How Osijek changed in 5 years, and became IT center of Croatia.

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Bela Ikotić
Secretary General
OSIJEK SOFTWARE CITY

3. Welcome to BIOS
ENTREPRENEURIAL
INCUBATOR
RUNNING AT FULL
CAPACITY, MOSTLY IT.

4. PROJECT
KICK-OFF
5 IT companies
2012—project start
2013—NGO founded
…

5. GOALS
Develop IT as a local industry
Improve IT worker quality on the market
Encourage ICT entrepreneurship
Create new jobs
Brand Osijek as an IT city
Empower the community to join

6. A LONG WAY AHEAD
Interconnect the local IT community
Educate next-gen experts
Empower entrepreneurship
Connect with local authorities
Improve the education system

7. HOW OSIJEK BECAME
A SOFTWARE CITY?

8. OSC HACKATHON 2015
24 hour hackathon

9. SOFTWARE
STARTUP
ACADEMY
Academy for
new startups

10. CODE CAMP
Development
workshops

11. iOS TALKS
iOS specific
workshops and talks

12. ANDROID TALKS
Android specific
workshops and talks

13. DESIGN
TALKS
Design
conference

14. DIGITAL
DESIGN
ACADEMY
Academy for
emerging
designers

15. OSC PRESENTS
Presenting OSC
companies to the
public

16. HOUR OF CODE
A school programme
in more than 400 schools

17. PYXIE DUST
Event for techie girls

18. WOMEN 2.0
Conference for
women in tech

19. CODE CLUB
Summer school of
programming &
robotics

20. KULEN DAYZ
Largest regional
IT conference

21. OSIJEK MINI
MAKER FAIRE
A fair for hardware
makers and
creatives

22. IMPACT 2012-2017.
Over 120 events organized
Over 25 000 participants
New companies emerging faster than ever
35+ OSC companies
Growing community

24. INDUSTRY GROWTH
IT services export in region > 485%
Number of IT companies > 76%
Nr. of IT employees > 70%
IT income > 51%,
IT income (export) > 85%
New job openings and growth every day

25. IMPACT ON
EDUCATION
New faculty
programmes and
studies in sync with
industry needs.
- Department for
Mathematics launched an
undergraduate study “Math
and Computer Science”
- Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Computer
Science and Information
Technology introduces
“Automotive Computing
and Communications”

26. A GROWING TECH
BUSINESS REGION.
150 IT companies in region
1000+ IT experts
… and more to come.

27. A WIDE ARRAY OF PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES
Software development and design,
robotics, AI, machine learning, IoT,
hardware, game dev, interface design…
We work across multiple industries.
Worldwide.

28. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
MAKE GREAT THINGS
HAPPEN IN OSIJEK.
High quality ICT vendors
Multi-discipline companies
Investment opportunities
Great value for money

29. WELCOME TO OSIJEK —
A SOFTWARE CITY.
Thank you.
Questions?
www.softwarecity.hr
info@softwarecity.hr
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