Truly transformative innovation and creativity take place, when several skillsets and many types of innovative people come together. Interestingly, one of the most powerful tools for creativity is empathy - the ability to understand others, to find out who they are, what they need, and what you have to do to make their life better.
Empathy is in the core of design-thinking, the art of creating organic and user friendly solutions to problems, no matter how tiny or immense they are. In Finland, we believe that future can be made, designed.
Join Episode VI of the webinar series to dive into one of the most interesting communities of game changers in the world - of scientists, artists and engineers in Finland. The episode is facilitated by Aalto University. Explore and find your path to Aalto and Finland through studies, research or cooperation.
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PROGRAMME
Episode VI: Future is Made in Finland – Design it yourself!
17 November at 12.00 EET / 15:30 IST / 18:00 SST / Aalto University
Greetings from the moderator
Salu Ylirisku, Design Teacher, Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
Welcome to Aalto University!
Ilkka Niemelä, President, Aalto University
Design Doing – multidisciplinary hands-on design-based learning at Aalto University
Katja Hölttä-Otto, Associate Professor of Product Development, Aalto University School of Engineering
Integrating Design and Technology with Business Management – IDBM the Flagship initiative for multidisciplinary education
Niina Nurmi, Professor & Director, International Design Business Management (IDBM), Aalto University School of Business
Importance of Design Thinking & Multidisciplinary education in the current global context – Reflections
Kaisa Väänänen, Professor, Faculty of Information technology and communication sciences, Tampere University and Turkka Keinonen, Professor, Department of Design, Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
Destination Aalto! – Student Panel
Why should you choose Aalto as your destination for multidisciplinary education, research and also to kick start your careers?
- Daria Babanina, Alumna, Masters in Real Estate Economics
- Imran Shamsul, Student, Masters in Collaborative & Industrial Design
- Kunal Ghosh, PhD Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Applied Physics
- Silja Yli-Juuti, Student, Masters in Sustainable Energy System and Markets
Corporate Collaboration - Boosting insights to work-life and network opportunities for students at Aalto University
Pirita Posti, Manager, Corporate Relations, Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
The Story of a Startup from Aalto - “Young Finnish Design connects young designer talents and manufacturers in Finland”
Elisa Luoto & Heidi Maria Huovinen
Elisa Luoto & Heidi Maria Huovinen are Co-founders & Designers of Young Finnish Design
Wrap Up and Next Steps
Salu Ylirisku, Design Teacher, Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
Speakers
Associate Professor of Product Development, Aalto University School of Engineering
Professor Hölttä-Otto is an expert on interdisciplinary design. Her current research areas include empathy, creativity and need finding. She is interested in how empathy and creativity can be developed and learned and also how creativity evolves during engineering education. She is also interested in novel methods for finding latent needs, needs not expressed by the user. She is active in the area of complex system architecture.
Prof. Hölttä-Otto teaches product development methods including design thinking. She is in charge of the ME310 Global Innovation Program at Aalto University, which is part of the global SUGAR network on global interdisciplinary design thinking. Prof. Hölttä-Otto is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and has won ten best paper awards or similar distinctions.
Professor & Director, International Design Business Management (IDBM), Aalto University
Professor Niina Nurmi is a director of the International Design Business Management (IDBM) program at Aalto University. Before Aalto University, she worked at Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering. As an organizational psychologist, she studies how employees can find motivation and thrive in contemporary organizations. Her research focuses on work design, leadership, employee well-being, and innovative collaboration in virtual teams, particularly those spanning national boundaries.
Professor, Tampere University
Kaisa Väänänen is a professor of user experience in the unit of Human-Centered Technology (IHTE) at Tampere University. Professor Väänänen’s research interests include UX design, design research on human-centered technology, and social robots and their applications in sustainable development.
Professor of Industrial Design, Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
Turkka Keinonen is a professor of industrial design, vice dean of research and head of doctoral education at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Keinonen has a doctoral degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (1998). He has worked as industrial and interaction designer for Finnish technology industries (1990-1995), been a principal research scientist at Nokia Research Center (1998-2001) and visiting associate professor at National University of Singapore (2007-2008). Keinonen’s publications include Mobile Usability (McGraw-Hill 2003), Product Concept Design (Springer 2006), Designers, Users and Justice (Bloomsbury 2017) and about 100 other publications on human centered design, product concept design, design strategy and design ethics.
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Salu Ylirisku
Design Teacher, Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
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Ilkka Niemelä
President, Aalto University
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Elisa Luoto and Heidi Huovinen
Co-founders & Designers, Young Finnish Design
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Pirita Posti
Manager, Corporate Relations, Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
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Daria Babanina
Alumna, Masters in Real Estate Economics
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Imran Shamsul
Student, Masters in Collaborative & Industrial Design
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Kunal Ghosh
PhD Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Applied Physics
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Silja Yli-Juuti
Student, Masters in Sustainable Energy System and Markets