WELCOME TO HELSINKI EDTECH DAY 2026!

The theme of Helsinki EdTech Day 2026 — Human, AI & Resilience — explores how we can learn in more agile ways, stay resilient, and remain human in a world shaped by AI, constant change, and continuous unexpected disruptions.
At the annual Helsinki EdTech Day, experts, companies, innovators and university community come together to explore the future of learning in a rapidly changing world.

PROGRAMME:

RESILIENCE & SPEED OF LEARNING

• 12:30: Arrival & Networking
• Opening: Prof. Kirsti Lonka, Academic Director, Helsinki Education Hub: Learning and edtech in the era of AI
• Katja Upadyaya, Research Director, University of Helsinki: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Education in the Midst of Crises
• HEH Startup Pitches: Project Lives & Walk the Mile (WAM) 
• Coffee Break & Networking

THE HUMAN & THE MACHINE

• 14.20: Oleg Sokolov, Head of Data & AI, Sanoma Learning: Human Responsibility in the Age of AI
• Elina Ketonen, PI of the ERC AI-EMOTION Project, University of Helsinki: The Emotional Human, the Rational Machine
• HEH Startup Pitches: Nasu AI & Better Ed
• Coffee Break & Networking

INSIGHTS FOR THE FUTURE

• 15.30: Mona Kokko, MA Student, University of Tampere: Building resilience: Developing crisis preparedness skills in secondary education
• Otso Kivekäs, CEO, Haltu: Digital sovereignty in Education
• Rami Lappalainen, CEO, Alfons Education: Digital sovereignty: Case Alfons
• HEH Startup Pitches: Ampitio, Mylo & Money Moves
• Alexandra Blomberg, CCO, ILT Education: Lessons Learnt from EdTech commercialisation
• Closing Remarks
• Networking, drinks & salad buffet
• 18:00 Venue closes. After party at Thirsty Scholar.