Sweden is a small country, home to just 0.13 per cent of the global population. Yet today, it is a world leader in innovation. This is noticed most in the large number of science parks and incubators covering the geography of the country. Overall the national association of science parks, Swedish Incubators & Science Parks… Continue reading Mid Sweden Science Park
Category: Science park
Innovation Birmingham
Birmingham Science Park Aston is the United Kingdoms third oldest science park, founded in 1982. It is located in central Birmingham and offers 89,0000 square meters of accommodation. The park is rebranded as Innovation Birmingham since 2013 and is focused on a service offering for founders of new technology ventures, as well as more established… Continue reading Innovation Birmingham
The Value of Science Parks
On November 5th. I had the opportunity to attend the international symposium The Value of Science Parks at Mjärdevi Science Park in Linköping. Swedish and international speakers contributed to forming The Linköping declaration together with other attendees. In the declaration six factors that contribute to a successful science park are described. These factors also constitutes… Continue reading The Value of Science Parks
IASP World Conference 2014
The 31st IASP World Conference “Science parks: where technology goes to work” was organised by Qatar Science & Technology Park Doha, Qatar, from the 19th to the 22nd of October 2014. Below is a video about the event. 31st IASP World Conference in Doha
Africa’s Applied Tech Innovations
Innovation and mobile phone usage is surging in Africa. For many Africans the mobile phone is the one and only portal to the internet that they know about, and their usage of the handsets are surging with new ways of improving their situations. When I visited the incubators at the Innovation Hubs in Pretoria in… Continue reading Africa’s Applied Tech Innovations
Virtual Areas of Innovation
The life style of today has influenced the fundamental elements of setting up, developing or working with innovation and innovative business activities. The First Generation of innovation environments can be condensed in the phrase “Science Push”. The main idea of starting the trend of innovation environments and science parks was to catapult the science and… Continue reading Virtual Areas of Innovation
IASP African Division Conference 2014
Science and Technology Parks expanding economic frontiers in Africa During two days last week my colleague Jörgen Eriksson and I were invited to the IASP African Division conference in Gaborone, hosted by the Botswana. Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) in association with the Southern Africa Innovation Support programme (SAIS) hosted the conference from the 9th to… Continue reading IASP African Division Conference 2014
Science and Technology Park models for Africa
At the IASP African Division conference in Gaborone, Botswana this week, Dr. Neville Comins gave an interesting speech about innovation environments in Africa. Comins knows what he is talking about, being the former National Innovation Advisor of South Africa and having held positions as CEO of The Innovation Hub and Director of the CSIR. Comins… Continue reading Science and Technology Park models for Africa
Partnership between Bearing and The Innovation Hub in Pretoria
Across Africa, we witness explosive economic growth. Aggregated real GDP increased by 4.9 percent a year since 2000, which is more than twice its pace in the 1980s and 1990s. Telecom, banking, and retail are flourishing. Construction and infra structure development is booming and private sector investment inflows are surging. Developing from a level of… Continue reading Partnership between Bearing and The Innovation Hub in Pretoria
McLean Sibanda speech at the IASP African Division conference
At the opening of the IASP African Division conference 2014 today, McLean Sibanda, the CEO of The Innovation Hub in Pretoria, South Africa and President of the IASP African Division gave a clear and interesting speech on the need for innovation and the development of science parks and areas of innovation in Africa. Please find… Continue reading McLean Sibanda speech at the IASP African Division conference