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.
Academic Keynotes: List invited talks at prestigious institutions like Princeton University, Stanford University, Berkeley UC, and the University of St.Gallen.
Industry & Festival Keynotes: List talks for diverse audiences, including Slush, CERN Ideasquare, Chaos Computing Congress (CCC), Oslo Freedom Forum, BOOM (Portugal), and Ozora (Hungary).
Media Expertise: List roles as 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.
professional profile is much like a scientific expeditionary ship. The ship (academic affiliations like Aalto, Harvard, and Stanford) is built on solid, top-tier research foundations (PhD with honours, JUFO-3 publications, Newton Fellowship). However, the ship is uniquely designed to sail into challenging, uncharted waters (extreme fieldwork in North Korea and Beirut) to discover valuable, often hidden, socio-organizational phenomena. Once retrieved, these discoveries are not just stored in the academic archives but are translated and shared with the public through innovative, engaging formats (Science-Art collectives like Burning Stories and festival concepts like Mietekeskus), bridging the gap between rigorous scientific knowledge and widespread societal understanding.
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