UEDA Annual Summit 2016: Frenemies; When Competitors Collaborate, The Region Wins

1. Frenemies: When Competitors
Collaborate, The Region Wins
Keith Marmer
Director, Health care Innovation
Collaborative

2. “If only the companies and
universities in my town would
just…”

3. “If I got the companies and
universities in my town to
collaborate I would define
success as…”

4. Health care Innovation Collaborative

5. Health care Innovation Collaborative
• Founding vision: Philadelphia will become the
global hub for health care innovation
• Interviews with the c-suite
• “Open Call” for innovation
– 115 proposals
– 75% from Philadelphia region
– 2/3 from start-ups
• Demo day
• Working groups
• “Share & Tell”

6. What are the most important goals
• Efficiently communicate needs and opportunities
• Develop the baseline information and evidence needed by start-ups
• Enable start-ups to efficiently secure input and feedback on market
requirements
• Establish an environment for the testing and evaluation of innovative
products and services
• Facilitate the capital needed to support product testing
• Recruit capital to seed start-ups
• Leverage and support the region’s existing initiatives and resources
• Attract and retain human and financial capital
• Accelerate employment growth, innovation and modernization
• Identify collaborative opportunities that support industry growth
• Market and communicate the assets, successes and opportunities of the
region

7. What are the most important
outcomes
• Capital
• Customers
• Infrastructure
• Talent

8. Takeaways
• We’re still around the table
• Trust
• Diversity of stakeholders
• The role of connector
• Consumers of innovation (the “customer”)