session 2: building international collaborations - industry
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Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th of September 2015
Proudly Sponsored by: Faculty of Business and Humanities & Cork County Council
As featured in:
Programme:• Session 1: Cluster Analysis - Academia. Monday 28th 2:30 to 4:30pm Venue: Seminar Room, CIT.• Session 2: Building International Collaborations - Industry. Monday 28th 6:00 to 7:30pm Venue: County Hall Council Chamber.• Session 3: Building Economic Growth Through Clusters - Policy. Tuesday 29th 10:00 to 12:00pm Venue: CIT Council Chambers.• Session 4: Cluster Organisation Development. Tuesday 29th 2:30 to 4:30pm Venue: Seminar Room, CIT.
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Cluster Matchmaking
Building International CollaborationsCounty Hall, Cork, 28/09/2015
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Building International Collaboration - Presenters
Joan Martí Estévez
Director of Cluster Development ACCIÓ (Catalan Agency for Competitiveness)
[email protected] @JMartiClusters
Tamara Högler
Head of Innovations and International Affairs CyberForum e.V., Karlsruhe, Germany.
[email protected] @CyberForum
Dr John Hobbs
Department of Management & EnterpriseCork Institute of Technology
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Running order for Session 2: Building International Collaborations
Thursday 10th of September 2015 13:00 – 14:00
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Monday 28th 6:00 to 7:30pm Venue: County Hall Council ChamberOpening of Seminar by Minister Sean Sherlock, Department of Foreign Affairs.
• Tamara Högler (CyberForum) and Joan Martí Estévez (ACCIÓ): Discuss the competencies of firms within their clusters in Germany and Catalonia, with a view to develop international connections with Ireland.
• Tamara Högler (CyberForum): The Business Roaming Agreement• Joan Martí Estévez (ACCIÓ): Firm’s collaboration with traditional sectors for mutual growth.• John Hobbs (CIT): Be Wiser Connect
Q&A
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Session 2Competencies of firms at CyberForum
Tamara Högler, Head of Innovations and International Affairs, CyberForum e.V.Cork, 28.09.2015
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Overview
• Introduction– Have you ever heard about… Karlsruhe?– CyberForum – An IT and Hightech Business Network
• Our companies
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Karlsruhe – A Medium-Sized City with Huge Opportunities • Karlsruhe is a European ICT Hub (4th place among > 1,000 regions, only Munich, London and Paris
ahead)• Karlsruhe is a German ICT stronghold and participant of the German Software-Cluster• 99% SMEs, but also large companies (SAP, Siemens, Bosch, United Internet, …)• Many Hidden Champions (e.g. security, logistics, traffic management)• Many companies and research facilities are involved in the top cluster „Electric Mobility South-
West“• Outstanding research facilities
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (largest German research facility)• FZI Research Centre for Information Technologies• 3 Fraunhofer institutes
• Many citizens are tech- and media-savvy• 13 of 100 citizens possess an own domain (2nd place in Germany after Munich)• 12 of 100 citizens use cloud applications (top position in Germany)
• Largest regional German ICT cluster => CyberForum
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Cyberforum… Who we are & what we do
1997Inception
1000IT Start Ups
4000NewEmployees
>1000Members
23.000Staff
600Trainees
33Employees
2015Today
MultipleCertifications* as oneof the best IT-clusters in Europe!
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Our services – A short overview…
Founders´guidance Mentoring Business
AngelsVentureCapital
Innovation-Transfer
Internationali-sation
Networking: InfoMarket, CyberCongress, RoundTables…
Idea Foundation Early Growth Growth Maturity
Catch-the-JobCyberStarter
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Our companies
• CyberForum is a network that connects more than 1.000 companies
• Core competencies are– IT (e.g. telecommunications, all kinds of IT services, CRM,
IT security, all kinds of (mobile) apps, gamification….)– HighTech (e.g. quadcopter, robotics
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IT COMPANIES IN THETECHNOLOGY REGION KARLSRUHE• TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe is
ranked 2nd among German and 25th among a total of 214 Western European regions!!
