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ICT Innovation in Context

www.ibbtstrategy.be

ICT = engine of economic

growth

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ICT Innovation Policy

IBBT aims to add economic and social

value through excellent research

and the creation of human capital in the

domain of ICT

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Research Strategy aligned with Societal Challenges

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Strategy

Goal 1

Achieve excellence in demand-driven research

Goal 2

Supporting Entre-preneurshipand innovation

Goal 3

Foster human capitalthrough knowledgeexchange

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Our strategy explained

Goal 1

Achieve excellence in demand-driven research

Our growth over the last five years

Cumulative numbers

Large40%

SME40%

Other20%

Partner Portfolio

Mapping our competences to the societal challenges

Strategic Research Agenda (SRA): Themes

Digital media and culture

Healthy Society

Sustainable Mobility

ICT and Energy

Social and Secure ICT

Strategic Research Agenda (SRA): Departments

1/3 Of Gartner’s most promising research areas

We need your help in defining our priorities.

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Mybbt: collaboration platform

Media Innovation Center

Goal 2

Supporting Entre-preneurshipand innovation

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Toronto

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Louvain

Greetings from

Dallas

Europe will have to wait for an entrepreneurial

culture like Silicon Valley’s.

The beginnings of such a culture have taken root in

recent years.

Economist Feb 2011

Venture Captial

Overheidsinitiatieven•PMV•Vinnof•Participatiefonds•BMI•Biotechfonds Vlaanderen•LRM•IWT•Sowalfin

• ...

Bancaire spelers•Fortis PE•KBC PE•ING PE•...

Business Angels•BAN Vlaanderen•Invididuen•...

Corporate ventures•Alcatel Ventures•Cisco Ventures•DSM Ventures•...

Universitaire investeringsfondsen•Baekelandt fonds•Gemma Frisius•...

ARKIVs•ARKAFund•ARK-Angels Fund•Baekeland Fonds II•Big Bang Ventures ARKIV•Capital-E ARKIV•Fortis PE ARKIV

“Zuivere” privé-initiatieven

•3D participaties•3i•Allegro Inv. Fund•Beluga•Big Bang Ventures•Capricorn•Creafund•E-Capital•Fin.Co•GIMV•Indufin•Ocas Ventures•Pentahold

•GIMV ARKIV ICT Fund•ING Activator Fund•KBC ARKIV•KMOFIN (LRM)•QAT ARKIV•Vesalius BioCapital ARIKIV

•QAT•Quest for Growth•Saffelberg•Sherpa Invest•Sofindev•Sofinim•Stonefund•Synapsis•Trustcapital•Vesalius Biocapital•Waterland•...

VC Landscape Belgium and Flanders

European VC Environment

IBBT Incubator & Venture Accelerator

Entrepreneurs

Financing

Industry PartnerNetwork

IBBT Incubator & Venture Accelerator

Entrepreneurs

Financing:• Public Funding• Angel Investors• Venture Capital• Cross border financing (EU)

Industry PartnerNetwork

IBBT Incubator & Venture Accelerator

Entrepreneurs

Financing

Industry Partners: • Sharing industry know how• Market driven• Engage in co-development• Act as launching customers

IBBT Incubator & Venture Accelerator

Entrepreneurs:• Experience & Coaching – EiR• Learning network

Financing

Industry PartnerNetwork

Goal 3

Foster human capitalthrough knowledgeexchange

Wim De Waele• Male• 15 years in 1978• Visited city library twice a

week and read between 5 to 10 books weekly

• Watched 10 to 15 hours of TV

• Did not practice enough sports, and spent most much time running a youth club

• Bought his first computer in 1982

Ruben De Waele• Male• 15 years in 2011• Visits city library and

reads one book a quarter (at most)

• Watches 10+ hours of TV or DVD a week

• Spends all the time his parents allow him to gaming

• Practices sports when not gaming

Attract and disperse research talent

2007 2008 20090%

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Departures IBBT community 2007 -2009 and type of new employer (n = 175)

Academic community Industry Governmental organizations other

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60% finds new job in industry

20/30%continuesacademiccareeroutside IBBT

!!! We Bike to the Moon !!!

Create

world-class facilities

Achieve excellence through

international collaboration

Cumulative number of EU-projects in which IBBT participated

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Japan

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Greetings from Singapore

PLUG & PLAYPercussa

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IBBT Research

Strategic Research

Development and

Experimen-tation

Projects

IBBT Incubator and Accelerator

ContractResearch

Incubation- &

valorisation projects

Acceleratorprojects

IBBT Operations

iLabs

IBBT Developmentand Test

Future IBBT Structure

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