Technopolis experiences in the regional competitiveness development, cases of Oulu and Airport Vantaa area TechnopolisTechnopolis PlcPlc Teppo Kettula TECHNOPOLIS GROUP Q Biggest in Finland in its field Q Business environment as a product Q High tech customers Oulu region Q Growing and profitable Q Operates in the top finnish business regions Q Hosting over 600 companies Q Over 8 000 employees in premises Otaniemi, Espoo Helsinki-Vantaa Q Listed on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX) THE TECHNOPOLIS CONCEPT THE OPTIMAL HIGH TECH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TECHNOPOLISTECHNOPOLIS OULUOULU UNIVERSITY OF OULU VTT - TECHNICAL RESEARCH TECHNOPOLIS CENTRE OF FINLAND LINNANMAA LINNANMAA TECHNOPOLIS KONTINKANGAS TECHNOPOLIS, AIRPORT ROAD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AIRPORT NOKIA PELTOLA CITY CENTRE / MEDIPOLIS AIRPORT ROAD CITY CENTRE / MEDIAANI Helsinki-Vantaa TECHNOPOLISTECHNOPOLIS TECHNOPOLISTECHNOPOLIS INNOPOLI,INNOPOLI, ESPOOESPOO Q Majority ownership transferred Q Located in the heart of Otaniemi campus area Q Biggest R&D center Q Approx. 1500 employees 2 Q Facilities total 43.000 m Q Approx. 250 companies BUSINESS SERVICES Telecommunication services Switchboard, phone extentions Reception services Access control, security Conference services Mail services Office services, copying, printing jobs, secreterial services, equipment and furniture rental Staff hire - office and assistant Facility maintenance and environmental services Office cleaning, removal services Confidential data destruction services Service Management - comprehensive facility services Oulu region is internationallyinternationally knownknown forfor high-tech development Q The determined cooperation between the University and the city of Oulu started already in the 70´s Q Nokia military radio project, factory 1973 Q Heart rate monitor by Polar Electro, 1975 Q ”The Miracle of Oulu” refers to the educational and technological quantum leap that the City of Oulu and the neighboring region took in the 1980s and 1990s Q Nokia (Nordic Mobile Telephones) NMT phones, 1981 Q Nokia GSM basestations, 1991 Q 2G -3G - 4G development phases the last 15 years Q Nokia WCDMA infrastructure, 2000 Q ... Reasons for development in Oulu Q Great innovation potential Q Entrepeneurs and entrepeneurship Q Local, national and international venture capitalists are present Q Interesting high-tech-companies are born annually Q Presence of major industry players Oulu today Q A global leader in wireless Q Hourly flights to Helsinki and communication Stockholm from Oulu´s international airport, the second Q A region of 200,000 people, 15,000 hightech jobs busiest airport in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa. Q The hightech industry's annual turnover is 4.3 billion euros Q An important logistics center with a harbor city on the coast Q A university with 16,000 students of the Gulf of Bothnia and and 5,000 in the technology major land transportation faculty. A polytechnic with 7,000 facilities students, of which 3,200 in the field of technology and Q A natural environment with four communications distinct seasons a year. MULTIPOLIS NETWORK SPACEPOLIS ASTROPOLIS ASSEMBLYPOLIS INSTRUPOLIS POWERPOLIS HYDROPOWERPOLIS AURORA BOREALIS NATURPOLIS TESTPOLIS MEDIAPOLIS ELECTROPOLIS DIGIPOLIS IT-POLIS ACUSTICUM MICROPOLIS TECHNOPOLIS MEDIPOLIS SOFTPOLIS, STEELPOLIS HUMANPOLIS RFM-POLIS MEASUREPOLIS INCE-POLIS NETPOLIS TECHNOPOLIS HELSINKI-VANTAA CENTRES OF EXPERTISE THE OULU MODEL EXPANDED 1994 Q To create and implement strategic development programmes within the growth sectors Q To promote the co-operation between the companies and the research and education institutes Q To create a competitive operating environment for the companies Turku Helsinki / Mikko Agropolis Junninen Carelian Science Park Media Tampere Culminatum Lahti Science and Business Park Otaniemi Science Park Finn-Medi Research PrizzTech Foodwest Seinäjoki Technology Centre Helsinki Business & Science Park Tampere Technology Centre Hämeenlinna Technology Centre Technopolis Plc. Jyväskylä Science Park TechVilla Kajaani Science Park Technology Centre Kareltek Ketek Technology Centre Merinova Kuopio Technology Centre Teknia Turku Science Park National Network of Science Parks Source: TEKEL 14.1.2004 ICT cluster is the keystone in the main finnish science parks