MAGICS is the national infrastructure for human in the digital world, and a community built around six academic nodes across Finland: Aalto University, Tampere University, Uniarts, University of Lapland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and University of Jyväskylä. This event is part of the MAGICS Talks series organised at each MAGICS node annually.

In this event, we focus on the evolving relationship between digital technologies, human creativity, and data-driven understanding of our world. How do games and interactive technologies help us understand human behaviour and motivation? How can data and artificial intelligence help us analyse innovation and technological change? And what happens when these different perspectives meet in the emerging digital world?

Speakers: Associate Professor Perttu Hämäläinen, Aalto University // Dr. Arash Hajikhani and Data and Research Scientist Richard Schmidt, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland // Moderator: Journalist Sonia Zaki

Time: 23 April 2026 at 14:00-15:30

Venue: Saastamoinen Foundation Stage, Marsio, Otakaari 2A, 02150 Espoo

Watch recording of event in YouTube.

Read more at the event page on Aalto website.