Making the Case for DigitalBeyond 2010Birmingham UK

www.intelligentcommunity.org

Robert BellExecutive Director, Co-Founder

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Holland’s industrial heartland, population 730,000

Region of 21 municipalities incl. Eindhoven, Veldhoven and Helmond

Major companies and institutions Philips: lighting, healthcare & consumer products ASML: equipment for silicon chip foundaries Eindhoven University of Technology

Regional employment rate exceeds European and Dutch averages most years How does a manufacturing center located in a high-cost

country do it?

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Brainport (www.brainport.nl)

Public-private cooperative of business, government, Chambers of Commerce, universities & research institutes

Model for maintaining competitive advantage in a high-cost location

Open platform for innovation Full-time staff meets with stakeholders, identifies

strengths, needs & objectives Creates strategic partnerships with consistent focus:

Using ICT to increase productivity and quality of life Development of high-growth businesses Continuous upgrading of skills and knowledge

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Brainport Projects

Brainport Health Innovation, focusing on long-term progress in healthcare & technology

Technology and Food Network, exploring high-tech systems for food manufacturing & nutrition

Automotive Technology Center, 125 organizations in collaborative projects generated 4.5m Euro investment 2005-2008

Design Connection Brainport, projects encouraging industrial design expertise, key to all manufacturing

National Swimming Institute, using motion capture to train competitive swimmers including Olympic Gold medalists

Eindhoven Fiber eXchange Foundation, interconnecting carriers to improve utilization

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Brainport and the knowledge workforce

Secondary education Medical Investigators, award-winning life sciences game The Inventors, creating high-tech film props for movie Brain Trigger, helping local firms solving real-world problems

Digital quality of life and talent attraction Digital City Eindhoven social media tool WMO Portal answering resident questions on govt. services ExpatGuideHolland, simplifying relocation to the region GLOW and STRP festivtals, SenseoftheCity mobile game Video surveillance network

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Brainport and SKOOL

Paradigit: systems integrator founded in a university dorm room, produces made-to-order PCs and branded systems

Through Brainport, opened new line of business as IT vendor and manager to 800 regional schools

Students receive SKOOL laptops from Paradigit; identify themselves to the network and self-configure with all authorized resources

Online collaboration platform for students, teachers, administrators and parents

Paradigit provides remote management of all services and PCs at schools

Systems are so “bulletproof” that total tech support team consists of 3 people

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Eindhoven, Netherlands Take-aways

Importance of consistent focus on innovation… Using ICT to increase productivity and quality of life Development of high-growth businesses Continuous upgrading of skills and knowledge

Informal collaboration is good, but formal and funded collaboration is better

Intensive collaboration on projects among business, government, education and institutions…

Is enormously time-consuming and difficult Pays immense dividends

Regional collaboration, properly pursued, strengthens what makes each individual communities unique