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Welcome A Fort Collins Overview

Josh Birks, City of Fort Collins Mike Freeman, Rocky Mountain Innosphere April 2013

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Live, Work and Play Here

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Innovation Economy Model

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Why Innovation?

• Source of “new ideas” that maximize output Innovation Productivity • Measure of Output per unit of input • Fundamental Goal of Economic Development Prosperity

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Why Pursue Innovation?

If you were to ask me, "From all the data you have studied so far, where will the next economic breakthrough come from?" my answer would be:

From the combination of the forces within big cities, great universities, and powerful local

leaders.

Those three compose the most reliable, controllable solution.

- Jim Clifton,

The Coming Jobs War

Innovation’s Role in the Economy

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The Sixth Wave, by James Bradfield Moody and Bianca Nogrady

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THREE INCUBATOR SYSTEM

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CSU’s Research Innovation Center

• The 72,000-square-foot, $53 million facility is the latest addition to CSU’s

Infectious Disease Research

Center. The center provides a hub for university scientists and students to partner with businesses to develop new products to treat and diagnose infectious diseases.

Powerhouse – Opening 2013

• awarded over $20M in research • employs 12 professional research staff, as well as 50 graduate and undergraduate students • awarded over $55M in funding commitments for spin-off companies employing over 70 professional engineers, managers, and scientists 9

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CLUSTER STRATEGY

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Strengthening Networks

Target Industry Clusters

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Leverage strengths/mitigate weaknesses:

– University: research/insight/innovation – Government: pilot projects/policy – Private Sector: efficiency/capital

Outcome:

– Greater innovation reach – Real Projects – Local Benefit & Economic Health –

Golden Egg

Services = Exporting Products &

Purpose & Vision

Purpose: The Colorado Clean Energy Cluster is an enterprise for attracting and growing clean energy enterprises. Vision: By 2015 The Colorado Clean Energy Cluster is internationally and nationally recognized for innovative projects and initiatives that connect clean energy businesses and research to catalyze economic vitality and associated environmental and community benefits.

Copyright 2010 Colorado Clean Energy Cluster

Mission

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By 2015, clean energy has resulted in the following benefits to the region:

Job Growth: 1650 new primary (direct) jobs • Attraction: 3-5 businesses per year, emphasizing headquarters and/or major regional offices/year, with a target of attracting one major player • Incubation: 3-5 businesses per year • Projects: 1 of global significance in 5 years and 1 per year of regional/statewide significance • Economic Impact: $325.5 Million in new economic growth from Clean Energy activity Copyright 2010 Colorado Clean Energy Cluster

Approach: Results-Oriented Initiatives • State-wide organization: incubated in northern Colorado, regionally agnostic • Not trying to do it all: our role is to execute on a few high impact, industry-led, fully collaborative initiatives to add to the state’s economic development infrastructure www.ColoradoCleanEnergy.com

PRESENTATION #X 1 MAY 2020 ICN VISION → ICN’s vision is to build up strong global references between leading cleantech clusters in order to create superior value for cluster members. ICN wants to represent the leading clusters from the world’s green growth economies from North America, Asia, Europe and South America. Goal = growth PAGE 17

MEMBER CRITERIA  TRIPLE HELIX ORGANIZATION  TRACK-RECORD OF BEING A LEADING REGION FOR CLEANTECH  A STRONG INDUSTRIAL BASE OF INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES  A LARGE MEMBER BASE  BROAD FOCUS ON CLEANTECH SECTORS (I.E. NOT ONLY FOCUS ON SOLAR)  INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE CLUSTER  WILLINGNESS TO DEDICATE RESOURCES TO ICN ACTIVITIES  DO WE WANT TO ADD KPI’S? E.G: • • • 1 joint event with another ICN cluster 1 mapping per year 3 requests for partnerships PAGE 18

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF ICN TO STAKEHOLDERS → •

Open up new markets

to our member companies by providing market insights and unique knowledge • Facilitate

partnership building

across clusters between companies, knowledge institutions and public authorities Hamburg Colorado Bilbao Grenoble Lombardy Shared platform for cleantech Copen hagen North Carolina • Help our cleantech clusters/alliances achieve their objects of

fdi, growth, export and internationalization

Austria Singa pore Oslo PAGE 19

Economic Development & Sustainability

Economic Development & Sustainability

Vision: Be a global leader in water innovation Mission: Foster innovation, commercialization and economic vitality through synergy, collaboration, and leverage.

Goals

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Innovative technology engagement with the water community.

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Wade’s view of commercialization and Productization in the water technology sector

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Engage in projects aligned with vision and mission.

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Increase meaningful partnerships.

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Increase number transactions in the market related to water innovation: develop IP (invention disclosure, patents and copyrights), transactions, job growth

• Northern Colorado Bioscience Cluster (NoCoBio) • City of Fort Collins • University of Colorado Health System • Colorado State University & CSU Ventures • Rocky Mountain Innosphere • Medical researchers and private enterprises

Recognizing Successes to Date

• Facilities: • • • Research Innovation Center Innosphere MCR Trauma One Research Center • Funding • C2D2 • CID4 • • Colorado Angel Investors CBSA Investors Conference • Workforce • Fort Collins High School STEM Programs • WIA and TAA training $ from Workforce Centers • Vendor Show

Strategy Moving Forward

• Improve technology development, delivery and transfer • Improve access to capital • Build supply chain of human capital • Branding strategy • Define, report and celebrate outcomes