CITYAM – Preparing cities for sustainable Urban Air Mobility

The City of Helsinki held its first Kaupunki-ilmailumessut (Urban Air Mobility Fair) yesterday. With around 150 participants online & in-person, the event was a great success and we were happy to help to organise it! Both the panel discussion and the presentations proved that urban air mobility is growing in Helsinki and that there are multiple unexplored tasks drones could do. With speakers from Port of Helsinki Ltd, Stara Helsinki, Helsingin kaupungin pelastuslaitos, and many other organisations the message was clear: the potential is huge. This event was a fantastic opportunity to get city staff acquainted with the topic and for everyone one to learn about the latest developments in urban air mobility in Helsinki. The accompanying expo with around a dozen exhibitors internal and external to the city was very lively and engaging. We hope for more such events! Applause for main organisers Christina Suomi, Jukka Keski-Jaskari and Juha Niemelä of Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki! Forum Virium Helsinki U-Space Helsingin kaupungin sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelut Olympiastadion - Helsinki Olympic Stadium BirdLife Suomi ry #UrbanAirMobility #UAM #Drones #FutureOfTransportation #smartmobility

If you understand Finnish and work for the City of Helsinki, join us on 11.2. and hear how drones and other urban air mobility is and can be part of the city!

Innovative urban air mobility is discussed in a seminar in Sweden in February. The seminar offers new ideas and recommendations about the UAM for cities and communities. From our consortium, Stockholms stad's Johanna Löfblom will be there presenting our work.

Last year, we did a video to sum up what cities in the Baltic Sea Region need to take into account now that the amount of drones in their air space is increasing. The video has been a great success and gotten a nice amount of views. If you haven't yet, check it out now! #drones #UAM Forum Virium Helsinki Windrove Kista Science City Stockholms stad Maanmittauslaitos, National Land Survey of Finland Aalto University Hamburg Aviation Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University), Riga, City of Tartu, TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Aviation Academy.

Season's Greetings and Thank You All for the Year 2024! A lot will be happening in 2025, so stay with us also next year! #urbanairmobility #UAM #smartmobility #smartcity #smartcities Forum Virium Helsinki Maanmittauslaitos, National Land Survey of Finland, Aalto University, Hamburg Aviation, Windrove, Stockholms stad, Kista Science City, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University), Riga, City of Tartu, TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Aviation Academy, City of Gdansk.

Water rescue missions can be enhanced with drones. In Helsinki, we piloted drones in carrying flotation devices this year. Our Zacharoula Syrivli wrote an article about the experiment for The Journal of Ocean Technology. Go read the story, it shares fascinating insights! #drones #urbanairmobility #drone #smartmobility

In January 2025, there will be Transportforum in Linköping in Sweden and our Karolina Pamp will be there as one of the speakers! The event gathers the most of the people working with transport in Sweden. We are very excited to be a part of it all! 

In Forum Virium Helsinki’s Future blog, our Project Manager Renske Martijnse - Hartikka reflects on the advantages and challenges related to the drones and Urban Air Mobility. In the text, she takes a peek into the future of urban air mobility, reflects on the changes and trends in Helsinki and presents her vision of how science, technology and experience can best be used for the sustainable development of the city. #UAM #UrbanAirMobility #smartcities #smartcity #drones #drone

Drones can herd! 🪿 Hear how Stockholm used drones to herd geese away from beaches at Air Mobility Day in Göteborg tomorrow. Karolina Pamp from Kista Science City will be showcasing this pilot project as part of a session on managing drones in complex urban environments at 12:20. Don't miss this exciting presentation! #AirMobilityDay #Göteborg #UrbanAirMobility #Drones #Innovation #Stockholm PICTA Prehospital Innovationsarena CLOSERse

Travelling back from the POLIS Network conference in Karlsruhe with a satisfied feeling. I represented Forum Virium Helsinki, innovation agency of Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki in the session on Urban Air Mobility. There was a great vibe in the room! Engaging & knowledgeable speakers - Vries Strookman, Marta Tojal Castro, Vladimir Vorotovic FCILT, Pedro Fernandez and excellent moderator - Sarina Willemsen, as well as an active, curious and engaged audience. This led to discussions that were urgently needed to have - and will have to continue with cities around Europe 🇪🇺 . At least Amsterdam 🇳🇱 , A Coruna 🇪🇸 , Madrid 🇪🇸 and of course Helsinki 🇫🇮 are on board! What can we consider "good" drone use cases? How can cities impact them? What are suitable governance models? These and many more such questions need continued attention and collaboration. So, thank you team Polis and notably Manon Coyne and Ivo Cré for making the session happen. Hopefully many more to come. Not only is the topic interesting and relevant, but the best part is working with a bunch of great people. In addition to those in the UAM community, also a shout-out to my very favourite FVH colleagues Minna Torppa, Hugo Tamagnini Gonçalves, Sami Sahala and Satu Reijonen for the super company on this trip (as well as all the after-hours dancing, of course). CITYAM – Preparing cities for sustainable Urban Air Mobility #POLIS2024