Towards Milano Smart City Public Hearing April 19th 2013 Milano Chris;an SAUBLENS
What is a smart city? A technology driven city The children of science city A socio- economic responsible city A mix of all these things, with or without a priori;sa;on selng process From the point of view of economic development smart ci;es need: New types of governance New ways of giving direc;ons to R&D and innova;on New support systems based on the proximology concept
The 6 components of the smart ci:es wheel The ranking: 1. Copenhagen 2. Stockholm 3. Amsterdam 4. Vienna 5. Paris 6. Berlin 7. London 8. Barcelona 9. Munich 10. Frankfürt Source: The Top 10 Smartest European Ci;es (hsp://www.fastcoexist.com/1680856/the- top- 10- smartest- european- ci;es)
Regional Development Agency Regional Innova;on Agency City Region Regional Energy/Environment Agency Public investment funds Industrial parks Incubators Regional Employment Agency Public authori:es and their agencies Penta- helix governance Investors Banks Business Angels Venture capitalists Seed fund Serial entrepreneurs Crowd funding Micro- credit Spin- off fund Corporate venturing Guarantees Export credit Investment readiness consultants Real estate developers Associa;ons Qualified people Trade unions Poli;cal par;es Regional banks Centres for public welfare Schools Universi;es Research centres Technology centres Technology parks TTOs & IPR centres Knowledge transfer Centre for professional educa;on Observatory of professional qualifica;ons Proof of concept advisors Consultants Living labs Cluster managers Civil society Actors of knowledge Enterprises Interna:onal experts Peer reviewer Prospec;ve Benchmark Regional offices abroad Expats FDI consultants Start- ups Mul;na;onals Entrepreneurial growth companies (gazelles) Newly- developed companies Spin- outs and spin- offs of large businesses, research centres and universi;es Locally- rooted companies (micro- businesses and crai companies) Innova;ve businesses and companies leveraging RTD outcomes Companies in the process of being transferred Subcontractors Companies at risk of bankruptcy or engaged in a restructuring process Phoenix enterprises Social enterprises Enterprises engaged in a reloca;on and/or outsourcing process Source: EURADA
Smart ci:es and socio- economic development Private sector Global compe;tors Regional innovators Local market players Investors in entrepreneur- ship Public sector and their intermediaries Regulator / Enabler 1 st taker of innova;on Public- private partnership Public- public partnership Intermedia;on between stakeholders Funding sources Talent Training Governance and social capital booster Infrastructure Societal sector Shakers and movers Innovators Inclusions Advocacy for sustainable and wellness development Social entrepreneurship Social investors
How to cover the whole innova:on cycle? THE CLASSIC R&D TO MARKET CYCLE Equity investors THE SOCIETAL CHALLENGE TO MARKET CYCLE Societal challenges Investors Commercialisa;on process Social demand Team Research Prototype Offer Innova;on process
Smart innova:on process in ci:es Value Funding model Innova;ve op;ons Ci;zens expecta;ons Access to finance Talent Municipal infrastruture Technological and non- technological know- how Intangibles
Desirability Feasibility Viability Perceived problem Scoping and project design Learning about the users Analysis Ideas and concept develop- ment Test of the new concepts Communi- ca:on of results Imple- menta:on Measuring Skills and talents Source: MindLab, h7p://www.mind- lab.dk Adapted by EURADA
Types of ac:on Technological innova:on Social innova:on Academic spin- offs CAMPUS project of the RDA of Andalusia (E) "One Laptop Per Child" project of the MIT (USA) Clusters Medicom Valley concept (DK, S) Kompetenznetze Deutschland ini;a;ve (D) Alpine Wellness Cluster (A) Wellness Cluster (JPN) Incubators Every single one of them Social incubator, Nantes (F) Foresight Walloon Region exercise (B) PRIDES Programme of the Région Provence- Alpes- Côte d'azur (F) Financial engineering JEREMIE ini;a;ve (EU) Finance Wales (UK) JASMIN ini;a;ve (EU) Triodos (NL) Business Angels des Cités (F) Networking Marke;ng of regional innova;on profiles Support for start- ups CONNECT Ini;a;ve, San Diego University (USA) SPINNER Project in Emilia- Romagna (I) Ontario (Canada) Enterprise Hub project of South East England RDA (UK) Youth Founda;on (UK) epropeller (BE) Jÿväskylä (FIN) The Pembrokeshire LoSery () Ci;zen capital (F)
Types of ac:on Technological innova:on Social innova:on Technological watch LEGITE project in Cas;lla y Leon (E) Social Innova;on Europe Technological audit Direct support to businesses Support to young business developers Innova;on in the services industry MADR&D project of the Madrid Region (E) Innova;on Vouchers ini;a;ve of the Limburg Province (NL) Feed- in- tariffs for the use of alterna;ve energy sources (F) Erasmus for entrepreneurs Ini;a;ve (EU) Tourism cluster in the Balearic Islands region (E) Support for crea;ve industries by Advantage West Midlands (UK) Alterna;ve Energy Cluster in Styria (A) Microloans ADIE (FR) Support for coopera;ve enterprises (E, I) Innova;on strategy in favour of the protec;on of the historical heritage of Tuscany (I) Industrial and science parks Every single one of them ISO- 14000 cer;fied Park in Boulogne- sur- Mer (F) Pais Vasco Social Innova;on Park (ES) First innova;on takers Experimen;ng/tes;ng facili;es for future innova;ons Living labs (DK) in (S) Güssing (A): Zero energy consump;on town FabLab Brussels (BE) SILK Social Innova;on Lab Kent (UK)
Market opportuni;es for a regional ageing response strategy («Elderly Cluster»)
Proximology Replacing global products by local societaly responsible products Short market circuits: produc:on, sale and purchase of local products/ services Promo:on of a social innova:on culture in public administra:on Innova:on system focused on local needs Educa:on, training, entrepreneurship Local financing system Management and knowledge transfer: on- line social networks Local networks: volunteers, user groups, sponsors Source: Adapted from Andy Westwood, Localism, social capital and the "Big Society" in Local Economy, December 2011
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