Post on 20-Jan-2016
ICTInnovation and Growthin the Kolarctic Region
Johan E. Bengtsson, Luleå Business Agency / KITENPI project
GROWTH
RegionalAssets
RegionalAssets
ActorsCollabo-
ration
ActorsCollabo-
ration
Values,Culture,
”Mindset”
Values,Culture,
”Mindset”
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EU
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HIP
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)