This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 7/2012

AYY happily celebrated its two-year journey on 4–5 Feb 2012. During the party, we took a tour around the stars at Planetarium at Heureka Science Centre, danced along fast rhytms at Helsinki Club and enjoyed the tropical jungle at Gardenia in the middle of the bright and snowy winter.

Aalto University Student Union Board and the Anniversary Committee 2012 would like to thank the participants for the wonderful party and its members for these two amazing years. We wish good luck and inspiration for the spring!

1. This week’s events
2. Services of AYY Töölö Housing Office currently provided through Otaniemi Housing Office
3. Create a medal/prize for SELL Student Games 2012 supporting the green theme of the games!
4. Start Exercising course to begin in March
5. New theme day of FSHS encourages to eat healthily
6. Info night of teekkari sailors
7. Participate in the skipper courses of teekkari sailors
8. Public poll – better life through work!
9. Participate in the survey on WebOodi, win iPad 2!
10. EntreMill – working life-oriented career training programme for university students! Application ongoing NOW!
11. News from Aalto Career Services

1. This week’s event

• Tue, 14 Feb Show Debate!
• Wed, 15 Feb ADS Weekly Debate
• Wed, 15 Feb Game night
• Wed, 15 Feb AEGEE-Helsinki Social Meeting
• Thu, 16 Feb Murjottelu KickOff
• Thu, 16 Feb Winter whites, wine tasting
• Thu, 16 Feb Premiere of KY-Spex
• Thu, 16 Feb Info night of teekkari sailors

2. Services of AYY Töölö Housing Office are currently provided through Otaniemi Housing Office

AYY’s Töölö Housing Office has been closed since 27 Jan. The independent branch was closed because the number of customers in Töölö Housing Office has been constantly low and almost all housing services are also available for members as remote services, such as electronic forms.

Currently, Töölö does not provide any housing services. All housing issues are handled through Otaniemi Housing Office for now.

However, housing services in Töölö will not be completely discontinued as they will be transferred to operate partly in connection with Töölö Service Point. It is still possible to collect and return apartment keys to the service point. In order to collect the keys, the resident needs a signed rental agreement and the proof of identity as usual. In addition, Töölö Service Point gives advice for simple housing-related questions.

Housing advice and key services will be relaunched at Töölö Service Point as quickly as possible and the members will be informed about this separately.

More profound advice and answers to all housing-related questions will continue to be provided at Otaniemi Housing Office, either by email at asuntotoimisto@ayy.fi or by telephone (see the address and contact information here). Online and email services function as previously.

Additional questions may be presented to Housing Specialist Jaakko Koivula (etunimi.sukunimi@ayy.fi, 050 520 9444) and AYY Board Member in charge of housing affairs Lauri Ikonen (etunimi.sukunimi@ayy.fi 050 520 9416).

3. Create a medal/prize for SELL Student Games 2012 supporting the green theme of the games!

The aim of the challenge for Aalto University students would be on sustainable product planning of the prizes handed out for the competitors of the SELL Student Games. Recycling, multi-purpose use, environmentally friendly material use and other sustainable principles may be used in creating/producing the design. About 2,000 participants from 15 countries will take part in the event and a rough estimate of the need for prizes is about 800 pieces all together. Prizes will be given to best three contestants in every sport, so it needs to be visible in some form which placing the prize indicates (e.g. different colors/shapes, engraving, etc.). This means that there will be approx. 265 medals/prizes for each placing. Prizes should also represent Aalto University in their visual expression (colours/logo).

Competition period, budget and prize for the designer

All designs must be sent by 29 February 2012 to hille.hakkinen@sell2012.fi. The budget for manufacturing the medals/prizes is EUR 4,700 (or less). The production must be planned so that the medals are ready by the beginning of May 2012.

A gift voucher of 300 euros for an ethical grocery store will be given to the winner of the challenge.

Further information

4. Start Exercising course to begin in March

Start Exercising Course will begin on week 10. In the course, you exercise in groups led by peer instructors. Participants can have effect on the course content. Are you interested? Read more about the course and sign up.

5. New theme day of FSHS encourages to eat healthily

”Student’s apple day” is the new health promotion day of FSHS, celebrated for the first time on Monday, 13 Feb 2012. The day’s purpose is to encourage students to healthy lifestyles.

Daily fruit eating helps students to cope better in their studies and refreshes the mind and the body. The day’s purpose is to bring back the value of the apple word as the symbol of a healthy diet. On the theme day, apples are distributed to students at all FSHS locations.

Students within FSHS can ask the foundation’s public health nurses for more information on healthy lifestyles, good eating habits and ways to maintain their own health.

The day is also the 58th birthday of FSHS. The charter of the foundation was signed on 13 Feb 1954.

Further information: FSHS Development Manager Sari Krappe, tel. 046 710 1540, sari.krappe@yths.fi

6. Info night of Teekkari sailors

Teekkari sailors is a sailing club for all Aalto members and also students outside Aalto. The sailing club TRIP will arrange an info night at 6pm on Thursday, 16 Feb, 6pm. During the night, the club presents spring courses, the electronic boat project and future events. You can also hear summer job tips from the main sponsor of the electronic boat, ABB. Otherwise, you can just spend a relaxed evening and meet new and old club members. The venue is Ossinlinna sauna in Otaniemi. All who are interested to hear about Trip activities are welcome. See you in Ossinlinna!

• What: Info night for new members and those interested in club activities. Old members are also welcome.
• When and where: Thu, 16 Feb, from 6pm onwards at Ossinlinna, Otakaari 18.
• What to bring: Your own towel.
• How: Just show up!

7. Participate in the skipper courses of teekkari sailors

Again this spring, TRIP (technology students’ sailing club) will arrange the leisure and coastal skipper courses of the Finnish Navigation Union (Suomen navigaatioliitto). Courses are arranged in Finnish. Registration for courses is now open. The leisure skipper course is the beginner’s course for navigation and water traffic regulations, among other things. You will learn to find your way between the right signs, read directions on a map and identify other ships based on their lights. The course will start from the basics so you do not need any preliminary information. The course includes 7 lectures. The lectures will be arranged on Tuesdays, 5.30pm-approx. 8pm.

The coastal skipper course is continuation for the leisure skipper course and provides further information on tides, weather and the use of radar. The course consists of 6 lectures arranged on Thursdays, 5.30pm-approx. 8pm.

The requirement for the coastal skipper course is a completed leisure skipper course degree but it is possible to complete both degrees at the same time in TRIP’s courses.

