Agile piloting drives innovation in Smart Kalasatama
The programme for Agile piloting is a proven way to support and accelerate urban development and to engage a wider stakeholder network to co-create new services.
5 effective ways to reduce the use of private cars in cities
Forum Virium’s EMPOWER project studied how to encourage people to reduce the use of conventionally fuelled vehicles in cities.
A guided tour to Smart Kalasatama on foot
Download The Citynomadi app and start a guided tour to Smart Kalasatama, The Smart City district of Helsinki.
Become a SynchroniCity pilot city!
You can get involved by applying in a Pilot Group for the Open Call and become a new pilot city. Cities from all over the world are welcome to apply but only cities from the EU and H2020 associated countries are eligible for funding.
300,000 euros funding available in the SynchroniCity project for scaling your IoT solution
SynchroniCity is holding an open funding call for small and medium companies seeking to test ‘smart city’ solutions using IoT technology and to scale them to suit new markets. Apply by 30th of September.
Renske Martijnse-Hartikka makes robot buses part of the Helsinki public transportation
"In 2020 Helsinki and multiple European partner cities will have a fleet of self-driving minibuses going around, open for everyone to use."
Artificial Intelligence helps to fix the diets of Helsinki residents
The Kalasatama Wellbeing programme is piloting Wellness Foundry's MealLogger app in collaboration with the programme’s partner, Kesko occupational health care services.
Helsinki’s schools challenge companies to create solutions that correspond to the schools’ needs. Why and how?
Forum Virium Helsinki is participating in the development of an innovation platform that allows schools and companies to engage in the co-creation of new products.
These are the five digital challenges in Helsinki schools – the City requests solutions from companies
The solutions offered by the companies will be co-developed further during four-month trial periods in the autumn of 2018.
Elisa and Forum Virium Helsinki – Developing a smarter city together
The immensely popular Elisa Viihde entertainment service started out as a co-development project between the telecommunications company Elisa and the City of Helsinki.