Hanna Pajala-Assefa

I'm a cross-media choreographer (MA ArtsUni) working around contemporary dance in forms of media art, film, live performance and XR, particularly with the mediated body in sonic environments. My experience spreads over choreography, concept design, curation as well as event and project production. Public speaking Teaching and...

Antti Ahokoivu

MA Cinematography at Aalto university. Studied filmmaking in 6 countries. Worked over 60 commercials and several fictional short films as cinematographer. Public speaking I have kept lectures about previsualization and Virtual Production at Aalto University. Game designer I'm using Unreal Engine for previs and virtual production. Cinematography I´m working...

Annika Kluge

PhD student of Neuroscience, background in IT and biomedical engineering. Interested in reducing bias and developing empathy in people. Public speaking I do have some occasional public speaking experience regarding my own research and projects. I have taught 4th-5th graders Python for a year Researcher I am researching intergroup...

Rūta Kazlauskaitė

Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto ARTS, Department of Media. PhD in Political science (University of Helsinki). An interdisciplinary researcher interested in history education, virtual reality, memory politics and storytelling. Public speaking I have organized and contributed to courses at the University of Helsinki on digital media and society,...

Ranjit Menon

MA Sound in New Media (Medialab, Aalto), Diploma in New Media (National Institute of Design, India) Public speaking Teaching part time Consultant Design for Organization Coder basic Sound designer I have worked part time as Sound Designer & composed scores for animation/film Director/Screenwriter I have explored these areas as part of studies Editor I love editing and...

Samir Bhowmik

Samir is an artist, architect and post-doctoral researcher at the Aalto Media Lab. He is currently working on his artistic research project "IMAGINARY NATURES: Extractive Media & the Cultural Memory of Environmental Change" funded by the Kone Foundation (2019-22). Public speaking Teaching in Department of Media. Courses:...

Victoria Korshunova

I explore the design of realistic VR simulations and investigate multimodal audio-visual human perception in immersive VE at Eindhoven University. Cooperate with Facebook Reality Labs within VRACE EU project. Public speaking Over two year of experience in lecturing, teaching and supervising students. Researcher More than 3 years of experience...

Maarit Kalmakurki

Currently a doctoral student at Aalto university in costume design. MA in costume design, BA in Fashion design. I'm interested in research across disciplines as I believe that when people from different fields work together, it leads to better results Public speaking I have taught costume design...

Aki Silventoinen

Professional freelance sound designer and music composer living in Turkui, Finland. Creating soundscapes for picture, games, 360 videos and virtual reality. Bachelor of Arts / Metropolia University. Public speaking I have worked as a 360 sound lecturer/adviser for Metropolia University and YLE. Game designer Some experience with Unity in...

Juho Rissanen

Emerging Media & Futurology studies. M.Sc. (Economics), M.A. (East Asian Studies), plus other studies online and offline around the world. Public speaking A fair share of public speaking at various conferences and events over the years. Recently started hosting online workshops. Researcher Been with Tampere University Unit for Computer-Human...