The theme of the School of Business Homecoming Day was âInternational Finland in 2030?â
The biennial event featured keynote speaker Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs and School of Business alum
School of Business alumni events
We organize many alumni events at the School of Business. In the alumni events, you have an opportunity to increase your knowledge, meet your fellow alumni and build new networks. Join our alumni community to get invitations to our alumni events!
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Homecoming Day
The biggest alumni event of the School of Business - Homecoming Day - is organized usually every second year. The previous Homecoming Day was organized on 31 January 2025. The School of Business Alum of the Year will also be announced at the Homecoming Day.
Homecoming Day 2025
Homecoming Day is one of the School of Business's biggest alumni events. It offers inspiring discussions on current topics and a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends.
Previous Homecoming Day events
Photos and videos from the previous Homecoming Day events
School of Business Ceremonial Conferment
School of Business celebrates its 17th Ceremonial Conferment of Doctorates and Masterâs Degrees at the old Main Building, currently known as Aalto University Töölö on 21-23 May 2026. The ceremony in 2026 will confer master's degrees on new alumni (promovendi) with graduation dates between 1 April 2022 and 30 March 2026 and doctorates on alumni with graduation dates between 1 May 2022 and 30 March 2026. In addition to these young promovendi, jubilee masters and doctors from 1976 and the new honorary doctors of the School of Business will be conferred at the ceremony.
School of Business Ceremonial Conferment 2026
The 17th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business will be celebrated on May 21â23, 2026.
The 16th Ceremonial Conferment of Aalto University School of Business was held at 2022
The Ceremonial Conferment of Aalto University School of Business was held at Aalto Töölö, in Runeberginkatu, Helsinki, from May 12 to 14, 2022.
Better Business - Better Society Seminar Series
Better Business â Better Society seminar seriesoffers opportunities to learn about current societally important topics at the School of Business. We invite our collaborators, supporters and alumni to the seminar at the School, and everyone else interested in the topic to follow the live stream via Youtube. The seminars are arranged monthly, generally on the first Thursday of the month, excluding holiday seasons. The seminars are held either in Finnish or English. The seminar speakers are professors from our School and guests from the business sector.
Better Business â Better Society Seminar Series
The Seminar Series discusses the current and societally important topics at the School of Business. The seminars will be arranged monthly, excluding holiday seasons.
Jaakko Honko event
Jaakko Honko event is organized every second year. The previous Jaakko Honko event was organized on 21 August 2025. Invitations to these events are sent to the School of Business alumni who are in the alumni register.
President Sauli Niinistö: âThe future is brighter than it appears right now.â
Approximately 600 invited guests and alumni attended the event named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko at Aalto University Töölö
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School of Business Ceremonial Conferment 2026
The 17th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business will be celebrated on May 21â23, 2026.
President Sauli Niinistö: âThe future is brighter than it appears right now.â
Approximately 600 invited guests and alumni attended the event named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko at Aalto University Töölö
The theme of the School of Business Homecoming Day was âInternational Finland in 2030?â
The biennial event featured keynote speaker Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs and School of Business alum
The School of Businessâ Homecoming Day invited alumni to Otaniemi for the first time
In his presentation, the keynote speaker of the seminar, Pekka Lundmark, CEO of Nokia, emphasised the importance of co-operation
The 16th Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees at the School of Business was celebrated
See a few pictures from The Act of Conferment and the Procession
Elina MÀkelÀ is the Spirit of Mercury at the 16th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business
She is the daughter of Provost Kristiina MÀkelÀ, one of the longest serving professors at the School of Business
âItâs spectacular to be part of a centuries old European academic traditionâ
Jyrki Wallenius, Jubilee Master, would not miss a magnificent conferment ceremony, no matter what
Finlandâs cost competitiveness is poor, says Björn Wahlroos in Jaakko Honko lecture
The lecture that carries the name of Chancellor Jaakko Honko was held as a remote event this year.
A glimpse of the future through lenses of today
With the coronavirus pandemic still impacting our lives in different areas, Aalto created an opportunity to know future perspectives through its alumni community's lenses.
Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October
After Aalto University President Ilkka NiemelÀ's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
School of Business cancels Homecoming Day alumni event for 2020
The Alumnus or Alumna of the Year for 2020 will be made public at the Aalto 10 â Alumni Studio & Science Show remote event on 10 October.
The next Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees at the School of Business will be celebrated in May 2022
Due to the COVID-19, the Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees has been postponed to May 2022.
Risto Siilasmaa, who delivered the Jaakko Honko lecture, recommends studying quantum computing and machine learning
The lecture, named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko, brought together more than 300 School of Business alumni to Ekonominaukio 1.
According to Homecoming Day, continuous learning will be expected from business school graduates in the future
Alumni populated the main building of the School of Business in Töölö for the last time.
Mastersâ Gala gathered School of Business graduates to meet and mingle with old and new friends
Mastersâ Gala was organized for the second time to celebrate the School of Business graduates.
Mastersâ Gala gathered School of Business graduates together to celebrate
Mastersâ Gala was organized for the first time by the School of Business and KY. The idea is to bring back the graduates, celebrate their big achievement and strengthen the sense of community.
Nearly 400 alumni brought together by the Jaakko Honko Lecture
The public lecture brought the alumni to the School of Business to listen to Erkki Liikanen. In addition, the Jaakko Honko Medals were awarded at the event.
Homecoming Day brought hundreds of alumni to Töölö Campus
Former President Martti Ahtisaari emphasised in his speech the importance of higher education for society.
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