This document discusses innovation and startups in the tri-city area of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Sopot in Poland. It outlines the various startup support programs, events, coworking spaces, accelerators, and incubators available. It also discusses how the local governments can promote openness, cooperation, open data, and smart city initiatives to attract more startups and make the region a leader in technology and innovation. The goal is to build a strong startup ecosystem and network through openness, partnerships across sectors, and learning from other successful smart cities.

1. Innovation

2. Lack of fundsInability to
cooperate
Copyright
People, human
mentality
Law system
What restricts us?

3. What makes a city cool?
What attracts?
What is commented, liked, photographed?
What are obstacles?
Open, innovative city

4. Startups (118)
Accelerators (6)
Incubators (9)
Coworking (8)
Investors (9)
Consulting (5)
Hackerspaces (4)
Events (3)
mapa: openstreetmap.org
A tri-city ecosystem - a start-up metropolis

5. Pomeranian Science and
Technology Park in Gdynia
www.ppnt.pl/pl/startup
Science and Technology Park
in Gdansk
www.gpnt.pl/oferta/inkubator
AIP incubators
www.aipgdansk.inkubatory.pl
Gdansk Entrepreneurship
Foundation - STARTER
www.inkubatorstarter.pl
O4 - space for startups in
Olivia Business Center
The new idea: CLIPSTER in
private-public partnership
Parki i inkubatory

6. Starter Rocket
www.starterrocket.pl
Startup – pre-
incubation
programme
www.ppnt.pl/pl/startup/
Submit project
www.blackpearls.vc/
submit-project
Startup Road Show
www.startuproadshow.pl
Pre-incubation and acceleration programmes

7. • 3camp
• Geek Girls Carrots
• 3HackParty
• InfoShare Startup Zone
• Wolve Summit
• Aula Polska
• Startup Your Weekend
• Creative Mornings – Starter
• Startup Mixer and Business
Training – AIP
• Mornings at Gdansk Science and
Technology Park
• Startup Weekend Space – space
technology 2–4.10.2015
• StartupEVE – Black Pearls VC
• THE NEW ONE:
Space Startup Weekend
Events and community building

8. THE NEW ONE:
Polish Final of CESA
InfoShare
Smart Metropolia
Innovative Europe
Conference
Blog Forum Gdańsk
Conferences and awards

9. People with right
attitude and open mind
at key roles
Openness fans in the
local government
CDO
– chief
data officer
CTO – chief
technology
officer
Right people in right place

10. Open public data,
Big Data
Open Gdansk Transparency
Cooperation with business,
NGOs, universities
We deliver data, services are
developed externally
BIHAPI competition
(cities, OrangeLAB)
hackathons New thinking of officials, national-level
government
Open data for governing the city

11. Public procurement law
as an obstacle
Our contractor should understand that
New approach of government required
Long-term cooperation and open source have
many advantages:
Freedom to choose supplier
More efficient spendings
Clean code
Open Source

12. GdanskBAND.com
Waiting lines in the
city hall
Map of Maintenance
(5 years experience)
Real-time timetablesWyrzuc.to
Open data applications for solving problems

13. Technology and dialog
with residents
Mayors Challenge CityLAB
CivilHub Pimp up your city –
mapping and engagement
Mayor’s attitude is crucial

14. Digital document management
Gdansk Contact Center
GdanskLAB – innovations
created in the city hall
Smart City, Smart City Hall

15. Gamification for
HR management
Training in Design Thining
for employees
www.gameerer.com
Smart City, Smart people

16. Quests – new ideas for
sightseeing in Gdansk
Cooperation with BlastLAB –
beacons for navigation in the
Internet of Things

17. Mapping social issues for
better decision-making
Department of Analytics
and Social Development
Department
Residents – improving quality
of life in Gdansk
Mapping

18. The greatest innovation is the one done almost
with no money
Be ready to absorb funds through the network of
partners
The Smartest City

19. Networking: private sector,
science, venture capital,
institutions, NGOs
Openness to cooperation: not
every idea can be developed,
but every idea should be
considered
Openness – key to success1.

20. Open source - Github
Code of our “city price list” was downloaded by several
dozen of local governments
open source
2. Openness – key to success

21. Approach to technology
determines various kinds of
investments
We need no more old-style
approach to promotion
Smart means smart citizens –
educated, IT savvy, cooperating
with other residents and the city
hall
Smart doesn’t mean a great
“command center” full of sensors
and CCTV, but a better use of
already existing resources and
services
Smart like Helsinki or like Bejing?

22. 90% 1,2 m
OF RESIDENTS
OUR GOAL: TO BE LIKE
ESTONIA
E-RESIDENCE
2015
70k
foreigners has e-residency, an
electronic identity which doesn’t
equal citizenship
E-TAX, E-SCHOOL
E-ELECTIONS, E-TICKETS
E-BUSINESS
Mapa: NordNordWest/wikimedia
of citizens with eID

23. tomasz.nadolny@gdansk.gda.pl
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