1 1 VOTRE PARTENAIRE POUR LA RÉUSSITE CLUB OF EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN CCI LONDON, OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2013 OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURGCHAMBER OF COMMERCE 3 EXAMPLES OF DIGITAL / SMART PROJECTS PIERRE GRAMEGNA, DIRECTOR GENERAL

2 2 VOTRE PARTENAIRE POUR LA RÉUSSITE 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ICT SECTOR IN LUXEMBOURG  2,000 COMPANIES ACTIVE IN THE SECTOR IN LUXEMBOURG  15,000 EMPLOYEES REPRESENTING 6% OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND 7% OF GDP  HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURES WITH 19 ULTRA-SECURED DATACENTERS, 6 OF THEM BEING TIER IV CERTIFIED  A POWERFUL COMPETENCE POOL OF ICT SPECIALISTS THANKS TO LUXEMBOURG’S DYNAMIC FINANCIAL SECTOR  HIGH SPEED FIBRE OPTIC NETWORK GIVING 100 % ACCESS TO INTERNET AT 100 MBIT/S) BY & AT 1 GBIT/S BY 2020 (-> FTTH - FIBRE TO THE HOME) CLUB OF EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN CCI LONDON, OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2013

3 3 VOTRE PARTENAIRE POUR LA RÉUSSITE 1.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ICT SECTOR IN LUXEMBOURG: STATE OF THE ART CLUB OF EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN CCI LONDON, OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2013 Luxembourg - A Center of Excellence : ● Positive evolution of the ICT sector taking over a continously growing position in the Luxembourg economy ● PPP regrouping public sector and major ICT players to develop Luxembourg as an attractive business environment for ICT activities ● A diversified international connectivity towards the major Internet exchange points in Europe ● Many world-renowned companies as well as gaming firms taking advantage of this privileged environment and choosing Luxembourg (headquarter function) as their gateway to the environment and choosing Luxembourg (headquarter function) as their gateway to the European market (e.g. Amazon, EBay, Itunes, PayPal, Rakuten, Skype, RTLGroup, SES, Miillicom, Luxe.TV,… ) European market (e.g. Amazon, EBay, Itunes, PayPal, Rakuten, Skype, RTLGroup, SES, Miillicom, Luxe.TV,… ) ● National cyber-security strategy to guarantee a secure hub for the cloud computing A favorable regulatory framework: ● 1st European country to implement the European directives relating to electronic signatures and e-commerce and e-commerce ● Creation of LuxTrust S.A. in order to offer a national digital certification platform using a public key infrastructure public key infrastructure ● 1st country with a regulatory framework for bankruptcy of a cloud provider or data hoster (-> acknowledgement of the value of data (‘SaaS’ / PaaS’)) (-> acknowledgement of the value of data (‘SaaS’ / PaaS’)) ● Attractive intellectual property regime ● Business effective data protection law

4 4 VOTRE PARTENAIRE POUR LA RÉUSSITE 2. ESCH/BELVAL: WORKING, LIVING & ENJOYING – FROM LUXEMBOURG’S LARGE STEELWORKS TO A MODERN & SMART CITY QUARTER CLUB OF EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN CCI LONDON, OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2013 An excellent overall concept with clear shapes, flexible layouts, ecologically oriented leisure facilities, user-appropriate traffic planning & modern energy supplies: ● Once a 100% industrial site – now a 100% city quarter – tomorrow an exemplary conversion project offering housing up to 7,000 people / 25,000 people working, researching and studying ● One of the largest and most ambitious current urban renewal projects in Europe ● Its size: 120 football fields in 2 districts (Esch/Alzette & Sanem) Belval City of Sciences - A new cradle for public-private collaborations: ● New science park situated on the site’s blast furnace plateau representing the restructuring of brownfield sites & including the construction of around 20 thematic buildings brownfield sites & including the construction of around 20 thematic buildings ● Knowledge triangle concept aiming at strengthening the links between higher education, research and innovation research and innovation ● Concentration of the main research actors: University of Luxembourg & its 2 research centres ‘SnT’ and ‘LCBS’ (with 7,000 students and 3,000 teaching staff & researchers), public research centres, National Research Fond, National Agency for Innovation & Research, national incubator center ‘Technoport’, House of BioHealth with searchers, Learning Factory...

5 5 VOTRE PARTENAIRE POUR LA RÉUSSITE 3. METROBORDER PROJECT: FOCUS ON CROSS BORDER METROPOLITAN POLYCENTRIC REGIONS POLYCENTRIC REGIONS CLUB OF EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN CCI LONDON, OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2013 The Greater Region - An excellence model of European integration: ● Exploiting the economic and metropolitan potential of European cross border regions ● Developing cross-border integration to reinforce the Greater Region’s competitiveness mainly via innovation and the development of scientific / university cooperation via innovation and the development of scientific / university cooperation ● A strong political ambition: to put into place a ‘Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Region’ considering national borders as resources for increasing local interaction and positioning considering national borders as resources for increasing local interaction and positioning the metropolitan centre within worldwide networks (RMPT: Région Polycentrique Métropolitaine Transfrontalière) the metropolitan centre within worldwide networks (RMPT: Région Polycentrique Métropolitaine Transfrontalière) Major common future challenges: ● demographic structure and labour market ● cross border accessibility and urban mobility, including mobility of students and researchers ● cross border interconnexions in the ICT sector ● valorisation of excellence domains in innovation and research ● coordinated training offer ● excellence and complementarity of sanitary establishments ● coordinated regional and economic marketing METROBORDER Project: a pluridisciplinary team at the service of the Greater Region in order to valorise underestimated cross-border areas in their development opportunities within RMPT to valorise underestimated cross-border areas in their development opportunities within RMPT