1. Creating clusters and centres of excellence Mapping European clusters Lars Eklund, VINNOVA and TCI

2. “Cluster Mapping” Special presentation to PAXIS Networks European Innovation Workshop Edinburgh, October 7 th 2005 Lars Eklund, PhD

3. Disposition Know how, Gossip & Street Smartness Stronghold and Combining Competencies Schools & Tools Examples Q&A

4. Prosperity Selected Regions and Countries Estonia Baltic Sea Region Central Europe Norway Denmark Poland Russia Lithuania Latvia Germany Real GDP per Capita 2004, PPP-adjusted, $-US (2002) Growth of Real GDP per Capita (PPP-adjusted), CAGR, 2000-2004 Source: EIU (2005), authors’ calculations EU-25 Iceland Finland Sweden USA India China Brazil Mexico S Korea Hungary Slovak Rep. Czech Rep. Slovenia Taiwan Japan Singapore Austria Other EU countries Baltic Sea Region Other countries

6. Cluster Initiatives: Biopharmaceuticals FINLAND Centre of Expertise, Gene Technology and Molecular Biology FIVDIC, In Vitro Diagnostics Industry Cluster Culminatum, Medical &Welfare Technologies Technology Centre Teknia Ltd FINLAND Centre of Expertise, Gene Technology and Molecular Biology FIVDIC, In Vitro Diagnostics Industry Cluster Culminatum, Medical &Welfare Technologies Technology Centre Teknia Ltd NORWAY BIOINN BCNorth NORWAY BIOINN BCNorth SWEDEN Biotech Umeå Uppsala BIO Biomedical Development, West Sweden Livets Nya Verktyg Healthcare Technology Alliance BioMedley SWEDEN Biotech Umeå Uppsala BIO Biomedical Development, West Sweden Livets Nya Verktyg Healthcare Technology Alliance BioMedley NORTHERN GERMANY Life Sciences SH & HH BioCon Valley medRegio Luebeck NORTHERN GERMANY Life Sciences SH & HH BioCon Valley medRegio Luebeck DENMARK bioTEAMsouth BioMedico Forum DENMARK bioTEAMsouth BioMedico Forum ESTONIA Estonian Biotechnology Association Tartu Biotech Cluster ESTONIA Estonian Biotechnology Association Tartu Biotech Cluster CROSS-BORDER EFFORTS ScanBalt Medicon Valley Academy MedCoast Scandinavia CROSS-BORDER EFFORTS ScanBalt Medicon Valley Academy MedCoast Scandinavia Source: Participants in the Global Cluster Initiative Survey 2005, Ivory Tower

7. State of the Region-Report 2005: Competitiveness and Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region Christian H.M. Ketels, PhD Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Harvard Business School Center for Strategy and Competitiveness Stockholm School of Economics This presentation draws on joint work with Professor Örjan Sölvell and has benefited strongly from ideas developed by Professor Michael E. Porter. The State of the Region-Report has been financed by VINNOVA. Additional information on competitiveness research can be found at the website of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, www.isc.hbs.eduwww.isc.hbs.edu