Mikko Annala Researcher & Experiment Specialist mikko.annala@demoshelsinki.fi @mikkoannala @demoshelsinki Demos Helsinki – Nordic think tank

The Story of Demos Helsinki

PURPOSE OF SMART CITIES?

EMISSIONS -100 %

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

THE SMART CITY PARADIGM & TWO PROBLEMS

1.  MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WE NEED IN THE FUTURE HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT

2.  SMART IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO

PLAN IN UP-DOWN MANNER

WICKED REALITY: OUR CITIES ARE OLD.

SMART RETRO

BUILDING THE MISSING LINK: BRING THE CONSUMER CLOSER TO YOUR VALUE CHAIN

HOW WE DO IT? BY USING CITY AS AN URBAN TESTBED

BAGARMOSSEN, STOCKHOLM

CITY OF LAHTI + STARTUP + BIGGEST RETAIL CHAIN IN FINLAND = NEW DELIVERY SERVICE FOR ELDERLY / HOME-STAYING MOTHERS

CASE EXAMPLE: P2P SMART DELIVERIES

HELSINKI, FINLAND

”I think this is the key way to go…rather than thinking of Songdo as the model.” – Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University

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