Innovation in Barcelona

Lija Groenwoud van Vliet

Point of departure

Barcelona has unique assets related to

climate, quality of life, culture, creativity,

entrepreneurship, leisure, architecture, sport, gastronomy…

1. Ecosystem2. Knowledge Economy3. Digital Innovation4. Technological Innovation5. Social Innovation6. Conclusion

Facts & Figures

• Hub in Mediterranean Sea• Bridge for European startups• Gateway to Latin America• Creative, technical and business

talent

source: Barcelona Global

Barcelona Innovation HUB.

Accelerator programs

Coworking Places &Incubators

Business schools and tech. universities

Science Parks & Research

Enablers

Knowledge Economy

Total 95% CO2 reduction the Media-ICT almost a net zero building

• use of District Cooling, clean energy;

• photovoltaic roof;• dynamic ETFE sun filters;• energy efficiency related to smart

sensors.

Fostering the right mindset

Learning Economy

Technological Innovation

Innovative companies in Barcelona

DBS Screening: Blood Screening & Prevention

Lékué: product to experience shift from plastic to food

Kantox: Solution to exchange foreign currency for SMEs avoiding banks’ hedging fees

A Strong Cluster Policy

Bio Tech &

Life Sciences

The BioRegion

512 companies in the BioRegion: 194 biotechnology firms, 40 pharmaceutical corporations, 54 medical technology businesses, 105 suppliers and engineering firms, 96 professional services companies and consultancies and 23 investors.

56 research centers with activity in the life sciences or related disciplines (nanotechnology, photonics, etc.) with a joint yearly budget of more than €380 millions, more than 900 research groups and 360 research projects.

17 university hospitals with more than 3,500 researchers devoted to biomedical research.

11 universities that offer life sciences degrees (of a total of 12).  More than 30,000 students enrolled in these degrees at Catalan universities in the 2011-2012 academic year.

2 large-scale research facilities —the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) and the ALBA-CELLS synchrotron— and 118 scientific and technological platforms.

12 technology centers and 16 science and technology parks (11 of which are home to companies in the sector).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkLl-ubNbY

Startup Mint Labs: Google Maps for the brain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkLl-ubNbY

Digital Innovation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIbFvUxP_Rg

Mobile Revolution

All those Apps

European I-Capital Innovation Award

FABLAB at different scales

Social Innovation

Open Government: Citizen Innovation

Social Innovation Barcelona Startups

http://www.thesocialcoin.org/en/?THESOCIALCOIN_SESSION=fn55nl0vpl8p4i74gquse5d231

Conclusion

The importance of scope

400.000 engineers200.000 wantrepreneurs

6.000 entrepreneurs600 businesses

300 remain in business after 2 years150 manage to get 4X the initial

investment valueOnly 60 reach 50X their initial investment in

value in a time span of 7 years.

Small stories, exits still leave the countryBarcelona good to start, but …

Incremental innovation

BCN Startup Icebergshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=GnZ6EpTum74&list=TLD80RPxQCGPY_LZsIKwK7i6Lj2krFYvJ_

FEST-UP Barcelona: May 5th- 10th Uniting the Ecosystem

Thank you for your attention.Time for questions

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we share these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

Lija Groenewoud van VlietInnovation advisor & blogger

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