Coordinating and launching the ecosystem Gran Concepción 6th October 2014 Roope Ritvos / Forum Virium Helsinki Development Director, Innovation Communities

PRESENTATION TODAY 1.  Helsinki, Smart City 2.  Launching the ecosystem

– setting up Forum Virium 2005 3.  Choosing the actors

– lessons learned at FVH 20 min

New digital service innovations   in cooperation with companies,

public sector organizations and citizens.

Forum Virium Helsinki is a part of the City of Helsinki Group.

Games  Startup  Capital  of  World  (2014  Develop)  1  of  Startup  Hotspots  of  the  World  (various)    

City as an interface

Smart City

International harmonization

Opening up public data

City Service Development Kit

Open Helsinki

Forum  Virium  Facts  &  figures  •  Turnover  3,4  M€    •  35  persons  •  Project  por5olio:  13  M€  (Fin),  51  M€  (total)  •  Growth  app.  15%  /  year  

•  Basic  funding  from  the  City  of  Helsinki,  25%  •  Project  funding,  FP7  etc.  50%  •  Commissions  20%  •  Membership  fees  5%  

Helsinki  Facts  &  figures  

•  1M  people    •  Rovio  (Angry  Birds),  Nokia  HQ  •  7  UniversiVes  •  World’s  Most  Livable  City  (various  years)  •  World  Design  Capital  2012  •  (one  of)  World  Startup  Capitals  (Wired  etc.)  •  Smart  City  Top-­‐10,  Top-­‐6  lists  (various  years)  

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Economic  dev  dept  

City  planning  dept  

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City  of  Espoo        

 Start-­‐Up  &  SME  Companies  

 Private  Sector  /  Big  

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University  of  Helsinki  

VTT,  7  other  

universiVes  

EIT  ICT  Labs  -­‐  RDI  

 SHOK  -­‐  RDI  

Aalto  University  

Greater  Helsinki  

PromoMon    -­‐  Invest  In  

ICT  dept  

Uusimaa  Regional  Council  

Culminatum+  Ltd  

-­‐  Economic  development  -­‐  ex-­‐  Triple-­‐helix  cluster  

                         

6  largest  ciVes’  smart  city  office  

SIMPLIFIED  VERSION  OF  SMART  CITY  ECOSYSTEM  IN  HELSINKI:  €  /  Ownership  

Coordinating and launching the ecosystem: case Forum Virium

2005: Let’s set up Forum Virium •  Companies - Nokia, YLE, IBM, Siemens and 14 others -

proposed to set up an innovation platform for development of digital services through collaboration

•  ”Industry-driven cluster project”

•  Ecosystem scenery around: §  Nokia going strong §  Regional triple-helix cluster Culminatum facilitating innovation

ecosystem and doing technology transfer §  A few SME incubators, Software Entpreneurship Association, Tekes,

SITRA §  2002 startup hype bubble burst -- not yet the current startup setup §  Mobile games was a hobby for nerds, not business

Vision for 2015 “Forum Virium Helsinki has made the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and Finland an internationally recognised showcase for digital services, in the process attracting a number of top-level international organisations as partners. Forum Virium Helsinki is the EU’s central node in the development of the sector’s products and services. The program has enabled companies to generate significant international business."

Private companies

Public Sector

Networks

Childhood, 2005 - 2008 •  Joint Venture (Ltd) with companies and city as

shareholders •  Industry-specific technology push activities, like Mobile TV

(DVB-H) •  Focus areas: Healthcare, Retail, Education, Traffic Control,

Info and Entertainment, Multi-Channel Distribution ”Lot of planning and talking, not so much actual doing or results” Ø Commitment challenges, especially where public sector

involvement needed (e.g. healthcare) Ø Operationalizing challenges where collaboration was

needed

Adolescence, 2009 - today “Most of the innovations in everyday life of people come through the city organisation at some stage”

•  Focus change from specific industries (e.g. retail) towards

what is common for all (e.g. open data; user experience; emerging technologies)

•  City’s role as enabler of innovation •  City became a sole 100% owner of the FV Helsinki Ltd

Ø  Forum Virium role as Doer, instead of Facilitator Ø  Open developer and SME approach – not just the

shareholders

Growing an Open City

Choosing actors: things learned so far, #1""The best innovations are not usually hiding in the corridors of the city government or the big companies.""But they pop up here and there, when a little effort is made.""