You can participate in the course if you are a TRIP member and pay the course fee (€60 including the exam fee). In addition, you will pay for the course book and other materials, as well as the possible diploma fee. Overall, these courses are cheaper than courses in folk high schools and better designed for university students.

Further information, detailed schedules and registration online.

8. Public poll – Better life through work!

The national development strategy of working life led by Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen is being prepared. The project includes ministries, labour market organisatinos and other actors in the working life. In order to support labour, we also need citizens’ perceptions on ideal jobs and how the meaningfulness of work could be improved.

The survey seeks answers on what the future workplaces should be like, what kind of jobs are easy to find, what kind of workplaces are good and how to achieve good results. We want answers both from those inside and outside the working life.

The link to the survey. You can respond between 7 –26 Feb 2012. Information on the survey is also available on the website of Ministry of Employment and the Economy. It only takes a few minutes to respond.

9. Participate in the survey on WebOodi, win iPad 2!

Aalto University is clarifying the image of WebOodi related to the modernisation project of the information system of the Study Administration. It is particularly important to take into account students’ opinions on the importance of the operations provided by WebOodi as well as their usability. Services provided for students to support their studies is an extensive entity and this survey begins the clarification work for the development of the services.

All responses will be treated anonymously and confidentially. The survey results will be used in the modernisation project of the information system of the Study Administration between Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and the University Of Tampere, and in the development work of Aalto University’s own service package provided for students.

The survey is in Finnish and it will close on 26 Feb 2012. iPad 2 (value approx. EUR 500) will be raffled among the participants who sign up for the draw.

Link to the survey

Further information on the survey: Mari Riihiaho, Project Designer, Aalto University, information systems of study administration mari.riihiaho@aalto.fi

10. EntreMill – working life-oriented career training programme for university students! Application ongoing NOW!

EntreMill is a Finnish career training programme related to the working life, including contact teaching, mentoring and consulting, combined with on-the-job learning in companies and/or working on your own business idea in companies selected for the programme. Training is based on measures promoting effective employment and development of those professional skills that are not learned at school. The training programme is ideal for students as you can study,work on your thesis or work part-time at the same time.

The training programme is intended for enthusiastic and motivated students who study in higher education institutions or who are graduating (polytechnic/university) or recent graduates who need sparring in their transition to the working life and the development of professional skills. The aim is that those who participate in the programme will find employment or set up their own business during the course – or shortly after the course!

Coaching and on-the-job learning are part of the EntreMill project of Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment partly funded by European Social Fund (ESF) and thus the programme is free for the selected students! Training is organised by Aalto University School of Economics Small Business Center and implemented on the premises of Small Business Center in Helsinki. On-the-job learning will take place in the selected companies. Further information and application instructions can be found here.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity and apply by 5pm on 29 Feb 2012! Please kindly note that the training programme is arranged in Finnish!

Further information: Laura Ahtikoski, EntreMill Project Manager, tel. 040 353 8440, laura.ahtikoski@aalto.fi

11. News from Aalto Career Services

The application period for Murjottelu internships opens on 15 February on our website into.aalto.fi/murjottelu and ends on 1 March.

Murjottelu KickOff, Thursday, 16th of February, 2 PM – 4 PM, Aalto Design Factory

MURJOTTELU is an interdisciplinary summer training campaign, which helps students to find internships in their own fields of study. Make your way to the Murjottelu Kickoff at the Aalto Design Factory on Thursday to learn more about Murjottelu and meet some of the employers. Enrollment in CareerWeb Events

Other news: Application period for international IAESTE traineeship programme will end on Friday this week, 17 Feb. More information and placement descriptions www.iaeste.fi

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 6/2012

1. This week’s events
2. Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill on Tuesday, 21 Feb
3. Call back service introduced at all FSHS health centres
4. Teekkarispex presents: ONCE UPON A TIME – tickets on sale now!
5. Come and see KY-Spex 2012 “For God’s sake, escape!”
6. The most refreshing party of the Chemistry Guild’s festive week is here!
7. Nordjobb application period is ongoing
8. Apply now: Student Conference in Maribor, Slovenia, 22 June–2 July 2012
9. Apply for the summer school at Stanford
10. You can now apply for international IAESTE traineeships!
11. TEDxLive at Aalto Design Factory on 29 Feb

1. This week’s events

• Tue, 7 Feb: Beginner’s course in scuba diving and scuba diving experiment (in Finnish)

2. Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki on Tuesday, 21 Feb

Do you already feel like you need a break? Would you like to take one day off? Don’t worry because on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012, the students’ number one refreshment, Shrovetide Celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill will take place in Kaivopuisto Park in Helsinki! During the fun, snowy and energetic afternoon, the hill will be filled with snowmobiles, sledges and slides, as well as happy students from the metropolitan area and beyond. Grab a sledge and come to the hill!

In addition to all the sledding and fun, there will be music and activities. The day climaxes with the legendary Academic Sledding Competition where teams compete with their inventive and impressive constructions for the title of the greatest sledding device. Last year, we saw fighter planes, extension cord, tanks and a bedouin patrol. Come and find out who will win this time! Or if you are good with your hands and can sled well, gather your own team and sign up. Rules and registration instructions are available at www.laskiaisrieha.fi

The best time for sledding is between 12noon-4pm but the party does not end there, it will continue from dusk till dawn at Gravitation Party in the centre of Helsinki www.gravitaatio.fi & at Facebook.

Vapaateekkarit, Aaltoliike and AYY will participate in the event!

PS. Make the world a better place and put your trash in the bin at Ullanlinnanmäki.

3. Callback service introduced at every FSHS health centre

All FSHS health centres will offer a callback service starting from 1 February or 8 February 2012. The service is available from 1 February at Helsinki, Espoo, Turku, Rauma, Vaasa, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Seinäjoki and Jyväskylä. The launch date for Kuopio, Lappeenranta, Joensuu, Savonlinna, Oulu, Kajaani and Rovaniemi is 8 February.

To read more about the callback service, please visit the FSHS website at www.yths.fi

4. Teekkarispex presents: ONCE UPON A TIME – tickets on sale now!

See the truth behind fairy tales. What will happen after the end? Teekkarispex will present once again a dazzling theatrical experience that makes the Brothers Grimm roll over in their graves – with laughter.

Over hundred people will participate in the performance which is a musical with the touch of improvisation. Come and see what really happened to Prince Valiant, the hero of all fairy tales and the saviour of princesses.

Come and experience a musical with a soul. A soul that will make you laugh. Teekkarispex is like theatre, but much more fun.

