GRAÇA FONSECADeputy Mayor for Economy, Lisbon City Council

from Lisbon with talent:creativity & entrepreneurship @ the heart of the city

Lisbon Experience

25th Best City of the World to Live (Monocle)

220 sunshine days per year

3 Natural Parks

2 large beach fronts

A rich and diverse gastronomy

A unique location to live and work.

Lisbon. Quality of life

LISBON City of the Year 2012

LISBONCreative and Global City

LISBON FILM COMMISSION

LISBONAtlantic Hub for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

the success or failure of economic growth comes

down to Innovation

innovation requires:

Technology

Ecosystem

Knowledge & Talent

LISBON

Knowledge & Talent

Lisbon: an University City with a strong R&D System

17 Universities; 30+ R&D Centers;120.000 Students; 4.000 Erasmus students

4th country in OECD with most researchers in the fields of science and engineering per 1000 inhabitants

LisbonAn Highly Qualified Workforce makes it a

Transatlantic Bridge in Education and R&D

Universities

UniversitiesIncubatorsCo-working spaces

THE LISBON EXPERIENCE Study in Lisbon

4.000 estudantes

lisboa cidade eRASMUS

ecosystem of incubation and

Creative spaces

urban incubator for startups developing strong IT products

side by side

Lisbon municipality and other partners provide office space, support services and financial backup

talent &technology

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Work is changing...• Mobility, globalization, virtualization• More than 1 billion mobile professionals

worldwide• 45% of office space is underutilized

All-desk will help define the future of work• Online community for mobile workers• Booking platform for workspaces• The real virtual office, everywhere, allover!

Pedro Santos

Rui Aires

Marco de Abreu

Fernando Mendes

powered by:

co-working & fab lab

Lisbon new Co-Working at Market Forno do Tijolo

Lisbon Fab Lab: Fabrication Laboratory, or, like some

people prefer to call it, “Fabulous Laboratory”

A new place in Lisbon for Creativity and Entrepreneurship

co-workingCo-working is redefining the way we do work

We work better together than alone

Co-working values: collaboration, community, sustainability, openness, and accessibility

Link between design & industry – between ideia & Industrial

production

Here creative and talented people have a place to materialize ideas grown at co-working (or other place) into a prototype

fab lab

Network conecting universities, industry, PMEs, IT companies...

CreativeCluster

Santa Clara

_Space for young creative startups_Co-working spaces

_Web design projets _AA - Visiting School

_Creative lounge

Creative Cluster Santa Clara

(Architectural Association of London)

we are connecting people & ideas …

•Promoting the internationalization and the competitive capability of Lisbon at a regional and global scale

• Creating, attracting and retaining … talents, companies, investment and strategic clusters

•Stimulating innovation, creativity and the entrepreneurship spirit in the city.

•Making Lisbon a space open to the exploitation of new motivations, experiences, concepts and innovations

• Positioning Lisbon in the global networks of production and value creation

… in a new ambition

graca.fonseca@cm-lisboa.pt

Thank you!