Orlegi

Last week marked the start of the third round of our University of Helsinki #AI, #DeepTech, and #Sustainability incubator, NEXUS! 🎉 We're thrilled to have another great bunch of people join us to take their ventures to the next level over the course of the next 6 months, as well as being honored to have an amazing pool of mentors helping guide them along the way 🤩 Interested in finding out what we've got cooking this time around? Want to know how the participants and mentors are excited about? Then check out our write-up below, and keep your eyes peeled for updates from the programme over the next couple months!

⚙ Citythons, a type of hackathon designed by CARNET specifically to tackle urban and mobility challenges, have become key in fostering innovation. During the past years, these competitions have been a catalyst for transformative solutions, bringing together professionals from the sector to solve collaboratively the issues that cities face today. 🏙️💡 In a recent interview, the creators behind Orlegi shared with us insights into the app's development, challenges, and triumphs. Elixabet Peciña Ortiz, Gorka Pradas, and Geraldine Dalí Sulca Urbano, winners of Citython NEB 2022, joined forces in this hackathon to create a platform that connects citizens with municipalities to co-create more livable cities. ⁉ Curious to learn more about Orlegi's journey and how it plans to reshape citizen engagement, improve green infrastructure, and revolutionize the future of urban mobility? Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3STF27R

Las weeks of 2023 were quite busy and the first weeks of January seem to be full of trips. However I wanted to share the workshop I conducted for Orlegi at hibridalab in December. It was the first collaborative session with users from different groups. After letting them know about the project, they had the chance to see some real prototypes of the app and also design their own ideas for Vitoria-Gasteiz with their own hands. It was a very dynamic workshop that I enjoyed a lot and, happily, the participants did too. 💡 With some time to reflect, some of the takeaways I get from this session were: -Collaboration is a win. You can always go further together so finding collaborators with the same interests that are willing to get involved is always a plus. Thanks hibridalab for that and Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz for the support. - Preparing a workshop is tough. Don't take the preparation time for granted. There are plenty of small tasks to do that will take forever so plan in advance to avoid unnecessary stress. It was nice to have my colleague Geraldine Dalí Sulca Urbano helping with the preparations through the screen. - There are always going to be no-shows but it's better to focus on the people who did appear and give them back all the interest they showed in what you do. Thank you to all the participants to be an amazing group! 💚 - The workshop is not the end but just the starting point of next chapter. Do a summary, reflect on it and keep in touch with the participants for feedback and futures possibilities. Let’s keep on working! 💪 --- --- -- Las últimas semanas del año estuvieron bastante ocupadas y enero se presentan con muchos viajes. Sin embargo, quiero compartir el workshop que conduje para Orlegi en hibridalab en Diciembre. Fue la primera sesión colaborativa con usuarios de distintos grupos. Después de presentarles el proyecto, vieron el prototipo actual de la app y de diseñaron sus propias ideas para Vitoria-Gasteiz. Fue un workshop dinámico que disfruté mucho y, por suerte los participantes también. Algunos de los aprendizajes que me llevo de esta sesión son: -La colaboración es clave. Buscar colaboradores con los mismos intereses que estén dispuestos a involucrarse va a ser un éxito. Gracias hibridalab! -Preparar un workshop es laborioso, no sobreestimes el tiempo de preparación. Hay muchas tareas pequeñas que llevan mucho tiempo, por lo que planifica con tiempo para evitar estrés innecesario. -Siempre va a haber cancelaciones pero es mejor centrarse en las personas que sí asistieron y recompensarles por su interés en lo que haces. ¡Gracias a todos los participantes por ser un grupo maravilloso! -El workshop no es el final si no el inicio de la siguiente etapa. Haz un resumen, reflexiona y mantén el contacto con los participantes para tener feedback o para futuras oportunidades. ¡A seguir trabajando! #workshopdesign #EITcommunity #EITClimateKIC #sustainability #sostenibilidad #designthinking #urbandesign