Forum Virium - Workshop Presentations

1. #1: Discovering Innovation
Ecosystems
Beirut 21st-23rd October 2014
Roope.Ritvos@forumvirium.fi

2. Characteristic of Helsinki
innovation ecosystem
• Compared to some benchmarks, a lot of actors
• 7 Universities (after several mergers – Aalto and Univ. of Helsinki).
• 4 Cities and Regional council
• 10+ public or public-private ecosystem developer organisations
• Several joint/ppp RDI platforms
• EU key nodes: EIT ICT Labs, EDII
• Capital– national responsibilities and players (Tekes, 6Aika)
• City policy growth focus: ICT, Wellbeing, Tourisim,
Cleantech, Design
• “Startup Hot-Spot of the World”
• 21 of Red Herring’s top-100 startups 2014 from Finland
• Key global ICT RDI
• Nokia, Microsoft, Huawei, Intel, Samsung…; Game developers
Rovio, Supercell, Disney…; Health Tech, Life Sciences, Nanotech)

4. Forum Virium eyeglasses to the
Helsinki innovation ecosystem
• Smart City
• Digital service innovation
• Citizen- and city-driven
• Startups
• Open innovation
• Agile

5. Helsinki: Attitudes towards
novelty – blockers and enablers
American
Startup
Tries
to
disrupt
taxi
service
ecosystem
Lobbying
in
Helsinki
with
varied
success
Bus-­‐on-­‐a-­‐demand
(intelligent
rou@ng)
Startup
Ajelo
Ltd
from
Helsinki
Service
piloted
by
City
Govt

6. ECOSYSTEM CANVAS
CULTURE
Tradition: “Only already Big are Successful” +
“Finland is a Club, not a Country”. Attitude changes
after Nokia demise/Rovio success.
Very stable social system – lot of rigidness:
- Uber taxi service didn’t success in, but
- Kutsuplus &open data transport apps world top-class
(You have to know your innovation space)
POLICY
Helsinki City Strategy, second sentence: “Helsinki is
world class business and innovation center.”
Finland: Word “Innovation” read 27 times in the prior
PM’s Government Programme – about every second
page
SUPPORTS
“The innovation ecosystem garden is flourishing”
“The gardener is probably on holiday”
- which is a good thing (personal opinion)
- competition and evolution of the ecosystem support
activities
- there is a trend to simplify at public sector
MARKETS
Finland is too small market for most start-ups.
“International Smart City Markets are right now under
consolidation” (2010, 2013, 2014, …)
Cities’ key role in generating lead markets is identified
- Kutsuplus pilots a startup-service
- Mobile App Challenges on Transport a few times
HUMAN CAPITAL
7 Universities in Helsinki, including Aalto and University of
Helsinki.
Nokia has laid of thousands of people in greater Helsinki
region, but mere 2 game companies have created as
many new jobs at the same time.
Several thousand startups/SMEs in Helsinki region
FINANCE
Ecosystem finance instruments exist and proactively
promoted by Government and City (6Aika, INKA, clusters)
Most of the project financing is collaboration financing.
Very good public and private sector startup financing.
There is fast and easy funding, and there is slow and
difficult funding.

7. #2: Defining Value Opportunity
Gran Concepción 7th-9th October 2014
Roope.Ritvos@forumvirium.fi

8. 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."

9. New service innovations
in cooperation with companies,
public sector organizations and citizens.
Forum Virium Helsinki is a part of the City of Helsinki Group.

10. Ecosystem value components
Value
experiencer
Value
defini/on
Possible
measurement
City
Departments
e.g.
Healthcare,
Construc@on
Improve
capability
of
understanding
and
up-­‐taking
innova@ons
into
city
services
New
innova@ons
tried
or
in-­‐use
the
Healthcare
Department
City
Central
Execu@ve
Office
Marke@ng
value
of
Smart
City
leadership;
More
effec@ve
city
Invest-­‐in
ac@vi@es
BeQer
efficacy
of
departments
Member
companies
(large
companies)
Insight
into
city
and
SME
scenery;
RDI
collabora@on
Joint
RDI
projects;
alignment
of
City
and
Company
RDI;
SME
scenery
SMEs
and
Startups
Insight
into
procurers
(city)
systems;
first
steps
of
ac@on
Startup-­‐driven
pilot
services,
Other
accelera@on
help
Interna@onal
partners,
European
Union
Peer
learning
Driving
of
EU
development
Successful
transfer
of
prac@ces
(CitySDK,
HRI)
Ambient
ecosystem
value
More
fluid
and
focused
collabora@on
Aligned
RDI
ac@vi@es
of
the
region
Ci@zens
BeQer
Services
BeQer
Everyday
Life
1
hour
more
every
day
Sa@sfac@on
in
to
the
services
1
hour
more
in
everyday
life

11. #3: Developing Service &
Business
Gran Concepción 7th-9th October 2014
Roope.Ritvos@forumvirium.fi

12. 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)
Helsingin kaupungin aineistopankki:Esko Lämsä

13. THE SERVICE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS
KEY PARTNERS
City Departments
City Executive
Office
Key EU Peer
partners
Key EU Networks
Member companies
Startups and SMEs
KEY RESOURCES
- Smart City Vision-
(people)
- Project execution
resources (people)
- Smart City
infrastructure
(owned by City)
KEY ACTIVITIES
o Smart City projects/
programs, e.g.
- HEL<3Developers
- CitySDK
- 6Aika, Kalasatama
- Innovation
Challenges
VALUE
PROPOSITION
New service
innovations in co-operation
with
companies, public
sector organisations
and citizens.
CUSTOMERS
- City specific
departments
responsible for Smart
City activities
- City Executive
Office
-Member companies
with Smart City RDI
-Developers (SMEs,
Startups, other
developers)
-Citizens
-Local Ecosystem
-European network
RELATIONSHIPS
Domain
understanding
Cluster understanding
CHANNELS
1:1
Small group
negotiations
City strategy process
Events
Workshops
COST STRUCTURE
Personnel costs mostly
(Infra investments case-by-case)
REVENUE STREAMS
City
Member companies
External project funding 50%
OFFERING
Smart City Vision: Strategy support; Project/activity ideation; Events/network facilitation; Developer engagement.
Project management services: Project and partnership design; Project execution/management
SME growth services. Living Lab Services
KEY ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE THE SERVICE IN THE ECOSYSTEM
innovate, co-create, design, pilot, persuade new service innovations
engage lead developers

14. #4:Delivering to the Real World
Gran Concepción 7th-9th October 2014
Roope.Ritvos@forumvirium.fi

15. Developing of FVH offering
1. Smart City Vision (“programme; strategy”)
§ The continuous stream of projects, project proposals and
commissions are a key tool in the continual improvement of the
strategy
2. New Digital Service Innovations (“projects/services”)
§ Methods (e.g. service design)
§ Learning of service domains (e.g. SME growth support)
§ Learning of funding instruments (e.g. Horizon2020)