• over 4.000 IT Companies with staff of 30.000+
• > € 5bn turnover
• 2x more IT staff per capita vs. total Germany
• #2 in IT Start-Ups per capita
• 5.600 IT Students and Trainees
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How to find appropriate partners?
• www.cyberforum.de• Core competencies are
– IT (e.g. telecommunications, all kinds of IT services, CRM, IT security, all kinds of (mobile) apps, gamification….)
– HighTech (e.g. quadcopter, robotics, ….)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 319907
Tamara HöglerHead of Innovations and International AffairsEmail: [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
Building international collaborations
Catalonia clusters
Cork, Ireland, 28th September 2015
Population: 7,539,618
16% of the Spanish population, similar to the population of Switzerland
Area: 32,106 km2
GDP: € 208 bn
similar to countries like Israel or Finland
GDP per capita (ppp 2012): € 27,442
Catalonia: 117.2
Spain: 99.4
EU-27: 1001% of world’s science production, bigger than Austria
Sources: INE , Eurostat , Idescat
IntroductionA Snapshot on Catalonia
Catalonia: A Holistic Cluster Ecosystem
1.200 active companiesin 30 clusters
Pro-clusters Government since 1993
Business Schools (IESE,ESADE)
trainingCluster Professionals
TCI Headquarters
Some world-leadingCluster Consultants
Our vision. World-Class Clusters
Critical Mass
Cross-sectorial
Internationally connected
Professionalized management
Strategic Change Process
Month 0 Month 4
Competitive analysis
Strategic AnalysisDefinition main characteristics of the sectorStrategic analysis (competitive strengths)Environment analysisBusiness tendencies at global levelSuggested actions for companiesSuggested actions for Government
Cluster monitoring
Publ
ic p
rese
ntat
ion
Action planCompanies’ Strategic change
Technological change
Executive training
Internationalization
Benchmarking
Strategic Dive
Tailored actions
Cluster Methodology
Month 16
1Understanding the business
2Changing the strategy in
the right direction
Set up cluster
association
3Stablishing governance
Hiring Cluster manager
4 Guarantying sustainability
Governance
Month 20
Analysis Udate after 4 years
Raw materials Technology Products Strategy Final marketProductive process
CRO
SS-S
ECTO
RIAL
MU
LTIP
RODU
CT
Water treatment
Kids cluster
Habitat
Beauty
Fashion
Railway
Fish Farming
Biotech
ICT
Optics and photonics
Agricultural machineryMotorcycle
Gourmet food
GROUPING FACTOR
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TRADITIONAL CLUSTERINITIATIVES
EMERGING CLUSTERSINITIATIVES
“NEW GENERATION “CLUSTER INITIATIVES
Innovating in cluster policies: the case of Catalonia
Pork meat
45 membersMore than 3.000 high skills
professionals.More than 250 researchers working
in R&DCompanies with presence in more
than 40 countries and products distributed to more than 170 countries.
Joint Turnover of more than 2.000M€.
Cluster manager: Mr. Xavier Amores [email protected] Tel. 00 34 664 648 209
R&D
Technological Knowledge Intensive Business serrvices
Sustainable Water Solutions
Products and solutions for water cycle management
CWP is focused on water treatment business and sustainable use of water (treatment of drinking
water, desalination of seawater, purification, wastewater treatment plant, process water and the waste water for recycling, sewage plants, …)
Clusters: 1st focused, 2n wide
Clusters: be proud of what you are
Cluster manager: Mr. Enric Pedró[email protected]. 00 34 666 469 230
Transformational projects
Market intelligence
Valuable networking
Value propositio
n
Quality of the competitive environment
Why clusters?
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE INDUSTRY
· 45 shared trade delegations all over the world· International Exhibitions· Trade missions· Sourcing center in China
DEVELOPING AN INDUSTRY BASED ON TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
· Working groups· Technical trainings· R+D+I Support· Open Innovation Marketplace Platform· Technological Surveillance Newsletter
EUROPEAN PROJECTS· MED SOLAR· INARA· SHAAMS· FosterInMed
SOCIAL AWARENESS· Self consumption Kits against energetic poverty· Energy Self consumption Campaign · School dissemination workshops· Technological and good practices transfer to developing countries.
