URENIO Research

Urban and Regional Innovation Research: Director: Prof. Dr Nicos Komninos; Faculty of Engineering; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

ry for the promotion of research and supply of scientific and technological services in the field of innovation systems and intelligent cities. URENIO is part of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

The initial research focus of URENIO was about the technological development of cities and regions and their ability to create environments supporting R&D, human skills, and innovation. Interest in the contribution of technological innovation to urban and regional development peaked after 1980 by economic geography research on industrial districts of central Italy, new industrial spaces in the west coast of the USA, and the planning of large technopoles in Japan. These new forms of agglomeration brought on the surface a series of phenomena with major impact on urban and regional development, such as the geographical concentration of innovative activities, the role of R&D and innovation in competitiveness and growth, the drivers of innovative agglomerations, the new divides and uneveness in terms of knowledge and innovation. Since then, technology and innovation have been a standard point of reference in the development and planning of cities and regions.

The current research emphasis is on intelligent cities as physical-digital systems of innovation. Intelligent cities are 3-layer systems combining (1) knowledge-intensive activities and clusters, (2) innovation and technology development institutions, and (3) digital enabling environments. Intelligent cities constitute a discrete category of intelligent environments created by the agglomeration of creativity, smaller systems of innovation that operate within cities (technology districts, technology parks, innovation poles, innovative clusters), and digital networks and online services. Their added value is in the ability to bring together three forms of intelligence: human intelligence of the city’s population; collective intelligence of institutions and organisations; artificial intelligence of digital networks and online services.Their integration offers higher problem-solving capability and innovation performance.

URENIO is mainly involved in competitive projects from the European R&D Framework Programmes (FP, H2020) and the programmes of territorial cooperation (Interreg, MED, SEE). The Unit took part in numerous projects funded by national and international research institutions and the European Commission. Research carried out in the Lab is acknowledged by leading organizations in this field. It is among the few academic organizations promoting research in the field of intelligent cities, having introduced the concept of intelligent cities as physical-digital territorial systems of innovation and most advanced innovation-led agglomerations. URENIO forms a group with INTELSPACE SA, a spin-off company of URENIO, and work together on research and projects in the field of intelligent cities.

The current profile of URENIO Research is at URENIO 2015

Research Areas

URENIO research and provision of services focus on the technological development of cities and regions; the overall research effort of URENIO concerns the ability of cities and regions to create environments supporting R&D, innovation, human skills and intelligence. In particular we focus on the following four closely related themes:

Cities and regions of innovation, with emphasis on the internationalisation of cities, knowledge-based regional development, typology of territorial systems of innovation, and application of new technologies to cities and regions.
Innovation ecosystems: clusters, technopoles, science parks: Planning innovation-led clusters, technology and science parks, innovation centres, technology districts, high-tech estates, incubators, and spin-off support.
Innovation strategy development: Management of regional systems of innovation. Application and dissemination of cost-cutting innovations. Foresight. Dissemination of innovation technologies (benchmarking, technology watch, product innovation). Measurement of innovation performance.
Digital innovation spaces and intelligent cities: Design and development of digital innovation environments. Intelligent clusters and technology parks. Living Labs. Intelligent city strategies. Applications for collective intelligence, technology transfer, collaborative new product development, and global product promotion. Innovation ecosystems and the future Internet.

Cities and Regions of Innovation

Urban and regional development at the beginning of the 21st century is characterised by a shift towards technology, innovation and selective urban development, similar to the shift, immediately after the Second-World-War, towards mass industrialisation and intensive urbanisation.

Interest in the contribution of technological innovation to urban and regional development peaked after 1980. It was further aroused by economic geography research conducted on the industrial districts of central Italy and the west coast of the USA, and the planning of large technopoles in Japan. These new industrial and technological complexes, situated on the outskirts of cities or in entirely new locations, brought to light a series of factors which were of particular significance for development at the end of the twentieth century, such as, the geographical polarisation of innovation, production flexibility, research and technology dynamics, spin-offs, just-in-time delivery systems and productive co-operation networks. Since then, technology and more specifically technological innovation have been a fixed point of reference in the analysis and planning of cities and regions, with rapid developments not only in the theoretical field (regional innovation systems, learning regions, and intelligent cities) but also in the field of regional policy and urban and regional planning.

The contradiction between the leading role of technological innovation in regional development and its geographical polarisation sustains the gap between core and peripheral regions, and guides the contemporary efforts of regional policy and planning.