Tickets on sale now: http://teekkarispeksi.fi – buy your ticket before they run out!

5. Come and see KY-Spex 2012 “For God’s sake, escape!”

This year’s most anticipated KY spectacle is here! Come and see the brilliant KY-Spex 2012 of Economics students, “Luojan tähden, paetkaa” (For God’s sake, escape!). There will be excellent performances, hilarious jokes and omstarts and, naturally, mellifluous singing and breathtaking dancing!

Performances in Helsinki will be arranged at 7pm on the following days:

• Thu, 16 Feb
• Wed, 22 Feb
• Thu, 23 Feb
• Fri, 24 Feb
• Wed, 29 Feb
• Thu, 1 March
• Fri, 2 March

Buy your own ticket from the lobby of the main building of the School of Economics on 6 Feb, 8 Feb, 14 Feb, 15 Feb, 16 Feb, 22 Feb., 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 28 Feb.,29 Feb or 1 March. Or you can buy a ticket directly from the online store.

6. The most refreshing party of the Chemistry Guild’s festive week is here!

Gather your friends, put on your ski cap and goggles and head to the heart of Helsinki to club Le Bonk and enjoy the Afterski mood provided by the freshmen of the Chemistry Guild! To spice up the evening, we have the red hot chemist dance group CanCan performing at 11pm!

And don’t forget to come early as the doors open at 8pm and the prices will be very student-friendly all the way until 10pm!

Ticket sales at the TKK main building’s lobby:

• 14 Feb-16 Feb, 10am-12noon
• 21 Feb, 10am-12noon
• 23 Feb, 10am-12noon

Tickets in advance €2, at the door €3 (pay with cash). Amongst the buyers of the pre-sale tickets a prize will be raffled off at the club!

7. Nordjobb application period is ongoing

Are you a Nordic or EU national, 18-28 years old in 2012 (ie. born between 1 Jan 1984 – 1 July 1994) and have at least satisfactory skills in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish? Nordjobb offers summer jobs in the Nordic countries. http://www.nordjobb.net/

Internships in the Finnish Nordjobb : Are you interested in youth work and practical experience from the Nordic cooperation? PNN and Nordjobb offer three higher education internships in the coming summer.

Further information. (in Finnish and Swedish)

8. Apply now: Student Conference in Maribor, Slovenia, 22 June–2 July 2012

SCiM (Student Conference in Maribor) is the biggest project of the Department of International Affairs at the Student Organisation of University in Maribor, Slovenia. Each year more than 80 students from different countries are gathered at this event. This year’s topic is connected with the European year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between generations. Travel costs are on you, other costs will be covered by the organisers. Apply by 25 March. More information: www.scim.si, or on Facebook (SCiM 2012 – Student Conference in Maribor).

9. Apply for the summer school at Stanford

Call for outstanding candidates for Stanford University International Summer School! Advanced bachelor/beginning master students at Aalto University have again a unique opportunity to apply for Stanford Summer School International Honors Program (SSIHP). Deadline for applications is 17 Feb 2012. More information.

10. You can now apply for international IAESTE traineeships!

IAESTE programme offers over 70 placements around the world, primarily for technology students! There are placements on 6 different continents in various different fields of study. Every year dozens of Aalto University students find a traineeship placement through IAESTE programme. Application period is open 6-17 Feb 2012.

More information and the description of placements: www.iaeste.fi

Aalto University Career Services is organising an IAESTE afternoon on 9 Feb at 3pm in their office (Otakaari 7B, 3rd floor). You can come there to ask more questions about the programme, current offers, IAESTE activities in Finland and abroad. Please register by latest on Wednesday, 8 Feb at 2pm. More information.

11. TEDxLive in Aalto Design Factory on 29 Feb

TEDxAalto presents TEDxLive, a live webcast from TED 2012 Global event in California. Inspiring talks, TEDx atmosphere and additional surprise programme. The event is open for everybody, limited seats.

29 February, 6pm – late, Aalto Design Factory (Betonimiehenkuja 5c) Registration until 20 Feb 2012.

More information: www.tedxaalto.com

The link of the week

Registration for SELL Games is well underway! The actual registration will end on 20 March (you can also register later but at a slightly higher price) so now is a good time to be active! Further information on the website of the games: http://sell2012.fi/

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 5/2012

Registration for SELL Games is already well underway! The actual registration period will end on 20 March (you can also sign up later but at a slightly higher price), so now is a good time to be active! For more information, see the website of the games: http://sell2012.fi/

1. This week’s events
2. Open after party of AYY’s anniversary at Helsinki Club on Saturday, 4 Feb
3. Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb
4. The fourth national health survey to be launched
5. Startup Life
6. Shoot for the Stars with TalentMatch!
7. Welcome to the beginner’s scuba diving course and scuba diving experiment 2012 of PSK Kupla!
8. Bateria of the samba school Império do Papagaio is looking for new members
9. Ilustrum – international Aalto student’s free game is published
10. Looking for performers for the 4th ScienceSLAM Helsinki event
11. Playing Doctor: Professional of Love

1. This week’s events

• Wed, 1 Feb: Song Tiecheng – eye witness of cultural revolution
• Wed, 1 Feb: AEGEE-Helsinki Social meeting
• Fri, 3 Feb: OtaKaLa sitsit of the 90s
• Sat, 4 Feb: Aalto 2.0 – Aalto community’s 2nd anniversary at Heureka
• Sat, 4 Feb: After party of the anniversary at Helsinki Club

2. Open after party of AYY’s anniversary at Helsinki Club on Saturday, 4 Feb

Did you miss the anniversary registration or spent your student financial aid on your rent or other unnecessary things? Don’t worry, Aalto 2.0 will arrange the after party at Helsinki Club that is open to everyone, and the prices are suitable for the student budget. Come and feel the anniversary atmosphere at the after party!

The admission fee to the after party is 4 euro, including the cloakroom fee. In addition, snacks are provided and drinks are sold at a student-friendly price!

During the night, we will be entertained by a DJ and an excellent band Pikku2!

IN OTHER WORDS:

• Location: Helsinki Club (Yliopistonkatu 8 )
• Time: 4 Feb, 23.30pm -3.30am
• Admission fee (incl. cloakroom): 4 euro

Student-friendly drink prices.

3. Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb

Shrove Tuesday sledge, buns and the party! The Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb!

This is the greatest cross-disciplinary party of the beginning of the year and the night will be pure greatness! Gravitation is arranged at The Circus and it is the official party of the Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill. Wow! Performers include Jare & VilleGalle, Haloo Helsinki and a DJ who will keep the dance floor full. Come and warm yourself after all the sledding!

