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Making the city smarterTechnology-based services as enablers in city developmentKaisa Hernberg 19 August 2017
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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
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Growing cities face seriousproblems
Pollution Traffic congestion Waste Social
segregation
…but cities are not always able tosolve these problems alone
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Traditional take on the city
City ownsand
operates
Procurement
Outsourcing
Privatisation
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New paradigm: city as platform
Open city infrastructure: roads, parks, utilities, public transport,
public data etc.
New services, events, facilities created bycitizens, startups,
communities
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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
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Sharingeconomy Startups
Everything as a serviceUrban
activism
Plenty of buzzwords
…but there is a lot of substance behind the buzz!
Citizeninvolvement
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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
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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
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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
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How to make it work
Openness to ideas from
outside
Unnecessaryrestrictions
removed
Commitmentto
collaboration
Understandingof core assetsand services
Clearprinciples &
process