Future/s Possible 11.4.2025
Encouraging perspectives on creativity, technology, and transitions.
Future/s Possible 11.4.2025
Creativity and technology are at the heart of shaping the future and creating it. Future/s Possible is an event that offers perspectives on the future possibilities and potential futures ahead: talks about the future that could be.
By combining creativity, curiosity for new technologies, an entrepreneurial mindset, and an interest in emerging talents, the event aims to inspire and offer hope for solving today’s challenges with a forward-thinking approach.
The talks will present four perspectives on the future of media, explore future consumers, delve into emerging technologies in the digital creative industries, and provide inspiration through radical creativity and change-driven thinking.
We believe that with courage, curiosity, and creativity, we are moving toward new ways of working, creating, and driving motivation and change.
Please note that the event has keynotes both in Finnish and English.
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The event is part of the EU co-funded Digital Creative Industries and Beyond (DCIB) project, a joint initiative by Metropolia UAS, the City of Helsinki, and Aalto University. The main organizer of the Future/s Possible event is Metropolia UAS, in collaboration with Aalto University.
Participation
The event is held at Aalto University's Marsio Stage at Otakaari 2.
The event includes coffee during the whole day and lunch.
The event is free of charge, but registration is required. (Note. Only a limited amount of places!)
If you can't make it to the event in person, you can follow the event online via livestream. Pleas note that remote participants need to register for the event too.
Programme
NOTE: The order of speakers & schedule are preliminary. We reserve the right to make changes.
09.00 – Doors Open
Coffee & casual networking before the event starts.
09.30 – Opening Words
The event is opened and hosted by Ronny Eriksson.
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About Ronny:
Ronny Eriksson is a creative entrepreneur, researcher, and community builder focused on unlocking the potential of the creative economy. Founder of New Nordic Way and several ventures like Ambitious.Africa and Norders Creative Agency, Ronny helps organizations integrate creativity and culture into their strategies. As a speaker and thought leader, he shares insights on creativity and entrepreneurship, inspiring audiences across Europe.
Ronny is also the CEO & Founder of ODDfest, a bold new festival where art, ideas, and oddness collide.
Ronny's website – More about ODDfest
09.40 – Media 2035: Neljä skenaariota median tulevaisuudesta
Noora Alanne, Uuden kasvun johtaja, Medialiitto & Johtaja, Media-alan tutkimussäätiö
Esityksessä tarkastellaan Media 2035 -tulevaisuusselvityksen neljää skenaariota: 'Media jatkumolla', 'Taistelu informaatiosta', 'Journalismin renessanssi' ja 'Viihteen voima'. Näiden skenaarioiden avulla hahmotellaan median mahdollisia kehityspolkuja vuoteen 2035 mennessä.
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Tietoa Noorasta:
Noora Alanne toimii Medialiitossa uuden kasvun johtajana ja johtajana Media-alan tutkimussäätiössä. Hän on väitellyt tohtoriksi Aalto-yliopistossa ja ollut vieraileva tutkija UC Berkeleyssä, keskittyen tutkimuksissaan media-alan digitalisaatioon, liiketoimintamalleihin ja teknologiajättien vaikutuksiin media-alaan. Noora on työskennellyt media-alalla yli 15 vuotta erilaisissa digikehitysrooleissa. Hän on kysytty puhuja ja luennoitsija media-alan tapahtumissa ja kotimaisissa yliopistoissa.
10.15 – Sukupolvi alfa on täällä!
Tessa Toni, Konseptisuunnittelija & sisältökehittäjä, Yle
Millaisessa mediamaailmassa uusi sukupolvi elää? Ensimmäiset sukupolvi alfaan kuuluvat eli vuodesta 2010 alkaen syntyneet täyttävät tänä vuonna 15 ja solahtavat samalla Ylen nuorten sisältöjen ydinkohderyhmän piiriin. Esityksen tarkoituksena on herättää ajattelemaan miten median ammattilaiset voivat olla läsnä uusien sukupolvien elämässä ja mediamaisemassa.
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Tietoa Tessasta:
Tessa Toni on uusiin sukupolviin, sosiaaliseen mediaan, monimediakonsepteihin ja ilmiöiden rakentamiseen erikoistunut median ammattilainen.
10.50 – Terveisiä nykyhetken & tulevaisuuden tekijöiltä
Johanna Wartio, Asiantuntija & Projektipäällikkö, Aalto-yliopisto
Johanna Wartio tuo terveiset Future/s Possible tapahtumaa edeltävästä keskustelutapahtumasta, johon osallistui monipuolinen joukko digitaalisten luovien alojen päättäjiä, ammattilaisia ja opiskelijoita. Keskustelun teemana oli eritoten tulevaisuuden tekijöiden huolet ja toiveet työelämää ajatellen.
Miltä alan nykyhetki ja tulevaisuus näyttää nuorten tekijöiden silmin? Mihin ongelmiin alalla tulisi keskustelun mukaan tarttua?
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Erätauko-menetelmällä toteutettu keskustelutapahtuma on osa Digital Creative Industries and Beyond (DCIB) -hankkeeseen kuuluvaa Tulevaisuusfoorumi-kokonaisuutta.
