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Roadmap to a more innovative LCR26th November 2013
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2100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Leeds City Region Innovation
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9.00 - 9.05 Welcome Roland Harwood
9.05 - 9.25 Introductions Roger Marsh (LCR LEP)
Graham Cooper (AGFA)
9.20 - 10.00 Scene setting for LCR Innovation Simon Hooton
Brian McCaul
Roland Harwood
10.00 - 11.00 Group discussion 1 All
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee
11.20 - 11.30 Scene setting for 2nd group discussion Simon Hooton
11.30 - 12.30 Group discussion 2 All
12.10 - 12.30 Feedback
12.30 - 12.40 Summary and next steps Simon Hooton
Roland Harwood
12.40 - 12.45 Yorkshire Innovation Fund Nigel Woodruff
12.45 - 13.30 Networking lunch
3100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Group Discussion Questions
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Group Discussion 1 (10:00 – 11:00)
1. What are Leeds City Region's current innovation strengths and
weaknesses?
2. How ambitious could and should Leed City Region need to be? [Filling
Gaps/Keeping Pace/Pulling Ahead/Charting New Courses]
Group Discussion 2 (11:30 – 12:30)
3. Which three specific action areas must the Leeds City Region tackle
with urgency?
4. Which action areas are out of scope and/or what else should be
included and why?
4100%Open 2013April 11, 2023The 3:2 Rule
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As you triple the size of a company, profit per
person is on average halved. Conversely when
you double the size of an urban region the per
capita productivity goes up by 130%.
Bettencourt & West, Santa Fe Institute
Nature Magazine
5100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Innovation in Cities
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Innovation thrives in cities due to the number
of people a resident will interact with in
person (social tie density)
i.e. it's all about face-to-face.
So Wei Pan
MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Lab
100%Open 2013 63 Minute Joint Venture
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April 11, 2023
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3 Minute Joint Venture
1. Find somebody you don’t know
2. Explain what you do.
3. Find out what your partner does.
4. Agree what you could do together.
5. Give your joint venture a name.
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“Innovation is a by-product of engaged
networks.”Verna Allee
Roadmap to a more innovative Leeds City Region
Roger Marsh
Leeds City Region LEP Chair
• Functional economic area
• Growing population of 3 million
• Largest UK City Region outside London
• Workforce of 1.3 million
• £54 billion economy, producing 4%+ of UK GVA
• 106,000+ businesses
• Population and economy bigger than 8 EU countries
The Leeds City Region
Leeds City Region LEP vision
Relevant, essential and enabling for business growth
‘A world-leading, dynamic and sustainable low carbon economy that balances economic growth with a
high quality of life for everyone.’
Strategic priorities:
• Unlocking the potential of business and enterprise
• Enabling a flexible, skilled workforce
• Facilitating a low carbon economy
• Creating the environment for growth
• The raw ingredients to be an innovation powerhouse:
• 8 HEIs producing research and 36,000 graduates every year
• Diverse business base with strengths in key growth sectors inc. healthcare and life sciences,
advanced manufacturing, low carbon, creative and digital
• Largest manufacturing base in UK; largest regional financial and professional services sector
• Fastest-growing workforce in north of England
• BUT our region’s performance lags national average on several innovation indicators:
• Patent registrations half national average
• Lower than average R&D investment
Our innovation paradox
• Innovative businesses are critical for sustainable economic growth in Leeds City Region
• New freedoms, flexibilities and funding opportunities for the LEP – Local Growth Fund, EU
funding
• Bidding for c.£50m to spend on innovation activity
• Focus on business innovation
• Your input is critical: how should it be spent? What works, what doesn’t?
