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Innovation Centers/Hubs in London, Paris, and Copenhagen Phillip Andrews August 2019
Innovation Centers/Hubs in London, Paris, and Copenhagen
Phillip Andrews
August 2019
https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/making-the-top-smart-city-in-europe.html
• The top smart cities in Europe include Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Barcelona.
• Or, depending upon who you talk to, what model you use and when you have the conversation, the list can also include Luxembourg and perhaps Vienna.
• However, if you rely on the results from Forbes magazine in 2016, that “smartest global city” list includes other popular European tourist destinations like London and Paris — along with our great American City of New York.
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Top 15 European Hubs by Capital InvestedWhy Europe? According to Juniper Research, European cities dominate the list of top global smart cities. “European cities are forging ahead with efforts to become smart cities, with 60 percent of the world’s leading smart cities based in Europe. It was found that innovation to reduce congestion and energy consumption were key initiatives across many European cities.”Research author Steffen Sorrell recently said: “When addressed effectively, the impacts of reduced congestion are substantial: higher economic productivity, potential for new revenue streams and services as well as a measurable benefit in reduced healthcare costs.”And there are several other recent studies highlighting European success smart city stories.
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Websites Of Key Innovation Centers/Hubs
London
1. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/thinkspace/i-hub/• https://www.voreda.com/projects/translation-and-innovation-hub/
2. https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/topic-innovation
Paris
3. http://www.cite-sciences.fr/en/home/
4. https://stationf.co/
5. https://www.accenture.com/fr-fr/service-paris-innovation-center
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Websites Of Hubs Innovation Centers/Hubs (cont’d)Copenhagen
6. http://www.energylabnordhavn.com/showroom-and-ehub.html
7. http://pier47.rainmaking.io/
8. https://thehub.dk/
9. https://www.ibm.com/ibm/clientcenter/copenhagen/index.shtml
10. https://cphsolutionslab.dk/ (Best Innovation Hub/Lab for Smart Cities in Europe) (see pages 70 – 73)
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Let’s Set The Tone First.The DFW Innovation Center!
A classic situation of misusing labels and attributes.
This is just a co-working space, with very limited floor space.
Uninspiring building, an unimpressive interior, and very few equipment.
People found inside (on 8/4/19): O
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London• https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/175653/the-translation-innovation-hub-i-hub-featured/
• http://www.plparchitecture.com/translation---innovation-hub.html
• https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/service-innovation-hub-archive
• http://www.ukspa.org.uk/members/unip
Londonhttps://europe.businesschief.com/top10/2606/Top-10-smart-cities-in-Europe
• The UK’s capital city was ranked in second position globally, behind New York. Smarter London Together was launched by the city’s mayor in order to make London ‘the smartest city in the world’. The city’s boroughs and services will collaborate using technology. The strategy outlines five missions: design, data sharing, connectivity, skills, and collaboration. The London Office for Data Analytics (LODA) programme will launch under the initiative to increase data sharing and collaboration. The goal is to become a data-driven city.
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Accenture Innovation Hub
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ParisParis is named the 2017 innovation capital of Europe
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/paris-named-2017-innovation-capital-europe.html
Paris Innovation• Paris, France, has been named 2017's European Capital of
Innovation thanks to an 'inclusive innovation strategy', which saw it scoop the EUR 1 million first prize in the EU's iCapital awards. The awards, which are designed to recognize the most innovative cities in EU countries and those associated to the Horizon 2020 funding program, were announced on 7 November at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Two runner-up prizes of EUR 100 000 were awarded to Tallin, Estonia and Tel Aviv, Israel, and the prize money will be used to scale up and further expand the cities' innovation efforts.
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Paris
• Mairie de Paris has created its strategy through three major objectives – The Open City, The Connected City, and The Sustainable City. The city aims to deal with issues such as urbanization, resource scarcity, and climate change whilst reinventing Paris. France wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in its capital city, as well as create more digital inclusion through technologies such as IoT. The firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released plans to introduce plant-embedded smart architecture, known as Paris 2050. A sample of their recommendations is shown on the next page.
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• La CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultural Centers of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), promoting science and science culture.
• About 5,000,000 people visit the Cité each year. Attractions include a planetarium, a submarine (the Argonaute), an IMAX theatre, an Employment Center, an Innovation Center, … and special areas for children and teenagers.
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Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie("City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI)
• La CSI is classified as a public establishment of an industrial and commercial character, an establishment specializing in the fostering of scientific and technical culture. The goal of the CSI is to spread scientific and technical knowledge among the public, particularly for youth, and to promote public interest in science, research, innovation, and industry.
• The most notable features of the "bioclimatic facade" facing the park are Les Serres – three greenhouse spaces each 32 meters high, 32 meters wide and 8 meters deep. The facades of Les Serres were the first structural glass walls to be constructed without framing or supporting fins.
