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. 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.
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.
International Recognition: Mention coverage in the Financial Times regarding the Pyongyang Startup Seminar and Fastcompany.
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