Innovation district Trentino in 10 years
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kuhlmann
Fraunhofer Institute for
Systems and Innovation Research, ISI (D)
Utrecht University (NL)
Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop 14-15 July 2003 (Trento)
ISI
Fraunhofer
Institute
Systems and
Innovation Research
Strengths of Trentino today
Agrofood
„future“
sector
„traditional“
sectors
Tourism,
Art, Culture
Information &
Communication
Technology, and
Microsystems
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Fraunhofer
Institute
Systems and
Innovation Research
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Strengths of Trentino today: Agrofood
IASMA –
14.788 active firms in 2002
(31,7 % of total firms in all sectors)
• Centro Scolastico
• Centro Sperimentale
• Centro Assistenza Tecnica
University Bio-organic chemistry lab
Biophysics lab
Centro Di Ecologia Alpina
ISF – Istituto Sperimentale per la
Frutticoltura
ISAFA – Istituto Sperimentale per
l’Assestatemto Forestale e l’Apicoltura
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Innovation Research
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Strengths of Trentino today: Tourism, Art, Culture
5.881 active firms in 2002
(12,6 % of total firms in all sectors)
ITC-irst - eCommerce and Tourism
Research Laboratory
Museo d‘Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
di Trento e Rovereto MART
ITC-isig - Centro per gli studi
storici italo germanici
ITC-isr - Centro per le
scienze religiose
Museo Tridentino Di Scienze
Naturali MTSN
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Systems and
Innovation Research
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Strengths of Trentino today: ICT & M
University:
ITC-irst
• Cognitive and communication
technologies
• Department of Computer
Sciences and Telecommunication
• Telecom engineering
• Automated reasoning systems
• Interactive Sensory Systems
• Microsystems
• Materials engineering
• Physics
• Physical chemistry of surfaces and
interfaces
Institute of Photonics and
Nanotechnology, INF
693 active firms in 2002
(1,5 % of total firms in all sectors)
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Innovation Research
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Activities/Institutions at the Intersection of Strengths
Agrofood
Museo Tridentino Di
Scienze MTSN
Sensors for Quality
control in Apple
production (ITC-irst)
eCommerce and
Tourism Research
Laboratory
Tourism,
Art, Culture
Peach
Information &
Communication
Technology, and
Microsystems
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Fraunhofer
Institute
Systems and
Innovation Research
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Vision „Trentino Competence Triangle 2014“
Material
sciences
Agrofood
Environmental
sciences
Trentino Competence
Triangle 2014 Information &
Tourism,
Art, Culture
Mechatronics
Communication
Technology, and
Microsystems
Humanities
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Innovation Research
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2014: Changing conditions
Changes in global
trade (open markets)
Environmental
change
High-level agro-products
(e.g., creative food)
Agrofood
Tourism,
Art, Culture
Aging Society
ICT leap (e.g., wireless)
ICT &M
European Research
Area (ERA) is
functioning
Many other European
regions are flourishing
within international
networks
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Systems and
Innovation Research
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2014: Possible Competences / Products / Markets
Agrofood
Examples
„virtual wine tasting“
„teleworking in
agrotourismo“
Tourism,
Art, Culture
ICT & M
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Systems and
Innovation Research
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Shaping Factors for 2014
Resources
Governance
Business Attitudes
• Higher Education
• Institutional Setting of
Scientific and Industrial
System
• Networking
• Knowledge Transfer
• Regulation
• Entrepreneurial Attitudes
• Administration
• Intermediary
Organisations
• Scientific and Business
Competences
• Work Force
• Infrastructure
Making the Trentino Competence Triangle
internationally competitive
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Institute
Systems and
Innovation Research
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Shaping Factors for 2014
Resources
Questions regarding:
- funding instruments
- scientific excellence
Governance
Questions regarding:
- development of research
infrastructure
Business Attitudes
Questions regarding:
- innovation management
- incentives
- evaluation schemes
- governance of research
institutes and university
- international
competitiveness
- framework conditions for
scientific excellence
- management
competencies
- life-long learning
- decision structures and
policymaking
- entrepreneurship
- internationalisation
- life-long learning
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Innovation Research
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