Petri Räsänen Mr. Petri Räsänen (born 1966) obtained his M.Sc. in Sociology, Business Administration and International Relations and L.Soc.Sc in Sociology. He has an extensive experience in innovation management in the public and private sectors, including VTT, Secgo Group and Hermia Group. In 2011 Petri was appointed as Director, Innovation and foresight at the Council of Tampere Region. In this capacity he is responsible for the regional innovation policy development and strategic foresight. Currently Petri is also member of the board of the University of Tampere. From clusters to platformed innovation - Policy learnings in the current transition Petri Räsänen, Director of Innovation and Foresight, Council of Tampere Region, Finland Innovation Profile Tampere / Finland in 2009 Tekes RDI funding* / GDP Personnel in R&D, % of emplyees (2009) Applications for patents / 1000 inhabitants R&D funding / GDP (2009) Fast growing enterprises (2010) Foreign students, % of all students R&D funding of corporations, % Doctoral gratuates, % of population aged over 15 yrs 3 22.5.2015 Tampere Region Finland * Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation The Mission Tekes RDI funding* / GDP Personnel in R&D, % of emplyees (2009) Applications for patents / 1000 inhabitants R&D funding / GDP (2009) Fast growing enterprises (2010) Foreign students, % of all students 4 Tampere Region Target 22.5.2015 2020? R&D funding of corporations, % Doctoral gratuates, % of population aged over 15 yrs Tampere Region Finland * Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Components for a regional innovation platform – novel funneling of the open innovation flow INPUT INTERACTION FIELDS OUTPUT Knowledge creation Education / Human resources Human networks Basic research Proof of concept Networks of funds Regional clusters University – business collaboration IP strategies ”Open Platform” Translational research 22.5.2015 ”Open Co-creation processes Platform” ”Open Proof of Platform” relevance Platform = ” a set of stable components that supports variety and evolvability in a system by constraining the linkages among the other components” PEOPLE + PROCESS + FACILITY Jobs Wealth creation Commercialization New products & services New markets Companies Principle 1: Create new combinations of knowledge Principle 2: Move faster in value creation Chinese are cranking out a device much faster than the time that it takes us to polish a PowerPoint presentation” (Mr Stephen Elop, ex-CEO of Nokia) Idea → Demonstration → Prototype → Market entry Principle 3: Make it very affordable to start (and fail) Not But € Our first (self-made) platform components Agile multidisciplinary co-creation of demonstrations by students & companies Lean startup creation by professionals, researchers, companies Testing and co-creation with user communities and living lab environments Co-innovation of startups and their potential customers and partners Platform policy vs. cluster policy Trad. clustering • Local universities and corporations as drivers • Mobilization of networks to create R&D projects • Selection of winners and funding of unique ”product” projects • Public sector = funding Platforming • Communities, talents and ecosystem orchestrators as drivers • Creation of attractive environments to ”try out new stuff” • Capability building and systemic ”project clouds” • Public sector = platform provider + co-creator + innovative customer Out next mission: regional innovation platform management • Learnings so far • Co-creation platforms can efficiently create new dynamics and brake silos • Innovation platforms are NOT PROJECTS • Platform entrepreneurs and facilitators are key players in ecosystem creation • Making it professional and long term • Regional platform is an evolutionary MIX of several platform components • Most platform initiatives / services will fail. How do embrace failure? Make or buy? • Potential of online innovation ecosystem metrics and data from the platforms for policy making ”It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin Thank you. Contact: Petri Räsänen Council of Tampere Region [email protected] Some slides in this presentation by ©Kari Kankaala, City of Tampere, Ville Kairamo, Demola and ©Petri Nykänen, Tredea.