These are the slides to the presentation Marc Jacobs, Project Manager Brainport Development, gave at Expatica's International Job Fair on Saturday, 14 September 2013.

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Brainport: a career gateway to Europe
Mr. Marc Jacobs
Project Manager Brainport Development

2. BRAINPORT IS ONE OF THE THREE PILLARS OF
THE DUTCH ECONOMY
Qualification/brand: smartest region
Triple helix
> Area: open innovation
ecosystem, R&D + manufacturing

3. BRAINPORT DEVELOPMENT: THE POWER OF
COOPERATION
Eindhoven The Hague Brussel
Brainport Foundation
Goal: to strengthen the unique ecosystem in
order to improve the international
competitiveness of Brainport Eindhoven
Region on a global scale

4. PEOPLE
BASICS
BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY
BRAINPORT DEVELOPMENT
• More technicians and scientists
• More (starting) companies,
chains & networks
• More private and public R&D
• More attractive living climate
governments
knowledge
institutes /
universities
businesses /
industry
project
owners

5. BRAINPORT A HUB IN EUROPE
European destinations nearby:
• Berlin, Germany: 560 km
• Paris, France: 360 km
• London, UK: 390 km
Major airports nearby:
• Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Distance: 120 km – 45.3 mln passengers
• Düsseldorf, Germany
Distance: 120 km – 19.0 mln passengers
• Brussels, Belgium
Distance: 130 km – 17.2 mln passengers
• Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands
2.1 mln passengers

6. A long tradition of succesful innovations…

7. Continued today...

8. And smart specialised solutions for the future...

9. The Southeast of the Netherlands
accounts for 50% of whole Dutch
business R&D expenditure
LARGE INVESTMENTS IN R&D
Many research intensive companies

10. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH STRONG
AND INTERRELATED SUPPLY CHAINS

11. EXCELLENT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE
Top Research Institutes:
• Dutch Polymer Institute
• Embedded Systems Institute
• Holst Centre
• TNO
• TNO Automotive
• TTAI
• ECN
• FOM
Presence of 3 universities: Alpha, Beta
and Gamma
• 50% of whole Dutch business R&D expenditure
• Highest patent density in Europe
• Many high tech start ups
• Keywords: open innovation and clustering

12. CAMPUSES FORM THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY FOR THE
OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

13. AN OPEN AND INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM
… excelling in tomorrows world-class clusters
Excelling in: Precision engineering, Micro electronics,
Mechatronica, Nano Technology, Optics & Analytics

14. CAREERS IN BRAINPORT
for:
Technicians, Bachelors, Masters, Phd’s,
Pdeng’s & Postdocs

15. Career opportunities:
- Engineers (mechatronic,
mechanical, electrical, system,
software, CAD/CAM, etc.)
- Architects & Designers (thermal,
flow, gas, fluid, light)
- R&D scientists: physicists,
mathematicians, chemists,
computer scientists

16. Career opportunities:
- Analytical chemists
- Chemical engineers
- Process engineers
- Material scientists

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Career opportunities:
- Software (java) engineers
- CAD Engineers
- Electrical engineers
- Development engineers

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Career opportunities:
- Engineers (Health, Mechanical,
Mechatronic, Electrical)
- Architects & Designers (thermal,
flow, gas, fluid, light)
- Cytotechnologists
- Research scientists

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Career opportunities:
- Engineers (Food, Mechanical,
Mechatronic, Electrical)
- Food application technologists

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Career opportunities:
- Strategic design consultants
- Product designers
- Human interface specialists

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22. AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
English
speaking
Career,
culture
&
leisure
Warm welcome
and happy stay

24. Finding a job in Brainport Eindhoven region (1)
• www.brainporttalentregion.com
• http://www.brainportindustries.com/
• http://www.hollandexpatcenter.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/HollandHighTechJobs
• http://www.linkedin.com/BICgroup
• Brainport Talent Centre (online in 2014)

25. Finding a job in Brainport Eindhoven region (2)
• Campuses:
- http://www.hightechcampus.com/
- http://www.htacampus.com/
- http://www.foodtechpark.nl/
- http://www.chemelot.nl
- http://www.maastrichthealthcampus.com/
- http://www.greenportvenlo.nl
- http://www.strijp-s.nl/
- http://www.tue.nl/en/university/about-the-university/tue-
science-park/
Examples of job boards:
http://www.careersinholland.com/; http://www.academictransfer.com/;
http://www.exposurejobs.com/; http://www.monsterboard.nl/; www.eurojobs.com/;
http://www.banenrijklimburg.nl/
Examples of recruitment agencies:
http://www.xelvin.com/; http://www.tmc.nl/; http://www.undutchables.nl/ ;
http://www.unique.nl/umls ; www.yacht.nl

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27. If you want to go fast, go alone
If you want to go far, then let’s go together
Website: www.brainporttalentregion.com

29. website www.brainporttalentregion.com