Dr. Peter Ylén is Principal Scientist and Team leader of Smart City Impact Assessment team at VTT in Finland. He is the product owner of VTT CityTune® solution used widely in impact assessment and solving complex challenges in city context.
Recent application fields include topics, such as, energy optimization, sustainable traffic policies, managing youth social exclusion and mental health challenges, improving quality and productivity in construction, determining leverage points for regional attractiveness, developing regional circular economy and planning future hospital.
Previously he has worked as a professor for industrial automation at Vaasa University and research director for a market research company.