The opportunity
Thank you
Engage in the discussion on Twitter:
#innovatelcr
For more information about the LEP please see:
www.leedscityregion.gov.uk
@leedscityregion
Leeds City Region
November 2013
Agfa Graphics Leeds
Roadmap to a more innovative LCR
Agfa Graphics site - LEEDS
•90 full service Agfa Graphics employees
•Approx 20% of Agfa’s worldwide volume passes
through the plant
•Produces substrate for Lithostar and Thermofuse
product ranges
•ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, OHSAS 18001
certified
•Winner of UK national awards for sustainable
manufacturing
An introduction
Agfa Graphics
We have met before
Cabinet door
Newspaper
Interior decoration
Table top
Packaging
Book
Labels
Calendar
Art reproduction
Tablet publication
Glass printing
Magazine
Object printing
Flooring
Wall calendar
Part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group
• Founded in 1867, IPO in 1999 (Brussels)
• Headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium
• Sales of EUR 3 billion in 2012
• 12,163 employees worldwide
• Wholly owned sales organizations in more
than 40 countries
• 21 R&D and production sites around the globe
• Global market leader in each of its divisions
Agfa Graphics FY 2011 FY 2012 % change
Sales 1.596 1.652 +3.5%
Recurring EBITDA*
87.65.5%
91.05.5%
+3.9%
Recurring EBIT* 48.03.0%
53.13.2%
+10.6%
€ 3 billion
Graphics
54%
HealthCare
39%
Specialty Products
7%
* Before restructuring charges and non-recurring items
Innovation in Agfa
• Agfa operates in an extremely competitive environment
• Innovation is crucial to survive and prosper in such an environment
• We innovate in our product design to improve our customers performance
• We innovate in our production processes to make them more efficient
Aluminium
mill finished
Aluminium
electrochemically
grained
Aluminium
anodised
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Area
(after exposure)
Dot
Image
Dot
(after development)
None image
area
Light sensitive
coating
(prior to exposure)
• The Offset Printing Plate
Basic Structure
Litho Plate Technology
In Agfa At the end customers – the printer
Background coating washed away by cleanout solution
Thermofuse technology
Tough image will accept ink unlike the anodized aluminium
Imaged – Fused Latex PearlsImaged – Fused Latex Pearls Unexposed Latex PearlsUnexposed Latex Pearls
Grained & Anodized Aluminum SubstrateGrained & Anodized Aluminum Substrate
Thermofuse vs Conventional CtP
Innovation withion our own operation
HVAC
Cooling
Tower
28°C
28.0°C
24.2°C
21.9°C
26.0°C
75m3/h
Co
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oil
Hea
ting
Coi
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Chiller
Air input
HX
Buffer
Tank
Pumps
Bypass Leg
Cooling
Water Out
Cooling
Water In
From gas
boiler
Air input to production
Waste heat
Billboard
Canvas
Flag
Plastic bag
We will meet again soon.
Scaffolding banner
Signage
Window display
Billboard
Paper bag
Signage
agfagraphics.com
twitter.com/agfagraphics
facebook.com/agfagraphics
youtube.com/agfagraphics
Where Are We At:Leeds City Region’s Innovation
Performance
Simon Hooton
Dashboard Overview of LCR
Comparative Cities Birmingham Bristol Liverpo
ol London Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Sheffield
Leeds City
Region
Environment 2 Human capital 2 Employment 4 Business Base
Comparative RegionsWest
Midlands
South West
North West London North
WestNorth East
East Midlan
ds
Yorkshire &
Humber
Yorkshire &
Humber
Innovation Inputs 4 Business investment 4 R&D investment 1 Non-R&D investment Innovation Outputs 3 Innovatively active 1 Intellectual property 1 Labour productivity
Leeds has a solid base of human capital
Sector strengths in Life Sciences & Manufacturing
Total Employment
LQ Employment Change 2009-12
LCR England
Life Sciences 4,200 1.0 37% 7%Manufacturing 3,800 1.0 32% 5%R&D 400 1.1 118% 44%Low Carbon 27,000 0.8 10% 3%Digital 30,800 0.6 9% 1%Financial and Insurance 46,700 0.9 -10% 3%Manufacturing 140,400 1.2 -4% -4%Basic 102,400 1.3 -9% -5%Advanced 38,000 1.1 15% -2%Creative and Cultural 44,900 0.9 0% 2%
Enterprise levels have stagnated since ‘09
• 2nd lowest start-up rate of all comparator areas (=34)• Wide local disparities
• Annual starts up by 2% in LCR (cf 8% comparator areas)• concentrated in Leeds City and
York
R&D expenditure by Yorkshire firms has risen steadily…
• But remains 2nd lowest region in absolute terms - £540M versus £1,800M regional average
Innovation Activity in YH
Overall participation in innovation activities is low…
• 37% of Yorkshire firms participate in innovation activities (versus 39% across UK), UKIS 2010
… and external collaboration is limited
• Less than a quarter of LCR firms surveyed invest in R&D
• Only 8% of LCR firms seek external R&D support • 28% of these collaborated with universities• 42% used other companies• 87% used internal resources
Barriers to innovation are perceived differently
• A third of Yorkshire firms did not innovate due to ‘constraining factors’ while 30% saw no need to innovate due to market conditions.
