Jarmo Eskelinen

Jarmo Eskelinen is a smart city & open data expert, leading the Data Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative at the University of Edinburgh. The 15-year, £660m DDI is part of the Edinburgh City Region Deal, supporting organisations in ten industry sectors to innovate with data, from creative industries to financial services, healthcare and robotics. Previously Jarmo has been the CITO of the Future Cities Catapult, founder and CEO of Forum Virium Helsinki innovation lab of the City of Helsinki, and Executive Director of the Aalto University Media Centre Lume. Jarmo is a member of the Smart London Board, board member of the Open Knowledge Foundation, one of the founders of the Open & Agile Smart Cities network and former President of the European Network of Living Labs ENoLL. He loves cycling in cities.