12/06/2026
Strong Finnish presence at URBIS 2026 in Brno 🇫🇮🇨🇿
🌆URBIS – The Smart Cities Meetup 2026 (2–4 June) brought together leading experts, innovators, and public sector representatives to share solutions for smarter, more sustainable cities. This year’s edition focused on key themes such as mobility, digitalization, energy, and urban resilience—once again confirming URBIS as one of Central Europe’s most important platforms for city innovation.
👏A highlight of the event was the strong participation of Finnish experts, supported by a Czech Embassy project in Helsinki. Finland, a long-time leader in smart city solutions, showcased its approach to collaboration between cities, sustainable urban development, and smart mobility. Finnish representatives also met with Czech partners, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation and sharing know-how.
🇨🇿🇫🇮Throughout the event, Finnish experts engaged with regional innovation networks, cities, and research institutions, exploring opportunities for deeper Czech-Finnish collaboration and identifying complementary strengths.
🚊The program culminated with presentations of Finnish “living labs”—real-world environments where new technologies are tested in practice. Examples included autonomous transport solutions already operating in cities like Tampere, demonstrating how innovation can improve accessibility, safety, and sustainability. A notable collaboration is also underway between Finland and Czechia on autonomous tram development, linking Finnish testing environments with Czech industrial expertise.