In Summary
Professional Qualifications
Enterprise
Innovation Participation
External Collaboration
Human Capital
Business Base
Business R&D Expenditure
HQ Base
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Brian McCaul
Review of key LCR Innovation Assets
Based on:
•Research Rigour - World or UK Leading?
•Relevance - Connection to Industry, especially in the LCR?
•Commercialisation Activity?
•Critical Mass?
•Foresight Potential - especially BIS Foresight Review and the Great 8 Technologies?
•Eco-system
Data review and interviews with (nearly all) HEIs.
New Computing Technologies; Bio-Inspired Sensors; Very Large Data Sets; Supercomputing; Simulation & Modelling.
Cross-cutting theme that has relevance to LCR sectoral strengths in:
•Health/ Informatics/omics (high growth)
•Manufacturing Modelling; (large sector)
•Finance (large but low growth and low value added? )
This strength is most obvious in areas such as:
•UoL is #1 in Witty Heat Map on Big Data (Analytics).
•Leeds/York White Rose Grid
•Credit and Risk Management Research Centre at UoL maps to many Leeds financial services
•Leeds Institute of Health Sciences maps to Bioinformatics
•Proposal for a Leeds Innovation Health Hub (inc. Big Data and Health and Incubator).
“the next generation of scientific discovery and innovation will be data-driven”
Two components of this appear to be most relevant to the LCR themes: food productivity & resilience, and also Bio Renewals, (crosses over into energy generation).
Food production, is biggest UK manufacturing sector and links to strength in the LCR. In the agri field clear national expertise resides in and around the York Environmental
Sustainability Institute (YESI) and Bioscience Technology Facility @ UoY:
•York is 3rd in Agri-Science in UK (Witty heat map), and
•York is 4th in UK in Agri-Tech, also
•Leeds is 6th in Agri-Science
These two elements of Agri Tech are being pulled together within the The York/FERA Sand Hutton BioVale proposal that has industrial support and other regional
sponsors.
•The Stockbridge Technology Centre - Food for Life Partnership
•FERA
In broader sustainability terms:
•University of Leeds has a Food Security Hub,
•Bioscience Technology Facility UoY. Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE).
“Sustainable intensification of agriculture – raising the productivity of agriculture, while protecting the environment”
Two components of this appear to be most relevant to the LCR energy and low carbon technologies are:
•Bio-energy
•Carbon Capture and Storage
The first of these is particularly strong at York, as in the latter at York and Leeds. In addition there are strengths in: Nuclear (10th in UK ) and in the top 20 for Oil & Gas (13th in UK ),
Offshore Wind (11th in UK) at Leeds are also areas of expertise.
The University of Leeds and the University of York are part of the Centre for Low Carbon Futures
Centre for Climate Change. University of York, Carbon Trust. In respect of the Green Chemistry & Bio-renewables York has the Green Chemistry Centre, and Bio Renewals Development Centre.
The Energy Sector Hub at Leeds draws on the expertise of 5+ Research Units looking at all aspects of energy & sustainability. And York similar breadth of expertise from Green Chemistry to Green
Accounting.
