Elina Hiltunen is a futurist, D.Sc. (Business Administration) from Aalto University, School of Business and M.Sc. (chemical engineering) from Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering). Forbes has listed her as one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world. She is an experienced key-note speaker that has delivered hundreds of lectures about various topics of the future in Finland and abroad. Currently she is studying at National Defense University, Finland and making her second PhD thesis on the topic of how to use science fiction in foresight process of defense organization.

Hiltunen has experience in working as a futurist at Nokia, Finland Futures Research Centre and Finpro. She has also worked as Executive in Residence at Aalto University, ARTS. She has had a company of her own, What's Next Consulting Oy since 2007. As an entrepreneur she has been working for multiple organizations as a consultant, who aims to make organization more prepared for the futures.

Hiltunen also owns a publishing company Saageli that was founded March, 2021. Saageli is focusing on publishing Hiltunen's books. Hiltunen has written/co-written 14 books altogether, four of them about futurism and one a science fiction book. Hiltunen is also an active columnist in various business and technology magazines, and she has been participating in Finnish Broadcasting company YLE's science themed tv series.

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