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Delft building the future through regional clusters and a local innovation campus

Ronald de Groot, Municipality of Delft

Job Nijs, Science Port Holland

City of Delft, the Netherlands

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Some Delft Characteristics

Economy•Delft period 1870-1970 industry based economy and location of a technical university

•Delft nowadays in transition to a knowledge based economy

•Last few years in first signs of acceleration

Spatial•Located between The Hague and Rotterdam•Three universities within a radius of 40 km •In centre of a high urbanised delta•This delta is a top region in sectors like logistics and transportation, bio-based economy, delta technology, medical technology, international law and justice

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DELFT ACTS ON ALL LEVELS

INNOVATION NATION EU

NL: TOPSECTORS

Province Zuid Holland

DELFT-LEIDEN-ROTTERDAM

• ICT-KIC• Climate-KIC• Health Ties• Life sciences

• Agro-food• Water• Energy• High-tech• Agriculture• Logistics • Creative industry• Chemistry

• Food• Water• Energy• High-tech• Agriculture• Main port• Green port• Brain port

TIC Delft• Innovation program's• Talent• Facility’s• Spatial development

TIC DELFT

• Clean Tech Delta• Medical Delta

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Local government measures to promote development knowledge based economy

11 priorities

knowledge workersknowledge intensive businessesknowledge institutionsvalorizationinnovative projectsnetworkingregional agendaadvocacyspatial developmentprofilinglocal embedding

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For this presentation:focus on two highlights

Regional clustering (Job Nijs)

Local innovation campus (Ronald de Groot)

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Clean TechLawOil & GasFood

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REGIONAL CONNECTIONS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

1. Esa Estec2. Bio Science Park3. Internationale zone4. The Hague Centre5. Shell Lab Rijswijk6. TIC Delft7. Unilever Lab8. Rotterdam Central District9. City harbours CTD10. Water and Delta

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Energy

Creative industry

Logistics

STRONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROTTERDAM – DELFT – LEIDENDiversity and coherence

Life Sciences

High Tech materials and systems

Water

Chemical Industry

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TICDFOCUS AREA CLEANTECH

Biobased Economy & Sustainable Process Technologies

Water & Delta Technology

Logistics & Mobility Urban environment

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TICDFOCUS AREA MEDICAL DELTA

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (regional, international)• Imaging and image guided medicine• Targeted Molecular Technology• Interventions and Care

INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE (regional, local)• New health care models• Strengthen health care chain• Raise number of students and personnel• Living labs

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONCAMPUSDELFTHART OF THE EUROPEAN

INNOVATION REGION

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Spatial development

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INNOVATION CAMPUS MODEL

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INTEGRATION discover on the crossings:

- the vacancies- the opportunities

Source: City of Delft

Innovation program’s

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Talent development &Entrepreneurship

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PROJECTS ON CROSSINGS

KIC-climate

CleanTech

Medical Delta

Design Innovation Center

Technical Education

Blue Print

Business Science Center

Student Housing

Accelerator + lab facilities

Medisch technol. field web

Proof of concept fund

New TNW faculty

Gelatinebrug

Sustainable Procestech Lab

4 railway track Delft-R’dam.

Innovation ProgramTridelta /EU

Key project TU Delft

Infraproject Delft + NL + Province

Other projectsDelft + region

International school

HOV Z’meer

Health ties

A13- N470 Connection

Aansl. N470 Schoemakerstr

TU Learning Center

Bio ProcesFacility 4

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PROGRAMME TIC-DELFT 2.0

 

 

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PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT OPTION

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ISSUES

• Time scale and dynamics • mix of industry, institutes, housing, environment, public structures (water etc)

• Spatial development connected to scientific development

• Financing – quality in local environment is factor is real estate values

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OUR CHALLENGES

1. Develop TICD with complete and complementary environments for:

• Labor & Entrepreneurship• Education• Housing

2. Triple Helix: valorization

3. Hospitality: facilities, conditions, science in society, culture

And last but not least4. Solid regional anchoring