N E T W O R K I N G
Cluster manager: Mr. Pablo [email protected]. 00 34 93 182 88 00
Technologies in Education
33 members Overall turnover: 1.948 M€ Overall number of employees 16.540 Created in 2013 Publishing houses, ICT infrastructure, SW
developers, e-learning platforms, consulting
Edutech Cluster is an association of Educational ICT and edtech companies that create products and offer technology-based services to enhance the teaching-learning process at non-university stages.
The Cluster aims to design and implement initiatives to reinforce the competitiveness of its member companies, promote demand scenarios of quality technological products and services and disseminate the importance of ICT in Education.
Promote internationalization identifying priority markets
and participate in international projects or
consortiums
Establish a framework of stable relationships with
industry players, governments, institutions and
associations
Organize and participate actively in all main ICT
education events
Monitor ICT Education data, conduct research and analysis
in this sector and give to know best practices
Generate new business opportunities and innovative
collaborative projects between companies in the
cluster
Internationalization
Dissemination
Collaborative Projects
MAIN STRATEGIC WORKING AREAS
ITworldEdu congress: main anual event in the educational technological sector(660 delegates, 49 speakers, 27 sponsorships)
Economic impact study of ICT Education Guide of implementing ICT at schools Workshops with educational sector Dialogue Table with Administration International activities (missions, exhibitions, etc.)
Cluster manager: Mrs. Patricia Remiro [email protected] 00 34 647 804 585
Biotech cluster
Agricultural machinery cluster
Solar Cluster
Energy efficiency Cluster
Edutech Cluster
Water cluster
Intercluster approach
30 clusters, 1.200 companies
Digital cluster
To Connect with our Members Contact:Gemma Batlle - Cluster Manager
T: 0034 93 553 45 E: [email protected]
Digital Cluster
Key mission statement: EURECAT Cluster Digital is an Association of Innovative Enterprises (AIE) created as a meeting and networking place for start-ups, small and medium companies and other entities with the aim of boosting the competitiveness of Catalan ICT sector and promoting a new corporate culture based on collaboration and open innovation.
Expertise within the cluster, 60 members:
SME; 17; 49%
MNC & Large
Firms, 17, 49%
Start-Ups, 1, 3%
Cluster companies ICT
SME
large com-panies
start-ups
Go raibh maith agat!
Joan Martí EstévezDirector Cluster Development Division
[email protected]:@JMartiClusters
LinkedIN: http://es.linkedin.com/pub/joan-martí-estévez/10/433/34b
WHAT IS BE WISER CONNECT?
Be Wiser Connect is an online match making tool which showcases 70 ICT firms across Europe (Cyprus, France, Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and Northern Ireland) who participated in a V-LINC analysis as part of the BeWiser project. The purpose of this tool is to facilitate introductions and connections between firms within these regions, in order to promote collaboration and create additional linkages between European clusters.
www.bewiserconnect.cit.ie
As part of the Be Wiser project V-LINC has interviewed over 70 firms across Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Slovenia and Cyprus.
BE WISER CONNECT FIRMS
CLUSTER MAPPING
The ‘Mapping’ section presents a summary of the V-LINC analysis undertaken by SMEs and MNCs in Cyprus, France, Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and Northern Ireland as part of the BeWiser project. To view the highlights of the analysis in each Be Wiser cluster, click on the cluster organisations logos below:
www.bewiserconnect.cit.ie
BUSINESS ROAMING AGREEMENT
CyberForum’s Business Roaming Agreement (BRA) www.clusterize.org is a tool for cluster organisations to support their small & medium sized enterprises (SME) in the course of their international expansion plans.
The BRA provides a soft landing platform for firms who wish to establish trade and/or research collaborations within member regions, via physical access to foreign clusters ( there are currently 51 International Cluster members from 29 countries).Visiting firms are facilitated with workspace, broadband, and meeting rooms offered by BRA partner clusters along with facilitated introductions to their members. To view the 51 International Clusters from 29 countries who are currently signed up to the BRA and their locations click here.