BELGIUM and its ICT Industry

BELGIUM and its ICT Industry

Jan DEPREST

January 16th, 2012

Moldova

Spain

France

Italy

Germany

Denmark

UK

IrelandThe Netherlands

London

LiverpoolLeeds

Cardiff

Antwerp

Switzerland

Dublin

BarcelonaRome

Paris

Frankfurt

Amsterdam

Milan

Bern

CologneBonn

Strasbourg

RotterdamDen Hague

Stuttgart

The economic powerbase of Europe:

the “Golden Banana”,Belgium is in the center.

Belgium

Luxembourg

Brussels

Belgium offers access to the largest one-day-market

in Europe: main markets can be served within 24

hours

750 km

236 Mio consumers (53%)

€ 6 Tri GDP (67%)

Belgium at the heart of Europe

500 km

131 Mio consumers (29%)

€ 3,7 Tri GDP (42%)

250 km

54 Mio consumers (12%)

€ 1,5 Tri GDP (17%)

Total EU population: 490 Mio

Total EU GDP: € 12.00 trillion

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Report 2004

Belgium “Most Globalized” - award KOF

Source: KOF Press ReleaseJan 29, 2009

Globally recognized Productivity

Productive, Multi-lingual Workforce

Belgium

High-Performance Educational System

Sharp focus on applied skills

Belgium

Belgium

Belgium

Major Industries

Industry is driving ICTICT is driving Industry Chemicals

and Plastics

Automotive

Life sciences

Logistics

Food

BFS

• Households: Belgium is a broadband country– Two competing broadband technologies: ADSL

and cable– Broadband: 55% of households connected– PC: two third of households have PC @ home

• Companies: 99% of SMEs are Internet-connected and use all sorts of ICT-applications

• Government: interesting e-gov building blocks:– eID, database of entreprises and citizens,

platform using Social Security authentic sources,…

Broadband Country, advanced e-Gov

The ICT knowledge base of Belgium

The Belgian ICT-sector: employment

• Employment: 150 600 people– about 3,4% of Belgian employment

• Information technology IT-hardware, services & software:– 85 500

• Development & production of ICT:– 20 600

• Telecom-operators:– 44 400

ICT expertise in BelgiumResearch Centers and education system

• IBBT (Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technology)

– focus on: e-health | New media | Mobility | Image processing | e-Government and enabling technologies

– Multi-disciplinary and demand driven research

– 600 highly skilled researchers

• IMEC (Interdisciplinary Micro-Electronics Center)

– Europe’s largest independent research center in nano-electronics and nano-technology

– over 1,600 employees coming from all over the world

– research is applied in better healthcare, smart electronics, sustainable energy, and safer transport

• University research centers: Leuven, Ghent, Brussels

• High quality education system

ICT Expertise in Belgiumexcellence centers in companies

– Centers of excellence in companies: Alcatel-Lucent Bell, Barco, Scientific Atlanta/Cisco, Agfa, LMS, Metris, Zetes, Vasco Data Security, Philips, Option, Televic…

– Belgian ICT-sector = 4% of GDP, but 20% of all R&D-efforts…

– Government support systems for company R&D

• Project support

• Fiscal measures

• 75 % of withholding tax not due for company employees active in R&D

Belgium : 6 domains of expertise in ICT

1. Nano-electronics, nano-technologies & micro-electronics

2. Financial security solutions & smart card technology

3. Telematics, GPS, cartography & Location Based Services, Geo-ICT

4. Telecommunication & Network equipment

5. Digital audio-video products & digital printing

6. Software products

1. Nano-electronics & Micro-Electronics

IMEC, AMI semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, Tyco Electronics, …

• IMEC, a world-class micro-electronics research center with lots of spin-offs

– Authentication solutions, smart card technologies,IT-governance, compliance, integrated financial solutions,…

