By Martin Hinoul. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2016. For more information and details on our next event, visit www.crowdsourcingweek.com.

1. Higher Education and Employability
CSW Europe 2016
Brussels, November 25th 2016
Dr Martin Hinoul
Business Development Manager KU Leuven R&D
“In the Knowledge economy driven economy, the
opportunities for jobs are unlimited”

2. But
You have to be in
the right place
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4. From a Globe to a Flat World
For thousands of years we were living on a globe where
innovation was a very slow process
Source:Awex
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5. However the World became Flat
Thomas Friedman
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6. Flat, Digital, Wireless and Mobile
TERA
Photo
YOTTA
ZETTA
EXA
GIGA
MEGA
Movie
All Library of
Congress
Books
All Books
Multimedia
All Digital
Content
by 2010
PETA
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7. And business became Global…MarketValueGDP
EU
EU - U.S
2000
EU - U.S – Asia- BRIC
1900
Customers0.5 billion 1 billion 4 billion
Year
70 trillion $
$
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2016
75 trillion $
2 billion

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The Worldwide driven Knowledge Economy

9. Worldwide Biotech Clusters
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10. World’s GDP (75 tr $) and R&D Budgets !
18,6 tr $ 18 tr $
2,2 tr $
11,4
tr $ 4,7 tr
$
Source : The World Bank-Reshaping Economic Geography, Hinoul
1,3 tr $
1,77 tr $
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2,8% R&D 2% R&D

11. Scimago Institutions Ranking 2016
107
746
138
601
95
242
122
• Italy 170
• Greece 36
• Spain 248
• Turkey 71
• Germany 229
• France 387
• Belgium 27
• Israel 22
• Taiwan 100
• Nederland 47
Total : 5147 Research Institutes (85% of world science and knowledge)
Source : SIR ( Scimago Institutions Ranking)
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12. The Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR) is a classification of academic
and research-related institutions ranked by a composite indicator that
combines three different sets of indicators based on performance,
innovation outputs and societal impact measured by their web visibility
Indicator Weight
Research
EwL 13%
NI 13%
O 8%
STP 5%
L 5%
IC 2%
Q1 2%
Exc 2%
Innovation
IK 25%
TI 5%
Societal
IL 15%
WS 5%
Source : Scimago
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13. A New Economy
driven by knowledge Regions
Source : Scimago
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14. Towards Global Knowledge driven Economy
Regions – The axe you like to be on
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15. Globally there are more than 50 well
developed knowledge economy regions
Source : Vacature – M.Hinoul
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16. Towards an
Entrepreneurial Society
 “The rise of the entrepreneur is not just about
economics.
 It reflects profound changes from individual
careers to the social contract.
 It signals the birth of an
-The Economist-
March 14, 2009
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18. “ In a knowledge-based economy growth is
inextricably linked to the capacity for
innovation – the ability to transform
knowledge and ideas into new products,
processes or services. Healthy and
innovative regional economies are the
foundation of a nation’s competitiveness”
Deborah L. Wince-Smith
President Council on Competitiveness
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19. Innovation is the new form
of competition
of the 21st century
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20. The competition between
regions is tough
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21.  Faster, Faster, Faster
 It requires wider collaboration across disciplines and
specialties (inter-disciplinary approach)
 The concept of intellectual property is being reexamined
in the light of these collaborative demands - patents
 It requires a wider collaboration of regions
 The trend is towards “open innovation”
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Changing !

22. Disruptive companies challenge the norm
and shake up their industries, leaving
competitors struggling to catch up
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23. From the old economy to a
disruptive economy
• Automotive -assembly
• Textile
• Steel
• Telecom
• Call Centers
(Shared Service Centers)
• Conventional banking
• Marketing
• Uber – Travis Kalanick
• Airbnb – Brian Chesky – Joe Gebbia
• Amazon.com – Jeff Bezos
• eBay – Pierre Omidyar
• Google – Larry Page, Sergey Brim
• Facebook – Zuckerberg
• Apple – Steve Jobs –Tim Cook
• Instacart – Apvorva Mehta
• Tesla – Elon Musk
• eCommerce & marketing – Binny Bansal- Flipkart
• Fintech
• DUFL- Bill Rinehart – Pack your bags
The old Economy Disruptive Economy
New types of companies
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24. 173 New Unicorns – 585 Bi $
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25. Access to markets
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26. What is the core reason for success of innovation clusters?
Critical mass? Complete eco-system??
Reaching the high level of technology readiness???
Europe
McKinsey’s map of innovation clusters by capacity

