25 Mar, 14:00 – 15:30 EET Online Event
You are warmly welcome to our second Synbio Talk! – an event series taking place every month where we talk about different topics related to synthetic biology. Our aim with these events is to build a stronger synbio community in Finland and beyond as well as to strengthen collaboration networks in the field of synthetic biology.
For this Synbio Talk taking place on Thursday, March 25th at 14:00 (EET), we will introduce IGEM and present some of the projects disseminated in the Nordics during the last couple years as part of the IGEM Competition. This is a perfect opportunity for students in Finland interested in opening up IGEM teams at their universities and for companies or individuals looking to collaborate with students in the field of synthetic biology.
AGENDA:
14:00 – 14:10 Welcome and Synbio Powerhouse News Manuel Arias, Interdisciplinary Researcher at VTT
14:10 – 15:00 IGEM – What is it, how it works, and project portfolio in the Nordics Capon Lamelas, iGEM Alliance Project Manager and Regional Head (EMEA) at iGEM EPIC
We are looking for ideas in a wide range within Sustainable nutrition:
Do you have fresh insight on sustainable nutrition to complement our expertise? An excellent idea for a new plant-based product? An unexplored solution for using manufacturing process side streams adding value to healthier products? Maybe a business model to change consumer behavior towards more sustainable way? Or maybe a breakthrough insight for oat or wholegrain? Or…
The theme of this year’s Greenhouse program is Sustainable nutrition. How can we challenge the way we produce and eat food to resolve two of the world’s most urgent problems: climate change and increasing health issues?
The Greenhouse is Lantmännen’s accelerator focused on innovations within food and agriculture – from field to fork. We support up-and-coming entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs and help them turn their ideas into profitable and sustainable long-term businesses. The program consist of six digital workshops and project team work in May-June. All the Greenhouse workshops in 2021 will be digital, so you will be able join from anywhere in the world. The program culminates in Dragons’ Den with Lantmännen top management in September.
The program has been organized since 2014 with the total of 79 projects, and this year’s program being already the 11th. Participating in the program is free of charge. As an entrepreneur, you will keep all intellectual property rights to your ideas when you join The Greenhouse. In the program we are using Microsoft Teams as the collaboration platform, complemented with other digital tools. Recommended project team is 2-4 persons.
May-June: six digital workshop days and project team work
24.8. and 31.8.: preparing for Dragons’ Den
Beginning of September: Dragons’ Den with Lantmännen top management
The team behind the Greenhouse
Lantmännen’s Greenhouse is run by Nina Tuomikangas and Jakob Söderström. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or thoughts regarding the Greenhouse!
Blog for Urban Mill by Aliaksei Zanouski 30.12.2020, heading and subheadings by Urban Mill.
March for freedom in Minsk, Belarus. 16 August 2020. photo: Alyaksandr Vasyukovich / Vot-tak.tv / Belsat.eu
”My name is Aliaksei Zanouski. I am an architect and a student at the Urban Studies and Planning master program at Aalto University. During Urban Mill’s Otaniemi recycling days in December 2020, I had an interesting and fruitful discussion with Lars Miikki, co-founder and co-producer at Urban Mill. This occasional meeting reminded me of importance to be in the same space for networking and how casual small talk leads to an interesting discussion. I want to share with you some highlights of our conversation.”
Connective individual actions through social media networks
Poster “Structures don’t take to the streets” Minsk, Belarus. 27 September 2020. photo: Facebook post
In August as a response on fraudulent elections mass protests swept across Belarus demanding democracy and end of the 26-year authoritarian rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Despite a shocking amount of violence used against peaceful demonstrators, protests keep going since August. Media write a lot about Belarus recently. However, what is missing from international media coverage is an inner dynamic of the uprising which could be interesting to those who are interested in urbanity.
Like many other recent social movements uprising in Belarus could be categorized as a connective action. Coordination almost absent, the role of political parties and structures wasn’t significant. The movement was based on personalized content sharing across social media networks. Leaderless action without a defined political structure seems more sustainable against the repressive machine in a short term. Nevertheless, in most cases we know, connective action cannot sustain in a long run. Movements built on a mostly virtual ‘weak tie’ networks failing to get offline and build their own political structures. Is it the case in Belarus?
