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Initiatives of the Tampere Regionin Innovation
Promotion

• The Role of Innovation in Regional Development
  Conference
• October 25, 2007, Riga
• Marja-Riitta Mattila-Nurmi

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CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION

• Presentation of the Tampere Region
• Steps towards the Regional Innovation Promotion
  in the Tampere Region
• Regional innovation strategy process priorities

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The Tampere Region
The second largest region in Finland The most
rapidely growing region Population Area
Population
density MunicipalitiesSub-RegionsEst
ablishments (2004) Farms (2004)

Increase in
value (euro/inhabitant)
Employment rate (ages 15-64, 2004) Unemployment
rate (2 / 2006)2 universities, 3 polytechnics
40 000 students
471 00014 700 37/sq.km 28625 7005 100
24 726 67,9
9,7
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MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF TAMPERE REGION, jobs
Source Statistics Finland
Council of Tampere Region 2007
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Kalmar Industries
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Sandvik-Tamrock
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Tamglass
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Ata Gears
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Nokia Mobile Phones in Tamperefirst in the world
1999 Nokia C110/C111 Wireless LAN card

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Largest companies (in terms of employment) in
Tampere Region 2005
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Industrial structure of employed, 1960 - 2030
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INDUSTRY SECTORS AND ADDED VALUE By the level of
education, 1999, (2004)
Tampere Reg
Finland
EU-15
USA
2004
2004
26,8
25,9
27,0
Sectors of high level of education
27,9
33,2
39,9
Sectors of quite high level of edu
18,2
17,3
16,7
19,4
19,8
17,0
Sectors of quite low level of educ
35,2
29,7
28,1
35,8
32,7
38,7
20,7
16,9
19,9
15,3
Sectors of low level of education
20,5
17,4
The lowest after Greece and Portugal in EU15
biggest in EU15
Source Mary OMahony and Bart van Ark (ed.) EU
productivity and competitiveness
An industry perspective. Can Europe resume the
catching-up process?
Office for Official publications of the European
Communities, 2003. Luxemburg
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Steps towards the Regional Innovation Promotion
in the Tampere Region

• National Centre of Expertise Programme (first
  period 1993-1998, second period 1999-2006, third
  period 2007-2013 (cofinanced by Finnish Ministry
  of Interior Affairs)
• Comparative study on Tampere regions
  socioeconomic competitiveness in an international
  context ( EPRC, 1995)
• Strategic development of Information Society
  (1996-1998) and its implementation (1999-2001)
  (cofinanced by RISI 1 / ERDF)
• Focus on technological competence and technology
  foresight (regional programme of Innovative
  Action in West Finland Area, WFA-Inno, cofinanced
  by ERDF (PRAI) 2003-2005
• Initiatives of the City of Tampere
• Regional innovation strategy process (in the
  framework of VBN-InnoReg, Interreg IIB Baltic Sea
  Area, 2006-2007)

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1. National Centre of Expertise Programme

• Example Tampere Region Centre of Expertise
  programme
• Improves expertise in the regions strong areas
• to maintain and increase business performance
• and growth of regional economy
• Centres of expertise 1993-2006
• Mechanical engineering and automation
• Health technology
• Information and communication technology
• Digital (content) Media and services
• Konwledge-intensive business services (regional)
• Congress Tourism (national)

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EVOLUTION OF CENTRE OF EXPERTISE CONSEPT
?
Forsight
Sisäistämis- prosessit
1994
1995
1996
1997-98
1999
2000
2003
2006
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Example Mechanical engineering and Automation
Cluster
Locomotive companies
System suppliers
Users
Component suppliers
research
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FUTURE CLUSTERS 2007-2013 IN TAMPERE

• HealthBio
• Wellbeing
• Future energy technology
• Ubiquitous information technology
• Digital content
• Nano and micro systems, future materials
• Intelligent machines

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MINICLUSTER CONCEPT, example