UoY/ BioVale is a critical potential asset for BioEnegy
and PACT is a critical assets around Carbon Capture and Pilot Facilities (though based physically in other regions too)
Energy & its Storage
Specifically encompassing the BIS priority of Tissue Engineering, this field is a major strength for the LCR with a rapidly growing sector in LCR - especially in the
Leeds City Centre. Plus LCR has a concentration of health expertise linked to major Teaching Hospitals.
LCR has an important concentration of health expertise, linked to the major hospitals. This also links to - and relies on - strengths in advanced manufacturing and
materials. Leeds Health Super-hub. Including:
•IKC in Medical Technologies (UoL);
•Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices (Bradford with Leeds)
•Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering (IMBI) Bradford
These centres have a strong chunk of UK recent funding in this space around which strong industrial involvement is coalesced - including Depuy and Surgical
Innovations Limited. Manufacturing is one of the largest, growth sectors. Others LCR manufacturers of relevance include Smith & Nephew.
“restoring function by replacing or restoring 1) human cells, 2) tissues or 3 ) organs”.
Encompassing Agricultural Technologies, E-health, Industrial Biotech and ‘Omics’, this is closely linked to priorities in the LCR universities around big data
and Medicine and Health. In particular strengths around AgriTech & RegenMed are relevant - as are Biological Engineering.
The LCR Universities have strengths in the following relevant areas:
•York is 4th in UK in Agri-Tech,
•York is 3rd in Agri-Science respectively in the Witty heat map (and Leeds 6th).
•Green Chemistry
•University of Leeds has a Food Security Hub, a Water Hub and pharmaceutical
•Biopharmaceutical Innovation Hub (UoL)
•Bioscience Technology Facility York, (UoY)
•Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (UoY).
•Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation- national focus for Health Care technologies (UoB)
Supports focus on proposals in Medicine and Health, in Agri-Tech and BioRenewables?
“linking ‘dry’ computer sciences & ‘wet’ biological sciences”
Leeds and York Universities are developing research in this field; University of Leeds will host the EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems with
a £4.3 million national facility is set to make the University of Leeds a world leader in robot design and construction.
It is also a key strand of the Technology Strategy Board’s support for advanced manufacturing, and links to strengths in Data . Food robotics in food manufacturing
might be an area of application, but industrial engagement - specifically in the LCR - does not appear strong.
A supportive strand to Regenerative Medicine and others?
“Robots acting independently of human control – which can learn, adapt and take decisions”
Smart Materials (Biomimetic/textiles); Nano-materials; Building and Construction Materials; Active Packaging
Materials innovation is crucial for LCR business sectors such as energy, regenerative medicine, aerospace and automotive -
The most significant innovation assets relates to Advanced Materials is probably the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advance Metrology; University of
Huddersfield (in partnership with NPL & STFC) – with significant industrial involvement around applications in ‘Total Machining and Advanced Surfaces’.
In particularly this expertise maps well to the development of Turbo Systems and the manufacture high quality turbochargers for a wide range of passenger and commercial
vehicles, and for industrial, locomotive and marine engines. Notably this has support from Cummins Turbo Technologies (which also with the Bradford relationship with Borg-
Warner is an important Sectoral Strength and HEI innovation asset).
Other significant advanced materials expertise and industrial engagement exists in
•Piezoelectrics - UoL
•Self-organising Molecular Systems UoL;
•Nanofactory
•Centre of Polymer Micro and Nano Technology (UoB) and Plastics, Polymers and Metals
‘Advanced materials are a classic general purpose technology because of the range of their potential uses”.
This is a domain not apparently heavily prioritised in the strengths of the LCR universities and most of the UK focus appears to be around Surrey (for hardware) and
Silicon Roundabout (for software). But it links to LCR strengths in Big Data - to handle the surge in data from satellites and also in Robotics.
Nonetheless there is Advance Digital Institute and activity around use of geodata for transport optimisation and GPS via the Institute of Transport studies at Leeds.
There may be hidden strengths exist in Satellite technology that reflect sectorial strengths in the economic region and might be better explored.
