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ANTWERP STARTUP CITY

when city innovation & business development collide

Evert Bulcke, Barcelona, City Innovation Summit, 18/11/2014

ANTWERP

Top 5 largest ports in the worldStrategic industrial cluster

ANTWERP

70% of world diamond trade passes through Antwerp

ANTWERP

World class creative hub: Fashion!

ANTWERP

World class creative hub: Tomorrowland

ANTWERP

Corporate: yes!

Creative: yes!

Innovative: not so much!

* that’s the year 2012 we are talking about

ANTWERP INNOVATION HUB

Spot the gap:

1. …

2. ‘Primary School’ideation, business model, acceleration

3. …

4. ‘College / University’international growth, VC and M&A

STUDENT BUSINESS CENTRE

Gate 15Stimulating ideation and entrepreneurship

STARTUP VILLAGE

Affordable growth space for mature startups.Linking with corporate.

WHERE?

CITY CENTRE!Tapping in to vibrantcity communities

ANTWERP INNOVATION HUB

…

• MakerSpace: state of the art machineryopen to students, creatives and tech startups

• Skill-focused education: non-academic coursesopen to students and older professionals

• BlueChem: sustainable chemistry incubator

…

VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Antwerp Operating System(aOS)

Living Lab ‘City of Things’

ANTWERP OPERATING SYSTEM

“When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near”

Jack Welch

ANTWERP OPERATING SYSTEM

Physical World Virtual World

ANTWERP OPERATING SYSTEM

... a platform whereprogramming studentsmeet knowledgeablepensioners.

LIVING LAB ‘CITY OF THINGS’

LIVING LAB ‘CITY OF THINGS’

• Europe’s Largest Urban Infrastructure for Data-Driven Mobile Service Experimentation and Innovation

• 200k users total, 50k users in Antwerp

• Sensor infrastructure

• Focus on mobile services

LIVING LAB ‘CITY OF THINGS’

• Sandbox and data infrastructure for startups, SMEs, and researchersto test new services, concepts, ideas, business models

• Methodological and financial supportadvice on new products, services,

and business models.

IN CLOSING …

Evert Bulcke

@EBulckeevert.bulcke@stad.antwerpen.be

www.businessinantwerp.eu