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http://www.cite-sciences.fr/fr/accueil/
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Station F• Paris is home to Station F, the world’s largest start-up campus, which
is located in a former railway depot the size of the Eiffel Tower laying down. There is room to house more than 1000 start-ups as well as founder companies, such as Microsoft and Facebook. The city also has a so-called Innovation Arc, a network of projects spanning Paris, including small workshops known as FabLabs and an urban farm where people can grow vegetables and learn to reduce food waste.
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More Info About Station F
• Station F, the world’s largest tech campus, has released details of its selection board–which includes some of the tech world’s brightest scions. The campus, located on the site of a historical former freight station, has been busy selecting participants for its founders' program, which will launch later this year.
• Applications will be vetted by a hundred entrepreneurs which Station F’s leadership are confident can turn up some of the industry’s next startup diamonds.
• 21 countries are covered by the board, who have raised a combined $5 billion across their respective careers. They include Soundcloud founder Eric Wahlfoss, Typeform founder, and co-CEO David Okuniev, Sprouterfounder Sarah Prevette and Solomon Hykes, of Docker.
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https://www.accenture.com/fr-fr/company-news-release-france-innovation-center
https://www.accenture.com/fr-fr/service-paris-innovation-center
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Copenhagenhttps://www.copcap.com/set-up-a-business/key-sectors/smart-city
http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/focusdk_0415/Html/kap05.html
https://cphsolutionslab.dk/
https://stateofgreen.com/en/partners/state-of-green/news/10-examples-of-smart-city-solutions/
https://urbanizehub.com/smart-city-copenhagen/
https://cphfintechweek.com/program/lab-crawl/
Copenhagen
• According to Copenhagen Capacity “The smart city Copenhagen is a living laboratory for testing smart technologies to handle the challenges of urbanization and climate change”. The greater district of Denmark’s capital has collaborated with academia, the public sector, and industry to test and develop projects. Copenhagen’s startups are attracting investments into the city, with around 250 firms contributing to smart city activity.
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Energy Lab in Nordhavn, DK(a small town outside Copenhagen)
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New European innovation hub in Nordhavn, Copenhagento become epicenter for tomorrow's energy technologies
https://www.mek.dtu.dk/english/nyheder/2017/12/new-european-innovation-hub-in-nordhavn-copenhagen-to-become-epicentre-for-tomorrows-energy-technolo?id=21c4534e-c1f6-4165-8adb-fe9348992193 63
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The Hubhttps://thehub.dk/jobs/senior-nodejs-developer-2
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IBM Client Innovation Centerhttps://www.ibm.com/ibm/clientcenter/index.shtml
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http://www.geopolitika.hu/en/2018/02/08/a-report-on-the-state-of-european-cities-2016/
https://urbanizehub.com/smart-city-copenhagen/
https://www.nets.eu/innovation
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https://urbanizehub.com/urban-culture/
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First, Two Disappointing Observations
• Several Innovation Centers and Hubs are nothing more than low-level Incubators that are falsely use the labels of Innovation Center and Innovation Hub. They are plain pretenders!
• Most Centers and Hubs are catering to smart technologies, but not directly tied to Smart Cities or Smart Manufacturing! It’s clear that most Mayors and City Managers are leaving it up to the likes of IBM and AT&T to lead the parade towards Smart Cities, believing that “Smart” is all about technology (like 5G, IoT, AI, and Blockchain)! Very few Mayors and City Managers have a Master Plan for becoming real and complete Smart Cities! Smart Technical Infrastructure is only the basement of a Smart City!
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Singapore’s Jurong Lake District (JLD)
A SMART AND SUSTAINABLE DISTRICT OF THE FUTURE
JLD will be a model district to
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enable a livable and sustainable
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This will be driven by a combination
of district-level infrastructure, data-
driven decision-making platforms and
forward-looking policies
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https://geospatial.sg/?doing_wp_cron=1567958694.4115428924560546875000
https://dotlah.com/2019/05/27/land-transportation-master-plan-2040-bringing-singapore-together/
Key Observations
• There is no standardized model for Innovation Centers or Hubs. Each one is different and each one has a different vision of what the Center or Hub is all about. Some of them help only entrepreneurs and startup companies, while others help different, and in some cases, all segments of society.
• The most successful ones have these key ingredients:• They represent a PPP – involving Government, major Corporations, and in
some cases NPOs, NGOs, and Institutions
• They are part of Science and Industry Centers or Cultural Centers
• They reside in Innovation Zones or Industry Sectors
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Key Observations (cont’d)
• Major corporations and consulting firms are establishing their own Innovation Centers and Hubs with the intent of attracting additional ideas, inventions, and innovations from third parties --- sort of making them an extension of their R&D Departments
• Examples: Ikea, Salesforce, IBM, Samsung, Pfizer, Citi Group, Roche, Accenture
• Major Universities and Community Colleges are also establishing their own Innovation Centers and Hubs with the intent of turning their own students into successful entrepreneurs
• Examples: Imperial College London, Brunel University London, University of Nottingham, Cardiff University, Institut Pascal Paris, University of Copenhagen
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Major Revelations
• It’s better (much better) to indoctrinate and inspire students to be entrepreneurs, rather than encouraging them to be employees for companies!
