Making the city smarterTechnology-based services as enablers in city developmentKaisa Hernberg 19 August 2017
Who’s talking?Kaisa Hernberg• Angel investor, board
professional• Development Director, Climate
Leadership Council• Green politician
– Member, Helsinki city council & urbanenvironment board
– Chairperson, party council
Follow on Twitter: @kaisamirjam
Growing cities face seriousproblems
Pollution Traffic congestion Waste Social
segregation
…but cities are not always able tosolve these problems alone
Traditional take on the city
City ownsand
operates
Procurement
Outsourcing
Privatisation
New paradigm: city as platform
Open city infrastructure: roads, parks, utilities, public transport,
public data etc.
New services, events, facilities created bycitizens, startups,
communities
Case Vancouver
Tech companies
can test and demonstrate
their technology on
municipal infrastructure
and assets
City acts as company’s first non-
paying customer
Helpscompaniestest their
technology in the real world
City benefits: better
services, more jobs,
bettereconomy
Sharingeconomy Startups
Everything as a serviceUrban
activism
Plenty of buzzwords
…but there is a lot of substance behind the buzz!
Citizeninvolvement
Principles
Cities' strength is in maintaining& developingcore services
City does notneed to bethe be-all
and end-allof
development
Citizens are interested
and keen on participating
and developing, when given the chance
Innovative companies and citizen
groups have the agility that cities
lack
City resourcesSupplementary / complementary
innovationsProfit!
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Case: Mobility
Increasingcar traffic
• is a problemfor growingcities
Public transport
• can do onlyso much
People need
solutions• that are as
flexible as owning a carwithoutnecessity of owning a car
Growingnumber of
services• Car sharing• Route
planning• Lower-cost
taxi services• Mobility as a
serviceplatforms
Case: Heating
Heating
• is #1 sourceof CO2emissions in Northerncities
Coal
• is mostlyused for combinedheat and powerproduction(CHP)
Public utilities
• can do onlyso much
Solutions emerging
• Distributed renewable production
• Increased energy efficiency
• Decreased peak demand
How to make it work
Openness to ideas from
outside
Unnecessaryrestrictions
removed
Commitmentto
collaboration
Understandingof core assetsand services
Clearprinciples &
process