By Simone Hagenauer, presented at the 18th TCI Global Conference, Daegu, 2015.

1. Regional Cross-Cluster
Innovation
Simone Hagenauer
Parallel Session 2.3: Cross-Sectoral Innovation

2. companies & technology
ecoplus Clusters
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Speaker: Simone Hagenauer
Date: 5 November 2015
Regional
Cross-Cluster
Innovation
18th TCI Global Conference, Daegu / Korea

3. 3
How to foster cross-cluster innovation addressing societal challenges?
Short introduction of the region and its innovation strategy and the cluster
programme
Examples of cluster projects fostering cross-sector innovation:
 Bottom-up and top-down
 Role of cluster management and policy makers
Key learnings
Outline

4. 4
Lower Austria /
Niederösterreich

5. 5
Technopol Programe
 4 Technopol locations at:
 Medical and materials technology (Wr. Neustadt)
 Agro-biotechnology and environmental
biotechnology (Tulln)
 Medical biotechnology (Krems)
 Bioenergy, agricultural and food technology
(Wieselburg)
 Accompanying and initiating research
projects
 Leading R&D facilities, high-tech start-ups,
educational institutions & industry

6. 6
ecoplus Clusters &
initiatives
Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria
(* 2001)
www.bauenergieumwelt.at
Food Cluster of Lower Austria (* 2006)
www.lebensmittelcluster-noe.at
Plastics Cluster in Lower Austria (* 2005)
www.kunststoff-cluster.at
Mechatronic Cluster in Lower Austria
(* 2010)
www.mechatronik-cluster.at
e-mobility initiative of Lower Austria (* 2010)
www.e-mobil-noe.at
 561 cluster members in total
 Representing about 82.000
employees
 More than 1000 cluster
projects therof
 548 collaborative projects
 Involving about 2,950
companies

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Stakeholder involvement
Feasibility study
Awareness raising
(round-tables, info-
tours,…)
Project Example
Bio-plastics Initiative
International
collaborative research project
"biobased packaging"
~ 30 company projects
~ 150 companies involved
> 100 new products
 Cluster management:
anticipate trends; leadership
 Policy makers:
flexibility to test and risk;
cross-department collaboration
 Issue: A renewable alternative for oil is necessary,
USA heavily investing in biopolymers, Which role
shall we play in Austria?
 Cross-department: Economy & Agriculture
Department in Regional Government
 Cross-sector: Plastics & Food Cluster
 Internationalisation: explore new know-how

8. 8
 Cluster management:
anticipate new regulations;
facilitate collaboration with other sectors and disciplines
 Policy makers:
Involve clusters at an early stage in the implementation of
new regulations
Project Example
Recycling of
Construction Materials
 Issue: Reduce construction waste; new regulations
 Cross-sector development of high end products
from recycled bricks:
 Green Building Cluster
 Mechatronics Cluster
 Logistics Initiative
 (Food Cluster: agriculture)
 Re-cycling on site: avoid large and costly interim
storage
 Re-use in construction, remanufacturing to filter
materials, etc.

9. 9
How to identify new areas for regional value added?
Competence Mapping

10. 10
Competence mapping
What is needed to produce such a product?
Producerofahigh-pressure-
compressor
Calculation and simulation of systems to move gas
Plan and manufacturing of machines for extreme
conditions
Manufacturing of high-pressure-resistant parts and
seals
…
Producer of High-Pressure-Compressor
© LMF

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Competence mapping
Process
Plan Analyze Search Check Start

12. 12
Competence mapping
Basis for new collaborative RDI
in the cluster
 Cluster management:
Introduce new tools to foster
cross-sector innovation

13. 13
Monitoring &
Evaluation
(Balanced Scorecard)
 Cluster partners
 Number of key projects
 Number of people involved in key projects
Key innovators / -companies
 Co-initiated product developments/ system solutions
 Participation quote in initiatives to increase
competences or productivitiy
 Cooperation quote
 Cross-cluster collaboration, cross-department
collaboration
 Policy makers:
“You get what you measure!”

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Cluster management:
“Leadership”: anticpate trends and new regulations
Introduce new models of innovation
Facilitate cross-sector innovation
Policy Makers:
Cross-department collaboration
Flexible support
Make use of clusters; involvement at an early stage of
new regulations
Monitoring
Key learnings

15. 15
ecoplus Clusters
Head of Business Area / Programm Manager
Stefan Liebert
+43 2742 9000-19650
s.liebert@ecoplus.at
www.ecoplus.at
International projects
Simone Hagenauer / Project Manager
+43 2742 9000-19650
s.hagenauer@ecoplus.at
www.ecoplus.at/en