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1 TAMPERE, INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING Uudistumisen eväitä Finlandia-talo Nov 28, 2012 Dr. Kari Kankaala Director City of Tampere

2 Tampere facts GATEWAY TO THE CITY CONCEPT SKETCH DANIEL LIBESKIND

3 Some scaling factors Region: people GDP per capita R&D investments per capita or 6% of GDP Most attractive city to live and study in during the past decade Second most attractive city to run a business in 2012 Economic history: Manufacturing (textiles, shoes, locomotives, metal ) prevailed until 1980 s Early on ICT development, since mid 1960 s Cluster development strategy since early 1990 s, focus on ICT, intelligent machinery and life sciences

4 Local academic space Two young universities Tampere University, est. late 1950 s Tampere U of Technology, est. early 1960 s One large polytechnic Total students (cf inhabitants) Point 1: Students provide the basic beat of change and dynamism for the region Point 2: Universities have been actively collaborating with industry since late 1970 s

5 Attractive, innovative all bright! City economic and innovation development policies SKYLINE OF TAMPERE CONCEPT SKETCH DANIEL LIBESKIND

6 Why should we care about innovation? We cannot lose it: Everything except innovation can be copied or learned. It s already here: Innovation is mostly about combining, inventing some new bits but seldom new technology.

7 Population growth and R&D investments in Turku and Tampere regions R&D Drives Growth! Source: Statistics Finland

8 Smartness of Medium Sized European Cities (2007) CITY COUNTRY SMART ECONOMY SMART PEOPLE SMART GOVERNANCE SMART MOBILITY SMART ENVIRONMENT SMART LIVING RANK LUXEMBOURG LU AARHUS DK TURKU FI AALBORG DK ODENSE DK TAMPERE FI OULU FI EINDHOVEN NL LINZ AT SALZBURG AT MONTPELLIER FR INNSBRUCK AT GRAZ AT NIJMEGEN NL GRONINGEN NL GENT BE LJUBLJANA SI MAASTRICHT NL JOENKOEPING SE

9 And now? The future? It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change - Charles Darwin TAMPERE DECK AND ARENA CONCEPT SKETCH DANIEL LIBESKIND

10 CLUSTERS BREAK WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR TAMPERE? Machine construction Care & wellness... Energy & environment ICT Health technologies Management, marketing, sales Management, marketing, sales Management, marketing, sales Management, marketing, sales Management, marketing, sales R&D, design R&D, design R&D, design R&D, design R&D, design Production Production Production Production Production Services Services Services Services Services t May grow Will remain Probably diminishes

11 Koneenrakennus RENEWAL THROUGH INNOVATION AND SERVICE BUSINESSES Hyvinvointipalvelut... Energia, ympäristö ICT Terveysteknologia ENABLERS: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPORT & INT LIZATION BUSINESS RENEWAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES Johto Johto Johto Johto Johto Suunnittelu, T&K Tuotanto Palvelut Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu, Suunnittelu, T&K T&K T&K R&D and design Tuotanto Tuotanto Tuotanto Palvelut Palvelut Palvelut Service business Suunnittelu, T&K Tuotanto Palvelut NEW BUSINESS: Technology innovations System innovations Business model innov. Service innovations Social innovations

12 Education, skills Culture, creativity Living, health Smart Traffic Public transport Mobile work Communication solutions SMART ENGAGING OPEN ENVIRONMENT Knowledge based Renewable Entrepreneurial Open governance Participation Open Building Land use Energy solutionsn Infrastructure

13 TAMPERE THE PARTNER IN SMART TRAFFIC 1. Tampere ITS Factory tools and practices for the ITS Community 2. Tampere city commitment for open, smart traffic as the spearhead solution (Open Tampere) 3. Smart traffic research units RICTI Smart Traffic and TAUCHI in University of Tampere VERNE and NOVI in Tampere University of Technology Logivo in Tampere University of Technology and Tampere University of Applies Sciences Cooperative Traffic in Technical Research Center of Finland 4. E-vehicles and electric charging solutions (Evelina) 5. Active local networks of industrials partners RICTI / JUKKA LINTUSAARI 12/10/

14 Current state in application development Non-standard and proprietary interfaces with miscellaneous formats App App App App Most apps and interfaces owned by traffic information providers with no open interfaces. App App App Traffic information provider Traffic information provider App Traffic information provider Traffic information provider Traffic information provider Traffic information provider Traffic information provider Traffic information provider feeds RICTI / JUKKA LINTUSAARI 12/10/

15 TARGET SETUP FOR SMART TRAFFIC APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT STANDARD INTERFACES TO RAW DATA + OPTION TO USE DATA FROM TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDERS Your App here! Traffic information providers SIRI DATEX-II Standard Data Interfaces Public transport feeds Traffic flow Parking Pedestrian & Cycling RICTI / JUKKA LINTUSAARI 12/10/

16 OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORMS - OUR PLACE IN THE SUN - Jukka Matikainen

17 Innovation engines running hot! Students & companies Professionals Users & companies Startups Game companies Jukka Matikainen

18 06/10/10 Jukka Matikainen

19 Jukka Matikainen New Factory outputs 350 projects 2200 members in projects / community 40 startups 250 jobs 10+ M funding for innovators 100+ partner companies

20 93% Statistics after 170 Demola projects: Are the demo and outcomes valuable? 93% 93% say YES and buy the license. 7% Only 7% say NO and didn t buy the license. YES NO Operated by Hermia Ltd. Jukka Matikainen

21 SIMULTANEOUSLY RENEWING THE PHYSICAL SPACE THE DECK AS AN EXAMPLE Daniel Liebeskind and City of Tampere

22 Tampere Open Bright Smooth Daring Charming Thank you. Questions? Comments? tel

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