• What: Gravitation 2012
• Where: The Circus
• When: Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012 and the doors will open at 8pm
• How to get there: purchase a ticket in advance for €10/at the entrance or from Tiketti for €12
• What else: hilarious overall badge €2 and student-friendly prices at the bar!

More information on ticket sale locations and schedules will be published later. Please also follow other information as there will be info about the programme, bus schedules and everything else that makes the Gravitation 2012!

4. Fourth national health survey of university students to be launched 

FSHS will launch again the comprehensive national health survey of university students at the end of January. This year, the survey is sent to ta total of ten thousand university and polytechnic students.

The questionnaire includes traditional questions about health and health behaviour but it also charts other areas of life, which are related to students’ health and coping. This year’s special themes are learning difficulties, gambling, bullying and experiences of violence, sexuality and the role of exercise in students’ lives.

Ten thousand students will soon receive the questionnaire by mail. You can respond either traditionally with the paper form or electronically. In order to have reliable results, it is important to get a good response rate. FSHS hopes that plenty of students will participate in the research.

Kristina Kunttu, Chief Medical Officer of the community health of FSHS acts as the principal researcher of the health survey of university students.

Further information (in Finnish.)

5. Startup Life

Startup Life is for you! Intern at a startup, experience a life-changing summer and learn from the best entrepreneurs in the world. We send the most talented students from Aalto University to do internships in Helsinki and around the globe. We have positions for software developers, graphical and industrial designers and business students in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Berlin, Moscow and Helsinki.

Come up with tricky questions on the programme and be sure to attend info events on 8th and 15th, 6pm @ Aalto Venture Garage (Betonimiehenkuja 3D, Espoo). DL for applications 29 Feb.

Look for more info at: www.startuplife.in

6. Shoot for the Stars with TalentMatch

TalentMatch combines matching in social media and networking events with easy access to add-on services to create a marketplace where internationally qualified, right talent is in the right place, at the right time.

Here’s how you can join:

1. post professional profile on www.talentmatch.fi and click the “follow” button.
2. assess your work behaviour and let your friends and colleagues assess you as well
3. stay informed of the most recent job openings and those jobs that match your experience and working style best
4. expand your network at Talent Talks® Matchmaking events on 29 March and 7 June 2012

TalentMatch is a service provided by Otaniemi Marketing Ltd and Technopolis Plc. Further information & inquiries to oin@otaniemi.fi.

7. Welcome to the basic course of scuba diving and the scuba diving experiment of PSK Kupla

The info lecture of the spring course will be arranged at 5pm on Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012 at Civil and Environmental Engineering Building at the address Rakentajanaukio 4 A. The info lecture will last approximately two hours. The lecture will cover the course content, schedule and the conditions for participation in the course and you can also sign up for the course. In addition, you will also get information on Kupla activities.

The lectures and pool exercises will be mainly arranged on Tuesday evenings in the spring and the course will end in the open water camp in May. The price of the course in 2012 is €390. The reduced student price of €360 is offered for students with a valid university student card.

We will also arrange a scuba diving experiment in connection with the course on Tue, 7 Feb. The event provides basic information about the diving hobby and you can try out scuba diving in the pool led by an experienced trainer. After the experiment, you still have the opportunity to sign up for the spring course.

Participation in the scuba diving experiment does not require you to participate in the course. You must register in advance for the scuba diving experiment as there is a limited number of participants. If you want to participate in the scuba diving beginner’s course but not for the intro diving, you do not have to sign up – just come to the introduction class.

The course website is open.
Further information on the scuba diving experiment and registration

Please note that the course and the scuba diving experiment will be held only in Finnish.

8. Bateria of the samba school Império do Papagaio is looking for new members

If you are just an ordinary student interested in Latin rhytms, come and learn about the samba drum group in the practice facilities of the samba school Império do Papagaio on Wednesdays, 6pm-7.30pm (Oksasenkatu 1-2,shelter).On 8 February, there will be a performance of the advanced bateria after the beginner’s class. At least come and listen.

The introduction class is free, and you do not need your own drum or drumsticks – we will play with the school’s instruments. You also do not need previous drumming experience, but some musical experience is certainly helpful.

www.papagaio.fi

9. Ilustrum – international Aalto student’s free game is published

The international student at the School of Electrical Engineering Albert Abello’s start-up company ilustrum has published its game in Finnish! Please support Albert’s cultural initiative and try the game at www.ilustrum.com. In addition to the English-language collections, there is also a Finnish collection, which is available here. This is one way to pass time during the dark winter days!

10. Performers wanted for the 4th ScienceSLAM Helsinki

ScienceSLAM Helsinki is a popular science event series, aimed at the general public to promote science and research in a creative and entertaining way. For the 4th ScienceSLAM Helsinki, on 27 March 2012, at Korjaamo, Helsinki, we are looking again for enthusiastic, open-minded researchers that would like to share their research topic with a wider audience.

Participants can come from all areas and stages of science, and are free to present a topic related to their own research expertise. Presentations are ten minutes each, and ultimately compete for the votes of the audience. The medium of presentation is free and can range from a more traditional talk, to a dance choreography or self-made video clip. A stimulating, entertaining performance is at least as important as pure scientific value. Creativity and fun is strongly encouraged! The language of the event and presentations is English.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS is 27 Feb 2012. Application forms can be found at www.scienceslam.fi. For more information on the event, please visit our website or just contact us directly!

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Your team of ScienceSLAM Helsinki

web: www.scienceslam.fi
mail: mail@scienceslam.fi

11. Playing doctor: Professional of love

Wednesday, 8 Feb, 9pm-4am, Kaarle XII

City magazine: “the best medicinal party of the year”

Playing Doctor takes you to the past decades, warm summer nights at the dance halls. To the time when the medical profession was a calling, and motivated by love. So come and find your inner professional of love and maybe meet the hot doctor of your dreams, who can donate his heart just for you…

Radio Helsinki DJ Mikko Mattlar will play records – there is also live music! Tickets €7/9 (advance/entrance) and overall badges €2, please make sure you have the exact change.

