KISTA SCIENCE CITY: Mats Hedenström, Marketing Director

WORLD LEADING ICT CLUSTER Land area: 2,000,000 m2 Office space: 1,100,000 m2 1350 companies 30,000 employees 4,000 students Activities started 1975 City of Stockholm, Ericsson, Royal Institute of Technology and the real estate owner group

CHALLENGES IN JOINT CLUSTERING Compete or cooperate – why not combine? Local, regional, national and international level – Europe vs USA Comparisson for cooperation – benchmark We must accept differencies – focus on comparable issues Learn and implement, not cut and paste Networking – lasting result of European projects

CHALLENGES IN JOINT CLUSTERING Incresed growth increases opportunities for everyone Focus on opportunities – not potential obstacles! A few examples of cooperation between competitors; * Joint research institute in Kista between Ericsson and Nokia * Eurooffice – possibilites to get access to offices all over Europé * European Institute of Technology – Swedish and Finnish joint application with strong support from both the private and the public sector

Thank You for Your interest in Kista Science City. mats Thank You for Your interest in Kista Science City! mats.hedenstrom@kista.com