27. Source: http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/flash/innovation_clusters/
Silicon
Valley
Innovation Clusters
with Critical Mass
USA

28. EU
Innovation Clusters
with Critical Mass
Source: http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/flash/innovation_clusters/

29. Examples
Knowledge Driven
Economy Regions
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30. From the legendary “Route 128”
to the
Boston Life Sciences
Success Story
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35. The Magic Silicon Valley
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36. Silicon Valley
A State of Mind M.Hinoul

37. Silicon Valley - California
• 6,8 mi inhabitants (Ca 38 mi)
• GDP/capita (Silicon Valley)
62.300$
• Unemployment ˂3%
(U.S. 4,9 % - november 2016)
• One out of every 4 jobs a High
Added Value (HAV) job
• R&D big
(much more than 3%)
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38. Eindhoven Leuven Aachen
a Top Technology Region
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39. DSM 237 mi €
A very rich R&D environment
R&D 6 Cies = 2 Bi €
Philips 728 mi €
ASML 775 mi €
NXP 193 mi €
R&D 1 Bi Euro
KU Leuven + Imec 800 mi €
Leuven Cies 300 mi €
Chemelot Campus
Investment ± 600 mi €
Canon – Océ
European Technology Lab
200 mi €
RWTH
Fraunhofer
Max Planck
Maastricht
HealthCampus
High Tech Campus
TU/e
VITO
Université Sart Tilman
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40. High Tech
Systems and
Materials
Food/Nutrition Life Sciences Total
Netherlands 127 000 92 000 19 000 238 000
Belgium 58 000 39 000 7000 104 000
Germany 104 000 58 000 16 000 178 000
Total 289 000 189 000 42 000 520 000
Source : Policy Research, Hochschule Niederrhein, Etil.
Total Added Value
(billion €uro)
20 9 3 32
Total Added Value per
employee 69 000 € 48 000 € 71 000 € 61 000 €
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ELAt-Triangle
One out of every five jobs is a High Added Value job (HAV)

41. Oxford London Cambridge
the Golden Triangle
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42. Down
the A34
London:
‘Finance and
Global
Connections’
(plus its
Universities)
Heathrow ‘Growth Area’
Thames Valley
‘Industry and Commercialisation’
Along
the M11
Oxford
Cambridge
Global
connectivity
Stansted
and the ‘Herts’
Pharmas
The ‘Golden Triangle’ of the UK
“…the only way
to compete is to
concentrate
resources in
regions that are
strong….” Martin
Rigby. MD, ET
Capital, Cambridge
Lecture, 2006
Some 75% of all
VC funds found a
home here in
2006

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44. Israel the Start Up Nation
The Silicon Wadi
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46. 4 Israël Top Universities
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47. Mainstream and
Substreams
The next 10 years 2015 - 2025
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48. Mainstream & Substreams (1)
• The New Knowledge Economy (2015 – 2025) will be driven by +/- 150
companies worldwide ( US – EU – China…)
• Companies such as Apple and Qualcomm
• Companies characterized by solid revenues, profits, assets, market caps and
growth markets. High number of employment and headed by strong leaders
APPLE Qualcomm
Revenues 233 Bi $ 25 Bi $
Profit 53 Bi $ 5,2 Bi $
Assets 290 Bi $ 50 Bi $
Market Cap 599 Bi $ 101 Bi $
Employees 110 000 people 33 000 people
CEO Tim Cook Paul Jacobs
Source : Fortune Global August 1, 2016
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49. Mainstream & Substreams (2)
The New Knowledge Economy (2015 – 2025) will be fed by a series of
substreams such as :
 Autonomous cars
 Sensors
 Cyber Security
 Fintech
 E commerce & marketing
 E-health
 Med tech
 Energy storage
 Renewable energy
 Robotics
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50. 2015 - 2025
The Mainstream
Knowledge driven Economy
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51. Consortium
Driverless Cars
2015 - 2025
• The Concept
• Electrical car
• Data Mining
• Data Analytics
• Energy storage
• Wireless data
• Security
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52. Sensors
Substreams
2015 - 2025
Autonomous
Cars
Cyber
Security
Fintech
E Health
Energy
storage
Med Tech
Renewable
Energy
E commerce
& marketing
Substreams
The Mainstream
Knowledge driven Economy
Robotics
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