Tickets are sold as follows:

• Haartman, 1 Feb and 8 Feb, 12noon-1pm
• Ruskeasuo, 1 Feb and 8 Feb, 12noon-1pm
• Porthania, 6 Feb, 11am-12noon and 7 Feb, 12.30pm-1.30pm
• Viikki, 6 Feb, 11am-12noon
• TKK Main Building, 10.30am-12.30pm
• School of Economics, 6 Feb, 11.30am-12.30pm

The link of the week

Do you have the anniversary ticket but don’t know how to dress up. Thumb Man will help you out! http://vimeo.com/35579336

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 3/2012

AYY’s second anniversary will be celebrated at Heureka on 4-5 Feb 2012. Registration to the party is ongoing until 27 Jan 2012. http://www.vuosijuhlat.fi/

AYY wishes you all a nice, successful and leisurely year 2012.

1. This week’s events
2. Aalto Thinks 2012 – who is talking and about what?
3. First application round of TTE-Fund, DL 29 Jan
4. Contact Forum recruitment fair at Kaapelitehdas on 26 Jan
5. Tools for anxious situations workshop
6. Career and recruitment services for engineering students
7. Communication and language courses available
8. Movie tickets for test subjects
9. Björn Savén Finnish American Scholarship for studies in the United States
10. Sports section informs
11. Spring dance courses of Dance Association Polijazz to begin on 19 Jan
12. Judo-Kan organises the beginner’s course in judo, come and watch the performance on Sat, 21 Jan, 3pm
13. CLUB LAGOON 2 Feb 2012
14. Premiere of Kansanhiihto play, 15 Feb 2012/”Aalto campaign”
15. Christian mediation for students and personnel

1. This week’s events

• Wednesday, 18 Jan: Singing audition of Polytech Choir
• Thursday, 19 Jan: Dance lessons of Polijazz begin

2. Aalto Thinks 2012 – who is talking and about what?

AYY will arrange Aalto Thinks forum in the spring of 2012, where students have the opportunity to discuss with Finland’s top leaders and decision-makers.

Please fill out the survey of the event no later than 29 Jan 2012 here and have effect on the topics of the event and on who can make comments.

3. First application round of TTE-FUnd, DL 29 Jan

New year, new tricks? Apply for the grant from TTE-Fund! The fund may provide grants for all AYY mebers and its affiliated communities. TTE-Fund supports activities that aim at stars, make others excited and can be seen and heard.

The first round of applications is open. The application period will end on Sunday, 29 Jan 2012, 11.59pm. Instructions for filling out the application and its attachments are available on the website of the fund.

The grant can be applied through the online form that can be found at: http://tter.ayy.fi/hae-avustusta/

It is also worth remembering that the streamlined application process of TTE-Fund for smaller and quickly implemented projects is continuously open until the end of May! Through the streamlined application process, you can apply for the maximum of 300 euro grant by sending a short e-mail application.

More detailed information is available at TTE-Fund website. For further informaition, please contact tter@list.ayy.fi.

4. Contact Forum recruitment fair at Kaapelitehdas on 26 Jan

Are you looking for a summer job? Are you interested in internships? Do you need tips on fine-tuning your CV from recruitment professionals? Are you pondering on your future career? If so, head to Kaapelitehdas on 26 Jan, 10am-5pm!

This year, approximately 80 companies from various fields will take part in Contact Forum fair. The fair provides an excellent opportunity to get to know these employers, and ideally find a suitable job for you.

Many top-class speakers will rise on the stage and a free CV Clinic is also available. Meltwater Group will arrange a small group event on social media and those who participate have the opportunity to assure the recruitment personnel and get a follow-up interview. The fair also has a professional photographer for CV photographs! The photoshoot costs two euros, the amount and any additional donations will go to the sponsor project of AYY’s development cooperation section in Swaziland!

You can travel to the fair conveniently with free buses from Aalto campuses in Otaniemi, Töölö and Arabia! The event is free of charge.

Read more

Event on Facebook

5. ‘Tools for anxious situations’ workshop

In the spring of 2012, ‘tools for anxious situations’ workshop is organised for the undergraduate and graduate students of Aalto University. The workshop is intended for students whose anxiety affects their studies and who would like to find tools for coping with anxiety. There are many types of anxiety, one is nervous to perform, the other fears social situations and the third might be anxious about something else. The workshop provides an opportunity to handle different situations and anxiety in general – usually from the participants’ own starting points. The methods include discussion and exercises performed both alone and together with other participants. The workshops are led by Study Psychologists Minna Nevala and Paula Venäläinen.

The workshop meetings will take place on Fridays, 27 Jan-2 March, 10am-12noon in Otaniemi, Innopoli 2 (Tekniikantie 14). Please sign up by email no later than 20 Jan at opintopsykologi(at)aalto.fi.

The workshop is arranged in Finnish.

Further information and registration instructions (in Finnish)

6. Career and recruitment services for engineering students

Now is the time to start looking for a summer job or internship! Please remember that Aalto Career Services is ready to help you. Please check out our upcoming events for technology students:

• CV Clinic Day in Otaniemi 17.1.
• Summer Job Day recruitment event in Otaniemi 19.1.
• How to apply for a summer job? info in Otaniemi 31.1.
• Application period for two international internship programmes is open (only for degree students). Read more about CERN and Vulcanus  –programmes in Aalto CareerWeb!

7. Communication and language courses are available

Do you want to understand the Finns and the Finnish culture better? Do you want to learn Finnish or Swedish languages? Do you want to have better opportunities when applying for a work in Finland? Do you want to improve your English/some other language or even learn a new language?

The Language Centre provides courses that can help you with that:

• Kie-98.7009 Get to know Finland
• Kie-98.5711 Swedish for international students
• Vie-98.1400 Workplace communication skills (group H2)
• Kie-98.1111 Talking Technology

This is only a small portion of courses that available in the English language. If you are interested, you can find more information on our website

Improve your language skills; communication skills are vital in the contemporary world!

8. MOVIE TICKETS FOR TEST SUBJECTS

Department of Media Technology is looking for test subjects for iPad usability research in Otaniemi. Fluent Finnish skills are a requirement for participation. The test takes approximately one hour. The reward is Finnkino movie ticket.

Further information and registration

Aalto SCI Department of Media Technology, Research Group of Visual Media

9. Björn Savén Finnish American Scholarship for studies in the United States

Björn Savén Finnish American Scholarship (formerly known as IK Finnish American Scholarship) annually provides talented young Finnish business and technical students with an opportunity to broaden their academic and international perspective through studying at leading universities in the United States. The grant for the academic year is EUR 30 000. Further information: www.sayl.fi.

Application criteria

• Finnish nationality
• Age between 23–30
• Graduate from either one of the Finnish Business Schools, Universities, Technical Universities or similar
• Seeking to conduct a minimum of one year graduate or post-graduate studies in the United States, with the view of pursuing either a financial or industrial career in Finland

How to apply?