– Capco, Zetes, Callataÿ & Wouters, Certipost, Verizon, Utimaco Safeware, Vasco Data Security, Norkom, Intellect, Clear2Pay, Isabel, Keyware Technologies, Diebold, Cable Print, Cosic, Financial Architects,…

– LSEC – ICT security cluster

– Agoria Banking Club : exporters of financial IT solutions

2. Financial Security Solutions & Smart card technology

Examples of authentication and smart card technology applications

– Mercator, inventor of the cartography in 16th century, was born in Flanders

– Septentrio, Punch Telematix, Transics, Tele Atlas (Tom Tom), Luciad, Traficon, GIM (Geographic Information Management),…

– ITS (Intelligent Traffic Systems) & Telematics Cluster

3. Telematics, GPS, cartography, Location Based Services, Geo-ICT, road pricing, …

Cartography: a Belgian tradition

– Alcatel-Lucent Bell,

– Ericsson,

– Nokia-Siemens Networks,

– Telindus,

– Televic,

– Newtec,

– Option,

– Scientific Atlanta/Cisco,

– Zenitel,

– Septentrio…

4. Telecom & Network Equipment (Fixed and Wireless)

Successful Belgian telecom products

– Philips,

– Barco,

– Agfa Health Care,

– Esko Artwork,

– Alfacam,

– Scientific Atlanta/Cisco…

5. Digital Audio-Video Products & Digital printing

Examples of digital audio-video and digital printing applications

6. Software products

– LMS, Materialise, Inventive Designers, Real Dolmen, ACA-IT-solutions, Invenso, Produmex, Metris, Helios-IT, …

– Speech & Language Technology: Nuance,…

– Gaming: Larian Studios

– Agoria ISV (Independent Software Vendors-platform)

– Mobile applications: Jamo, …

– Media: Adam Software, …

A few illustrations of succesful software developers

• LMS “Virtual.Lab Desktop”

• Materialize “Magics”

• Metris “Camio Studio”

• Larian Studios “Superia”

Conclusion

• Belgium ICT expertise = IP and product, solution driven

• Expertise in number of areas, build on in-depth industry knowledge

• ICT as enabling technology

Certipost, your partner in electronic and paperdocument exchange, is a specialised and experiencedservice provider enabling secure electronic datainterchange between companies, consumers andgovernment institutions.

Gert Roeckx+ 32 53 60 11 11info@certipost.comwww.certipost.com

COSIC is a research group with multi-disciplinaryresearchers from all over the world who arespecialized in computer security and industrialcryptography.

Danny Decockdecockd@esat.kuleuven.be

LIN.K nv is a Belgian privately owned leading provider of technologies and services for:

– online user registration, identification, strong authentication

– digital signature/validation of data/transactions using smart

– cards, mobile (smart)phones, tokens and biometrics

Mario Houthooft+ 32 9 252 28 47info@lin-k.netwww.linkid.be

VASCO is a world leader in Strong Authentication and Electronic and Digital Signature solutions, specializing

in online accounts, identities and transactions.

Bart Renard+ 32 2 609 97 00bart.renard@vasco.comwww.vasco.com

Services offered:

– Network solutions

– Security solutions

– IT solutions

– Communications solutions

Johan SYS+32 475 34 32 47Johan.sys@verizonbusiness.com

Zetes are an EMEA leading provider of identification and mobility solutions. By utilising high-secure

identification, data capture and data communication technologies they link people to their unique identity.

Ronny Depoortere+ 32 475 58 14 20ronny.depoortere@zetes.comwww.zetes.com/moldova

Sarah Dheedene

Jan DEPREST

Walter VAN ASSCHE

Frank LEYMAN

Sebastiaan De Brouwere

Th@nk you!

JAN DEPRESTChairman

Maria-Theresiastraat 1/3Bruxelles 1000 Brussel

TEL +32 2 212 96 00FAX +32 2 212 96 99

Jan.deprest@fedict.be

www.belgium.be/fedict

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