
A platform for publishing event guidance applications. The first application published with the platform was used at the IAAF World U20 Championships in July.
The IAAF World U20 Championships on 10–15 July 2018 introduced the Tampere Events App. The app provides its users with plenty of information regarding the event, routes and services. In the future, the app will be used widely at various events.
The Tampere Events App included information about the schedule of the IAAF World U20 Championships, the services of the Tampere Stadium, benefits offered by partners and guidance and route information. The app’s properties included the possibility of selecting your favourite competition events and setting a notification to notify the user when they started. It was also possible to purchase tickets to the event via the app.
The app makes it easy to find venues, their services and schedules. Users can mark their favourite events in the app and receive notifications about their location and starting time.
The Tampere Events App also includes other major events happening this summer at the Tampere Stadium, such as the international athletic competition between Finland and Sweden and major concerts. In the future, the app will include all events taking place in Tampere.
The app has been deployed and it will be developed further based on the users’ feedback. The current plan is to include information about the length of queues to venues and its services and about traffic in the vicinity of venues in the app.
For professionals, the Tampere Events App will function as a publishing platform where event organisers can publish their own events, either directly in the default view or as a separate app. In addition, service providers can add their own services and offers to the app base. The event organiser will then choose the most appropriate ones for their event. Guidance and route information will be automatically updated in the app through the city’s open data interfaces.
The Tampere Events App can be used for all kinds of events, and it works on both Android and iOS devices. Both the look and the features of events created with the app can be edited as necessary for the event and its partners.
The purpose of the app is not to be used only by event participants and organisers in Tampere, but it is possible to publish events in any city.
The Tampere Events App can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
The Tampere Events App was created by the City of Tampere’s Smart Tampere programme initiative 6Aika: City Guidance Ecosystem and Visit Tampere. The app was funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The app was developed by Eatech Oy.