Ecosystem Building for Economic Development

Ecosystem Building for

Economic Development

March 24, 2015

Public-private

partnership

501(c)(3)

60 next-generation applications

200 smart gigabit city testbeds

Coordinate best practices

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OUR GOALS

Infrastructure

Next-Gen

Applications

Economic

Leadership

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APPLICATION PIPELINE

• Telehealth (e.g., radiology, DNA sequencing)

• Remote surgery/surgical training

• Virtual fitness classes

• Multiple, prioritized ambulance feeds to ED

• DOE collaboration on smart grid + EV charging

• Virtual-reality enhanced education

• Enhanced remote scientific collaboration

• Edu-gaming/place-based collaborative learning

• 3D video conferencing using Kinect

• “Maker” labs for students

• In-home product design via Virtual Reality

• Emergency portal/community micro-casting

• Instantaneous first responder notifications

• Pollution monitoring and alerting

• Optimizing public transportation

• Rapid traffic congestion flow analysis TRANSPORTATION

EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS

& PUBLIC SAFETY

ADVANCED

MANUFACTURING

EDUCATION &

WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT

CLEAN ENERGY

HEALTHCARE

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2014 US IGNITE HIGHLIGHTS AT-A-GLANCE

New application efforts: filling the pipeline

• Second annual Summit featuring 20+ new applications

• CCX database with 100+ app profiles

New partnership efforts: expanding the ecosystem

• Flint Ignite, BTV Ignite, Red Wing Ignite, NCNGN, Winthrop, Highland, Jackson

• Partner in NIST Global City Team Challenge

• NIJ Challenge, DoJ Byrne grant to Flint

New funding efforts: maintaining financial sustainability

• New federal funding partners (NIST)

• New corporate partners (Google, Orange, Avaya, C Spire, Jackson Energy)

• Follow-on funding from current partners

New outreach efforts: shaping the message

• Influential mailing list of 4,000 engaged recipients

• Significant press mentions and conference speaking invitations

• Leading organization for next-generation applications

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PROCESS FOR SCALING APPS

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SENSORS SUPPORTING VIRTUAL FITNESS STUDIO

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TELE-MICROSCOPY TO TEACH CHATTANOOGA

BIOLOGY CLASS FROM USC

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DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…

Economic Development creates the conditions for

economic growth and improved quality of life by

expanding the capacity of individuals, firms,

and communities to maximize the use of their

talents and skills to support innovation … and

requires effective, collaborative institutions focused

on advancing mutual gain for the public and the

private sector. Economic Development is

essential to ensuring our economic future. (EDA)

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… AS REFLECTED IN EARLY DATA

• Innovation and competitiveness

• GDP/employment growth

• Economic attractiveness

• Property values

• Case-by-case anecdotal

evidence

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Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:

• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership to complete BTV Ignite Playbook

• Enhanced community infrastructure (e.g., Gig connections to schools, libraries, museums, maker spaces, and among research universities)

• Identified core application capabilities: cyber-security, edu-gaming, additive manufacturing, neuroscience, smart systems, and food systems

• Stimulated constant stream of application development events for small businesses (e.g., Maker space events, Code for America Brigade-sponsored hackathons—all built around core application capabilities)

• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from KC and Chattanooga, techniques for closing tech skill gaps)

• Unleashed groundswell of national publicity and entrepreneurial activity over past three months

• Burlington named one of Top Ten Most-Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014

BURLINGTON, VT

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Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:

• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership, including a broad-based group of community leaders to complete Flint Ignite Playbook

• Discovered and mapped under-utilized fiber infrastructure to schools and other anchor institutions

• Began planning for 8 new applications that could utilize Kettering GENI rack and existing fiber infrastructure

• Identified core application capabilities: life sciences, transportation logistics, automotive manufacturing, food manufacturing).

• Engaged entrepreneurial community within Flint and Kettering, UofM Flint, MSU, and Mott Community College

• Began planning constant stream of application development events for small businesses at Kettering Innovation Center, UofM Innovation Incubator, and Mott CC FabLab.

• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from Utah and Burlington, techniques for closing tech skill gaps)

FLINT, MI

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Developed business accelerator program:

• Formed Red Wing Ignite non-profit organization

• Ensured HBC fiber reached business accelerator co-working space and end users throughout the community

• Established small business equity fund

• Identified core application capabilities: manufacturing, healthcare (regional hub for Mayo Health Systems), public safety, transportation and education

• Held application development events for small businesses (e.g., Red Hot Hack, business accelerator meet-ups)

• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from Chattanooga and Burlington)

REDWING, MN

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COMMON ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

COMPONENTS:

A.Assemble representative accelerator team

B.Enhance community infrastructure

C.Stimulate constant stream of applications

D.Coordinate US Ignite best-practice sharing

E. Leverage national partnerships

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Leveraging next-generation technology to support entrepreneurs drives community engagement and innovation:• Ensures identification of core application capabilities and creation of playbook

• Provides an integrated, neutral umbrella structure to help focus the activities of disparate groups.

• Lends itself well to small business activities since larger companies are not entrenched.

• Enables engagement of multiple civic constituencies, including tech community, citizen users, and mentors.

• Unlocks often-hidden capabilities within local universities and companies.

• Engages maker spaces, local schools, libraries, and arts institutions in discussion of how to utilize next-generation technologies.

REASONS FOR COMMUNITY SUCCESSES

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• Full-time leader

• Broad-based accelerator team

• Dedicated technical resource

• Monthly meetings of team

• Meeting spaces conducive to innovation

• “Shareable” applications

• Ongoing sources of financial support

… PLUS BLOCKING AND TACKLING

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Participants receive: Participants agree to:

Access to applications under

development

Form an organizing group to serve as

the focal point

Access to a US Ignite rack Develop at least two new applications

to share with the other cities

Connection to the national GENI

network

Commit to maintain the GENI network

infrastructure after 3-year term

Technical support and expertise Demonstrate the applications and

technology at Summit

Funding to support the ecosystem

and launch applications

Commit to hold monthly meetings,

collaborate with other cities

SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM OF SMART CITIES

• Common locavore infrastructure.

• Applications adapted to the locavore infrastructure.

• Organizational and technical capabilities bolstered.

• Best practices shared across ecosystems.