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WelcomeA Fort Collins Overview

Josh Birks, City of Fort Collins

Mike Freeman, Rocky Mountain Innosphere

April 2013

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Live, Work and Play Here

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Innovation Economy Model

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Why Innovation?

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Why Pursue Innovation?

If you were to ask me, "From all the data you have studied so far, where will the next economic breakthrough come from?" my answer would be: From the combination of the forces within big cities, great universities, and powerful local leaders. Those three compose the most reliable, controllable solution.

- Jim Clifton, The Coming Jobs War

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Innovation’s Role in the Economy

The Sixth Wave, by James Bradfield Moody and Bianca Nogrady

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THREE INCUBATOR SYSTEM

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CSU’s Research Innovation Center• The 72,000-square-foot, $53 million facility is the

latest addition to CSU’s Infectious Disease Research Center. The center provides a hub for university scientists and students to partner with businesses to develop new products to treat and diagnose infectious diseases.

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• awarded over $20M in research• employs 12 professional research staff, as well as 50 graduate

and undergraduate students• awarded over $55M in funding commitments for spin-off

companies employing over 70 professional engineers, managers, and scientists

Powerhouse – Opening 2013

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CLUSTER STRATEGY

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Strengthening Networks

Target Industry Clusters

•Leverage strengths/mitigate weaknesses:– University: research/insight/innovation– Government: pilot projects/policy– Private Sector: efficiency/capital

•Outcome:– Greater innovation reach– Real Projects– Local Benefit & Economic Health– Golden Egg = Exporting Products &

Services

Purpose & VisionPurpose & Vision

Purpose: The Colorado Clean Energy Cluster is an enterprise for attracting and growing clean energy enterprises.

Vision: By 2015 The Colorado Clean Energy

Cluster is internationally and nationally recognized for innovative projects and initiatives that connect clean energy businesses and research to catalyze economic vitality and associated environmental and community benefits.

Copyright 2010 Colorado Clean Energy Cluster

MissionMission

By 2015, clean energy has resulted in the following benefits to the region:

• Job Growth: 1650 new primary (direct) jobs

• Attraction: 3-5 businesses per year, emphasizing headquarters and/or major regional offices/year, with a target of attracting one major player

• Incubation: 3-5 businesses per year

• Projects: 1 of global significance in 5 years and 1 per year of regional/statewide significance

• Economic Impact: $325.5 Million in new economic growth from Clean Energy activity

Copyright 2010 Colorado Clean Energy Cluster

Approach: Results-Oriented Initiatives

• State-wide organization: incubated in northern Colorado, regionally agnostic

• Not trying to do it all: our role is to execute on a few high impact, industry-led, fully collaborative initiatives to add to the state’s economic development infrastructure

www.ColoradoCleanEnergy.com

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ICN VISION

ICN’s vision is to build up strong global references between leading cleantech clusters in order to create superior value for cluster members. ICN wants to represent the leading clusters from the world’s green growth economies from North America, Asia, Europe and South America.

Goal = growth

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MEMBER CRITERIA

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TRIPLE HELIX ORGANIZATION

TRACK-RECORD OF BEING A LEADING REGION FOR CLEANTECH

A STRONG INDUSTRIAL BASE OF INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

A LARGE MEMBER BASE

BROAD FOCUS ON CLEANTECH SECTORS (I.E. NOT ONLY FOCUS ON SOLAR)

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE CLUSTER

WILLINGNESS TO DEDICATE RESOURCES TO ICN ACTIVITIES

DO WE WANT TO ADD KPI’S? E.G:

• 1 joint event with another ICN cluster• 1 mapping per year• 3 requests for partnerships

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WHAT IS THE VALUE OF ICN TO STAKEHOLDERS

• Open up new markets to our member companies by providing market insights and unique knowledge

• Facilitate partnership building across clusters between companies, knowledge institutions and public authorities

• Help our cleantech clusters/alliances achieve their objects of fdi, growth, export and internationalization

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Economic Development & Sustainability

Economic Development & Sustainability

Vision: Be a global leader in water innovation

Mission: Foster innovation, commercialization and economic vitality through synergy, collaboration, and leverage.

Goals

Innovative technology engagement with the water community.

- Wade’s view of commercialization and Productization in the water technology sector

Engage in projects aligned with vision and mission.

Increase meaningful partnerships.

Increase number transactions in the market related to water innovation: develop IP (invention disclosure, patents and copyrights), transactions, job growth

• Northern ColoradoBioscience Cluster(NoCoBio)

• City of Fort Collins

• University of Colorado Health System

• Colorado State University & CSU Ventures

• Rocky Mountain Innosphere

• Medical researchers and private enterprises

Recognizing Successes to Date• Facilities:

• Research Innovation Center• Innosphere• MCR Trauma One Research Center

• Funding• C2D2• CID4• Colorado Angel Investors• CBSA Investors Conference

• Workforce• Fort Collins High School STEM Programs• WIA and TAA training $ from Workforce Centers

• Vendor Show

• Improve technology development, delivery and transfer

• Improve access to capital• Build supply chain of human capital• Branding strategy • Define, report and celebrate outcomes

Strategy Moving Forward