Kind: Person

  • Marika Paakkala

    Marika Paakkala

    Senior Advisor innovation, deep tech startups, ecosystem development, stakeholder engagement, strategic partnerships, investor relations, incubation & acceleration

  • Yki Kortesniemi

    Yki Kortesniemi

    Senior Advisor cybersecurity, privacy, EU projects

  • Henrik Keinonen

    Henrik Keinonen

    Staff Researcher early-stage startups and scaleups research, strategy

  • Nikita Akmaikin

    Nikita Akmaikin

    Proposal Manager EU innovation policy & funding, product management, startup scaling, deeptech

  • Denisa Mäki

    Denisa Mäki

    Staff Researcher digital policy, EU, geopolitics, scenarios, EU funding

  • Kaarlo Väisänen

    Kaarlo Väisänen

    Staff Researcher startup ecosystems, strategic management, AI & data, technology strategy

  • Heini Ikävalko

    Heini Ikävalko

    Research Manager heini.ikavalko@aalto.fi +358 50 564 0313 strategy implementation, innovation management, human empowerment, skills and capabilities

  • Nina Hyvärinen

    Nina Hyvärinen

    Senior Advisor geopolitics, EU affairs, technology, security, scenarios

  • Roy Nyberg

    Roy Nyberg

    Staff Researcher organisational research, startup business development, AI, strategic planning  

  • Jarmo Eskelinen

    Jarmo Eskelinen

    Senior Advisor innovation leadership, urban innovation & smart cities, data & AI strategies

  • Ruurik Holm

    Ruurik Holm

    Senior Advisor epistemology and structure of argumentation, organisational decision-making, academy-society knowledge exchange, external funding acquisition

  • Anna-Riikka Smolander

    Anna-Riikka Smolander

    Staff Researcher innovation ecosystems, technology strategy, AI and digital infrastructures, technology and innovation policy, ecosystem governance, digital sovereignty, international entrepreneurship, public–private collaboration

  • Ilkka Lakaniemi

    Ilkka Lakaniemi

    Director ilkka.lakaniemi@aalto.fi +358 50 434 6265 innovation ecosystem management, academia-industry relationships, political economy, research-to-market, strategic advisory & Board memberships

  • Risto Lehtinen

    Risto Lehtinen

    Senior Advisor scenarios, facilitation, 5G, 6G, EU, geopolitics

  • Emma Lehtinen

    Emma Lehtinen

    Research and Marketing Specialist marketing, communications, CKIR website