Links to presentations, publications and other resources of Urban Mill Ecosystem

Visit Urban Mill Digital Twin and Otaniemi campus!!

• 3D Tour at Urban Mill, produced by MeMo – Advancing Research in Laser Scanning, 3D and Future Technologies at Aalto University
• Bird’s-flight view of future Otaniemi Campus? (3D models 2017-2035)
• Digital Twin of Dipoli Building (Aalto HQ)
• Virtual tour to Aalto University (360 panoramas and videos of different campus facilities)

Videos and 360 presentations from Urban Mill

• Urban Mill’s Thinglink 360-presentation at Dutch Design week 2020
• Urban Mill – Work Up! Työn uudet yhteisöt, TEM Työelämä 2020
• Esimerkki Urban Mill -yhteisön toimintatavasta, Lights On! -tapahtuma 10.3.2017: 3D kohtaa kulttuurin kaupungissa
• Espoo – building a sustainable future!
• Urban Mill’s YouTube channel

What is Urban Mill?

• Urban Mill -esite in Finnish
• Urban Mill brochure in English
• Urban Mill programme 2018-21 in Finnish)
• Urban Mill presentation slides in English (pdf)
• Urban Mill presented on the Helsinki metropolitan area Service Map: in English, in Finnish, in Swedish
• Urban Millin esittely MAL-lehdessä 4-2020
• Urban Mill presentation 4.4.2018 (pdf) at the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) inspection visit to Espoo, one of the Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year 2018.
• Urban Mill Innovation Platform: Public-Private-People partnership (PPPP) Case in the City of Espoo’s application for Intelligent Community of the Year (ICY) 2018
• Accelerating Urban Life Transformations at Urban Mill – Orchestration of Connected Digitally Enabled Physical Platforms for Co-creation and Co-effectuation, 17.1.2018 (pdf with lot of photos)
• Think local, act global – Urban Mill Innovation Platform case 5.10.2017 by Kari Mikkelä
• Korjausrakentaminen-lehti 2/2017: Luova tila ei yksin riitä – myös työtapoja pitää muuttaa
• Innovation Alley: Startup Sauna, Design Factory ja Urban Mill (27.5.2016)
• Urban Millin esittely TEK-lehdessä 1.10.2015
• Tilat yhteiskäyttöön – Urban Mill/ Maankäyttö -lehti, 3/2013
• Urban Mill – yritysten, tutkijoiden ja kaupunkien kohtaamis-ja työtila! (15.2.2013)
• Building Smart Collaborative Spaces Network & Services onto T3 Area (EUE Demo Day 5.12.2012)
•  Urban Mill pääkaupunkiseudun palvelukartalla
•  Urban Mill on the Metropolitan Area Service Map

Publications published in Urban Mill collaboration ecosystems

• Tom Mitchell: Transformation, in Time – Our Journey to a portfolio approach to systems change (From Sitra WS 27.-28.1.2020)
• DEMOS: MIKSI SUOMEN KAUPUNGISTUMINEN JATKUU?
• Gina Belle: Dynamic Portfolio Management for System Transformation (From Sitra WS 27.-28.1.2020)
• INNOVATION CAMP METHODOLOGY HANDBOOK
• The 25+5 SDG Cities Leadership Platform 2nd Edition 2019
• 6Aika-strategian vaikuttavuusmalli, Ville Valorinta, VTT 17.8.2017
• Innovaatioekosysteemit elinkeinoelämän ja tutkimuksen yhteistyön vahvistajina / VNK TEAS
• Yrittäjäekosysteemit kasvun ajurina / VNK Policy Brief
• Platform thinking within the third generation science park concept emerging cases from Finland and the Netherlands
• Learning spaces as accelerators of innovation ecosystem development​​​​​​​
• Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Espoo Innovation Garden and Aalto University (Finland), EUR – Scientific and Technical Research Report, 2017.
• Ekosysteemien innovaatiojohtamisen viitekehys
• Regional Innovation Ecosystems – Learning from the EU’s Cities and Regions, Committee of the Regions, European Union 2016. Espoo Innovation Garden is presented on pages 103-110.
• P. Lappalainen, M. Markkula & H. Kune (ed.) Orchestrating Regional Innovation Systems – Espoo Innovation Garden. Aalto University in cooperation with Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Built Environment Innovations RYM Ltd., 2015. DOWNLOAD THE BOOK IN PDF FORMAT: LOW RESOLUTION 6,62 MB    HIGH RESOLUTION 37,53 MB

