1 Delft building the future through regional clusters and a local innovation campus Ronald de Groot, Municipality of Delft Job Nijs, Science Port Holland City of Delft, the Netherlands

2 Some Delft Characteristics Economy Delft period industry based economy and location of a technical university Delft nowadays in transition to a knowledge based economy Last few years in first signs of acceleration Spatial Located between The Hague and Rotterdam Three universities within a radius of 40 km In centre of a high urbanised delta This delta is a top region in sectors like logistics and transportation, bio-based economy, delta technology, medical technology, international law and justice

3 DELFT ACTS ON ALL LEVELS INNOVATION NATION EU NL: TOPSECTORS Province Zuid Holland DELFT-LEIDEN- ROTTERDAM ICT-KIC Climate-KIC Health Ties Life sciences Agro-food Water Energy High-tech Agriculture Logistics Creative industry Chemistry Food Water Energy High-tech Agriculture Main port Green port Brain port TIC Delft Innovation program's Talent Facility’s Spatial development TIC DELFT Clean Tech Delta Medical Delta

4 Local government measures to promote development knowledge based economy 11 priorities knowledge workers knowledge intensive businesses knowledge institutions valorization innovative projects networking regional agenda advocacy spatial development profiling local embedding

5 For this presentation: focus on two highlights Regional clustering (Job Nijs) Local innovation campus (Ronald de Groot)

Medical Delta Space Clean Tech Law Oil & Gas Food Space Clean Tech Food Space Security Water and Delta Clean Tech Food REGIONAL CONNECTIONS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 1. Esa Estec 2. Bio Science Park 3. Internationale zone 4. The Hague Centre 5. Shell Lab Rijswijk 6. TIC Delft 7. Unilever Lab 8. Rotterdam Central District 9. City harbours CTD 10. Water and Delta

7 Food & agriculture Energy Creative industry Logistics STRONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROTTERDAM – DELFT – LEIDEN Diversity and coherence Life Sciences High Tech materials and systems Water Chemical Industry

8 TICD FOCUS AREA CLEANTECH Biobased Economy & Sustainable Process Technologies Water & Delta Technology Logistics & MobilityUrban environment

9 TICD FOCUS AREA MEDICAL DELTA BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (regional, international) Imaging and image guided medicine Targeted Molecular Technology Interventions and Care INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE (regional, local) New health care models Strengthen health care chain Raise number of students and personnel Living labs

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CAMPUS DELFT HART OF THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION REGION

11 EducationEntrepreneurs: services and industry Economic Structure Research Innovation program’s Facilities Talent development & Entrepreneurship Spatial development Bron: Gemeente Delft INNOVATION CAMPUS MODEL RowsColumns

12 INTEGRATION  discover on the crossings: - the vacancies - the opportunities Source: City of Delft Innovation program’s Facilities Talent development & Entrepreneurship Spatial development EducationEconomic Structur Research Entrepreneurs: services and industry

13 PROJECTS ON CROSSINGS KIC-climate Clean Tech Medical Delta Design Innovation Center Technical Education Blue Print Business Science Center Student Housing Accelerator + lab facilities Medisch technol. field web Proof of concept fund New TNW faculty Gelatinebrug Sustainable Procestech Lab 4 railway track Delft-R’dam. Innovation Program Tridelta /EU Key project TU Delft Infraproject Delft + NL + Province Other projects Delft + region International school HOV Z’meer Health ties A13- N470 Connection Aansl. N470 Schoemakerstr TU Learning Center Bio Proces Facility 4

14 PROGRAMME TIC-DELFT 2.0

15 PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT OPTION

16 ISSUES Time scale and dynamics mix of industry, institutes, housing, environment, public structures (water etc) Spatial development connected to scientific development Financing – quality in local environment is factor is real estate values

17 OUR CHALLENGES 1.Develop TICD with complete and complementary environments for: Labor & Entrepreneurship Education Housing 2.Triple Helix: valorization 3.Hospitality: facilities, conditions, science in society, culture And last but not least 4. Solid regional anchoring