Alumni Day

Event information
Time
Fri 09.05.2025 15:00 - 18:30
Venue location
Lipasto restaurant, Linnanmaa campus
Location
We welcome all our alumni, staff members and students to the most important alumni event of the year on the 9th of May 2025 at the Linnanmaa campus at Lipasto restaurant.
Register for the event through this link. Check out the guest speakers and program below.
The programme includes alumni interviews, science talks, music and networking. There is a chance to catch up with the faculty staff members. The event is held at Linnanmaa campus at 3 PM until approximately 6.30 PM. We reserve the right to make changes to the schedule and content.
The event will be hosted by our alum and communications specialist, Anniina Keiskander.
Program
From 2:30 PM Coffee and light refreshments will be served at Lipasto restaurant.
15:00 Event begins
- Music
- Welcome, Rector of the University of Oulu, Arto Maaninen
- Interview with the 2024 Alum of the Year, bridge designer Pekka Pulkkinen
- Alumni panel: "The Power of Alumni: Entrepreneurship and Branding stories"
Discussion on entrepreneurship, companies, and brand building. Panelists are our alumni Jenni Ahokas from Beautyko Import Oy, Juha Hannula and Jukka Aalho from Nucu, and the Professor of Brand Marketing Saila Saraniemi from the University of Oulu Business School.
16:00 Time for socialising and visiting faculty booths
- Meet the staff of the faculties near the green coat racks
17:00 University of Oulu researchers pitch their research
- University Lecturer, PhD Aino Isojärvi, Film Studies and Creative Media
- Assistant Professor, PhD Satu Ojala, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Unit
- Professor, MD Juha Auvinen, General Medicine
The audience will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the researchers at the end of their presentation.
18:00 Music by Teekkaritorvet
18:30 Event ends
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
There is no dress code so you may arrive straight from work to the event.
The event page and practical details related to the event will be updated closer to the event.
Please note that the majority of the program will be held in Finnish.
Our speakers
University of Oulu Association supporting and celebrating the Alumni Day 2025
The University of Oulu Association gathers the friends of the University of Oulu and promotes the university's societal relations and alumni activities, and participates in the preservation of academic traditions. The society was originally founded on April 14, 1919, to advocate for the establishment of a multidisciplinary university in Oulu. Since then, the association has been involved in various ways in strengthening and developing the university's operations and societal interaction. The association welcomes friends of the University of Oulu to join as members and participate in its activities.