1. Innovation Districts – places of making
Jacyl Shaw
Director of Engagement
Carlton Connect Initiative
University of Melbourne

2. If we open up a quarrel with the past, we will find that we
have lost the future ….
Winston Churchill

3. Innovation is fresh thinking that captures value *The Economist
Innovation Districts are places that enable fresh thinking

8. Innovation Districts are “this century’s productive geography”
*The Brookings Institution

9. Global Complex Challenges War for Talent Mobility of Market
Urbanisation
Accessibility
Global Complex Challenges
War for Talent
Mobility of Market
Digital and market disruptions
Knowledge Economy =new jobs & ways of thinking
% use inspired research
(mis)alignment of Industry & graduate attributes?
Problems are multi-faceted, interdisciplinary
% industry university links
Relevance
Impact

10. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope…”
Charles Dickens- A Tale of 2 Cities

11. Main characteristics of innovation districts
Visibility
Diversity
Continuity
Sociability
Proximity
Mobility
Flexibility
Unity

12. 1: Understand your natural assets/competitive advantage
Melbourne CBD
Parkville Biomedical
Precinct
University of Melbourne
Carlton Connect
Initiative
STEM Innovation Precinct

13. In ecology where 2 ecosystems meet, such as the forest and the savannah, the point of intersection is the site of the “edge effect”.
In that transition zone, because of the influence the 2 ecological communities have on each other, you find the greatest diversity of life, as well as the greatest numbers of new life forms.
Yo – Yo Ma

14. 2: Never walk alone- partnerships/ ecosystem approach
Slide 5: 1+1=3
Segue: With the open platform model, we also have two main characteristics.
1. A central place: co-location is the key concept; small start ups next to big businesses, research teams and artists.
2. And the collaborative impact we create through partnerships.
Partnerships happen with people outside our walls as well as on site.
With these two things we are amplifying and leveraging the value of a central place to co-locate by building a platform for people to collaborate at the same time.
This collaboration needs to be both formal and informal. And that’s where the whole innovation concept comes to life.
We turn a building with tenants into a much stronger value proposition for the University, and for Melbourne and for Australia.
Put simply: our goal is to build Australia’s premier innovation precinct. Within ten years, Australia will be on the global stage of innovation and deep industry impact.
Some things are easier to experience than they are to describe but we are already seeing the seeds of success sprouting and the feedback from initiatives is exciting.
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15. 6 core types of strategically curated “partners in residence” /tenants:
University: Phd College, Student interns
Govt: All levels & international
Big Business: IBM, Australia Post
SMEs/Start ups: Melb Accelerator & spin outs
Community: Events, Volunteers
Creatives Artists Studio, Gallery

16. 2: Never walk alone- partnerships/ ecosystem

17. 3: Create Dynamic Places- Proximity is key

21. 4: Think network/club approach
Berkeley Global Venture Lab Network
IBM R&D lab network
EU Centre network
Science Gallery network

22. Scale and impact?
network the networks

23. 5: Know your economic impact
In times of economic turbulence, innovation remains the most important differentiator separating economic winners from also-rans *McKinsey & Company

25. 6: Be hyperlocale to be relevant

30. Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon.
Jane Jacobs