Finnish cities and boosting sustainable mobility innovations

Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00 PM to 12:40 PM · 40 min. (Africa/Abidjan)
English
Panel
Public PolicySmart City Services

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Four Finnish cities discuss their objectives and activities towards smarter, sustainable mobility. The cities vary in size, structure, challenges and opportunities but they share the goal of carbon neutrality by 2035 or sooner as well as the desire to advance and leverage the benefits of new solutions. The discussion is on the cities’ collaboration with different stakeholders, testbed activities and innovation projects on focus areas such as novel mobility services, automation, and data and digitalization. 

Date
20th May
Program
Industry Talks Program
City of HelsinkiHelsinki is the Capital of Finland and a functional urban region of about 1.5 million inhabitants. The city’s objective is to be a captivating location for innovative start-ups and the most attractive knowledge hub for companies.  Helsinki’s vision is to be the world’s most functional city. Being functional also applies to economic and business policies: providing a well-organized, reliable and predictable operating environment. Thanks to agile experiments and new initiatives, Helsinki has also become a smart mobility thought leader and a frontline piloting city. The entire city is developed as a platform for experimenting and creative business activity. Apart from automated transport and MaaS, Helsinki is also investing heavily into opening up of public data, bringing about new, additional solutions to the innovation portfolio.  Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab is Helsinki’s testbed for smart mobility. Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab facilitates piloting and development of smart and digital solutions that enforce smooth, safe and sustainable mobility in Helsinki and beyond. Investments into smart infrastructure, collaboration with local residents as test users and networking opportunities all contribute to the vibrant research and testing environment in Helsinki.

Registered attendees

Rafaela Machado
Rafaela Machado
Star Rating for Schools Global CoordinatorInternational Road Assessment Programme

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