By Tamara Hoegler, presented at the 19th TCI Global Conference, Eindhoven, 2016.

1. Titel presentatie
[Naam, organisatienaam]
Working Day - Track: Cities & Competitiveness
Cities as driving force for competitiveness and clustering
Tamara Högler, Head of international affairs
and innovations, CyberForum e.V.
Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in
Smart Cities – A Best Practice

2. Clusters as Drivers for Innovation
in Smart Cities – A Best Practice
Tamara Högler, Head of international affairs and innovations, CyberForum e.V.

3. Agenda
• Introduction
• TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe & SmarterCity
Karlsruhe Initiative – The perfect eco-
system for Innovation
• CyberForum – Not only a network, but also
a connector
• Urban Inno: Innovation projects need drive!

4. Technology Region Karlsruhe

5. Eco-System for Innovation
Cyber
Forum
DIZ
Comp.
Centre
SMEs
IT-B
BW
Cyber
Lab
SIGs
Software
Cluster
SCKA
EDDKA
TRK
FZI
HoLL
KIT
FHI
CoC
iRegions
Centra
Lab
UPSIDE
Urban
Inno
Smart Cities & Innovation
Innovation & Living Labs
& User Involvement
Open Innovation &
Participatory Methods
Participatory
Methods for
Urban Innovation

6. Clusters as Drivers for Innovation
Ecosystems: Connect. Combine. Cooperate!
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7. CyberForum – who we are
CyberForum…
• is a non-profit organization
• has more than 1.100 members -> biggest regional IT / High-Tech
network in Europe
• represents more than 23.000 employees in the TechnologyRegion KA
• has accompanied more than 650 company foundations
which resulted in more than 2.600 employments
• is tagged as a German Network of Competence, has the ESCA and
Cluster-Excellence Baden-Württemberg Gold Label
• is coordination site of the Software-Cluster (biggest Software Cluster
in Europe) in 2017
• has 37 employees

8. Our part in the game
Connector
Neutral
inter-
mediator
Pro-
active
coopera-
tion
trigger
Innovator
„Psycho-
logist“
Trust
builder
Contact
person
Success factors!

9. Urban Inno:
Main Objective
To maximise the innovation potentials of urban ecosystems
in CE through:
o establishment and interlinkage of quadruple helix
research-driven clusters/networks in partner regions (a
better linkage of actors in urban innovation ecosystems -
also transnationally
o the development and implementation of new
participatory methods and tools to engage end-users and
industries into innovation processes (qualified and
motivated end-user of new technologies/services – a
SMART USER)

11. Main Outputs
Five new
quadruple helix
cluster/network
dedicated to
urban
innovation
(involving the
most
relevant
stakeholders)
A toolbox of
Smart urban
innovation
participatory
methods &
tools (Training
of regional
qualified
Facilitators)
Implementation
of participatory
methods &
tools and
engagement of
end-users (pilot
projects)
Joint urban
innovation
strategy,
connecting
quadruple helix
research-driven
ecosystems in
CE

12. Challenges
• Get policy involved
• Get citizens involved
• Ensure long-term cooperation
• Ensure knowledge-transfer
(also on transnational level)
• Develop sustainability
• Effectiveness: Stay focused!
Connec-
-tor
Trust
builder
Pro-
active
coopera
-tion
trigger
Inno-
vator

13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!
Tamara Högler
Head of Innovations & International Affairs
CyberForum e.V.
hoegler@cyberforum.de
http://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/URBAN-INNO.html
https://www.cyberforum.de
https://twitter.com/urban_inno & TamaraHoegler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/urban-inno-822b38128