• FIMA Forum for Intelligent Machines
• A new technology platform for mobile work
  machines, which brings together Finnish
  specialists in the industry and research
• 36 members of which 27 biggest 5 B, 70 export,
  RD 200M/y
• Global market leader companies
• Suppliers
• Research organisations
• Universities
• Challenges a discontinuation between basic
  research and product development in companies was
  recognised
• Objectives
• To find common targets of applied basic research
  in the industry
• To direct the research in accordance with needs
  of the industry
• To invest in strategic long-range research
• To promote the allocation of public funding in
  intelligent mobile work machines

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2. Comparative study on Tampere regions
socioeconomic competitiveness in an
international context (EPRC, 1995)

• Joining of Finland to EU in 1995
• Observations strong potential for growth in
  certain high-tech sectors, inability to
  restructure regional economy and to create
  adequately jobs, lack of venture capital, weak
  entrepreneurial attitude, low rate of forming new
  businesses
• Useful information when preparing and
  implementing the first structural fund programme
  in the region

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3. Strategic development of Information Society
(1996-1998) and its implementation (1999-2001)
cofinanced by RISI 1 / ERDF

• Focus on information society resources of the
  region to empower both the public and the private
  sector, to develop services, strengthen
  businesses, expand job market and provide
  citizens with a fair access to information
  society opportunities.
• Information society strategy and implementation
  / Paraddis
• Example eTampere programme aimed at making
  Tampere a global leader in knowledge society
  development by involving local authorities,
  universities and research institutions, business
  and NGOs.

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Example eTampere 2001-2005

• Information society development programme
• Strengthens expertise, generates new business,
• develops public online services
• Six sub-programmes
• Information Society Institute
• eBusiness Research Center
• Research and Evaluation Laboratory
• eAccelerator
• Technology Engine Programmes
• Infocity

www.etampere.fi
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Example eTampere 2001-2005

• a total of 420 projects, 62 of which
  international
• total project volume 131 million euros,
  exceeding the target
• more than 400 researchers and developers and
  over 300 companies participated in the projects
• 60 were research projects
• 80 national networks and seminars
• project funding the City of Tampere, the
  University of Tampere and Tampere University of
  Technology 18, other public domestic funding
  28, public international funding 13, business
  life 39, other 2

www.etampere.fi
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Focus on technological competence and technology
foresight, cofinanced by ERDF 2003-2005

• The analysis made before the implementation of
  West Finland Objective 2 Programme showed that
  the technological competence is crucial for the
  region.
• Focus on exploitation of new technology and
  re-engineering processes, early detection and
  adoption of future technologies
• Major instrument
• The regional programme of Innovative Action in
  West Finland Area, WFA-Inno (2004-2006)
  cofinanced by ERDF (PRAI) technology foresight,
  efficient delivery of new knowledge, innovation
  council triple helix into practise

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5. Iniatives of the City of Tampere

• eTampere 2001-2005
• BioneXt Tampere an EUR 100 million development
  and investment programme that focuses on
  top-level research, product development, clinical
  application and the international
  commercialization of biotechnology that promotes
  health and well-being.
• Top-level enterprises
• - Biomaterials and tissue engineering
• - Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• - Research and Development Centre for
  Ophthalmic Innovations SILK
• - Bio ICT - Biological Information Centre, BIC
• - Biosensing Competence Centre (BCC)
• - Research tissue bank
• - Immunology - Centre for Vaccine Research and
  Immunology Vactia

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5. Initiatives of the City of Tampere

• Creative Tampere (2006-2011) is the new
  business development policy programme that offers
  a framework and funding for kick off projects
  that create new business. Three thematic areas
• the cultural industry
• Service innovations
• Structures for creativity

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6. Regional innovation strategy process in the
framework of VBN-InnoReg, Interreg IIIB Baltic
Sea Area, 2006-2007)

• In the Tampere Region
• Regional innovation system analysis 2006
• Preliminary selection of priorities as expert
  work
• Frequent steering committee meetings
• External experts input
• Development discussions with the key actors
• Strategy and indicator prototype ready by
  December 2007
• Implementation starts 2008
• In the VBN (Via Baltica Nordica) macro region
• Joint VBN Approach for Innovation Promotion
• Results of the analysis, follow-up (indicators),
  benchmarking, advantages to be taken from the
  Baltic Sea area scale

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REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY PROCESS - TRENDS
DRIVERS WITHIN NEXT 10-15 YEARS

