Testbed Helsinki

The City of Helsinki is a testbed for new innovations. Companies and RDI actors, do you want to develop and experiment your products or services in an authentic city environment? The key content areas of our testing platform activities are EdTech, Smart Mobility, Built Environment, Circular Economy and Health & Wellbeing.

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Helsinki at the Smart City Expo: our hopes for the international innovation event

The City of Helsinki will once again participate together with Stockholm and Oslo in the international innovation event held in Barcelona. Eight innovative Finnish companies accompany us on the journey.

Helsinki’s first circular economy hub launched in Arabia

Arabia Circular Hub Helsinki brings companies together. The goal of the two-year project is to promote sustainable business and foster new circular economy innovations.

Shared data supports the development of smart mobility innovations

Access to diverse mobility data opens up opportunities to develop even better cities through collaboration. The lessons and datasets from the Mobility Lab Helsinki project’s smart mobility experiments are open information for everyone.

Testing the eDNA method: Does the thick-shelled river mussel live in Longinoja, Helsinki?

When it comes to Helsinki' environmental control and land use planning, it is important to map the chemical and ecological quality of surface waters. Can a new innovative method enhance the study of water bodies and support their biodiversity?

Monitoring the condition of Helsinki’s street trees with new technologies

Street trees are an important part of the urban environment. In a new experiment, the condition of street trees is being assessed using innovative methods. The condition assessment pilot supports the vitality of urban nature.

AI in Mobility Challenge: offer your solution to advance the future of mobility

Finnish AI Region, or FAIR, and Mobility Lab Helsinki invite you to develop the mobility of Helsinki.

A city as a test platform?

Companies and RDI actors can recommend their own solution to the City of Helsinki for testing. We review proposals on a regular basis and aim to respond to them as soon as possible. The proposals are treated with confidentiality.
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