1. A food-innovation initiative
A food-innovation initiative? Lennart Svensson - Öresund Food Network - Innovation at Interfaces - Skane Region

2. The Øresund Food Cluster
More than 400 companies in the food sector
of the population are employed in food related industries

3. - Food Innovation at Interfaces -
A regionally based national cluster initiative for increased innovation in the Swedish food industry
Core strategy
Increase return on investment
Create value added innovations, products, services and business concepts
Experiments at interfaces between scientific knowledge areas, between companies and industries, between products & services
Strengthen the Innovative Platform

4. Widen the scope From: traditional perspective to systemic perspective
planning to learning
what to how
buyer to user
local/regional/national to global
cluster to innovations system
“Innovation is a new way to do things commercially” (Porter 1990 p 780)

5. Build new bridges Between: Knowledge areas Business sectors Clusters
Long and short term perspectives
Big and small businesses
Different parts of the value chain
Research and business
“Innovation is a new way to do things commercially” (Porter 1990 p 780)

6. How Innovation system services: Launch new services
Develop an innovation community
Use system foresight a pit stop service
Use the food-cluster as bridge to cluster in other business sectors
Increase communication and bridge building to others
Invest in the European innovations system
“Innovation is a new way to do things commercially” (Porter 1990 p 780)

7. Øresund Science Region
Cluster support and projects
Biotech
Medico
Medicon Valley Alliance
ICT
Food
Øresund Environment Academy
Øresund Food Network
Environment
ØSR
Logistics
Øresund IT Academy
Nanotechnology
Øresund Logistics
Nano Øresund
Culture
Humaniora Øresund

8. Conclusion We support The Food-cluster initiative Our message:
Continue to put money into knowledge, research
but
Increase the effort to get money out knowledge, innovation by
Focus on HOW to build new bridges
Our point:
Use the initiative to - Connect for innovation -