Open Forum: Best practices for Nordic Urban Innovators

Josephine Basthof
Event date 23 Sep '21 13:00 - 15:00
Event location Digital

Join the Open Forum at Nordic Edge Expo organized by Forum Virium Helsinki to hear concrete cases from urban labs and bring your own reflections to the table.

The session explores three approaches for co-creating urban innovation from Helsinki’s innovation districts:

  • Participatory futures mapping for co-visioning and road-mapping
  • Agile piloting for accelerating multistakeholder co-creation
  • Design sprints for co-developing smart and green solutions 

Program:

Welcome

Introducing tools for Urban Innovators
Kaisa Spilling, Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki

Participatory foresight for co-visioning and road-mapping
Minna Koskelo, Futures Designer, 11 Helsinki
Reflections from Kerkko Vanhanen, Programme Director, Forum Virium Helsinki

Perspectives on agile piloting for accelerating multi-stakeholder co-creation
- Introduction from Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab Janne Rinne, Project Manager, Froum Virium Helsinki
- Introducing experiences of a piloting team: Green Kalasatma, Francisco Forns-Samso, Granlund
Reflections from Gunnar Crawford, Smart City Lad, City of Stavanger

Design sprints for co-developing smart and green solutions
Maija Bergström, Project Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki
Janni Backberg, Architect, City of Helsinki
Elisa Lähde, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Aalto University

 

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