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Futurist. Change-maker. Gut hacker. #womenindeeptech Ecosystem Strategist @ City of Helsinki | Business Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Expert Advisor @ European Commission ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

Helsinki, Finland
Joined September 2015
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Excited to join the City of Helsinki accelerating the #digitaltransformation and AI implementation together with the Business Helsinki team #AIincubator. #innovationecosytem @helsinki
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Hello Lisbon! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น First time at Web Summit! I'm particularly interested in conversations around deep tech, AI, technology commercialisation, international growth and innovation ecosystems and how we can build stronger bridges between science, entrepreneurship, capital and markets.
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Honoured to join the Startup Challenge 2026 jury in Frankfurt this November. Iโ€™m looking forward to meeting founders, exchanging perspectives with fellow jury members, and seeing which ideas are ready to move from ambition to execution. 17โ€“19 November 2026 See you in Frankfurt!
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Hello, Gothenburg! Here for Gothenburg Tech Week, where Iโ€™ll be hosting a roundtable on how collaboration across European innovation ecosystems can become a competitive advantage for developing and scaling emerging technologies. Join the conversation!
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Ending the week with a simple thought: To create is to connect. Ideas. Disciplines. People. Perspectives. The interesting things often begin in between. Have a great weekend, yโ€™all.
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At #UudenmaanKulttuurifoorumi, one idea kept returning: the next step in innovation may not be another capability, but new combinations of capabilities we already have. The interesting work happens between disciplines. #ecosystemorchestration #innovatiom #beyondsilos
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On 6 October, Iโ€™m bringing together members of our local innovation ecosystem at @MariaZeroOne for AI Connect โ€” Building Connections for Innovation and Growth. Join us! testbed.hel.fi/en/new-technoโ€ฆ
๐Ÿค– Made with AI
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Iโ€™ll be speaking at Uudenmaan Kulttuurifoorumi at Musiikkitalo about something Iโ€™ve become increasingly curious about: what happens when we connect people, ideas and capabilities that usually live in different worlds? See you there?
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I'm attending Nordic Tech Week 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Looking forward to connecting with founders, investors, innovation leaders and fellow ecosystem actors working to accelerate AI innovation and strengthen the Nordic and European innovation ecosystem. #NordicTechWeek #NTW2026
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Hello Gothenburg! Excited to share that I will be joining the Tech Blueprint moderating a discussion examining how Europe can better connect research, startups, industry, investors and the public sector to accelerate the development, adoption and scaling of emerging technologies.
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Next week: Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Heading back to @TechBBQ โ€” one of the Nordicsโ€™ meeting points for new ideas, technology and entrepreneurship. See you there? #Techbbq2026
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ne think that I enjoy about working with innovation is that no two days look the same. Some of the most interesting ideas emerge when different pieces come together.instagram.com/p/DZb054FDUk_/โ€ฆ
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Happy Midsommar ๐ŸŒธ Summer arrived with sunshine, flower crowns, and conversations that wandered between today and tomorrow with @epicenterhelsinki. Looking forward to seeing what blooms next season.
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As @arctic15 celebrates 15 years, I've been reflecting on how much the Nordic innovation ecosystem has evolved over the past years. Looking back to Arctic15 2020, I'm reminded of how quickly innovation ecosystems evolve, and how our own journeys often evolve alongside them.
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Looking forward to joining ARCTIC15 15th Anniversary Edition and connecting with founders, investors, researchers, and ecosystem builders exploring how emerging technologies can create meaningful impact and strengthen Europe's future competitiveness ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿš€ @arctic15 @arcticstartup
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What happens when politicians, entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, policymakers and ecosystem builders sit around the same table to rethink the future of the Helsinki Capital Region? ๐Ÿ’กCheck out highlights from TAKOMO policy hackathon >> instagram.com/p/DY4tCHBDVj8/โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Back from Brussels after another week as jury for the #EICAccelerator. Always a pleasure to contribute to this ecosystem. Encouraging to see the ambition and resilience of Europeโ€™s next generation of deep-tech innovators tackling major global challenges ๐Ÿš€
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Honored to be featured in Forbes Brasil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท, reflecting on work and life in Finland, the happiest country in the world ๐Ÿ“ท ๐Ÿ“ท@ForbesBR linkedin.com/posts/alinedesaโ€ฆ
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"๐—” ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†" ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿงฉlinkedin.com/posts/alinedesaโ€ฆ
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New era, Next Mindset - My personal highlights on Highlights TECHARENA 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช linkedin.com/posts/alinedesaโ€ฆ
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