Date/Time
Date(s) - 26.04.2018
13:00 - 18:00
Location
Helsinki City Hall
Categories
The FABULOS consortium warmly welcomes you to the Open Market Consultation event to Helsinki. The aim of the consultation is to gain market insight on state of the art and future developments in the field of automated mini-buses. In order to achieve this, the tender specifications need to be refined and repositioned in cooperation with the procurers, potential suppliers, bus manufacturers and other specialists in the fields of automated vehicles and urban public transport. (Registration has been closed)
Programme
13.00–13.30 Registration and coffee
13.30–13.40 Welcome by Helsinki city representative
13.40–13.50 Introduction to FABULOS
Pekka Koponen, Development Director Smart City, Forum Virium Helsinki
13.50–14.00 The challenge
Renske Martijnse-Hartikka, Coordinator FABULOS, Forum Virium Helsinki
14.00–14.15 FABULOS requirements and specifications
Oscar Nissin, Robotbus Project Manager, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
14.15–14.30 Field testing for service validation
Ulla Tikkanen, Technical Project Manager FABULOS, Forum Virium Helsinki
14.30–14.45 Pre-Commercial Procurement process
Hugo Goncalves, Pre-Commercial Procurement Specialist, Forum Virium Helsinki
14.45–15.00 Questions
15.00–15.20 Coffee break
15.20–16.20 Parallel break-out sessions
Various smaller groups to discuss the FABULOS challenge and the field testing approach in two 30-minute sessions. Separate parallel 60-minute session for procurers.
16.20–17.00 Supplier pitches
Up to 8 Suppliers (Pre-registration via Forum Virium Helsinki required)
17.00–17.15 Wrap-up and next steps
Renske Martijnse-Hartikka, Coordinator FABULOS, Forum Virium Helsinki
17.15–18.00 Drinks and networking
Session 1: Service concept and design
Key questions to be discussed in 30 minutes:
- Is the challenge innovative enough and is the gap between the state-of-the-art industry solutions and the FABULOS challenge wide enough to justify R&D services of 5,5 Million Euros?
- What would be the most relevant evaluation criteria?
Session 2: Field testing and commercialisation
Key questions to be discussed in 30 minutes:
- The FABULOS solution should be tested in a real-life, urban environment. What should be included of the service level agreement?
- What would the most suitable business model for the FABULOS solution?
- What is the market’s view on having two different use cases: one demand-driven route and one fixed route?
Session 3: Procurer session
Key questions to be discussed in 60 minutes:
- Is the scope of the FABULOS pre-commercial procurement challenge clear and realistic?
- Is the FABULOS vision for the mobility service believable?
- What would be the most relevant evaluation criteria?
- Why should procurers follow the FABULOS project?