Social Engineering to Increase Social Capital
www.etampere.fi
eTampere aims high
• The objective of the eTampere information society programme is to make Tampere the spearhead city of information society development
• by strengthening the knowledge base• by creating new business • by developing new public online services that ease
the daily life of all citizens
Active citizens, innovative business
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eOrigins in the eEurope initiative
• bringing every citizen, home, school, enterprise and administrative body into the network environment
• creating a Europe of digital skills and entrepreneurial spirit
• ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to be part of the information society
The technology-oriented stage is over. Citizens want information and applications that make their lives simpler
and better. Here and now, not just in the future.
eTampere is a new type of marriage between Business, Government and University
• promoting cooperation between enterprise, research, education and the public sector so that the information society will become a natural part of everyday life for all citizens, without discrimination
Local, regional, national, international
PartnersCity of TampereUniversity of TampereTampere University ofTechnologyTampere TechnologyCentre LtdVTT
Partners in cooperationPolytechnics and othereducational establishmentsCentres of ExpertiseEnterprisesAssociationsSurrounding municipalitiesInternational partners
ICTTAMPERE INFOCOM (ICT - & MEDIA) CLUSTER
RESEARCH&EDUCATION
USERS
Publics ervicesHospitals ,Schools ,
Adminis tration ,Others ...
CompaniesIndus try ,Banks ,
Mobile office ,Education , ...
Hous eho ldsBank Services ,
Telework ,Dis tance learning ,
Information , Retrieval , ...
TUT Software Systems
TelecommunicationsSignal Processing
SemiconductorElectronics ...
TPU, PirPUMedia Production / -Art
Information Tech .Digit . / Multimedia ...
UTA Information Studies
HypermediaJournalism & Mass media
Computer Science...
PRODUCERS
HARDWARE & COMPONENTS
SOFTWARE
GENERAL S YS TEMS
DMI, VRC, W3C
ISI, eBRC
VTT,
RELabTC of EXPERTISE
eTampere
Program
VTTAutomation
Information technology
TELECOMMUNICATION & MEDIA NETWORKS
MEDIA & NEW MEDIA
VAECT
OTHERS
SERVICES & COMMERCE
Local Innovation System – The Tampere Model
Tampere BusinessDevelopment Strategy
Coordinationand Financing
Biomaterials
DigitalSignalProcessingDMI
Mobile and Water
Hydraulics
Opto-electronics
ORC
Hypermedia VCR
MediaTampere Ltd
Finn-MediResearch Ltd
TampereTechnologycentre
Tourism IndustryInnovationsand Products
TampereConvention
Bureau
Professia Ltd
World Class Research and Development
Specialised Strategic CompaniesCentre of Expertise Programme
Information Society Research
eTampereprogramme
BioneXt Tampereprogramme
Health Technology
Tourism
Media
ICT
Mechanical Engineeringand Automation
KIBS
The mode of operation• The programme is implemented by six independent subprogrammes, which cooperate with each other and various other players.
• The programme as a whole is coordinated and marketed by the eTampere office. The strategic vision and monitoring of activities are the responsibility of the steering group.• Policy-making for and monitoring of the practical work is carried out by the executive committee.
• A five-year programme for the years 2001-2005• Targeted total volume of projects 132 million euros• 20 % seed funding from the City of Tampere
• Technology engine programmes (TUT/Digital Media Institute)• Research & Evaluation Laboratory, RELab (VTT)• eBusiness Research Center, eBRC (TUT, UTA)• eAccelerator (Tampere Technology Centre Ltd)• Information Society Institute, ISI (UTA)• Infocity (City of Tampere)
SubprogrammesResearch & Evaluation Laboratory, RELab Produces easy-to-use services for everyday life and test environments for the production, development and evaluation of services.
Technology engine programmes Bring top expertise for the use of enterprises through high-quality research. Adaptive software components, User interfaces, Perception of information, Neoreality, Broadband data transfer
eBusiness Research Center, eBRC Produces research-based and practical expertise related to electronic business for the use of enterprises and the public sector, acts as a matchmaker for researchers, companies, organizations and financers.
eAccelerator Shoots companies with unique, high-technology-based ideas onto the international growth path. There are currently nine companies growing in the accelerator.
Information Society Institute, ISI Through multidisciplinary research, development and educational activities, forwards the building of an information society based on active citizenship and the development of its daily practices.
Infocity Makes Tampere a model city of information society by developing practical online services and by improving the citizens’ skills to use them.
eTampere and the four dimensions of information society
Technical Social
Financial
Cultural
eAccelerator
Tecnology engine programmes
RELab
InfocityISI
eBRC
Areas of emphasis in 2003
Active, participating and influential citizenship• increasing opportunities for influence and participation• eTampere card• new possibilities for communal spirit and operation
Developing expertise and business development• eTampere business service• mobile technologies, services and content
Development of service innovations• Support for and development of service processes with information and communication technologies• customer-oriented approach, active customership, multifarious productionship
More in-depth international cooperation• Sixth Framework Programme• St Petersburg cooperation
Concrete services that improve the productivity of public services and transfer technology innovations into services for citizens, implemented based on business logic.
Achievements of eTampere so far• The programme advances according to plan (project portfolio 52 million euros,
realization rate 114 %)• The proportion of finance from enterprises and international sources has increased in
total funding• Capital investment exceeds 9.5 million euros• Ca. 400 researchers and more than 150 enterprises participate in over 100 eTampere
projects. 11 international projects.• Information Society Observatory, which aims to produce high-quality social-scientific
research on information society• WLAN Hämeenkatu and digital TV user studies• Smart home – from pilot to mass product• W3C – Finnish regional office in Tampere• 9 accelerator companies, several companies in pre-accelerator• SME service model –from fax-mode to e-era• 2500 people trained onboard the Netti-Nysse Internet bus, almost 20 000 visitors• More than 4 000 citizens trained with training funding• eTampere card, a new key to services• New public online services developed. Total eservice map created for the city. The city
website visited more than two million times a month• Several extensive international and national seminars (eGlobal, eBRF, Spearhead
network seminar etc.)• New culture of cooperation among stakeholders
eTampere builds a humanly sustainable information society
eTampere is critical but curious, daring but humble, a builder of the new that respects the old.