“Handling the surge in data coming collected from satellites and transmitted by Satelites” which do not just transmit data but collect data by earth observation
Transport
One of the most significant regional HEI based industrial centres of excellence is the Huddersfield Institute for Rail Research. The University of Huddersfield
hosts this initiative which is one of the eleven initiatives selected in the Yorkshire and Humber region - and the only one to be based at a higher education
institution. In addition to the size and industrial connectivity of the initiative, it fits well with the Transport Systems Catapult.
Food
But an analysis of research power and research standing mapped against industrial engagement also bears out much of the current thinking around Leeds City
Region’s perceived strengths, particularly around: Food science, food manufacturing and food health (at Leeds, York and Leeds Metropolitan),
How this might connect with a Centre of Excellence for Food and Drink Production connected to the strengths in ArgiTech and Science and York and The University
of Leed’s School of Food Science and Nutrition and Centre for Food, Nutrition and Health and Faraday Centre for Retail Excellence.
Construction
UK (#2) Leading and commercial activity but feeds into smart material and low carbon?
Colour Science
World leading, heavy international engagement and spinout and commercial engagement . Colour@leeds. Potential connections with Green Chemistry at Leeds.
Other Foresight Priorities with LCR Strength…
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52100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Innovation is…
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Innovation = Ideas + Impact
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Received wisdom
• Have one or more research-oriented university.
• Create critical mass for start-ups.
• Have good transport links.
• Make sure seed capital is available locally.
• Create a place people of different types want to live.
• Government to get out of the way.
Unconventional hypotheses
• Have a good story that describes the past, present and future.
• Have strong leadership (e.g. an elected mayor or another figurehead).
• Start from a really bad place. Be facing a big challenge.
What is an innovative city region?April 11, 2023
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“The world’s 300 largest metropolitan economies now contain approx 19% of
the global population but account for 48% of world GDP.”
Brookings Global MetroMonitor 2012
The importance of city regionsApril 11, 2023
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Leeds scores higher than Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield, Bath & NE Somerset, Coventry,
Cardiff, Belfast.
Leeds scores lower than Birmingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Manchester.
Cities potential as innovation economyApril 11, 2023
56100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Milan
Background• Second largest city in Italy, and regional capital (of Lombardy)• Urban area has largest population in Italy at 5.2 million• 20% of residents are foreign-born• Commercial, industrial and cultural capital (vs Rome = political)• Significant and renowned universities• Part of European “Blue Banana”• Will host Expo 2015• World-famous football team(s)!
Initiatives• Accenture Innovation Center (sic) for Manufacturing Excellence is located in the
city.• Also IBM Innovation Center.• Talent Garden (www.talentgarden.it) has just opened in Milan, offering a mixture
of co-working support and business incubation.• U-Start (www.u-start.biz) is the Italian funding platform for start-up ventures.• Milan is part of the InCompass project (www.incompassproject.eu), that brings
together partners from across Europe – including Dundee College and City Council, and Medway Council.
• The Fashion Incubator Project is one of a set of local incubators focussed on particular sectors.
Lessons• Invitation to “open a talent garden in your city” (see here)• A local funding platform in the style of U-Start or KickStarter?• Joining or exploring an equivalent to the InCompass project?• Go “sharp” – like Milan’s Fashion Incubator. What could Leeds City Region focus
on?
100%Open 2013 57Eindhoven
Background• Metropolitan area has 750,000 population (5th largest city in Netherlands).• Nearly 30% in the city are of foreign descent.• Named “most intelligent community” by the Intelligent Community Forum.• Named “most inventive city” by Forbes (patent intensity of >22 patents / 10,000
pop vs <9 / 10,000 for second placed San Diego).• Industrial heritage (tobacco and textiles) – culminating in influence of Philips
(originally light bulbs) and DAF (trucks) during the 20th C.• Now the capital of Dutch industrial design (Design Academy Eindhoven), and hi-
tech start ups.• Home of Eindhoven University of Technology (=> young population – lively
entertainments scene).
