Ecosystem Building for Economic Development

1. Ecosystem Building for
Economic Development
March 24, 2015

2. Public-private
partnership
501(c)(3)

3. 60 next-generation applications
200 smart gigabit city testbeds
Coordinate best practices
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OUR GOALS
Infrastructure
Next-Gen
Applications
Economic
Leadership

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APPLICATION PIPELINE
• Telehealth (e.g., radiology, DNA sequencing)
• Remote surgery/surgical training
• Virtual fitness classes
• Multiple, prioritized ambulance feeds to ED
• DOE collaboration on smart grid + EV charging
• Virtual-reality enhanced education
• Enhanced remote scientific collaboration
• Edu-gaming/place-based collaborative learning
• 3D video conferencing using Kinect
• “Maker” labs for students
• In-home product design via Virtual Reality
• Emergency portal/community micro-casting
• Instantaneous first responder notifications
• Pollution monitoring and alerting
• Optimizing public transportation
• Rapid traffic congestion flow analysis TRANSPORTATION
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
& PUBLIC SAFETY
ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
EDUCATION &
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
CLEAN ENERGY
HEALTHCARE

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2014 US IGNITE HIGHLIGHTS AT-A-GLANCE
New application efforts: filling the pipeline
• Second annual Summit featuring 20+ new applications
• CCX database with 100+ app profiles
New partnership efforts: expanding the ecosystem
• Flint Ignite, BTV Ignite, Red Wing Ignite, NCNGN, Winthrop, Highland, Jackson
• Partner in NIST Global City Team Challenge
• NIJ Challenge, DoJ Byrne grant to Flint
New funding efforts: maintaining financial sustainability
• New federal funding partners (NIST)
• New corporate partners (Google, Orange, Avaya, C Spire, Jackson Energy)
• Follow-on funding from current partners
New outreach efforts: shaping the message
• Influential mailing list of 4,000 engaged recipients
• Significant press mentions and conference speaking invitations
• Leading organization for next-generation applications

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PROCESS FOR SCALING APPS
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8. SENSORS SUPPORTING VIRTUAL FITNESS STUDIO
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9. TELE-MICROSCOPY TO TEACH CHATTANOOGA
BIOLOGY CLASS FROM USC
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DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…
Economic Development creates the conditions for
economic growth and improved quality of life by
expanding the capacity of individuals, firms,
and communities to maximize the use of their
talents and skills to support innovation … and
requires effective, collaborative institutions focused
on advancing mutual gain for the public and the
private sector. Economic Development is
essential to ensuring our economic future. (EDA)

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… AS REFLECTED IN EARLY DATA
• Innovation and competitiveness
• GDP/employment growth
• Economic attractiveness
• Property values
• Case-by-case anecdotal
evidence

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Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:
• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership to complete BTV
Ignite Playbook
• Enhanced community infrastructure (e.g., Gig connections to schools,
libraries, museums, maker spaces, and among research universities)
• Identified core application capabilities: cyber-security, edu-gaming, additive
manufacturing, neuroscience, smart systems, and food systems
• Stimulated constant stream of application development events for small
businesses (e.g., Maker space events, Code for America Brigade-
sponsored hackathons—all built around core application capabilities)
• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from KC and
Chattanooga, techniques for closing tech skill gaps)
• Unleashed groundswell of national publicity and entrepreneurial activity over
past three months
• Burlington named one of Top Ten Most-Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in
2014
BURLINGTON, VT

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Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:
• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership, including a broad-
based group of community leaders to complete Flint Ignite Playbook
• Discovered and mapped under-utilized fiber infrastructure to schools and
other anchor institutions
• Began planning for 8 new applications that could utilize Kettering GENI rack
and existing fiber infrastructure
• Identified core application capabilities: life sciences, transportation logistics,
automotive manufacturing, food manufacturing).
• Engaged entrepreneurial community within Flint and Kettering, UofM Flint,
MSU, and Mott Community College
• Began planning constant stream of application development events for
small businesses at Kettering Innovation Center, UofM Innovation Incubator,
and Mott CC FabLab.
• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from Utah and
Burlington, techniques for closing tech skill gaps)
FLINT, MI

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Developed business accelerator program:
• Formed Red Wing Ignite non-profit organization
• Ensured HBC fiber reached business accelerator co-working
space and end users throughout the community
• Established small business equity fund
• Identified core application capabilities: manufacturing,
healthcare (regional hub for Mayo Health Systems), public
safety, transportation and education
• Held application development events for small businesses
(e.g., Red Hot Hack, business accelerator meet-ups)
• Coordinated best-practice sharing nation-wide (e.g., apps from
Chattanooga and Burlington)
REDWING, MN

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COMMON ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
COMPONENTS:
A.Assemble representative accelerator team
B.Enhance community infrastructure
C.Stimulate constant stream of applications
D.Coordinate US Ignite best-practice sharing
E. Leverage national partnerships

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Leveraging next-generation technology to support entrepreneurs
drives community engagement and innovation:
• Ensures identification of core application capabilities and creation of playbook
• Provides an integrated, neutral umbrella structure to help focus the activities of
disparate groups.
• Lends itself well to small business activities since larger companies are not
entrenched.
• Enables engagement of multiple civic constituencies, including tech
community, citizen users, and mentors.
• Unlocks often-hidden capabilities within local universities and companies.
• Engages maker spaces, local schools, libraries, and arts institutions in
discussion of how to utilize next-generation technologies.
REASONS FOR COMMUNITY SUCCESSES

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• Full-time leader
• Broad-based accelerator team
• Dedicated technical resource
• Monthly meetings of team
• Meeting spaces conducive to innovation
• “Shareable” applications
• Ongoing sources of financial support
… PLUS BLOCKING AND TACKLING

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Participants receive: Participants agree to:
Access to applications under
development
Form an organizing group to serve as
the focal point
Access to a US Ignite rack Develop at least two new applications
to share with the other cities
Connection to the national GENI
network
Commit to maintain the GENI network
infrastructure after 3-year term
Technical support and expertise Demonstrate the applications and
technology at Summit
Funding to support the ecosystem
and launch applications
Commit to hold monthly meetings,
collaborate with other cities
SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM OF SMART CITIES
• Common locavore infrastructure.
• Applications adapted to the locavore infrastructure.
• Organizational and technical capabilities bolstered.
• Best practices shared across ecosystems.