Welcome to the Better Business – Better Society seminar: Managing Business Uncertainty in Practice on 9 June 2026! The seminar is organised in collaboration with CKIR and Aalto University School of Science.
Communities today face overlapping disruptions such as climate events, infrastructure stress, and unequal access to essential services. These challenges are not isolated; they interact, amplify one another, and often expose existing vulnerabilities. Organisations and policymakers are not lacking data. The challenge is translating large, complex datasets into decisions that are fair and timely.
The seminar will be built around a keynote by Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Associate Professor and Division Director of Enterprise Science and Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. His keynote, Strategic Resilience – Leveraging Data to Address Community Vulnerabilities, focuses on how converting data into structured insights reveals where systems are vulnerable, who is most affected, and which interventions produce the greatest resilience gains.
The YouTube stream, open to everyone, will be added to the seminar webpage on the day of the seminar. Invitations to the live seminar will be sent to the School of Business’s partners, supporters, invited guests, and alumni.
Agenda
School of Business Update
Virpi Tuunainen, Associate Dean, Aalto University School of Business
School of Science Update
Pauliina Ilmonen, Dean, Aalto University School of Science
Keynote: Strategic Resilience – Leveraging Data to Address Community Vulnerabilities
Jose Ramirez-Marquez, Associate Professor and Division Director of Enterprise Science and Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
Reflections on the keynote – Resilience work in Finland
Ahti Salo, Professor of Systems Analysis, Aalto University School of Science
Scenarios as a Leadership Tool for Uncertain Times
Nina Hyvärinen, Senior Advisor, Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Aalto University School of Business
Commentary presentation
Jaakko Wallenius, Vice President, Resilience and Defense, Elisa
Audience Q&A