- EBN Tech Camp 2013, Trento. Talk about Living Labs, linked to the theme of Tools, Training and Learning. December 4 – 6.
- Eurocities Annual Conference, Ghent, Belgium, November 26 – 29. Talk in the Living Labs session about Helsinki Living Lab experiences.
- Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona, November 168 – 22. Two talks about smart cities, co-creation and apps for society.
- CitiSense, Barcelona. City innovations event of the World Bank, November 17 – 18. Three talks in different sessions – one video link here (from 13:00 onwards).
- Round table & presentation about setting up international innovation partnerships, 8th International Learning Network Workshop, Budapest, November 8.
- Talk at the Open Innovations Forum, Moscov, October 31.
- Keynote on Living Labs at the World Summit of Innovation And Entrepreneurship (the WSIE), New York, October 10 – 11.
- Re-election for the Presidency of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), 2013 – 2014.
- Future Internet Research & Experimentation FIRE, FIRE Board, board member. September 2013 >
- Round Table Discussion of the Finnish Minister of Housing and Communications, September 25, 2013. Presentation (in Finnish).
- Future Internet FI-PPP Call 3 Matchmaking event in Poznan (Poland); keynote & panel, September 18, 2013.
- Future Internet FI PPP Infoday in Oulu (Finland). Keynote, September 11, 2013.
- GSMA Mobile360 event. Talk about Helsinki Smart City solutions. September 5, 2013, Brussels.
- European Network of Living Labs annual Summer School, Manchester. Many presentations and talks; keynote speech at the conference. August 26 – 30, 2013.
- ISPIM Conference 2013, welcome speech and invited talk about Living Labs. Helsinki, June 17 – 18, 2013.
- World Bank Infodev 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, East London, South Africa. Presentation in the innovation ecosystems track on Smart Cities & Smart Citizens; “Cities as Innovation Platforms”. May 29 – 30, 2013.
- Aalto University Service Factory Business Advisory Board, board member, Spring 2013 >
- World Bank Training Program for Innovation Policy for ICT; Dar Es Salaam, Helsinki and Washington. A lecture and intergrated case study on innovation ecosystems: “Open Data & Value Adding partnerships in Forum Virium and ENoLL”, four sessions in 2012 and 2013. Link to video.
- Helsinki Region Infoshare 2 year anniversary; hosting and conclusions, Helsinki City Hall, April 29
- Price Waterhouse Coopers, Global Government and CP&I Meeting; keynote on innovating in cities, Istanbul, April 24, 2013.
- Finlandia Trophy seminar “Culture of Creativity – How does Creative Passion Change Businesses and the Society?“, keynote presentation and panel discussion, Espoo, Finland. April, 2013.
- EU-LAC STI political dialogue, work group ICT for societal challenges; keynote address about open innovation and user involvement, Brussels, April 15, 2013.
- OECD Inter-trade study group; talk about cross-border innovation, Helsinki, April 11, 2013.
- MIPIM 2013; keynotes about open smart city solutions in the sessions hosted by cities of Coventry and Ghent, Cannes, March 14 – 16, 2013.
- World Bank Sector Days 2013, Washington, USA. ICT Sector Day, keynote on best practices in smart cities and brownbag lunch talk about living labs, March 1, 2 & 4, 2013.
- E2C project final seminar, keynote about user driven innovation & smart cities, Laurea Polytechnic Tikkurila, March 15, 2013.
- Ice Breaker, the annual dinner seminar hosted by the Mayor of Helsinki; moderation and presentation on User-Driven Innovation, March 2013.
- ENoLL & France Living Labs MoU signing, Paris, France. February 2013.
- Finland Foresight 2030 – the Finnish Government mid-term future foresight report, chairmanship of the theme group “Citizen Participation and Wellbeing”. Moderation and insights in the report launch even, Helsinki. February 2013.
- TEKES City Development Club, Helsinki. Keynote on pre-commercial procurement. January 2013.