Project part-financed by the European Union Innovation Competences and Entrepreneurial skills (WP4) Mats Hedenström, Kista Science City

Project part-financed by the European Union Main findings and results High competitiveness in terms of innovation resources* - over 200 HIE, 1 million students - over EUR 20 billion invested in R&D annually (47% of the total R&D input of the Baltic Sea Region) - leading science and technology parks/science cities Extensive flora of innovation and entrepreneurship support actors and programs, but different approaches to innovation governance Similarities in innovation infrastructure *only Inno partner ciites, i.e. excl. Oslo, Vilnius, Warsaw

Project part-financed by the European Union Main findings and results High competitiveness in terms of innovation resources* - over 200 HIE, 1 million students - over EUR 20 billion invested in R&D annually (47% of the total R&D input of the Baltic Sea Region) - leading science and technology parks/science cities Extensive flora of innovation and entrepreneurship support actors and programs, but different approaches to innovation governance Similarities in innovation infrastructure *only Inno partner ciites, i.e. excl. Oslo, Vilnius, Warsaw

Project part-financed by the European Union Innovation Support and Governance Often overflow of support actors and programs, sometimes overlapping, sometimes addressing either innovation support OR the entrepreneurial process, thus covering only a fragment of the value chain  need for orchestration or pruning of resources BaltMet essentially a city network  in most cities restricted or no governance over innovation resources (e.g. universities) Two different approaches to innovation governance: policy-centrism vs voluntary networks

Project part-financed by the European Union Main findings and results High competitiveness in terms of innovation resources* - over 200 HIE, 1 million students - over EUR 20 billion invested in R&D annually (47% of the total R&D input of the Baltic Sea Region) - leading science and technology parks/science cities Extensive flora of innovation and entrepreneurship support actors and programs, but different approaches to innovation governance Similarities in innovation infrastructures *only Inno partner ciites, i.e. excl. Oslo, Vilnius, Warsaw

Project part-financed by the European Union Metropolitan innovation regions Spatial clustering of innovation resources - Established (Kista Science City, Adlershof, Otaniemi) as well as - Emerging (Örestad, Arabia-ranta, Sunrise Valley, BioScience/Northern station)

Project part-financed by the European Union Conclusions Spatial planning probably the most effective tool for cities to exert impact on innovation governance and to attract international talent to the region  Fields of joint activities and future collaboration: - Benchmarks and benchlearning in planning and expansion of innovation infrastructures - Joint activities between innovation actors, e.g. Incubator training programs (pilot run in May 07 in Stockholm)) - Entrepreneurship education: joint summer schools, boot-camps - Joint innovation prizes, e.g. Baltic Challenge  Prerogatives: - win-win situations - involvement of suitable partners

Project part-financed by the European Union Thank you! For additional information or comments, please contact work package 4 coordinator: Claudia Hakanen (currently on maternity leave but available on ), SSES/County Administrative Board of Stockholm