Intercluster collaboration to boost cooperative project by Eloi Montcada

1. Antwerp, October 2019
Intercluster collaboration to boost
cooperative project

2. THE AIM
Promote and contribute to the competitiveness of companies
and entities in the value chain of the advanced materials
through innovation and internationalization.
SOME FIGURES
Created in 2015, 50 members, <2.000.000.000 € (members’
turnover), <5.500, more than 30 activities (2018)…
WHAT WE ARE
ACTIVITY LINES
Nanotechnology, Additive Manufacturing, Lightweight Materials and Circular Economy
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Market and technology surveillance, networking and innovative projects

3. WHAT WE ARE
SOLUTION PROVIDER CLUSTER
“We provide solutions to many sectors through innovative collaboration projects”

4. Find
fundings
Find
solutions
Find
challanges
WHAT WE PROPOSE TO TALK ABOUT
Methodology oriented to raise collaborative and innovative projects through interaction of two ore more clusters

5. Thanks!
Eloi Montcada
Cluster Manager
emontcada@clustermav.com

6. We provide solutions to many sectors (some of them
represented by clusters but some not) through collaborative
innovative projects.
How we reach “our mission”:
• Internal workshops
• Reception and management of “flying challenges”
• Creation of internal WG (when cluster does not exist) e.g. B&C
• Cluster visibility in final users events
• Creation of an intercluster Challenge bdd
• Intercluster sessions ->Methodology oriented to raise collaborative
and innovative projects through interaction of two ore more clusters
TOOL AND INSTRUMENTS TO ARISE PROJECTS

7. Find
fundings
Find
solutions
Find
challanges
WHAT WE PROPOSE TO TALK ABOUT
MethodologIES oriented to raise collaborative and innovative projects through interaction of two ore more clusters

8. Working
groups
Project
proposals
Potential
investors
ProjectSolution
proposals
Topics &
challengers
selection
Find
fundings
Find
solutions
Find
challanges

9. SEARCHING OPORTUNITIES/CHALLANGES
ACTIONS
Members survey (sector of interest)
Identify partner/s
Cluster Managers Meeting
Definition of methodology to be used
End user cluster call for challenges (should be specific and base on a real application)
Communication to SPC members presenting challenges to be solved
KEY POINTS
Predisposition & generosity from both of the clusters
Do not improvise
Active involvement of cluster team
RESULTS
List of challanges and presenters
List of SPC members interested in solving the challanges
Methodology and date for first workshop

10. SEARCHING SOLUTIONS
ACTIONS
Workshop/s
• Challenge presentations
• Oped discussion
• Working groups
• Headline solutions
Post workshop (bi-)mulltilateral meetings to develop a proposal solution (project)
KEY POINTS
Importance of dynamization by cluster team
Proactiveness from all participants
We create projects we do not sell
RESULTS
Networking amongst members from two clusters
First launching of Solutions and potential projects

11. FROM SOLUTION TO PROJECT
ACTIONS
Project documentation/presentation
Mapping funding public opportunities
Contact with private investments
Project participants (bi-)multilaterals meetings
KEY POINTS
Persistance
RESULTS
Definition of the project
Identification of potential funding opportunities

12. • How can we interact with “completed value chain cluster” which incorporate
solution providers into their members?
• Format is important but is work performed by cluster team crucial?
• Is raising projects the main output of an intercluster? What about networking…
• How can we identify trends, challenges or opportunities beyond “classical”
intercluster?
• Proposals on new “interclusters” methodologies?
• Any other proposal boost innovative collaborative projects?
SOME QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS…

13. Thank you !
Eloi Montcada
Cluster Manager
Advanced Material Cluster
emontcada@clustermav.com