Initiatives• Eindhoven – Leuven – Aachen triangle (ELAt) straddles Dutch, Belgian, German
cross-border region.• The region self identifies three “pillars” of innovation: mechatronics & automotive;
food & nutrition; medical systems & life sciences.• A High-Tech campus (Philips’ former R&D site) also includes the “Brainport”
incubator. Emphasises social interaction between employees at “The Strip”.• The Creative Conversion Factory was a (now defunct) attempt to systematise the
conversion of invention into commercial product (initiative of Philips).• Disrupt (www.disrupt.nl) is Eindhoven’s “non-conventional” entrepreneur
conference.
Lessons• “Design” is a repetitive theme associated with innovation. What is Leeds’ design
angle? Could the Design Council help?• Eindhoven, and the Netherlands generally, seem to set out to attract international
students. What would attract students from other EU countries to Leeds City Region’s universities?
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58100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Vienna
Background• 2.4 million population within the metropolitan area.• Famous for music, Freud, and Food.• Cultural, economic, political and educational centre of Austria.• Voted “most innovative European city” by Innovation Cities Global Index.
(see here)
Initiatives• Relatively stronger focus on social innovation? For example, Vienna
Declaration on the Most Relevant Topics in Social Innovation Research(see here)
• Impact Hub Vienna is one of a series of global centres that support “new solutions for the world’s pressing issues”.
• Much less emphasis on innovation parks, technology incubation, and so on.
Lessons• The only Impact Hubs in the UK are in London (Kings Cross, Westminster,
Islington). Is this an opportunity?• Vienna may derive much of its “innovation” from its strong “livability” and
sense of “authority”, rather than direct intervention or support.
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Background• Metropolitan area population is about 1.8 million.• Over 30% non-Swiss.• At the centre of the country’s transport network (air, rail, road).• Everyone from a cloud of towns around Zurich can get into Zurich in 15
minutes - up to 60% of the population does this daily.• Also extremely well-developed public transport network with integrated
ticketing.• Leading financial centre, and dominant service sector (80% of employment).• Two universities, with attendant museums and intellectual attractions.• Very highly ranked for quality of life.• FIFA headquarters.
Initiatives• Zurich also has an Impact Hub (zurich.impacthub.net)• Home to Google’s European Engineering Centre (“Zoogle”, apparently).• And to an IBM innovation center.• Also the African Innovation Foundation.• The Entrepreneur Club fosters entrepreneurship amongst students at ETH
Zurich (one of Zurich’s universities).
Lessons• Zurich is an expensive place to live and work. Leeds City Region is less so.
How does this create competitive advantage?• Innovation feeds on conversation. How could transport be improved to allow
innovators from around the region to easily meet and interact?
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60100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Toronto
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Background
• The largest city in Canada with over 6 million residents in the Greater Toronto Area.
• Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, with about 49% of the population born
outside Canada.
• Home to the Toronto Stock Exchange and five of the nation's largest banks.
• Toronto as of 2011 ranks as the third largest production centre for film and television after Los Angeles and New York Cit.y
• The city is also consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities.
Initiatives
• Rotman School of Management - The school's dean, Roger Martin is considered by Business Week as one of the most influential
management thinkers in the world. Rotman has developed a curriculum built around concepts of Integrative thinking and Business
design.
• MaRS Discovery District - a not-for-profit corporation who’s goal is to commercialize publicly funded medical research and other
technologies with the help of local private enterprises.
• International Film Festival – 2nd
only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars and market activity and has grown to the most
influential film festival.
• Centre for Social Innovation - a coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who are changing the world, providing members
with the tools they need to accelerate their success and amplify their impact.
• The Innovation Lab - A group of City of Toronto staff that recognizes the City to be a hotspot of public sector innovation.
Lessons
• Could LCR build on the economic and cultural diversity of Toronto and focus on creative and social innovation?
• A city of ideas - thought leadership in Architecture (Jane Jacobs), Cities (Richard Florida), Business (Roger Martin),
Technology/Innovation (Stephen Berlin Johnson).
