ICTInnovation and Growthin the Kolarctic Region

Johan E. Bengtsson, Luleå Business Agency / KITENPI project

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Values,Culture,

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ProductivityProductivity

Competitiveness

Competitiveness

Sustainable

growth

Sustainable

growth

networks

projects

industry

ICT INNOVATIONS

The First GSM Call (1989)

The VDSL standard (2000-2007)

The Luleå Algorithm for routing (1997)

Software GPS in mobile phones (2005-)

OFDM – the basis for 4G (1990-2006)

Internet-based E-meetings – pioneers (1999-)

ICT COMPETENCE

Inspire The YoungKeep Your Students

Be Attractive

Find New Strengths

Datacenter sites in the cities of Luleå, Boden and Piteå

marketed by the Node Pole

Investments in Norrbotten

2007 – How to increase incoming investment?

2008 – Invest in Luleå och Piteå (ICT)

2009 – Invest in Norrbotten

2011 – Facebook decides on Luleå Data Center

The news travelled around the world - 1500 articles, momentum for Sweden as a leading ICT country.

Power & Infrastructure Safety & Stability

Europe's lowest electricity prices, a green stable grid

and highly developed communications

infrastructure.

One of the most secure and stable places in the world —

geologically, politically, socially, economically and

digitally.

Community & Competence Climate & Cooling

The hottest investment region in Sweden, with

entrepreneurship, cutting-edge technology, and world-

leading companies.

We are at the same latitude as Fairbanks, Alaska, USA,

with a climate perfect for data centers.

750 built it.

Since March 2013, about 90 people work there.

HOT in the cold Nordics

The digital universe

(exabytes data)

The Node Pole “Data Center Eco System”

Mega datacenter 2

DatacenterEnterprise

Co-location DC

Mega Datacenter 3

Mega Datacenter 4

objectives & partners

1. Academic integration:Mobile Systems, Pervasive Computing, Wireless Networks, E-healthSt Petersburg State University (ITMO)Archangelsk Technical University & Pomor State UNorwegian Centre for Integrated Care & TelemedicineLuleå University of Technology Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences

2. Innovation facilitation: ICT for Health, Ageing Well and Inclusion ICT for a Low-Carbon Economy Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine Luleå Business Agency InternetBay Russoft

3. Cross-border infrastructure: Collaboration Tools, Network Expansion IT Norrbotten Universities (tools) InternetBay, Russoft, NST (network pre-study)

rationale

ICT Outlook:

Long-term shortage of skilled ICT staff

Shrinking student numbers

Shared ICT education and competence

Cross-border ICT education, innovation, partnership

Joint potential to aim high – large projects & initiatives

Cross-border ICT business opportunities

offerings

Partnering2012 Luleå2013 St Petersburg2014 Tromsö

2013-10-17: Luleå

Best Practice

Educational Collaboration

Networking

Thank You!

www.kitenpi.eu

www.kitenpi.eu

Johan E. Bengtsson

5 ICT regions:TromsNorrbottenLaplandArchangelskSt Petersburg

KolarcticITEducationNetworkingPartneringInnovation

Economic & social development of the Economic & social development of the Kolarctic regionKolarctic region

Cross-border cultural, economic, Cross-border cultural, economic, scientific, educational, technological scientific, educational, technological exchange and collaborationexchange and collaboration

Common market of jobs, services, Common market of jobs, services, competences, opportunities, resourcescompetences, opportunities, resources

West-East integration & cooperationWest-East integration & cooperation

Kolarctic Objectives

KITENPI is our re

sponse to th

ese challenges

background

INFRASTRUCTUREnetwork tools

cross-border collaboration

ICT BizCluster

ITUniversity

ITUniversity

ICT BizCluster

Education(Research)

Partnering

industryneeds

competence,innovations

industryneeds

competence,innovations

in numbers

1 379 00 EUR costs

36 months (March 2011-February 2014)

Aims & Indicators:

o 5 educational program collaborations

- 24 staff visits

- 27 master theses with companies

- 9 student recruitment activities (promote more females)

o 3 Kolarctic Collaboration Events (conferences)

- 5 Networks

- 4 Best-Practice workshops

- 13 Product Events (commercializing innovations)

- 17 Innovation Events (students & companies together)