For more information about the Björn Savén Finnish American Scholarship and detailed information about how to apply, please visit the League of Finnish American Societies Scholarship Foundation, who administrates the scholarship, website at www.sayl.fi. Deadline for applications is 27 January.

10. Sports section informs

• Registration for basketball and volleyball leagues at Otahalli will end on 15 Jan. Registrations and league information on UniSport website.
• Try out Lacrosse. Introduction, Tue, 17 Jan, 8.30pm-9.30pm at Pallomylly in Myllypuro. Further information.
• Registration for SELL 2012 is ongoing. Sign up here.

Further information heidi.heiskanen@ayy.fi

11. Spring dance courses of Polijazz Dance Association to begin on 19 Jan

The weekly spring classes of the Dance Association of Aalto University Students, Polijazz, will begin on week 3 and continue until the week 19. The regular weekly classes available are contemporary dance, break, street and Caribbean street. See the schedule here (in Finnish). Welcome to continue with your familiar dance or get excited about new ones!

All weekly classes are held on multipurpose premises at Jämeräntaival 3a, Otaniemi. The first class is a free trial, and you can also participate in the classes in the middle of the term. Polijazz membership fee is 35 euro and entitles you to one regular weekly class throughout the spring. If you want to participate in two weekly classes, the fee is 45 euro and three classes cost 50 euro. The payment is made to Polijazz account 130930-59683 Nordea Otaniemi, reference number 13.

Please sign up for the classes or just come to the class. Please also join Polijazz Facebook group!

12. Judo-Kan organises the beginner’s course in judo, come and see the performance on Sat, 21 Jan, 3pm

Are you surprised by the slippery weather in the winter and scared to break your bones? Or do you feel so out of shape that even climbing the stairs feels like mountaineering? Don’t worry, Judo-Kan will arrange the beginner’s course for adults (over 16 years of age) on Saturdays from 21 Jan onwards. In the course, students practice the basic skills of judo from throws and falling to arm locks.

The performance of the beginner’s course and the first free trial rehearsals will be arragned on Saturday, 21 Jan, 3pm at Rastaala School, Kalasääksenkatu 4. The actual rehearsals will begin on Saturday, 28 Jan, 11am-12.30pm. The course does not have fitness requirements but if you have musculo-skeletal problems, please discuss with the coaches before the beginning of the first rehearsals.

The course price is €100 (€80 for students) + €55 membership fee of Judo Association, which includes a comprehensive judo accident insurance. If you practice with your own insurance and completely at your own risk, the membership is not mandatory.

Early registration is open on the website of the club.

Further information: Henri Koponen, henri.koponen@judo-kan.fi

13. CLUB LAGOON, 2 Feb 2012

CLUB LAGOON 02.02.2012 @ The Circus – the most summery & crossdisciplinary overall party, hot atmosphere and cold drinks at student-friendly prices.

The hot atmosphere is arranged by Culture Section (KUJ).
Event on Facebook

14. Premiere of Kansanhiihto Play, 15 Feb 2012/”Aalto Campaign”

Aalto University students have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the premiere of Kansanhiihto 2012 play on 15 Feb 2012, 7pm, for 10 euro / ticket. The play is a credible tragicomedy about the heroes of the skiing nation.

The play ponders on heroism in the modern world where competition involves any means necessary. If a person drops out of the competitive skiing of society, does one have any value left?

These ”Aalto University campaign tickets” must be collected by 23 Jan 2012.The number of tickets per person is not limited, so you can book several tickets for the play. However, there is a limited number of tickets available, so please act quickly.

Tickets to Kansanhiihto play on 15 Feb can be booked and collected from our ticket office, tel. 010 7331 331. When booking the tickets, please mention the code “Aalto University”.

Further information on the play

15. Christian meditation for students and personnel

From 12 Jan 2012 onwards

• Time: Thursdays, 12noon-12.20pm
• Location: Silent room, Main building, Otakaari 1 N
• Organisers: Aalto priests on Otaniemi campus

WELCOME!

The link of the week

Get oriented to the beginning of the new year by signing up for AYY’s anniversary party,  which will be arranged at Heureka on 4 Feb 2012. To get into the right mood watch a video here.

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 50/2011

The weekly newsletter will have a Christmas break and return to inform Aalto members again in week 3/2012. AYY wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2012!

1. Events before Christmas
2. Opening hours of AYY service points at the end and the beginning of the year
3. Apply for the position of a student member in the editorial council of Aino or Aate
4. Need for money? Aino Magazine is looking for a deliverer group for the year 2012
5. Registration for SELL2012 Games has begun
6. FSHS physiotherapy groups in the spring of 2012
7. FSHS penalty fee to rise from EUR 15 to EUR 25
8. Christmas drinks of Komitu working group on Tuesday, 13 Dec

1. Events before Christmas

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS

Dominante

• Wednesday, 14 Dec, 7pm, Helsinki Cathedral

KYN (Academic Female Choir)

• Saturday 17 Dec, 7pm, Temple Square Church
• Sunday, 18 Dec, 7pm Lähetyskirkko Church
• Tuesday, 20 Dec, 9pm Pyhän Sydämen Kappeli Chapel

KYL (Helsinki Academic Male Choir)

• Wednesday, 21 Dec, 7pm, German Church
• Thursday, 22 Dec, 7pm and 9.30pm, Temple Square Church

Polytech Choir

• Thursday, 22 Dec, 6pm and 9pm, Johannes Church

2. Opening hours of AYY service points at the end and the beginning of the year

Otaniemi

• Wed, 21 Dec, 9–11am
• Thu, 22 Dec–Mon 26 Dec CLOSED
• Open as usual from Tue, 27 Dec
• Fri, 6 Jan 2012, EPIPHANY, CLOSED

Töölö

• Mon, 19 Dec 2011–Fri, 16 Jan 2012 CLOSED
• Open as usual from Mon, 19 Jan 2012

Arabia

• Fri, 23 Dec–Tue 27 Dec CLOSED
• Open as usual from Wed, 28 Dec
• Fri, 6 Jan 2012, EPIPHANY, CLOSED

3. Apply for the position of a student member in the editorial council of Aino or Aate

Do you want to influence what AYY’s student media will look like in the future? Application for the editorial councils of Aino and Aate is ongoing! The student member’s important task is to examine media activities from the student’s point of view and report how Aate and Aino could better serve their most important target group, the students. Previous experience in the editorial council work or education in the field is not required.