• The future of Smart Cities depends on the smart people that they attract and bring forth or raise and nurture on their own.
• Smart people thrive under a Smart Culture and Smart Everything! Smart Culture is aimed at benefiting everyone in society and keeping everyone thirsty for more! Innovation is addictive!
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It’s A Closed Loop System. It’s An Engine!
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The challenge is how to make this engine going at full power because it fuels and stimulates:
• The overall economy• New industries• New jobs
• The entire city• Better schools• Better health care• Better transportation• Better services• Better everything
• The entire Society• Better infrastructures• Better architecture and art• Better entertainment …
The faster this engine works the more benefits and rewards the Smart City realizes!
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Key Observations (cont’d)
• Many Innovation Hubs have a specific industry focus, such as High Tech, ITC, Health Care, Biotech, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility, Smart Energy
• Some Innovation Centers & Hubs are creating international alliances and collaboration arrangements ---see:
• http://news.mit.edu/2019/collaboration-and-innovation-between-mit-and-denmark-0410
• http://hollandhubaustralia.com.au/dutch-australian-smart-city-innovation-hubs-workgroup/
• Some Innovation Centers are becoming franchises, opening Centers in other countries and States, like Blackstone Innovation Center that just opened offices on the UTD campus
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Key Observations (cont’d)
• Some Innovation Centers/Hubs behave as the glue for Smart Cities Innovation, Business, and Knowledge Ecosystems
• The “glue” is necessary for educating the public and government officials (of who most of them are totally unaware of what Smart Cities are all about), holding hackathons to involve citizens, spreading the right culture, and more importantly managing the relationships within the ecosystems. Governments cannot do that. Corporations cannot do that. Cities and States need a new arm in managing the emerging Smart Cities and their ecosystems. Innovation Hubs are the best idea so far to do exactly that!
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Top Three Best Practices
• The best Hubs had great websites
• They offer Knowledge Warehouses full of:• Templates of Business Plans, Business Models, Financials … examples of
Business Plans and Models, and pitch decks … videos of misc. lectures … • Contact Information of all the “partners” in the Innovation, Financial,
Government, Education, and Business Ecosystems• Other pertinent information (i.e.: Trapdoors for startups and how to avoid
them, How to obtain patents and trademarks, Megatrends in society, Megatrends in technologies, Digital Transformation, etc.)
• They offer help to improve Leadership, Managerial, Organizational, Financial, Presentation … and other critical Hard & Soft Skills
• Specialists, Consultants, Webinars, Seminars, etc.
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• They have exciting buildings that “scream” innovation
• They have exciting offices, brainstorming rooms, conference rooms, … even game and relaxation rooms
• They provide the best equipment for brainstorming, storyboarding, visualization, virtualization, etc.
• Some of them provide the best equipment for prototyping (Makespace approach)
• They offer introductions to key large Corporations, and Government Agencies for obtaining grants, loans, PPP assistance, sponsors, etc.
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More Best Practices
• Innovation Hubs should encourage in bringing Smart Cities Conferences in their own cities for three great reasons:
1. Create excitement, interest, and a real movement in becoming a Smart City. They feed and reinforce the movement
2. Initiate PPPs with local businesses and government agencies
3. Initiate real projects for Smart Cities• St. Louis hosted a Smart Cities Conference in the Spring of 2019. Four
months later, they created the important initiative explained on the next slide.
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Urgent Recommendation!Straight Shooting --- No Sugarcoating!• We need to do something to get the ball rolling!
• We are losing ground to European and Asian cities!
• Complacency and false beliefs about our self-importance to the world are harming our cities and society. Believing that we are the best and that we will continue being the best in the future is very harmful. We need to face reality. The writing is already on the wall. Other countries are already talking about becoming Smart Countries, and here we have hard time in convincing major cities in becoming smart! There is a price to pay for inaction and aloofness --- similar to what is happening in the business world!
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Here Is What Happened To Our Large Corporations since 1969• 85% of them have disappeared, including the likes of RCA, American
Motors, Penn Central, Pan Am, TWA, Woolworth, EDS, and Amoco.
• Others have merged or were acquired by other corporations, and although they kept their names (like Chrysler, Firestone, and CASE Corp) they are no longer American companies.
• Shocking: Only 53 companies of the Fortune 500 are still around since 1955!• And this number will become even smaller the next 10 years! (Even GE is in trouble)!
• Yes, cities fizzle out as well. The Rust Belt is still full of crippled cities --- and after 50 years, most of them still have not recovered yet.
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