Helsinki: Open and Smart Hometown
Pekka SauriDeputy Mayor, City of HelsinkiNordic Benchmarking Forum
Helsinki, 15 June 2016
Helsinki Figures
Finland: population 5,5 M Capital Region: population 1,1 MHelsinki: population 630 000
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Challenges of a Growing CityHousing
Transport
CO2 emissions
Alternative energy solutions
Services
Ageing population
Economy
Once upon a time people went to the bank…
Once upon a time people visited doctors…
91% of Finns use primarily e-banking or mobile banking services (2015)
80% of doctors’ appointments to be replaced by digitalservices and diagnostics in next 20 years
Real time data
Real time transactions
All time access everywhere
Personalized services
Cost efficiency
Digitalization changes all domains
4 Approaches to Smart Cities:
Digitalization+
Urbanization
1. Digitalizing city services
2. Radical innovations changing cities
3. Smart citizens – changing lifestyles
4. New alliances of/in cities
Sustainability!
2. Radical innovation driven by industry
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3. Smart citizens request new services and new ways of participation
New solar plant built here.
01/05/2023
Smart innovations by user communities
Restaurant Day
Cleaning Day
Nifty Neighbour
Aurat-kartalla
.com
Open knowledge
FinlandMaps Blindsquare
Smart Helsinki
24th Nov 2014
Tanja Lahti 12
Open data initiative in Helsinki Region
The City of Helsinki Media Bank/SkyFoto
Datajournalism
Research
TransparencyBusiness
Open data
Participation
Art
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Open procurement data
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Helsinki Digital Agenda
The City of Helsinki Media Bank/Jouko Vatanen
Support departments indevelopment of digital services.
Ensure user-orientation and service design in service development.
Increase the availability of City
eServices.
Combine data and converge all means of mobility into one real time service.
• Make data flow• Support social innovation• Create common platforms to
engage companies and citizens• Procure wisely
Helsinki strategy to enable smart:
Smart solutions made in Helsinki
Smart energy system -Kalasatama http://www.smartnclean.fi/
Smart Kalasatama• Innovation district of
smart urban development
• Area construction until 2030: 25 000 people, 8000 jobs
• Developed through experimenting, ICT technologies and the use of data
• Grows from the collaboration between the city, companies, and the citizens
Smart Kalasatama Innovation PlatformInnovation Platform
Forum Virium as Facilitator, Orchestrator of PPPPGoverned by the City of Helsinki
Target Open innovation testbed of sustainable Smart City services for Citizens
Key structures • District level City regulation• Vision• Real life platforms• Engagement methods• Innovation programme portfolio
Stakeholders(200+ active)
City (30+ departments), residents, citizen organizations, Industry, SMEs, start-ups, academia
Pipe-line based waste collection system
ONE MORE HOUR A DAY OWN TIME
CO-CREATION
AGILE PILOTING
LOCAL SMART SERVICES
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
Smart Kalasatama Vision
To test and develop experimental service pilots in real environment with real users.Procure small pilotsup to 8000€/ each.
Kalasatama Agile Piloting Program
Smart trash bins
Nifty Neighbour:Co-creating local services
Tuup: Mobility as a Service
Foller: Reduce food waste viaSensors IoT solution
Agile Piloting in Kalasatama
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Challenges
Hackathons
WorkshopsEngaging people and companies
Workshops
Co-creation
But at the end of the day, it’s not about technology.
If information is open, if debate is free, if opportunities are equal and if the standard of education is sufficient,
all problems facing humankind will eventually be resolved.