TCI 2016 Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in Smart Cities

Titel presentatie[Naam, organisatienaam]

Working Day - Track: Cities & CompetitivenessCities as driving force for competitiveness and clustering

Tamara Högler, Head of international affairs and innovations, CyberForum e.V.

Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in Smart Cities – A Best Practice

Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in Smart Cities – A Best Practice

Tamara Högler, Head of international affairs and innovations, CyberForum e.V.

Agenda• Introduction

• TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe & SmarterCity Karlsruhe Initiative – The perfect eco-system for Innovation

• CyberForum – Not only a network, but also a connector

• Urban Inno: Innovation projects need drive!

Technology Region Karlsruhe

Eco-System for Innovation

CyberForum

DIZ

Comp.CentreSMEs

IT-BBW

CyberLab

SIGs

SoftwareCluster

SCKA

EDDKA

TRK

FZI

HoLL

KIT

FHI

CoC

iRegionsCentraLab

UPSIDE

UrbanInno

Smart Cities & InnovationInnovation & Living Labs& User Involvement

Open Innovation &Participatory Methods

Participatory Methods forUrban Innovation

Clusters as Drivers for Innovation Ecosystems: Connect. Combine. Cooperate!

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CyberForum – who we areCyberForum…

• is a non-profit organization

• has more than 1.100 members -> biggest regional IT / High-Tech network in Europe

• represents more than 23.000 employees in the TechnologyRegion KA

• has accompanied more than 650 company foundationswhich resulted in more than 2.600 employments

• is tagged as a German Network of Competence, has the ESCA and Cluster-Excellence Baden-Württemberg Gold Label

• is coordination site of the Software-Cluster (biggest Software Cluster in Europe) in 2017

• has 37 employees

Our part in the game

ConnectorNeutralinter-

mediator

Pro-active

coopera-tion

trigger

Innovator

„Psycho-logist“

Trust builder

Contact person

Success factors!

Urban Inno:Main Objective

To maximise the innovation potentials of urban ecosystems in CE through:o establishment and interlinkage of quadruple helix

research-driven clusters/networks in partner regions (a better linkage of actors in urban innovation ecosystems -also transnationally

o the development and implementation of new participatory methods and tools to engage end-users and industries into innovation processes (qualified and motivated end-user of new technologies/services – a SMART USER)

Main Outputs

Five newquadruple helix cluster/network

dedicated to urban

innovation (involving the

mostrelevant

stakeholders)

A toolbox of Smart urban innovation

participatory methods &

tools (Training of regional qualified

Facilitators)

Implementation of participatory

methods & tools and

engagement of end-users (pilot

projects)

Joint urban innovation

strategy, connecting

quadruple helix research-driven ecosystems in

CE

Challenges• Get policy involved• Get citizens involved• Ensure long-term cooperation• Ensure knowledge-transfer

(also on transnational level)• Develop sustainability• Effectiveness: Stay focused!

Connec--tor

Trust builder

Pro-active

coopera-tion

trigger

Inno-vator

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!Tamara HöglerHead of Innovations & International AffairsCyberForum e.V.hoegler@cyberforum.de

http://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/URBAN-INNO.html

https://www.cyberforum.de

https://twitter.com/urban_inno & TamaraHoegler

https://www.linkedin.com/in/urban-inno-822b38128