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Business  development  services  for  Helsinki-­‐based  startups  

Helsinki<3Developers • Developer portal dev.hel.fi , open APIs, open data

• Developer meetups, workshops, Apps Challenges

• Open walk-in office times to the city’s developers

• Cooperation e.g., with Code for Europe Fellows

CitySDK • Open source toolkit/API for

developing digital city services: opening and harmonizing city interfaces, processes & standards

• Mobility, Tourism, Participation

• Eight European cities, 15 companies and research partners involved

EU Digital Agenda Inspiring Initiatives (EC 2013)

”Truly smart cities such as Helsinki are using technology that is already out on the streets and on the web, enabling residents to input and update via smartphones, while apps help them to navigate the city more efficiently” (Guardian 2013)

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•  Public data pools from the Helsinki Region as open regional data

•  The opened data is ready to be used by anyone freely at no cost

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Political/civic decision data live & archived on mobile

Public transport mobile navigation apps for all platforms (many of them)

Choosing actors: things learned so far, #2""The City organisation has a remarkable role in delivering new innovations to everyday lives of the people.""It is the key gatekeeper in innovations related to living, energy use, transport, education, public space, healthcare and services for the elderly and children."

Kalasatama - Smart City Living Lab • A model district of smart urban

development, construction 2012 - 2032

• Developed through experimenting, new technologies and the use of open data

• Grows from the collaboration between the city, companies, and the residents

“Just when you thought Scandinavia couldn’t get any more eco-friendly, Helsinki ups the ante … Heck, the design of Kalasatama is even set up to save residents a whole hour each day on conventional chores.” (Inhabitat.com 2014)

City Gov Toolbox in Kalasatama •  Pilot and encourage by example

§  Construction of infrastructure - Smart Healthcare Center §  Service provisioning - Kutsuplus 2.0 Public Transport on Demand

•  Create easy-to-use enablers §  Data and APIs §  Infrastructure to tap further innovation into - Fisuverkko, resident ID §  Living Lab Service

•  Use regulation in a smart way §  Energy regulation for developers §  Requirement to install smart systems to buildings §  Data opening regulations §  Public space regulation - Noise level during nights > maintenance traf.

•  Funding §  Projects at ITI, INKA, Fiksu Kaupunki §  Public procurement §  Startup funding

Helsinki as Innovation Testbed Helsinki City Strategy 2013-2016: “Helsinki is an internationally recognized development and piloting environment for new products and services. New residential and commercial areas are exploited as development-, trial- and up-take environments for new products and services. Kalasatama is the model district of urban smart development.”

24  hour  local  services  and  crowd-­‐sourced  logisMcs  in  energy  self-­‐sufficient  Smart  Containers  in  Kalasatama,  Helsinki    

Actors: things we learned so far, #3""Most things happen around some very specific people.""That doesn’t read in their CV or the job title.""Most of them are not working for Forum Virium Helsinki."""

Six largest cities of Finland

Joint Sustainable Strategy; 7 years, 80+ M€ (EU ITI)

Open And Agile Cities

Already approved joint activities include CitySDK implementation in all 6 cities.

Actor strategy, FVH 2014 •  Open developer and SME engagement

§  Need activation - innovation challenges, events, meet-ups, pilots §  Need enablers – open data, APIs, test sites, innovation challenges §  Continous process; not just at start

•  City Government as the key actor §  Procurer, pilot, problem owner, land/service owner, collaborator

•  Key external networks •  enable understanding the new •  make the serendipity happen §  E.g. ENOLL, EIT ICT Labs, Health 2.0, 6Aika, …

•  Identified Change Agents - persons §  within the city government §  key large companies and organisations §  direct link to start-up networks