Speaking philosophy, content examples and references
Philosophy
- Dedicated to work between communities in uncertain territories.
- Skilled to design and lead unconventional projects.
- Fascinated to co-create science-practice blendings.
- Inspired to share knowledge for diverse audiences.
- Committed to deliver high-quality content.
I like to do my talks in dynamic and innovative format of his presentations, which incorporate engaging visuals and sound, and can be customized to fit any organizational context.
I have 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.
Academic Keynotes: talks at prestigious institutions like Princeton University, Stanford University, Berkeley UC, and the University of St.Gallen.
Industry & Festival Keynotes: talks for diverse audiences, including Slush, CERN Ideasquare, Chaos Computing Congress (CCC), Oslo Freedom Forum, BOOM (Portugal), and Ozora (Hungary).
Media Expertise: a columnist for major Finnish national media (e.g., YLE and Talouselämä), covering topics from the Korean Peninsula to the Beirut explosion.
Featured talk topics
Klang Games (Berlin) – Talks & workshops on community building & community logics during Klang Discovery Week.
St. Gallen (Switzerland) – entrepreneurship in extreme
BOOM (Portugal) – storytelling and festivals
Lunden Architecture – creative organizations
Alko – future forecasting models
Tequtalks – leading in challenging environments
Musta Norppa festival keynote – Why do scienceart?
Demos Helsinki Untitled Conference crushing social preset
Black Rock City leading organiser of Burning Nerds gathering
OsloFreedomForum – keynote on peacebuilding & scholar-activism
SUGAR Network – innovations in extreme settings