Pekka Sauri, Deputy Mayor, Public Works and Environmental Affairs, City of Helsinki, Finland.

1. Helsinki: Open and Smart
Hometown
Pekka Sauri
Deputy Mayor, City of Helsinki
Nordic Benchmarking Forum
Helsinki, 15 June 2016

2. Helsinki Figures
• Finland: population
5,5 M
• Capital Region:
population 1,1 M
• Helsinki: population
630 000
Helsinginkaupunginaineistopankki:EskoLämsä

3. KALASATAMA
KRUUNUVUORENRANTA
JÄTKÄSAARI
HERNESAARI
PASILA

4. KALASATAMA
KRUUNUVUORENRANTA
JÄTKÄSAARI
HERNESAARI
PASILA
Challenges of a Growing City
Housing
Transport
CO2 emissions
Alternative energy solutions
Services
Ageing population
Economy

5. 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 digital
services and diagnostics in next
20 years

6. Real time data
Real time transactions
All time access everywhere
Personalized services
Cost efficiency
Digitalization changes all domains

7. 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!

8. 2. Radical innovation driven by
industry

9. 21.6.2016 9Atte Kallio
3. Smart citizens request new services and
new ways of participation
New solar plant built here.

10. 21/06/2016
Smart innovations by user
communities
Restaurant
Day
Cleaning
Day
Nifty
Neighbour
Aurat-
kartalla
.com
Open
knowledge
Finland
Maps Blindsquare

11. Smart
Helsinki

12. 24th Nov Tanja Lahti 1
Open data initiative
in Helsinki Region
The City of Helsinki Media Bank/SkyFoto

14. Datajournalism
Research
Transparency
Business
Open data
Participation
Art

15. 1
Open procurement
data

16. 1
Helsinki Digital Agenda
The City of Helsinki Media Bank/Jouko Vatanen
Support
departments in
development of
digital services.
Ensure user-orientation
and service design in
service development.
Increase the
availability of City
eServices.

17. Combine data and converge all means of mobility into one real time service.

18. • Make data flow
• Support social innovation
• Create common platforms to
engage companies and citizens
• Procure wisely
Helsinki strategy to enable smart:

19. Smart solutions made in Helsinki
Smart energy system -Kalasatama http://www.smartnclean.fi/

20. 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

21. Smart Kalasatama Innovation Platform
Innovation
Platform
Forum Virium as Facilitator, Orchestrator of PPPP
Governed 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

22. Pipe-line based waste
collection system

23. ONE MORE HOUR A DAY
OWN TIME
CO-CREATION
AGILE PILOTING
LOCAL SMART
SERVICES
RESOURCE
EFFICIENCY
Smart Kalasatama Vision

24. To test and develop
experimental
service pilots in
real environment
with real users.
Procure small
pilots
up to 8000€/ each.
Kalasatama Agile Piloting Program

25. Smart trash bins
Nifty Neighbour:
Co-creating local
services
Tuup: Mobility as a Service
Foller: Reduce food waste via
Sensors IoT solution
Agile Piloting in Kalasatama

26. 2
Challenges
Hackathons
Workshops
Engaging people and companies
Workshops
Co-creation

27. But at the end of the day,
it’s not about technology.

28. 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.

29. Thank you!
pekka.sauri@hel.fi
Twitter: @pekkasauri
Helsinki:
Addressing urban
challenges together