High-Impact Initiatives & Fieldwork - selected projects delivered in extreme or unconventional settings that highlight  leadership and development driven by real-world impact.

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• Extreme Fieldwork: Detail the purpose and outcome of the Pyongyang Startup Week (the first ever startup event in North Korea), noting its goal was to enable science diplomacy and pilot new education concepts.

• Regional Development: Feature WTSUP! Beirut, which focused on transferring Nordic values of equality via entrepreneurship education, in partnership with the Finnish Foreign Ministry.

Academic Leadership in Extreme Contexts: Mention the role as Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes (a Triple Crown business school in Colombia) and the volunteer role as Associate Professor at Pyongyang University of Science & Technology.

JP's passion for his work is evident in the dynamic and innovative format of his presentations, which incorporate engaging visuals and sound, and can be customized to fit any organizational context. He has been keynoting in large-scale events, for example, in Slush (Fin), Startup Grind (US), Princeton University (US) and Chaos Computing Conference (Ger) and in cutting edge game companies Klang Games , transformational festivals such as BOOM (Portugal), Mitäs Mitäs (Fin) and co-hosting annual Burning Nerds meetup in Burning Man, the US since 2019. Recent online example speech (in Finnish) is about sustainability-driven entrepreneurship. Feel free also to tune in to listen podcasts (2020-2024) with topics of Peace & Entrepreneurship from Geneva Peace Week and Science of Participatory Cultures and Burning Man research update. Most recent blog postings are available in Medium.

• Organising of community events for practitioner and public audiences

2025- Leading organiser of The Open Strategy Science-Practice Seminar brought together experts to explore participatory decision-making. Speakers in 200 participant strong event discussed the challenges of inclusive strategy design, lessons from corporate initiatives, and the role of AI in enhancing transparency and alignment. The event highlighted how experience and technology shape effective open strategy. More:openstrategy.fi/reflections-from-our-open-strategy-seminar

2024-2025 Leading organiser of knowledge transfer hackathon in CERN between CERN Ideasquare I2Planet and MMO by Klang Games. Doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5JG-x7A0c

2025 - Leading organiser of The Academic & Association Day in Reykjavík brought together researchers and organizations to discuss international regulations, mental health integration, and philosophical perspectives on transformative experiences. Nordic associations from multiple countries signed a Collaboration Manifesto to strengthen regional cooperation. The event also featured artistic performances, including live painting, a VJ show, and an exhibition,

2017-ongoing. Co-organising of a wide range of inclusive Slush public community side events, around the annual Slush event week in Helsinki. Slush side events are free and open for anyone interested. Topics include Entrepreneurship & Peace - afternoon event with the UN, and multiple side events have been centred on discussions around entrepreneurial culture.

2023-ongoing. Scienceart experimentations for disseminating research result from Burning Stories research for the public include sound tracks from the data by artist Mikko Heikinpoika and Viljami Lehtonen. Pro bono contributions from companies include a research animation by science-communication company Kaskas Media and recently text-based data has been blended with AI by a Swiss AI-startup GOPF. Animation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGZ9rZENAQ

2017-2020. A wide range of small scale events for opening volunteering (i.e. mentoring) positions and delivering research updates from the WTSUP!, Startup Circus and Burning Stories - projects.