This document discusses innovation and research topics including digital economy, entrepreneurship, Google, ICT policy, broadband access in Europe, future goals for innovation in various countries like the US, Finland, China, and Singapore. It provides information on IBBT projects and partner organizations over the last 5 years. It outlines IBBT's research areas of future networks, future media, secure distributed systems, and health decision support. It also discusses IBBT instruments to support people, knowledge, incubation, and business. The document emphasizes that innovation policy needs to be adaptable to rapidly evolving markets using various tools alongside project funding.

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3. frustration

4. The mission of IBBT
The creation of highly competent human capital
through interdisciplinary demand driven basic
research, aimed at ICT and broad band services in
collaboration with companies and government

5. IDI index ranking

6. IDI index ranking

7. Broadband in Europe
Source: European Commission’s 13th Progress Report on the Single
Telecoms Market (March 2008)

8. Broadband in Europe
Mobiele breedbandgebruikers per 100 inwoners
50
40
30
20 2007
10
0
AT BE BG CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE GR HU IR IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SL ES SE UK SK
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9. Where are we going?

10. Where are we going?
FINLAND #2
2008 POPULATION: 5.3 million
HOME OF: Sitra, Tekes, and other
governmental innovation agencies
2009 GOAL: Launch Aalto University,
also known as Innovation University
CHINA #17
2008 POPULATION: 1.3 billion
HOME OF: Microsoft’s
Beijing research center and
50 car companies
2011 GOAL: Build an innovative
country on a rich talent base to
drive economic and social
development
UNITED STATES #1
2008 POPULATION: 305 million
SINGAPORE #5
HOME OF: Silicon Valley
2008 POPULATION: 4.8 million
2009 GOAL: Establish a stewardship
HOME OF: Biopolis, a biomedical
mechanism for the
research center, and Fusionopolis,
national innovation agenda a center for Digital media
2010 GOAL: Increase R&D
spending on life sciences, clean
technology, and digital media to
3% of GDP

11. Research and Innovation

12. The last five years

13. The last five years
Total IBBT projects Ongoing projects
( IBBT + companies)
50,00 90,0
41,25 67,5
32,50 45,0
23,75 22,5
15,00 0
05
06
07
08
06
07
08
05
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Number of partner Publications
Organisations
400
760
300 608
456
200
304
100 152
0 0
07
08
05
06
07
08
20
20
20
20
20
20

14. Innovation through Multidisciplinary research

15. Innovation through Multidisciplinary research
Secure Health
Future Future
distributed decision
Networks Media
systems support
User Market and Policy Research

16. Future Networks

17. Future Media

18. Future Media

19. Secure distributed systems

20. Health-care decision support

21. User Market and Policy Research

22. Living Labs

23. Living Labs

24. Business

25. The IBBT instruments

26. The IBBT instruments
PEOPLE iPR
KNOWLEDGE
iCUBES
iSTEP iCUBATION
iBOOT
iVENTURE
BUSINESS

29. Future

30. Future

31. web 2.0 dynamics

32. Art & D

33. Art & D

34. Inspiration

35. Inspiration

36. Center for New Media

38. ‘Innovation policy has to be simpler,
more flexible and adaptable, in
line with rapidly evolving markets.
Different policy tools have to be used
alongside project funding, such as prizes
and public procurement of innovation’