100%Open 2013 61Grand Rapids, Michigan
Background• Metropolitan area has a population of 1.3 million.• 10% of population born outside the US.• Has managed to avoid the “rust belt” downturn of neighbouring Detroit.• HQ of five of the worlds leading furniture companies (because of the original
presence of large amounts of timber, now all chopped down!)• Also significant healthcare sector.• Strong culture of corporate philanthropy, and of family-built big businesses
(including Amway). Corporations are very engaged in their city.• Also puts a premium on “culture” and “cultural activities”.• Very much a “second tier” city – not widely known worldwide, or on the radar
of many professionals.• Small regional airport.• Excellent local recreation and tourist facilities.
Initiatives• GRid70 (www.grid70.com) is a DESIGN HUB that brings together creative
people from the region’s major corporations, so as to cross-pollinate ideas between them.
• www.startgarden.com is a local micro-funder of innovative ideas. They fund a $5000 idea EVERY WEEK (chosen by endorsements from website visitors). From there, they can fund $20,000 projects, and then $50k- $500k startups. They have a $15m fund.
Lessons• Have a strong story, and encourage people to think of their place as a long
term HOME. Home town pride is cool, and corporate philanthropists (Note : philanthropists = people who GIVE money, not “sponsors”) are powerful allies.
• Could GRid70 and/or Start Garden be copied? Both are cool ideas.
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100%Open 2013 62Medellín
Background• Second largest city in Colombia. • 2-3 million population.• Once known (1980’s) as the most violent city in the world (drug-related). • Economy is mainly industrial (steel, oil, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
cement, food).• Heavy emphasis on education (30 universities)
Initiatives• "Innovative City of the Year 2013" - Wall Street Journal, Citi group global
bank, and Urban Land Institute (who did most of the judging), winning against other finalists NY and Tel Aviv
• Cities were selected based on eight criteria: Environment & Land Use, Culture & Livability, Economic / Investment Climate, Progress & Potential, Places of Power, Education & Human Capital, Technology & Research and Mobility & Infrastructure.
• Considerable investment in city infrastructure – including “Linear Parks” designed to create a network of streets and pathways to connect people with each other. Also praised for its art galleries and libraries.
Lessons• Linear parks are often built on the beds of old railways. Does Leeds City
Region have any?• The Medellín story has created a huge amount of publicity and interest –
making people want to visit and move to the city. Once again, it’s all about the story.
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1) Milan - Successful transition from heavy-industry to capital of design.
2) Eindhoven - Highest patent intensity in the world.
3) Vienna - Most innovative European city.
4) Zurich – Significant investment into transport.
5) Toronto – Half of the population born outside Canada.
6) Grand Rapids - Strong sense of “story”.
7) Medellín - Won Innovative City of the Year 2013.
Potentially interesting places
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64100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Questions & Conclusions
1. What can LCR learn from these cities?
2. What should LCR copy?
3. What is not relevant to LCR?
4. Where else should LCR look for
inspiration?
5. Whom is LCR competing with?
6. Who should LCR be collaborating
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65100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Inspirations
i. Recreating, joining or participating in the several different hub/incubator projects uncovered: Impact Hub, Grid70, Start Garden, MaRS, Talent Garden, InCompass.
ii. Creating a strong “Leeds City Region” story that provides a defining identity. Remembering that history and fidelity are more important than ambitions. What was the region famous for, what will it be famous for, and how does the former enable and lead to the latter?
iii. Emphasising “anchor innovators”, like “anchor stores” in retail developments.
iv. The creation of “linear parks” as ways to connect people and enhance the environment.
v. Considering ways to attract (and subsequently to retain) overseas students.
vi. Considering how to provider personal (mayor-like) leadership.
vii. Considering the role of “design” as a discipline.
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Group Discussion 1
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67100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Group Discussion 1
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1. What are Leeds City Region's current innovation
strengths and weaknesses?