Aino’s editorial council includes two student members. The editorial council will meet 1-2 times per an academic term during its two-year term.

Two student members are appointed to the editorial council of Aate. The editorial council of Aate is appointed every year and it meets a few times per an academic term.

Read more about the vacancies and send your application by 31 Jan 2011 at the address ayy.fi/stop ->other organs -> communications

4. Need for money? Aino Magazine is looking for a deliverer group for the year 2012

Is your community or association collecting funds for a trip, are you planning a big party or does your group of friends simply need some money? AYY’s student magazine Aino is distributed in Otaniemi, Töölö and Arabia. Aino will be published five times next year and compensation for the distribution is paid for each issue. Distribution should be performed within one day and a supplementary distribution to public locations in Otaniemi should be carried out after two weeks. AYY provides a van for the distribution or pays for the rental of one. A more detailed invitation for tenders and distribution locations are available at the address (in Finninsh).

Contact information and tenders: Vappu Kaarenoja (050 520 9447, vappu.kaarenoja@ayy.fi)

5. Registration for SELL2012 games has begun

SELL2012 Games will be arranged in Espoo, Otaniemi, on 17-20 May 2012. Students can register themselves or their team with the SELL contact person at their school. The details of the contact persons are available at www.sell2012.fi website.

In accordance with the principles of SELL Games, the admission fee is inexpensive: €25/person/day. The fee includes the participation right to the competitions and other events, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and the travel right for public transport in the Helsinki region during the games. Mattress accommodation can be booked separately at the price €5/person/day.

Further information at www.sell2012.fi

6. FSHS physiotherapy groups in the spring of 2012

A variety of physical therapy groups will be arranged at FSHS Töölö in the spring of 2012. You can sign up for neck-back exercise group, relaxation group, posture group, exercise stress away course or muscle maintenance course. Groups are free of charge and the main language is Finnish.

Further information and group schedules.

Binding registrations from 2 Jan 2012 onwards to the advice phone of physiotherapy 046 710 1503, Mon–Fri, 11am–12noon. The fee for uncancelled appointment is 25€/one session. Cancellations must be made to the same number or online at www.yths.fi no later than 12noon on the previous day!

7. FSHS penalty fee to rise from EUR 15 to EUR 25

The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) increases the penalty fee for students who do not cancel and do not arrive at their appointment from 15 to 25 euros starting from 1 January 2012.

8. Christmas drinks of Komitu working group on Tuesday, 13 Dec

You are cordially welcome to have a Christmas drink with Komitu working group consisting of students of Architecture at the villa of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Kaivopuisto Park (address Puistokatu 4) on Tuesday, 13 Dec, 6pm-8pm. You can also hear about the youth centre that will be constructed in Cambodia next spring. Aalto Social Impact and Aidbrella also take part in the event.

Christmas drinks and snacks are provided!

The event on facebook.

and on blogs:

http://komitu.blogspot.com/2011/12/warm-welcome-to-komitus-christmas-glogg.html
http://aaltosi.org/2011/12/christmas-party-for-kumitu-youth-center.html

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 49/2011

The weekly newsletter will be published next week (week 50) for the last time this year. The first weekly newsletter of 2012 will be published on week 3, 16 Jan. The last association newsletter will be published this week (week 49) and it will come back from the Christmas break on week 3/2012. Have a nice December!

1. This week’s events
2. The Student Union Board appointed for the year 2012 – Voitto Kangas appointed as the Chair
3. SporttiSmökki will blow your socks off on 7 Dec
4. AYY Farewell Party
5. REMINDER: Give feedback about Aalto and win prizes!
6. Tools for anxious situations workshop
7. Apply for student exchange in Vietnam or Nepal for the autumn of 2012!
8. Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet, register latest on 9 Dec 2011
9. Aino Studia Generalia – Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development
10. Students’ Finnish Championships in Athletics in Kuopio on 18 Jan

1. This week’s events

• Wednesday, 7 Dec: Ticket sales for KYN Christmas concert at the School of Economics
• Wednesday, 7 Dec: Sporttismökki
• Wednesday, 7 Dec: Annual meeting of Aviation Club Kymppi
• Thursday, 8 Dec: Ticket sales for KYN Christmas concert at the School of Economics
• Thursday, 8 Dec: AYY’s association training
• Thursday, 8 Dec: Fennovoima presentation
• Friday, 9 Dec: Dominante’s Christmas Concert in Tapiola Church
• Friday, 9 Dec: AYY’s international farewell party
• Saturday, 10 Dec: Karaoke Night

2. Student Union Board appointed for the year 2012 – Voitto Kangas appointed as the chair

The Representative Council of Aalto University Student Union (AYY) appointed the new Student Union Board at its meeting on Wednesday, 30 November. Student of Economics Voitto Kangas (23) was appointed as the chair of the Board. Kangas has previously acted in the AYY Board 2011 where his areas of responsibility included Aalto community as well as cultural and organisational affairs.

Nine (9) other members were also appointed to AYY Board. They are:

• Pilvi Hussi Age: 21, Aalto TAIK, Glass and Ceramics Design
• Anna af Hällström Age: 24, Aalto ENG, Architecture
• Lauri Ikonen Age: 23, Aalto SCI, Industrial Engineering and Management
• Jani Kalasniemi Age: 25, Aalto ENG, Engineering Design and Production
• Noora Lehtovaara Age: 25, Aalto ENG, Architecture
• Roope Nortia Age: 23, Aalto SCI, Computer Science and Engineering
• Eetu Pursiainen Age: 24, Aalto SCI, Engineering Physics and Mathematics
• Kati Penttinen Age: 22, Aalto ELEC, Bioinformation Technology
• Juho Salmi Age: 23, Aalto ELEC, Automation and Systems Technology

The term of the new Board will begin in January lasting one calendar year.

Further information: Chair of the Board 2012 Voitto Kangas, voitto.kangas@ayy.fi, 045 631 7689

3. SporttiSmökki will blow your socks off on 7 Dec

Want to experience the ultimate sport of Finnish table-hockey? Do you wish to overcome your friends whilst wearing in a Sumo-suit? Have you ever experienced a Sauna-village? Who is Aleksi Airinen?

SporttiSmökki answers all your questions, and likely a thing or two about the meaning of life. The event is thrown by Aalto-Liike, the Sports Section of Aalto University Student Union, AYY.

The event consists of competitions, performances and sporty activities. Be sure to check out the timetable for more detailed information. Fabulous prices await – do not linger! This time you can rest assured, that the prices indeed are spectacular!

