AaltoAI Hackathon: Data Sovereignty & Responsible AI

Welcome to the Finnish Testing Meetup Group September 2026, International Testers Day get together! Let us continue on our collective journey learning about testing and quality assurance and celebrate the International Testers Day together! Host FTMG Meetup September edition is hosted by Qaraton. Hosts from Qaraton will be: Dong Pham Hitesh Kikani Sami Savolainen Event program: 17:00-17.30 Arrival, refreshments and mingling 17:30-17:45 Opening words 17:45-18:30 Presentation 1 + Q&A + discussions 18:30-19:00 Break 19:00-19:45 Presentation 2 + Q&A + discussions 19:45-20:00 Announcements, infos + Few Testers Day Surprises including a lottery with gifts sponsored by EuroSTAR conference. 20:00-20:30 Mingling & discussions 20:30 Venue closed There will be snacks and drinks available generouosly provided by Qaraton! Let's be polite: Please respect host and arrival timeslot -> be in time Please remember to update your RVSP in case you cannot participate. It is polite to update your RVSP NOT on the last day before the event or the event day but earlier! Presentations: In this session we will have two presentations from: 1. Ulla-Mari Schroderus from LähiTapiola 2. Tomi Nurmi from Vivicta Ulla-Mari's presentation Title: Green on the Dashboard, Red in the System Abstract: Green dashboards give us a sense of safety. But the system we rarely test, ourselves, impacts highly on quality and sustainable performance. Tomu's presentation Title: Should I add virtualization into my toolbox? Abstract: Food for thought from service virtualization or mocking. What problems it could ease up and what downsides it brings and how to manage those. Warmly welcoming you all to this autumn semester kick-off, Brgds FTMG organizers; Nina, Szilard, Jani, Jamina and Mikko

Aaltoes Fireside Chats are back! Realm was founded in 2023 to solve a problem most enterprise sales teams know too well. When a customer asks for an RFP response, security review or deal-specific material, the answer usually exists somewhere. In Slack. In Google Drive. In old proposals. In someone’s head. But finding it, adapting it and getting it out the door still takes hours or days. Realm is building AI agents that do this background work for sales teams. Recently, Realm raised a $4.5M seed round led by Frontline Ventures, with HubSpot Ventures, Slack co-founder Cal Henderson and Deel co-founder Alex Bouaziz participating. The team is now growing fast and expanding toward the US. We invited Realm’s co-founders Mikko Mäntylä and Johan Jern to share their story and learnings. Come hear how Realm got started, what they’ve learned from selling AI to enterprise customers and what it takes to build from Helsinki toward the global market. Ask questions, meet people and enjoy snacks and drinks!

Prompt Workshop 5 — Build Agents for Studies Study season is back. Most people use AI to answer individual questions — one prompt, one response, done. A study agent does something different: it runs the whole workflow. Input a topic, research it, compress what matters, quiz you on it. No manual hand-off between steps. Agents can also act as personal assistants for you along your study journey, managing your calendar, following deadlines, helping you with communications and finding interesting events and opportunities. For this workshop, we're building one from scratch. By the end of the session, you'll have a working study agent. Join us for a hands-on workshop on: How study agents differ from a single AI prompt — and why the gap matters Building a multi-step agent loop Live build-along: everyone ships a working agent before we close Debugging and improving agent reliability Skill level: Intermediate — assumes you've used Claude or another AI tool before; we won't cover first principles 14 September — 18:00 Startup Sauna

Join us in person on September 16 as Innofactor hosts our first autumn Data Platform meetup at Innofactor’s office and restaurant, Keilaranta 9, 02150 Espoo. Let’s kick off the autumn season together with an evening of practical insights, fresh ideas, and great conversations around the latest developments in Data Platform. Expect plenty of discussion around Microsoft Fabric, AI, analytics, and real-world data challenges — with a few details still being shaped, so come and be part of the conversation. We would love to see you there. Seats are limited, so please register only if you genuinely plan to attend. If your plans change, that is completely fine — just remember to release your spot early so someone on the waiting list has a chance to join. Light refreshments provided Innofactor will also offer snacks, beverages, and light food during the event — pientä syötävää tapahtuman ohessa — so you can enjoy the evening comfortably while networking with the community. Agenda • Running dbt on Microsoft Fabric: From Development to Orchestration - Innofactor Carl Räihä • Improving retrieval quality with vector index embeddings - Vesa Tikkanen Interested in speaking at a future meetup? If you have a topic idea or would like to share your experience with the community, please get in touch with Vesa Tikkanen, Oskari Heikkinen, Heini Ilmarinen, or Aleksi Partanen.