Otaniemi Campus, Espoo Innovation Garden, City of Espoo

• Aalto University Virtual Tour
• Creative Otaniemi Talks on Espoo Day 2020 Part One – sustainability, creativity and co-creation
• Kuvaus Otaniemi-Keilaniemi-Tapiola alueesta yritystoiminnan ja innovaatiotoiminnan näkökulmasta (EIG esiselvityshanke, Urban Mill 2017-2018). HUOM KORJAUS sivulle 17: Alueella olevien yritysten määrä on Urban Millin keräämien tietojen mukaan n. 2.000.
• Otaniemi: kartanosta kampukseksi – Alueen historiaa Espoon kaupunginmuseon mobiilioppaassa
• Hello Espoo! website is a step-by-step guide for your journey before, during and after moving to Espoo
• This is why you should move to Espoo!
• Otaniemi tutuksi -tapahtuman esitykset Urban Millissä 24.8.2018 (videotallenteet)
• What is Espoo Innovation Garden?
• Otaniemi and Keilaniemi in brief
• Otaniemi – a unique innovation hub
• Tapiola in year 2025!
• Aalto City & A Grid, presentation by Antti Ahlava, vice president (Campus Development), Aalto University.
• University Impact Rankings 2019 by SDG: Aalto University 5th in partnerships for the goals
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, presentation by Sami Kazi, Senior Principal Scientist.
• Innovative Espoo, completed projects and shared materials
• Espoo’s Launchpad connects startups, investors and corporations to success
• Semantic search for Aalto Univiversity publications
• Smart Otaniemi Innovation ecosystem – energy solutions for better world (pdf)
• Smart Otaniemi website
• Otaniemi is growing over the ring road – space of science and the economy
• Träskändan kartano – yleisesittely
• Espoon 3D kaupunkimallit    Espoo’s 3D city information model
• Espoo-tarina ->2021
• Espoo – The Frictionless City
• Espoo – the most sustainable City in Europe
• Learning City Espoo
• Moments from Espoo 2018
• Mitä kotikadullasi tapahtuu?
• Let’s create the Espoo Story together
• Interesting events in Espoo
• Cultural events in Espoo
• City of Espoo and other UN 25+5 cities of Sustainable Development
• Tripsteri app – Sustainable Travel Tips in Espoo from the Locals
• HELLO ESPOO WEBSITE – Step-by-step guideline if you want to visit, live and work in Espoo. Includes Espoo news and events (in English)
• Aalto Creative Sustainability programme is open to partnerships/
• Espoo Voluntary Local Review VLR English 16.6.2020 pdf
• Espoo Voluntary Local Review VLR Finnish 17.12.2020 pdf
• SLUSH 2020: entrepreneurship redefined!

Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Uusimaa Region, Finland and Europe

• Helsingin seutu (helsinki region)
• My Helsinki
• City of Helsinki 3D Model
• KAOS -kaupunkimallien osaamispaaoman kehittaminen 2020-2022
• Cooperation in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (information about joint services and the decision making in the area)
• Helsinki-Uusimaa Region
• Emerging Co-working Spaces  Network in Finland (Uusiaika survey 2015-2017)
• Helsinki Metropolitan Area Services Map ( in Finnish)
• Welcome to Finland TOOLBOX by the Finland Promotion Board!
• RDI grants by Business Finland
• http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/
• Creative Ring network in Europe (Espoo’s Creative Ring ecosystem mapping in progress)
• Open Ecosystem Network is an open co-creation environment
• WEAR Sustain Knowledge Platform
• Luovat alat Suomessa -infografiikka

Themes we are interested in

• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Exploring Innovation Portfolio Approaches | OECD OPSI Webinar | 27 May 2020
• 1,700+ student-written stories about businesses that helps achieve the UN Global Goals
• THE NORDIC CIRCULAR ECONOMY NETWORK
• AXILO – Funnelling vs Layering. For impact: generate snowballs, don’t select snowflakes! Apr 2, 2019
• Producing the Future – Understanding Watershed’s Role in Ecosystems of Cultural Innovation IFF 2010
• Exploring Innovation Portfolio Approaches | OECD OPSI Webinar | 27 May 2020

Presentations from our International Network (new section, created 29.11.2019)

• An open China: Amazing Yunnan Province Sharing it’s Best with the World (mp4 file 8min 5s)