Smart mobility opportunities in Greater Helsinki
Monday, 10 June 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel
The event has passed, we thank all participants! If you are interested in learning more about the Israel-Finland pilot program, visit www.hbh.fi/israel
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The Finnish capital region is a global pioneer in offering services and creating new business through smart mobility solutions. Greater Helsinki hosts the first open mobility-as-a-service ecosystem in the world, and everyone has open access to data in Finland.
Join our seminar and learn what kind of business and piloting opportunities Finland offers for you in the field of smart mobility!
Time: Monday, 10 June 2019, from 10 am to 2 pm (IST)
Place: Embassy of Finland, Tel Aviv (Hashlosha Street 2, 31st floor, 6706054 Tel Aviv)
Finland is considered as one of the leading countries in field of smart mobility. During our seminar, we’ll tell you on what the reputation is based on. You will have a chance to learn what Finland offers for you in terms of business and piloting opportunities in the field of smart mobility. You will learn, among other things:
- Miska Hakala, Director and Marko Tamminen, Senior Busieness Advisor from Helsinki Business Hub will cover who are the players of the Greater Helsinki smart mobility ecosystem, the piloting possibilities it offers covering regulatory issues, open data and test bed, to mention a few. Helsinki Business Hub is your one-stop-shop for setting up, develop and grow your business in the Greater Helsinki region.
- Aki Aapaoja, D.Sc (Tech), Customer Account Lead, Sales and Customer Partnerships from VTT will cover what kind of R&D possibilities Finland offers, for example in the field of autonomous systems. VTT is the technical research centre of Finland and a visionary research, development and innovation partner.
- Nili Shalev, Director of ISERD at the Israeli Innovation Authority will elaborate on Helsinki Business Hub- IIA pilot program and how Israeli companies could apply for funding to pilot their solutions in Helsinki.
Program
(We reserve the right for changes)
10:00 Greetings. Ambassador Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen
10:15 How the future of mobility is built in Helsinki, Miska Hakala, Director, business platform development
10:45 Jätkäsaari – future urban mobility piloting district, Marko Tamminen, Senior business advisor
11:15 Funding opportunities under the Pilot Program, Nili Shalev, Director ISERD – Israel Innovation Authority
11:45 Smart mobility research and development in Finland, Aki Aapaoja, Customer Account & Partnerships Lead, VTT
12:15 Lunch and networking
Click here to learn a few things about why Finland for smart mobility
The Helsinki region is a global pioneer in offering services and creating new business through smart mobility solutions. Here are some of the main reasons, why.
- Government and cities of the region are committed to further enable future intelligent mobility
- Helsinki’s vision is to be the first city in the world to offer a truly integrated personal mobility-as-a-service system. The region has an open invitation for Finnish and international companies to participate in pilot schemes and to offer their solutions to the Helsinki region market.
- Helsinki region provides several testbeds to pilot smart mobility solutions. For example, the Jätkäsaari Smart Mobility project provides an environment to test solutions in actual traffic with real customers.
- The legislation is favorable for new experiments and business opportunities.
- The Finnish legislation already allows automated vehicles to be used in public roads. Unique to Finland, having a driver in the autonomous vehicle is not compulsory. In addition to Sensible 4 and MUJI’s cooperation in robot buses, the SOHJOA Baltic and FABULOS projects aim to bring robot buses to the streets.
- The Act on Transport Services (entered into force on 1 July, 2018) aims to promote the digitalization of transport services, and included heavy deregulation making it easier for new types of transportation services to enter the market.
- The act contributed to Finland being awarded with the GSMA Government Leadership Award for forward-looking communications policy and legislation as part of the transformation of transportation at the MWC19.
- Helsinki hosts the first open mobility as a service ecosystem in the world.
- The ecosystem was established by 23 key organizations operating in Finland in 2015.
- The world’s first mobility as a service (MaaS) solution, Whim, was launched in Helsinki region at the end of 2016.
- Everyone has open access to data in the metropolitan area and in Finland
- All major transportation companies and operators in the metropolitan area have opened their data and services. For example, the local public transportation authority Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) offers data regarding routing, maps, vehicle locations, time tables and ticketing for everyone to use.
- The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency offers its data openly for the public.
Finland and Israel are both leading innovative economies that have put technology and innovation at the core of their economy. During the seminar, we’ll tell you about a pilot program that is now linking Finnish and Israeli ecosystems together, and to which this smart mobility event is linked to. The pilot program is led by Israel Innovation Authority and Helsinki Business Hub and it focuses especially on digital health, smart mobility and information & communication technologies. Funding and free-of-charge matching services are available for Israeli and Finnish companies. Read more about the pilot program and apply!
We are looking forward to meeting you on 10 June!
Would you like to know more about the smart mobility piloting opportunities in Greater Helsinki?
We are your one stop shop to finding business opportunities in Greater Helsinki. All needed information and contacts to Finland’s health ecosystem are just one contact away.
Miska Hakala
Director
miska.hakala@hbh.fi
Marko Tamminen
Senior Business Advisor
marko.tamminen@hbh.fi
