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A Decade of Community Engagement

March 30, 2021

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Celebrating a 10-year journey of planning with people! 🎉

Watch these presentations from our anniversary virtual event. We booked the industry experts to tell you about the past, present, and most of all the future of map-based engagement and public participation in urban planning and beyond!

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Keynote talk by Marketta Kyttä, professor of Land use Planning at Aalto University, a leading researcher in the field of public participation GIS (PPGIS) and human-friendly environments.

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Keynote talk by Olivia Flynn, Urban Designer at Gehl, discussing the importance of engaging the community , Gehl’s urban planning projects and Maptionnaire’s impact on them.

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An interview with Anna Broberg and Maarit Kahila, the founders of Maptionnaire, reliving the decade-long story of the company and the milestones in the development of our community engagement platform.

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Closing remarks from Aija Staffans, Senior Research Fellow at Aalto University, and a pioneer in developing participatory methods and digitally supported platforms for land use planning.

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‍Jeff Risom, Chief Innovation Officer & Partner at Gehl, sends his greetings and tells how Gehl has benefitted from using Maptionnaire.

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The lovely Maptionnaire users from all over the world sent us birthday greetings and reveal their favorite things about our community engagement platform.

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Maptionnaire & The Story Behind this event

It’s been ten years since the story of Maptionnaire began at Aalto University when a group of researchers, our founders Anna & Maarit included, discovered that for creating better cities, we need to get the residents involved. Since then, we’ve been working hard to develop our map-based community engagement platform, Maptionnaire. Throughout this time, we’ve received gratitude from planners, researchers, and community members who have found Maptionnaire to be the go-to platform for planning cities, neighborhoods, and streets together with people.

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