2. How ambitious could and should Leed City Region
need to be? [Filling Gaps/Keeping Pace/Pulling
Ahead/Charting New Courses]
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Group Discussion 2
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The Emergent Strategic Plan
Simon Hooton
The Broad Sweep of Our Interest
Relationships
Communi-cations
Investment
Institutions
Culture
SkillsDriving Up Innovation Appetite
Stronger Priority SectorsNew Sources of Innovation
LCR Innovation
Driving Up Innovation Appetite
Stronger Priority SectorsNew Sources of Innovation
1B Leadership & Skills for
Innovation
1C New Platforms for
Engagement
2A Life Sciences
2B Digital & Creative
2C Manufacturing
2D Low Carbon
2E Financial Services
2F Food & Drink
3A New Knowledge Property
3B Next Generation of
Innovators
3D) Smart City Region
1A Innovation Support for
SMEs
LCR Innovation
Emergent Investment Plan
Our Objectives Action Areas
Priority 1: Driving Up Innovation Appetite Across the City Region1A Innovation Support for SMEs AA1: Innovation Advice & Guidance
AA2: Innovation Finance1B Leadership & Skills For Innovation AA3: Innovation Leadership
AA4: Innovation Skills1C New Platforms for Engagement & Experimentation
AA5: Innovation Animateur
AA6: Challenge Competitions
AA7: HEI Access
Priority 2: Strengthening Innovation in our Priority Sectors2A) Life Science
2B) Digital & Creative
2C) Innovative Manufacturing
2D) Low Carbon
2E) Financial Services
2F) Food & Drink
AA8: Leeds Innovation Health Hub
AA9: BioVale (York)
AA10: Regenerative Medicine Centre (Leeds Uni)
AA11: Cancer Therapeutics Centre (Leeds Uni)
AA12: Tele-Health Centre (Bradford Uni)
AA13: Big Open Data Initiative (Leeds Uni)
AA14: UK Rail Centre of Excellence (Huddersfield Uni
Priority 3: Animating New Innovation3A) New Knowledge Property Offer AA19: Science & Innovation Facilities
AA20: HEI Research Facilities3B) Growing Our Next Generation of Innovators AA21: Young Innovator
AA22: School Learner Innovation3C) Smart Cities AA23: Innovation Unit
AA24: Smart Transport
AA25: Smart Energy Infrastructure
74100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Group Discussion 2
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3. Which three specific action areas must the Leeds
City Region tackle with urgency?
4. Which action areas are out of scope and/or what
else should be included and why?
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Present BackApril 11, 2023
Timed!
76100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Summary & Next Steps
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Summary & Next StepsSimon Hooton
Roland Harwood
77100%Open 2013April 11, 2023Yorkshire Innovation Fund
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Yorkshire Innovation FundNigel Woodruff
Host / venue
Yorkshire Innovation Fund
Funding new ideas to help you grow
Roadmap to a more innovative Leeds
City Region,
Leeds City Region LEP
• What is YIF?
• Who it is aimed at?
• What types of project will be supported?
healthcare technologies
Who is it aimed at?
<250
advanced
manufacturing,
engineering & materials
low carbon
bioscience
chemicals
creative & digital
financial & business
services
Food & drink
Sport (South
Yorkshire SMEs
only)
biorenewables
≤€50m / ≤€43m
turnover balance sheet
What types of project?
• New or improved product, service or process*
• Organisational* innovation (ICT)
• Technical feasibility study
• Prototyping, testing (non-commercial)
* State-of-the-art in the industry
What types of project?
• Small Innovation Project (SIP)
• R&D Project (RDP)
• Graduate R&D&I Placement (GRDIP)
• Strategic Intervention (SI)
SIP
• Technical feasibility study for a new device
• Prototyping a new digital service
• Analysis of a new formulation
Small Innovation Project
RDP
• Development of a new product to open up export markets
• Process innovation to reduce waste and carbon footprint
• A radical business model
Research & Development Project
GRDIP
• You employ an expert pair of hands on a project
• We mentor and help recruit the graduate
Graduate R&D and Innovation Project
www.yorkshireinnovationfund.org
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