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