Check out more info

At Smökki, Jämeräntaival 4, 7.12. at 18:00-23:00

4. AYY Farewell Party

The AYY International Section 2011 has one more event to offer you!

Some of you are leaving Finland soon. The exams are coming but there is still time for one more party. Come to Smökki to bid some of those farewells, to learn about Christmas time in Finland and Finnish food and just to have fun!

The entrance to the party costs 3 euros. One cup of the traditional Christmas drink, glögi, and lots of fun activities and education is included. More glögi and traditional foods can be bought for a very reasonable price.

Bring a gift worth 2-3 euros with you and you will get one from Santa!

• What? AYY Farewell Party
• When? 9 Dec @ 7pm-00:30am
• Where? In Smökki, Jämeräntaival 4
• Non-compulsory dress code? Christmassy 🙂
• FB link

5. REMINDER: Give feedback about your experience at Aalto and win prizes!

If you already participated in the International Student Barometer, thank you!

If you have not yet filled out the International Student Barometer, you still have time! The survey is open until 9 December 2011. Please check your inbox for a message with the link to the survey (Subject: ‘Give feedback on Aalto and win prizes’), and have your say – which could win you one of the following: €1,000 cash or donation to charity, iPad 2, Canon IXUS 220 camera, iPod nano, or movie tickets.

This is your opportunity to tell Aalto what’s working, what’s frustrating and what you think of your university experience to date.

The survey forms part of a wider ongoing study and is independently administered for the University by the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate.org).

Last year, Aalto University conducted the International Student Barometer for the first time, along with many other Finnish universities. For an update on the results, please visit Aalto’s ‘Into’ website > ‘About Aalto’.

6. ‘Tools for anxious situations’ workshop

In the spring of 2012, ‘tools for anxious situations’ workshop is organised for the undergraduate and graduate students of Aalto University. The workshop is intended for students whose anxiety affects their studies and who would like to find tools for coping with anxiety. There are many types of anxiety, one is nervous to perform, the other fears social situations and one might be anxious about something else. The workshop provides an opportunity to handle different situations and anxiety in general – usually from the participants’ own starting points. The methods include discussion and exercises done alone and together. The workshops are led by Study Psychologists Minna Nevala and Paula Venäläinen

The workshop meetings will take place on Fridays, 27 Jan-2 March, 10am-12noon in Otaniemi, Innopoli 2 (Tekniikantie 14). Please sign up by email no later than 13 Jan opintopsykologi(at)aalto.fi.

The workshop is arranged in Finnish.

Further information and registration instructions (in Finnish)

7. Apply for student exchange in Vietnam or Nepal in the autumn of 2012!

There is one student exchange position in Hanoi University of Science and Technology in Vietnam and three student exchange positions in Kathmandu University in Nepal for the studies beginning in August 2012 as part of CIMO’s North South South (NSS) project. The purpose of the project is to support and develop studies and cooperation between Europe and Asia in terms of sustainable development. The student exchange period is six months and the students who is accepted as an exchange student will receive a scholarship for studies (400 euro/month).

Application form (into.aalto.fi > oman koulun sivut > Lomakkeet > Opiskelijavaihdon hakulomake) is submitted to Helena Hietanen ( School of Electrical Engineering, Otakaari 5, I 208, helena.hietanen@aalto.fi) no later than 15 Dec 2011.

Further information on the project.

8. Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet, please register no later than 9 Dec 2011

• What? Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet
• When? 14 December 2011, 12noon-4.30pm
• Where? TUAS building, auditorium AS1 (Otaniementie 17, 02150 Espoo)

Bit Bang 4, the fourth Aalto-wide and multidisciplinary post-graduate course, invites you to attend the presentations of the semester’s team work assignments. The post-graduate students have spent the autumn discussing economical, societal, governance and technological aspects of the Future of the Internet.

Come and hear what they have found out!

Please register with elina.karvonen@aalto.fi by 9 December.

Seminar programme

• 12noon Registration and coffee
• 12.20pm Welcoming words, Bit Bang and MIDE Leader, Professor Yrjö Neuvo
• 12.30pm Are We All Criminals?
• 1.15pm Back to the Future – Prediction of Incremental and Disruptive Innovations
• 2pm Coffee
• 2.30pm Internet Re-shaping the Democracy?
• 3.15pm Proliferation of the Crowdsourcing Phenomenon
• 4pm Closing, Professor Yrjö Neuvo
• 4.30pm Seminar ends

More information about the course and the event.

9. Aino Studia Generalia – Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development

On Thursday, 8 Dec, the open lecture series Aino Studia Generalia will focus on entrepreneurship and sustainable development. The night is concluded by Aalto Studio Performance which summarises all lecture series presentations into a performance.

The speakers and topics are:

• Professor Paula Kyrö, Aalto University, “Yrittäjyys ja ekologisesti kestävä kehitys – grow or not to grow” (”entrepreneurship and ecologically sustainable development – grow or not to grow”)
• Erpo Heikkilä and Risto Vahanen, Earth Aid Finland, ”Kestävä yrittäjyys kriisialueiden jälleenrakennuksessa” Earth Aid Finlandin toimintamalli Haitissa (”sustainable entrepreneurship in the reconstruction of crisis areas – method of Earth Aid Finland in Haiti)
• Researchers Vera Haataja and Steffen Farny, Aalto University, ”Yrittäjyyden kehittäminen äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä” (”development of entrepreneurship in extreme poverty”)
• Aarni Moisala and Elena Hynninen, Aalto Studio Performance, ”Kestämätön Sukari: rikas, rakas, köyhä, varas?” (Unsustainable Sukari: rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief?”

The event will be arranged in the main building of Aalto University School of Economics (Runeberginkatu 14–16) on Thursday, 8 Dec, 5pm-7pm. The .12. klo 17–19. The evening is moderated by Design Director Anne Stenros from KONE.

Further information.

Lectures are in Finnish, free of charge and open to everyone.

10. Students’ Finnish Championships in Athletics in Kuopio, 18 Jan

@ Kuopiohalli, Kuopio, 18 Jan 2012, 11am-3pm

Students who have paid the membership fee of their student union may participate in the championships. The student card will be checked at the location. The participation right for two sports + relay). UniSport supports the participation fee against the receipts. Further information at erkki.somervuo@helsinki.fi

More information on the sports, for example, is available on the Student Union website.

Registrations no later than 10 Jan 2012 to jyrki.blom@kuopio.fi, inquiries Jyrki Blom, tel. 044 5184549 (please include your name, date of birth, sports, records).