Selected Media Appearances
Cloud Reachers Podcast Host
DigiEduHack Podcast Season 4 (2025) Host
Tomi Kauppinen: The human element amidst the rise of AI
EduTrends Podcast hosted by José 'Pepe' Escamilla, Associate Director of The Institute for the Future of Education of Tec de Monterrey.
Sprint to Success with Design Thinking – Guest appearance on the episode "How We Shape Our World Through Stories: The Role of Information Visualization" (hosted by Sabba N. Quidwai).
International Classroom Podcast – Guest on "Future Learning: Design Thinking and Global Collaboration in Education" (hosted by Alex Gray).
The Versatalist Podcast – Guest appearance hosted by Patrick O'Shea.
Selected Keynotes, Invited Talks and Workshops by Tomi
Invited Talk
Answers & Questions: What do we know and don't know about Artificial Intelligence
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
July, 2026
Invited Talk
The Role of Spatial Information in the Era of AI
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
April, 2026
Invited Talk
Spatial Intelligence: Supporting understanding via visualization, AI and core concepts of spatial information
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
April, 2026
Host and Jury Member
Digital Education Hackathon (DigiEduHack) challenge Touch the Future: 2050
November, 2025
Panelist
Open Forum - Reimagining Education in a Cyber-Physical World
Cyber-Physical Learning Alliance Summit 2025 (CPLAS 2025), Hong Kong
June, 2025
Keynote
Roles of AI in Education
III International Scientific Conference "Innovations in Science and Practice: Product Design and Development in the Era of Digital Transformation", Krakow, Poland
April, 2025
Invited Panelist
Bridging the Gap between Industry and Academia: Best Practices in European and Local EdTech Ecosystems
EdTech Talents Knowledge Sharing event, Tallinn, Estonia
November 21, 2024
Invited Panelist
Unlocking the Future: How Human Experience Shapes the Metaverse for Learning, Collaboration, and Creativity (Panel: Metaverse for Education)
IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV 2024) – “Navigating the Virtual Frontier”, Seattle, USA
October, 2024
Invited Speaker
Digital tools for collaboration in learning and project development
Unite! BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) Competencies for Collaborative Teaching in Joint Programmes, Stockholm, Sweden
August, 2024
Expert Speech
Our life with AI - designing learning experiences for humans
2nd International Scientific Conference Innovations in Science and Practice: Quality and Product Management, Krakow University of Economics, Krakow, Poland
May, 2024
Invited Talk
Our life with AI - designing learning experiences for humans
Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
March, 2024
Panelist
Perspectives, Progress and Future Directions of Cyber-Physical Learning
IFE 2024 Conference, Monterrey, Mexico
January, 2024
Panelist
Breaking Physical Boundaries with the use of Cyber-Physical Technologies
IFE 2024 Conference, Monterrey, Mexico
January, 2024
Jury Member
U!Train Ideathon
Grenoble / Online
December, 2023
Invited Talk
Designing Online Learning
Teaching Excellence Seminar, Wroclaw Tech / Online
November, 2023
Keynote
Designing the Future of Learning Experiences
Dissemination event of the "Exploring inter-connected education through a distributed and blended European Entrepreneurship Minor" project
November, 2023
Host, Jury Member
Connected Learners: Hacking the Online Learning Experience
Digital Education Hackathon 2023
November, 2023
Invited Talk
The future of learning with AI - think like a human
STEAMConf 2022, Barcelona
October, 2022
Invited Workshop
Creating with AI
UNITE! / S+T+ARTS, Barcelona
October, 2022
Invited Talk
Advancing Digital Learning: Case Aalto Online Learning
International Summit on Virtual Learning and Cooperation, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
December, 2021
Invited Talk
An online degree in Engineering - contradiction or a living reality?
ASIIN-FIGURE-EASPA Global Conference 2021, Sorbonne University, Paris
November, 2021
Jury Member
Unite! Hackathon
Grenoble / Online
November, 2021
Host, Jury Member
Engaging Virtual Learning
Digital Education Hackathon 2021
November, 2021
Keynote
Learning with information visualisations
Visual Worlds of Education, Association of Visual Pedagogy (AVP) Conference, Bergen
June, 2021
Interview
Digital learning in entrepreneurship - experiences from Aalto university
Webinar organized by the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Online / Denmark / Worldwide
June, 2020
Invited Talk
Fostering an Entrepreneurial Culture via Digital and On-Campus Learning
Entreprenørskabskonference: 'Sammenhæng i entreprenørskabsindsatser og nye kompetencer', Aalborg University, UCN and Fonden for Entreprenørskab, Denmark
November 10, 2020
Invited Talk
Visual-spatial thinking in learning
Seminar at GIS Centre, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund
January 10, 2020
Invited Talk
Digital learning spaces - tomorrow and beyond
Nasjonal konferanse: Digitalisering i høyere utdanning 2019, Bergen, Norway
October 18, 2019
Keynote
Visualisation and community-building as keys for designing online and blended learning
Tag der Lehre - Digitalisierung der Lehre, Messe Essen, Germany
October 10, 2019
Host, Jury Member
New tech, models and applications for future learning - think like a human
DigiEduHack 2019 (Digital Education Hackathon), Aalto University, Espoo
October 3-4, 2019
Invited Talk
Visualising the data universe
FAIR Data - the Key to Sustainable Research, University of Tartu Library
April, 2019
Keynote & Fireside-Chat
Augmented learning
Brave New Learning - ELIG Conference & 100th anniversary of Amsterdam Public Library (OBA), Amsterdam
February, 2019
Talk
Shaping the future of learning: experiences from Aalto Online Learning
Branchenforum - university@LEARNTEC, LEARNTEC - Europe's #1 in digital learning, Karlsruhe
January, 2019
Invited Talk
Aalto Online Learning
3rd Conference on Digital Learning Technology, learnT (Center for Digital Learning Technology), Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (via video link from Prague)
November 16, 2018
Invited Talk
How online learning is transforming the activities of universities - the case of Aalto Online Learning project
Course for the alumni of the Executive Master in University Management at MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, Milan, Italy
November 9, 2018
Panelist
Games and Gamification 2018
Aalto University, Finland
October, 2018
Invited Workshop
Online classes and online labs
BEST: Board of European Students of Technology, Krakow
July, 2018
Talk
On Spatial Aboutness
ThinkSpatial: The UCSB brown-bag forum on spatial thinking, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), California
November 8, 2016