TU-E4011 - Impact from Research – Making a difference, 01.06.2021-30.06.2021

Topic outline

• Program Schedule
  Course instructors from Aalto Ventures Program:

  • Teea Mäkelä, teea.v.makela@aalto.fi (main instructor)
  • Ilja Riekki, ilja.riekki@aalto.fi

  All course sessions will be held via Zoom. 

  	Identify Research Impact (1.6)	Communicate Research Impact (10.6)	Routes to Research Impact (17.6)
  9.15 - 9.30	Introduction to the course	Introduction to the day's session	Introduction to the day's session
  9.30 - 10.00	What is research impact & why does it matter?	Workshop & peer discussion: Reflections on interview findings of 1) Stakeholder 2) Beneficiary 3) End User	Identifying future opportunities & career development options By Heikki Holopainen, VP at European Federation of Education Employers, Chief Policy Adviser at Finnish Education Employers
  10.00 - 10.45	Identifying the value of your research: what problem does your research solve and why is this problem important to solve? By Petro Poutanen, CEO, Finnish Research Impact Foundation	Research communication for non-expert audiences By Reetta Kettunen, Secretary General, Committee for Public Information	Vocational mapping By Lauri Järvilehto, Professor of Practice at Aalto University, Co-Director at Aalto Ventures Program
  10.45 -11.00	Break	Break	Break
  11.00 - 12.00	Workshop: Identifying the value of your research	Workshop: Writing impact statement: What is my research about & how do I communicate with my audiences	Workshop: Ideating & Designing personal journey
  12.00 - 13.00	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break
  13.00 - 13.45	Tools for identifying the beneficiaries, end users, and stakeholders for your research	Communication & presenting to different audiences By Tarek Omran, Co-founder, Science Pitchers	Ecosystem resources & services By Ilja Riekki, Aalto Ventures Program (course teacher) & Janne Raula, Innovation Advisor, Aalto University
  13.45 - 14.00	Break	Break	Break
  14.00 - 14.45	Exercise: Applying tools to your own research	Workshop: Communication & presenting to different audiences	Workshop: Designing pathways to build impact from your research
  14.45 - 15.00	Break	Break	Break
  15.00 - 15.45	Applying design thinking methods to understanding end users, beneficiaries and stakeholders - Painpoint discovery-	Workshop: Communication & presenting to different audiences (cont.)	Group discussion, lessons learned & feedback Wrapping up
  15.45 - 16.00	Break	Break
  16.00 - 17.00	Workshop: Applying design thinking methods to understanding end users, beneficiaries and stakeholders	Workshop: Networking By Peter Kelly, Connector, Aalto University
  	Next steps & Free discussion	Closing words for the day & Free networking
  	Task: Conduct painpoint interviews with identified beneficiaries, end users, and stakeholders	Task: Start writing impact statement & planning communication action	Task: Continue writing impact statement & complete communication action.
  			Voluntary task: Reflection essay