• Global trends
• Global competition on competitiveness and
  networking
• New world order in business (USA, Asia)
• Need for absolute leadership in specific (niche)
  areas on the world scale
• EU and national trends
• Future of the EU
• Future of structural funding and science
  technology policy (EIT)
• National orientation for research and university
  policy
• Development of information society (productivity
  efficiency as challenges)
• Regional trends
• Continuity in the change of production structure,
  change in working age cohort
• Technology and innovation development,
  maintenance of the technological competence
  (specific areas)
• Challenges in developing the administration
  structure
• Culture, education, quality of life, security
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REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY PROCESS - THE MOST
CRUCIAL NATIONAL REGIONAL POLICIES

• National Science and Technology policy and
  funding
• National University Policy (structural
  development 2007)
• New national government and its programme
• National Strategic Cluster Policy (new)
• National Centre of Expertise programme,
  implementation in the regions
• Regional Strategy and implementation through
  programmes
• EU Structural Funds, implementation in the
  regions

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THE KEY CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES
IN TAMPERE REGION

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• Short term success or long term competitiveness
  to build up sound and competitive regional
  economy is a decades long effort
• How to differentiate from the competitors (Blue
  Sea Strategy)?
• Learning region vs. Technopolis
• New knowledge becomes old very soon, but there is
  no top without the basis
• high level education system (engineers, methods,
  curriculums)
• How to create industry sectors that need high
  level educated labour?
• How to get qualified labour?
• How to attract foreign experts, researchers,
  teachers, professor, companies from abroad
• Value of customer management and brands is
  increasing
• How to create appropriate infrastructure
  business communities, open innovation
  communities, technology platforms, foresight
  services, research, testing and piloting
  services?

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Innovation strategy in the Tampere Region -
Priority 1

• Strengthening the science and technology base in
  our top expertise areas and the areas related to
  them
• Important to understand what kind of roles and
  positions the regional companies and clusters can
  reach in global networks and what is needed for
  that.
• How to provide new resources and to make better
  use of existing resources?
• How to increase the use of the DUI (Doing Using
  _ Interacting) based knowledge in the top
  expertise areas?
• How to increase the foresight and the use of
  foresight information in research, development
  and business?
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Innovation strategy in the Tampere region
Priority 2

• Development of knowledge based, specialized
  services to support the selected top level
  expertise areas and areas related to them
• How to increase knowledge in service sector?
• How to better exploit the potential additional
  value in service sector?
• How to increase the entrepreneurships in
  knowledge intensive service sector?
• Focus on commercialisation of the high standard
  healthcare and life science services in order to
  increase the efficiency of the service production
  in the public sector but also to create new
  service concept that can be exported

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Innovation strategy in the Tampere Region
Priority 3

• To support the innovation processes by the
  international networking and cooperation
• Target is that our top expertise areas are
  endogenously international and that our companies
  and universities in the top expertise areas are
  the most networked on the international level
• How to increase the amount of international top
  level experts?
• How to increase the mobility of Finnish experts,
  researchers and professors?
• How can the experts and the companies be linked
  to the global value chains and to be a part of
  global knowledge networks?

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Innovation strategy in the Tampere region
Priority 4

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• Support the innovation capability and renewal of
  the traditional companies which are a part of
  global value chain
• New top level expertise areas are often born here
  and need to be supported
• Support the creation of new business concepts or
  expertise areas that are more based on business
  concept ideas than on technology
• What kind of technology transfer models are
  needed for so called low tech companies?
• How to develop the innovation capability oh SME
  on permanent basis?
• How to attract the traditional service
  entrepreneurs to renew and intensify their
  processes?
• How to support the traditional industrial SME to
  become a service business?

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CONTINUATION OF THE PROCESS

• Innovation Strategy process running in 2007
• Draft of the strategy presented, indicator
  prototype presented in November
• Innovation Strategy ready and published,
  indicator prototype ready in December
• Joint VBN (Via Baltica Nordica) Approach for
  Innovation Promotion ready in November
• After 2007
• Implementation of the strategy
• Implementation of the Joint VBN Approach
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