11.00 – Decentralizing Film: Tech Meets Creative Freedom
Lotta Stenroos, CEO & Co-founder, cyon.media
Tracie Mitchell, CTO & Founder, cyon.media
Cyon.media explores how emerging technologies like Web3 and AI can reshape the film industry—offering a new ecosystem that supports filmmakers from funding to distribution and marketing. This session looks at how creative control, ownership, and access might be rebalanced in a changing landscape.
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About Lotta:
Lotta is a seasoned producer and creative lead with a strong track record in large-scale media productions. Her experience across TV, film, and content strategy drives cyon.media’s mission to build a fair and inclusive ecosystem where creators thrive through transparency, control, and sustainable growth.
About Tracie:
Tracie is a broadcast solutions architect with a global career spanning Sony, Disney, BBC, and Al Jazeera. She combines deep technical expertise with a passion for blockchain, leading cyon.media’s core tech development. Her vision reshapes how creators monetize and distribute film through secure, scalable systems.
11.25 – Lunch & Networking
Free lunch and casual networking for event attendees.
12.15 – The Next 1B Gamers Are Found on the... Smart TV?
Antti Sartanen, Co-founder, Return Entertainment
A look into how the 1 billion smart TV users can be the next big wave of gaming consumers. What does it mean for the gaming and entertainment industries? And how to reach the everyday entertainment consumers on TVs? Return Entertainment shares where the future of entertainment is going based on years of operating their innovative TV gaming platform featured on Samsung TVs and Amazon Fire TV.
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About Antti:
Antti Sartanen, a co-founder at Return Entertainment, is building a platform that re-writes how mass-market TV gaming can be achieved. He’s a two-time studio founder with over 14 years in the industry. Pioneering markets like early mobile (Hay Day at Supercell), Virtual Reality and now cloud-native TV gaming.
12.40 – Future - Is There Writings on the Wall?
KooPee Hiltunen, Johtaja, Neogames Finland ry
Foreseeing the future is an impossible task, but building scenarios and assessing potential changes is something we can do.
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About KooPee:
In his twenties, KooPee Hiltunen swore that if there was one thing he would never touch, that would be entrepreneurial business. However, over the three decades that followed, he (unwittingly) ended up being a founding member of one co-op, two registered associations, three limited companies, a Swedish ekonomisk förening and a Danish foundation. So it goes.
KooPee’s career in digital media began in 1994. He has worked at Neogames since 2004, and as its director since 2006. When Neogames Finland Assn. was founded in 2012, KooPee was one of the founders. In addition to Neogames, KooPee is a founding member and a member of the board in EGDF (European Games Developer Federation) and NGI (Nordic Game Institute), and runs the activities of the Finnish Game Developers’ Association. His academic background is in literature, though he has successfully avoided an actual degree for nearly thirty years now.
13.05 – AI and Artistic Creativity – Working Together as a Team
Roope Rainisto, Artist, Grandfather Oy
Roope Rainisto talks through his views on how AI will not kill creativity but supercharge it, talking through the many opportunities of how creatives can use AI to enhance their current practices, as well as to create something completely new.
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About Roope:
Roope Rainisto is a Finnish artist, designer, photographer, and screenwriter, passionately combining human creativity with AI.
His AI art collections rank amongst the most valuable AI art NFT collections on the market. Previous to his current art career, Roope had a prestigious 25-year career as a professional designer. He is also one of the founders of the VR company “Varjo”.
13.30 – Tauko / Break
13.45 – Radical Renewals With the Power of Radical Creativity
Riikka Mäkikoskela, Project Manager, Aalto University
Lisätietoja tulossa pian. / More information coming soon.
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Kuva: Kalle Kataila / Aalto University
14.25 – Practices for Transitions in Times of Collapse and Possibilities
Cassie Robinson, Co-creator, Arising Quo
In these times of cascading crises, the logic of the world as we know it is crumbling, and yet a new logic has yet to emerge. The educator Zachary Stein calls this a “time between worlds.” Cassie will share how in her work she is responding to these times and resourcing others who are doing the work of prefiguring the futures of which we dream. Alongside sharing the kinds of practices, and inner and outer conditions that make this work possible.
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About Cassie:
The focus of Cassie’s work nowadays is on practices for systemic transitions, in a time between worlds, and the inner and outer conditions needed for this work. Her practice grounds are philanthropic institutions, wealth holder communities and the Wealth Defence Industry, and within initiatives that are paying attention to what’s being birthed and what is dying at the same time. Most recently she was the Associate Director of Emerging Futures at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Co-Lead in field building at Partners for a New Economy. She is currently working at Arising Quo, an initiative that she helped establish two years ago, that works across Europe.
15.10 – Final Words
15.15 – Event Ends
Contact Info
Eeva Jäntti,
Project Manager (Metropolia UAS)
Digital Creative Industries and Beyond project
eeva.jantti [at] metropolia.fi (eeva[dot]jantti[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Digital Creative Industries and Beyond
Digital Creative Industries and Beyond (DCIB) is an EU co-funded project aimed at strengthening and promoting the expertise, sustainability, and ecosystems of digital creative industries. This is achieved through e.g. various networking events, co-development pilot programs, and business consultancy targeted at creative industries. If you’re interested in our activities, follow us!
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This event is organized as part of the EU co-funded Digital Creative Industries and Beyond project.