Finnovation, a series of conferences aimed at businesses and the wider public, was launched by FinnAgora in 2019. The series will continue this year with a focus on sustainability. This year’s main event will take place during the Planet Budapest 2021 conference in December, but we will open the debate on Monday May 31st with a webinar on a similar topic: “Sustainable Finance and Green Economy in Europe”. Apart from the green transition, the webinar will discuss reforms affecting the whole business sector that the EU has already ratified or are currently being finalised. Therefore, these

FinnAgora is starting a series of interviews, where we publish a monthly interview with an interesting guest. The second interviewee in the series is Finnish communications, marketing, fundraising and stakeholder relations specialist Heidi Lehmuskumpu. Lehmuskumpu will be a key note speaker at Art is Business event, organised by the Hungarian PR-company kortársPR the 14th of May. The event will be held online. Photographer: Mikko Käkelä Who? Name: Heidi Lehmuskumpu Occupation: Communications, marketing, fundraising and stakeholder relations specialist. Education: Master of Science (Economics

Welcome to Beyond Populism, an online lecture and discussion series, organized by the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes! This time the event is hosted by the Finnish Institute in Germany, and it will be held at Wednesday 28th April at 7 pm in Zoom. The lecture "The Era of Nostalgia" is presented by Dr Antto Vihma, leading Researcher in the Global Security Programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and functions as Adjunct Professor (docent) at the University of Eastern Finland. The lecture will be in English. Register for the event here: https://link.

The Finnish cultural and academic institutes are opening Together Alone 2.0 open call! The Finnish cultural and academic institutes’ network calls again Finnish and Finland-based artists, artist groups and their colleagues abroad to international collaboration. The pandemic keeps us physically apart, and the crisis severely affects the cultural field. The institutes are now looking for art projects that explore the challenges and solutions stemming from the crisis: perseverance in front of the crisis, radical change, societal innovations and inclusive, accessible art. We encourage collective

FinnAgora is starting a series of interviews, where we publish a monthly interview with an interesting guest. The first interviewee in the series is Maria B. Raunio, Finnish artist and art teacher that has lived in Hungary for 20 years. Who? Name: Maria B. Raunio Education: Masters degrees in painting and teaching visual arts and art history Professional history: Artist, teacher of visual arts and art history in Budapest high schools and preparatory art schools, organiser and teacher of Portaan Akatemia and Szigliget’s art courses Hobbies: studying languages, tennis, running, new recipes