Low Carbon Knowledge Exchange Centre in Hong Kong Ed Craig Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innova3on University of Edinburgh
ECCI & Partners in Hong Kong, Ed Craig, Head of Enterprise & Innovation - Hong Kong Start Up Seminar
Oct 20, 2014
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Low Carbon Knowledge Exchange Centre
in Hong Kong
Ed Craig
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innova3on University of Edinburgh
Interna7onal Where?
Major Carbon Producers Innova3ve Policies Find Cultural Link
Build on Rela3onships Start small….
How?
Demonstrate Partnerships
Centre Development
ECCI is a hub for the knowledge, innova7on and skills required to accelerate our move to a
sustainable, low carbon economy.
Interna7onal is core to ECCI -‐ Think Global -‐ Act Local
-‐ Knowledge Exchange is KEY -‐ Ideas & Resources in -‐ Ideas & Products / Projects out
Our award winning centre in Edinburgh…
Why Hong Kong? • Scale No1 Carbon polluter (since 2006) • Policy Increasingly progressive
LC MOU between Hong Kong & Scotland • Loca3on Perfect entry point to PRD & China • Experience Exemplars of success & failure; Finance; • Culture Strong historic and live partnerships • Vibrancy ‘Can do’ aNtude
Core Actors
Our Planned Ac7vi7es
-‐ Incubate Ideas & enterprise -‐ In Hong Kong, to Scotland & ?
-‐ Shape & Deliver skills -‐ ACP & Low Carbon Leaders
-‐ Facilitate knowledge exchange -‐ People, Projects, Ideas & Capital
-‐ Build networks and partnerships -‐ Asia-‐Pacific Network -‐ ThemaXc Networks e.g. Smart CiXes -‐ Embrace Alumini
-‐ Design & deliver projects -‐ InnovaXon, Skills & Policy
Conference & Innova8on suite, Edinburgh…
Our new home in Hong Kong…
Incubate Ideas & Enterprise
-‐ Who -‐ Private, Public & Other sectors -‐ Pre & Post Revenue -‐ Low Carbon Focus
-‐ What -‐ Service provider ‘contract’ -‐ Dedicated supported office space -‐ World class environment / faciliXes -‐ ECCI staff support for residents
-‐ Why -‐ Size & importance of issue / market -‐ Need to demonstrate –shop window -‐ Becer Together -‐ Integrated to ScoNsh Support…
-‐ THINK GLOBAL -‐-‐-‐ ACT LOCAL
Our new home in Hong Kong…
Next Steps & Timeline 2014
SoV Launch of Centre in Hong Kong
Establish legal En3ty in HK Enterprise
Engagement in Scotland Future events planned in Scotland
Register HKSTP & visit Hong Kong
Launch Centre
-‐-‐-‐April-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐June-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐August-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐November-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
Targets? • New partners, contracts & projects • Facilitate investment and resources • Exports & new business registra3on • Develop Asia-‐Pacific Network • Accelerate sustainable development policy & prac3ce
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
10th Feb to 7th April 10th April to 30th April
Smart Ci7es Project Iden3fica3on & Selec3on Process
In Scotland ECCI
University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Napier BRE Scotland
Sco^sh Development Interna3onal
Key Actors
In Hong Kong RBS Group
Climate Group HKSTP
Our award winning centre in Edinburgh…
IPCC report to warn ASIA will be hit hardest by climate change
Although it should come as no great surprise, given the number of warnings issued by other bodies in recent years, a new report from the authorita3ve
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) due to be published this week will say coastal Asia is very vulnerable to climate change.
(Cleanbiz.asia, 30 March 2014)
Three clear func7ons: Enterprise & Innova3on
Skills & Learning Policy Interface
ECCI is a hub for the knowledge, innova7on and skills required to accelerate our move to a
sustainable, low carbon economy.
Innova7on is core to ECCI We support & enable: -‐ New product, process & service
development & applica3on -‐ Establish & support networks &
collabora3ons -‐ Host, Incubate & Accelerate new
ideas and businesses -‐ Interna3onalise & signpost services -‐ Create smarter communi3es
Our award winning centre in Edinburgh…
Suppor7ng SMEs (Small Business), Enterprises & Organisa7ons;
-‐ Ideas Lab to incubate new ideas -‐ Innova3on Centre to host SMEs,
corporates & organisa3ons -‐ Advisory support to SMEs -‐ SME access to major projects -‐ Forging Academic rela3onships -‐ Iden3fy & building new networks -‐ Sharing knowledge within &
between business clusters -‐ Accessing finance & funding -‐ Access to Masters students-‐ onsite -‐ Working in Supply Chains -‐ Clarify opportuni7es and threats
presented by Low Carbon -‐ Provide info & knowledge
regarding technology & markets
Our award winning centre in Edinburgh…
Presenta3on Overview (Who, Why, What, When & So What?)
• Who is involved with the KEC in HK? – Core Partners (ECCI, UoE, ENU, BRE); Sco^sh Support (SDI, SG); Poten3al Sco^sh ‘residents’ (SMEs,
Organisa3on’s)HK Support (RBS) Based at HKSTP – Partnership Model: (PolyU; Invest HK;
• Why Hong Kong and why now? – Well its HK Stupid; Policy Change & Focus, Innova3on & Finance; Culture; HK as a hub for PRD, China and
AsPac; – ECCI tested model;
• What will the KE centre do? – Introduce, ‘incubate’ & support BP low carbon products & services (and in Scotland
too…) – Base to enable stronger KE & SusEcDev; (Sco-‐HK; HK-‐PRD-‐Sco) – Base to influence locally; – Base to access local finance & partnerships to export & improve ECCI services
offered locally and in Scotland also eg SCi3es; ACP – Development and delivery of skills & learning through ACP and in partnership on
LC innova3on, entrepreneurship, policy and ….. • What does it expect to achieve?
– Centre by Christmas; 10-‐20 organisa3ons; 3-‐5 projects • Next Steps / call to ac3on
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