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Pioneering Europe 2020 Smart Regions Utrecht ( Northwing ) turning societal challenges into entrepreneurial opportuniti

Pioneering Europe 2020 Smart Regions Utrecht ( Northwing ) turning societal challenges into entrepreneurial opportunities. Jan Wester Economic Board Utrecht. Northwing. Utrecht is part of the Northwing region that also includes Amsterdam and Almere. 4mln inhabitants

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Pioneering Europe 2020 Smart Regions Utrecht ( Northwing ) turning societal challenges into entrepreneurial opportuniti

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  1. Pioneering Europe 2020 Smart RegionsUtrecht (Northwing)turningsocietalchallengesintoentrepreneurialopportunities Jan Wester Economic Board Utrecht

  2. Northwing • Utrecht is part of the Northwing region that also includes Amsterdam and Almere. • 4mln inhabitants • Top 5 economic regions in Europe • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWj3LnKm5B0 Utrecht (Northwing)

  3. Economic Development Board Almere Amsterdam Economic Board Economic Board Utrecht Human Capital Creative Industry life sciences ICT’sand Media Services Industry Theme’s crossover crossover crossover Health Life sciences Sustainability & greening economy ICT info and infrastructures Serviceinnovation

  4. Developing Regional Eco-Systems Address Societal Challenges to create local value and foster SME participation And organise (New) Ownership for sustainability Policy mix

  5. results knowledge methods concepts examples needs directions Know Why Government and public autorities Know What Business, Civil society etc. Know How Knowledge institutes evidence base policy Action Research Development of methods & tools Shared “learning curb” Benchlearning Q-Helix dynamics Implementation of real projects Organisation of “living labs” Structuring and facilitating activities Coherent (regional) socio- economic policies Smart Specialisation Strategy

  6. The Almere Big Data example of ICT as Smart Specialisation Strategy Big Data in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area needs a place! Jan Wester

  7. Initiatives • Policy commitment: 4 year project Almere DataCapital. • Opening an Almere campus for Big Data with several elements: • Almere DataCapital (Policy Program) • Dutch HealthHub (Business andsocietalvalues) • Big Data Value Center (toconnectSME’sandEducation) • Development of the Big Data home market through Smart Society program (localvalue)

  8. Campus Almere: connectSME’sandEducation • Data Hubs • Value Center • Big Data Projects • Demonstrotor • Collaboratorium • Incubator • Testfacilities • Training and knowledge gateway

  9. Big Data Value Center Almere Main functions: • Big Data business (co-creationplatform, incubator etc.) • Big Data connection(networking/marketing) • Big Data learning(educationand R&D)

  10. Connecting to regional complimentary eco-systems

  11. Spinn-off: Dutch Health Hub

  12. Connecting to local developmentsand societal challenges

  13. Transformation = learning In order tocooperate we needto combine tools in a Benchlearningstrategy: Local digital/innovationagendas (policy tools) Regional living labs (scientific tools) Clearownershippyramidand co-creating partnerships (governance tools) Benchlearning: Applying a reflective “monitoring andevaluation” methodologyto monitor, validateandlearn (feedback tools) Whattodointerregionally? Developing instrumentation on trans-sectoral “entrepreneurial discovery processes” Indicators on “resilience” and transactional capacities Methods for inter-regional validation Collaboration: benchlearning local agenda’s governance regional living lab feedback Reflective monitoring

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