Wireless testing environment (national coverage) • more advanced than the commercial networks • constantly updated, state-of-the-art mobile technology enablers • committed for OMA standards • GSM/GPRS/EDGE* network intended only for testing purpose • test user groups *) Available only in Oulu region In Metropolitan area there are... • 9 Science universities • 7 Colleges • employing over 70 000 students Science Universities » Helsinki School of Economics » Helsinki University » Helsinki University of Technology » Swedish School of Economics » Arts Academy » Military Academy » Sibelius-Academy » Theatre Academy » University of Arts and Design … and over 20 public and private research Colleges centers: » Diakonia - College •VTT The National Research Centre •TAI Research Centre / HUT » Helsinki College Stadia •Stakes •KCL-Keskuslaboratorio Oy (forest industry) » Helsinki Business Institute •Res. Intitute ofr finnish economy ETLA •LTT -Tutkimus Oy / HSE » Haaga Institute •Finnish Meteorological Institute •BioMedicum / UH & HUS » Espoon-Vantaan Institute of Technology •Natl. PublicHhealt Institute •TechnoMedicum / UH & HUT •Institute for occupational health » Arcada - Nylands Swedish College •Game and Fisheries Res. Inst. •HIIT (Helsinki Institute of Information Technology) •Agrifood Research Finland » Laurea - College VANTAA HI-TECH K2 - PLAN: New city centre boulevard connecting PROGRAM airport, hitech and present infrastructure TECHNOPOLISTECHNOPOLIS HELSINKIHELSINKI -- VANTAAVANTAA Q The Technopolis concept Q Uniquely good location by the international airport Q A major enterprise center Q Construction begun 2002 Q 1st stage completed in June 2003 Q 2nd stage completed in April 2004 2 Q Total size 64,000 m Q More than 3 000 employees VANTAA HI-TECH PROGRAM Kartanonkoski - part of the plan already realized 1600 apartments, 3000 people South of Aviapolis In the vinicity of central parks and Vantaa river Internationational schools and kindergardens located in the area What are Vantaa Hi-tech Program’sProgram’s focusfocus areas? Welfare products and services Electronics Environment Logistics Telecommunication services 250 200 150 100 European Innovation Scoreboard 2002: EU Regions 50 0 Stockholm Uusimaa (Helsinki) Oberbayern (Munich) Stuttgart South West (Bristol) Midi Pyrenees (Tolouse) Lombardy (Milan) Rhone-Alps (Lyon) Piemonte (Turin) Zuid-Holland (Rotterdam) Darmstadt (Frankfurt) West Midlands (Birmingham) Noord-Holland (Amsterdam) North West (Manchester) North West (Liverpool) Catalonia (Barcelona) East Midlands (Nottingham) Arnsberg (Dortmund) Northumb.T&W (Newcastle) Yorkshire & Humberside (Leeds) Yorkshire & Humberside (Sheffield) Nord-pas-de-Calais (Lille) Finland functions as a test bench in the ICT sector Being present where the development occurs provides world class players co-operation possibilities and ”silent information” Vantaa Hitech Program secures good exertion point for international companies Q VantaaVantaa HitechHitech ProgramProgram supportssupports followingfollowing platformplatform initiativesinitiatives:: Mobile & Software testing facility Electronics production pilot plant (Electria) Centre of expertise in Logistics Health care & testing centre (Wellfare Center) International trade (International Incubator) Helsinki Region Business Creation Park – Staged Incubation Model Firm Birth Firm Stabilization Firm Expansion Research Institutes Incubators Business Helsinki Pre-Incubator Generators Speed-Up to University Phase Global Markets of Technology SUCCESSFUL VTT – COMMERCIAL Technical GROWTH IN Research HELSINKI INNOPOLI INTERNATIONAL Centre INNOLINKO OLARTEK SCIENCE INCUBATOR REGION PROGRAM FACILITY PARK PROGRAM evaluation consulting networks growth support local infrastructure DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS & SUPPORT MEASURES InnoTuli Spinno Mentorship Venture Capital Regional Centres Services Program Program & Seed Funds Of Expertise Reasons for locating in Finnish science park environments Q Fast access to European networks – Science parks are solid partners in national and European R&D network – Perfect Europe - Asia logistics for people and products Q Efficiency through business support – Especially beneficial to foreign companies Q Scalability of operations – Access to key expertese and educated workforce – Advantige also to global companies Domo arigatoo Gosaimasu! - Kiitos!.