AI Day 2025

November 13, 2025
Dipoli, Aalto University (Otakaari 24, Espoo)

AI Day is the biggest annual event highlighting the leading AI research in Finland. The event brings together researchers, companies, students and the public sector involved in the fast-developing field of AI. AI Day promotes matchmaking, information sharing, and cross-border collaboration.

The AI Day program features an extensive scientific program including presentations, posters and demos. The call for presentations and posters is organized by the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (FAIS).

Photos from AI Day + Nordic AI Meet 2024 by Daolang Huang (Aalto University) and Kushtrim Visoka (NORA)

Registration

Registration for AI Day is now open!

Regular ticket (until October 31): 180 €
Student fee (until October 31): 75 €
- Student presenters: free (see note below)
Late fee (November 1–13): 300 €

Note: If you are a PhD student submitting an abstract for AI Day, please wait until you know if your presentation is accepted before registering (notifications on September 15). Registration for accepted student presenters is free. All accepted presenters must register for AI Day by October 5.

Call for presentations

Call for presentations is now closed (September 5, 2025). Accepted presenters have been notified on September 15.

Program overview

8.30–9.00 Registration, morning coffee (Lobby, Sief/Capitolium)
9.00–9.15 Opening (Kaleva)
9.15–10.00 Keynote: Philip Piatkievicz (Kaleva)
10.00–10.30 Break
10.30–11.30 In parallel: Scientific talks (Machine learning, Language and cognition, Scheduling and optimization), Industry talks (Kaleva, Takka, Palaver, Lumituuli)
11.30–12.30 Lunch (Sief/Capitolium)
12.30–13.00 Finnish AI Dissertation Award (Kaleva)
13.00–13.45 Panel with the OECD Global Science Forum Expert Group (Kaleva)
13.45–14.00 Break
14.00–15.00 In parallel: Scientific talks (Machine learning, Medical AI, Vision and robotics), Industry talks (Kaleva, Takka, Palaver, Lumituuli)
15.00–15.30 Afternoon coffee (Sief/Capitolium)
15.00–16.30 Poster session (Sief/Capitolium/Kaleva)
16.30–17.15 Keynote: Maarten de Rijke and closing (Kaleva)
17.15–18.00 Networking with drinks (Sief/Capitolium)

Speakers

Keynotes

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Philip Piatkievicz

Philip Piatkiewicz stands at the intersection of European policy and technological innovation. As Secretary General of the AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra), he is a central figure in shaping and supporting Europe's competitive digital future. He leads ADRA, as the private-side for a landmark €2.6 billion European partnership, uniting stakeholders to accelerate advancements in AI, Data, and Robotics. With a proven track record in strategic planning and managing complex international projects, Philip is dedicated to building a competitive and sovereign European technology ecosystem.

Maarten de Rijke

Maarten de Rijke is a Distinguished University Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval at the University of Amsterdam. His research is focused on designing and evaluating trustworthy technology to connect people to information, particularly search engines, recommender systems, and conversational assistants. He is also the scientific director of the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), a national collaboration between academic, industrial, governmental, and societal stakeholders aimed at talent development, research, and impact in AI.

Industry session (schedule)

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Karoliina Partanen

Director, AI Finland

Niko Vuokko

Senior Director R&D, AMD Silo AI

Juhani Teeriniemi

Lead developer, AI4Value

Is There Progress in Adsorbent Development? An AI-Powered Meta-Analysis of 11,000 Studies

Jyrki Lötjönen

Chief Scientific Officer, Combinostics Oy

Kumar Panda

Chief of Staff, TalentAdore

Aleksi Kallio

Director, LUMI AI Factory Services, CSC - IT Center for Science

Finnish AI dissertation award

More on this award from the Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society

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Aysen Degerli Ahishali

PhD from Tampere University, 2024.
Thesis: Machine Learning Algorithms for Computer-aided Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction from 2D Echocardiography and COVID-19 from Chest X-rays

Panel with the OECD Global Science Forum Expert Group

Insights from the ongoing work of an Expert Group of the OECD Global Science Forum on how countries anticipate, identify, and effectively address capacity gaps in the public sector research workforce. The Expert Group focuses on artificial intelligence and quantum science (AI&QS) as case studies of two current priority research areas with massive investment and intense competition for talent. The group met for a workshop at the University of Helsinki (11–12 November) to identify success factors in academia–industry collaboration in research training and ways to stimulate and facilitate intersectoral mobility. In this session, members of the Expert Group will present key findings and invite the audience to contribute to the discussion.

Panelists will be announced soon.