belgium and its ict industry
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A summary of the Information and Communication Technologies Industry of Belgium. Presentation held by Mr. Jan DEPREST, within the first session of the FORUM „INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT”, dedicated to interoperability, held at Chisinau, January 16th 2012.TRANSCRIPT
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 [email protected]
COSIC is a research group with multi-disciplinaryresearchers from all over the world who arespecialized in computer security and industrialcryptography.
Danny [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Services offered:
– Network solutions
– Security solutions
– IT solutions
– Communications solutions
Johan SYS+32 475 34 32 [email protected]
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 [email protected]/moldova
Sarah Dheedene
Jan DEPREST
Walter VAN ASSCHE
Frank LEYMAN
Sebastiaan De Brouwere
Th@nk you!
JAN DEPRESTChairman
Maria-Theresiastraat 1/3Bruxelles 1000 Brussel
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