LuxTurrim5G webinar gave insights on how to turn cities smart and sustainable

The two-hour webinar titled “Building the digital backbone for smart and sustainable cities”, held 7.4.2021, presented recent achievements and plans of the LuxTurrim5G ecosystem, brought new insights for smart city development by key experts from Nokia and Vaisala, and highlighted selected ongoing service pilots regarding autonomous driving, sustainable logistics, energy efficiency, public safety and situational awareness.

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Event agenda

  • Introduction to LuxTurrim5G ecosystem, Markku Heino, Spinverse

  • LuxTurrim5G pilot environment, Pekka Wainio, Nokia Bell Labs

  • Keynotes

    • Nokia Smart City insights, Jacques Vermeulen, Director Smart Cities

    • Vaisala - Weather & Environment Intelligent Cities, Tommi Roman, Head of Smart City and Emerging Business Development 

  • Smart city service pilots

    • Public safety & Situational awareness, Navid Borhany, Teleste

    • Sustainable logistics, Lasse Nykänen, Vedia

    • Autonomous driving, Virve Leino, Sensible4

    • Linked Company case example: Virtual power plant, Pentti Bruun, L7 Drive

  • Q&A

  • Wrap-up and what’s next? Juha Salmelin, Nokia

LuxTurrim5G, an innovation ecosystem led by Nokia and coordinated by Spinverse, is creating the digital backbone for a smart city. Based on proprietary smart poles that combine fast 5G connectivity, a variety of sensors, cameras and other IoT devices and a secure local data platform this enables building data-driven services for the real needs of cities. The unique LuxTurrim5G smart city pilot environment around Nokia campus in Espoo Finland with a network of 19 smart poles, two smart bus stops and other devices brings together more than 250 connected IoT devices providing a real test bed for smart city development.


If you are interested in collaboration, please contact:

Pekka Wainio, Nokia Bell Labs, Juha Salmelin, Nokia or Markku Heino, Spinverse.


Webinar materials and recording can be found here.