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Brainport Eindhoven region – the case of nanomedicine Dr Frans van der Zee, TNO Second OECD-TIP Workshop Smart Specialisation Strategies for Innovation-Driven Growth // Paris, 10-11 May 2012. Brainport Eindhoven region – key figures.
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Brainport Eindhoven region – the case of nanomedicineDr Frans van der Zee, TNO Second OECD-TIP Workshop Smart Specialisation Strategies for Innovation-Driven Growth // Paris, 10-11 May 2012
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven region – key figures Industrial high-tech heart of the Netherlands, located in South-East Eindhoven and 21 surrounding municipalities (SRE) = NUTS 3 region South-East Brabant Part of European top technology region Zuidoost-Nederland (ZON) (South-East Brabant and Limburg) Part of the Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (ELAt) Key figures Population: 735,000 people Gross Regional Product: € 27 bn R&D investment: € 2.2 bn (>80% private business) region with the highest patent density per inhabitant in Europe
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven region – key features ‘Brainport’ – one of three major pillars of the Dutch economy, together with Seaport Rotterdam and Airport Amsterdam As a name, label and brand dating back to the early 2000s Brainport is also well-coordinated and interlinked set of Triple Helix collaborative initiatives to strengthen the region’s economic and innovation base Governance model Brainport has unique features, building on culture of entrepreneurship, co-operation & high trust, outward-looking / international connectedness 2011 “smartest region in the world (Intelligent Community Forum) 2010 Eurocities award in the category collaboration
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Today:an open and innovative ecosystem
KETs Observatory - Roadmap But clear link and ties with the past: path dependency!
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven – value chains / networks
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Collaboration Eindhoven – rest of Europe
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven: the recent past and the now ‘Brainport’ - active in highly dynamic global markets, characterised by: Volatility Speed High R&D-intensity (R&D expenditures and framework conditions) High knowledge intensity (skills base!) Embedded in and/or ‘orchestrating’ global value chains Stronger competition on product markets, esp. in mass markets Stronger competition for resources (e.g. carbon; rare earth metals) Stronger collaboration – vital for survival
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven – looking for the right answers for tomorrow Brainport is smart specialisation ‘avant la lettre’ But how to prepare it for the next decade / decades? Where do we stand today? indicators and qualitative judgement based on self-assessment, independent reviews/analyses What will the future bring? Foresight and intelligence – more with less? Visions / ideas / leadership – not: “copy, paste” Strategies / roadmaps Putting visions / ideas into practice: entrepreneurship
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven – looking for the right answers for tomorrow Where are tomorrow’s markets and tomorrow’s niches? What fits? Diversification? Modernisation? Transition/transformation? How to extend and build new clusters? How to satisfy need for upscaling and avoid ‘cannibalisation’? Where can cross-fertilisation best occur? Is serendipity something you can force / create / stimulate? Getting the institutions right – triple helix, public-private partnerships, cross-border collaboration Getting the policies right - EU, national, regional, cross-border (multilevel) / fiscal-subsidy / capital-labour / …
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Main Brainportclusters – now and the future
BRAINPORT 2020 ACTION PROGRAMME INTEGRAL APPROACH • PEOPLE • More technicians • Life long learning • More international knowledge workers • More professionals • BUSINESS • More starters and fast growers • More external companies • Strong chains and networks • Test beds • TECHNOLOGY • More private and public R&D • Strong international position • BASICS • Attractive living climate • Accessibility • Promotion
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven – case study nanomedicine Key issues Cluster scale – network size / proximity / insourcing Knowledge base (‘braindrain’ / ‘war for talent’) Company portfolios & strategies 1) ‘home’/domestic market, 2) economies of scale Focus on lifetec, health and homecare cluster
KETs Observatory - Roadmap Brainport Eindhoven – case study nanomedicine Key issues lifetec, health and homecare cluster Extending / broadening the cluster – ‘future resilience’ Governance ELAt – Brainport(multilevel) cross-border aspects – EU & national opportunities Institutional and policy renewal Global value chain aspects In the study, where possible, we’ll seek complementarities with the Flanders nanohealth case