Speaker Biograghy: Mari works as a Project Manager for the Aviapolis project – an airport city at Helsinki Airport. In her role she works with major stakeholders, city, airport and private landowners offering more than 1 million square metres of real estate for the future.


Day 1 - 15 March
Session: Airport Cities & Transport Connections

16:35 - 17:05 - Value of connectivity for an airport city of the future
Synopsis: The presentation will describe how the public-private partnership has worked to deliver a new city at Helsinki Airport. The key elements and tools of success have been a joint vision, branding and cross-border cooperation. The Aviapolis area has been transformed from a backyard to a premium business destination; in the future it will also host new residents just five minutes from the airport. New city plans will totally transform the city to a truly sustainable and more dense city, with services and quality quarters with a connectivity beyond any other region in Finland.

Audience will learn:

• Value of long-term vision also from the point of view of a country
• Value of brand: a tool to communicate and add value to different isolated real estate developments
• Value of cooperation between competing companies
• Value of connectivity for real estate
• Value of connectivity to a region