Innovation Ecosystems: Clusters, Technopoles, Science Parks

This research orientation covers projects dealing with the development and planning of clusters, technology poles, science and technology parks, innovation centres, incubators and spin-off support policies.

A number of planning and policy models were based on the industrial district theory, seeking to create physical spaces that can reproduce the favourable conditions of technology districts in terms of inter-firm co-operation, innovation and technology development. These attempts include (1) providing support for clusters in traditional or new industries, (2) creating knowledge-intensive clusters in central-city areas that host producer services, financial services, company headquarters, new tertiary activities like software and multimedia, (3) constructing science and technology parks that host R&D institutes, innovative firms, and technology transfer organisations, and (4) supporting larger technopoles combining science and technology parks, industrial districts, and clusters of producer services. These physical spaces favour the spatial agglomeration of technology-based companies, R&D institutes, and other facilities, and provide a good environment for communication, networking and technology co-operation.

The real challenge of science parks and planned technopoles is to create self-sustained innovation processes such as those found in technology districts. Four types of relationships sustain innovation within these spaces: (1) the spatial agglomeration of activities, (2) the links with the universities or research institutes, (3) the venture capital funds supporting spin-offs and new start-ups, and (4) the technology partnering between firms.

Innovation Strategy Development

This research orientation focuses on the initiatives of European regions to develop innovation strategies for the creation of regional competitive advantage based on knowledge and technological learning.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the European Commission introduced a new family of policy schemes having a strategic view on technology and innovation at the regional level. Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Infrastructures and Strategies (RITTS), Regional Technology Plans (RTP), and Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) provide co-finance and guidance to regional governments to undertake an assessment of their regional innovation potential, and define strategies that promote the cooperation and capabilities of the small firm sector, the research and technology community, and the public authorities.

Typical deliverables of RIS are: (1) the description of strengths and weaknesses of the regional innovation system, both at the supply and demand sides, (2) the definition of a plan for regional technological development based on the consensus of the main actors in the public and private sector, to be implemented through the Community Support Framework, Community initiatives, and other investments from the public and the private sector, (3) the organisation of a system for continuous monitoring and evaluation of innovation and the new economy at the regional level.

Digital Innovation Spaces and Intelligent Cities

Digital spaces have opened a new strand in the thinking and practice of innovation. The fact that innovation processes can be carried out on digital space has led to the creation of numerous types of virtual innovation environments. An extremely rich literature focuses on processes of innovation and their digital dimension. Here, the interest lies on how these processes can be triggered on a virtual space and be used by the most distant organisation and user.

Intelligent cities are spatial entities which offer an environment for technological innovation based on clusters and institutions for R&D, product and process innovation, while they are endowed with a digital capacity to manage and diffuse knowledge and technology. Intelligent may be a technology park having developed a digital interface to sustain technology transfer; an industrial district with IT infrastructure supporting virtual innovation chains and global inter-firm transactions; a technopole or an innovative region in which learning functions are actualised on digital spaces. In this sense, an intelligent city is an environment of learning and innovation on physical, institutional and digital levels. At the physical level, intelligence is linked to collaboration within a community of people for learning, experimentation, knowledge and technological development. At the digital level, it is the capacity of the same community for knowledge management, technology diffusion, and innovation based on a digital interaction, locally and globally. A more efficient urban system is thus created, in terms of innovation, operation, and living conditions.

Selected Projects

Cities and Regions of Technological Innovation

Strategic priorities for the development of Thessaloniki
Single European market and regional development in East Macedonia and Thrace
Cities as centres of knowledge
Technology demand and investments in the Balkans
Innovation and system-areas in Greece
EXCELLENCE in Central Macedonia
INVENT: Innovative ventures in Thessaly
K-CLUSTERS, Western Macedonia
Innovation and employment strategy for Thessaly

Clusters, Technopoles, Science and Technology Parks

Technopoles and science parks in Europe
Technopoles and industrial modernisation in Greece
Science Park of Technical Univ. Crete
Innovation Centre, Andalusia Technology Park
Innovation Centre, Belice
Agropolis, American Farming School
Development strategy for Democritus University
ESTEP
INNOTENDER
Spin-off: Digital Innovation Technologies

Regional Innovation Systems and Strategies

RTP Central Macedonia
RIS+ Central Macedonia
RITTS East Macedonia-Thrace
RIS Thessaly
RIS Western Macedonia
RIS+ Western Macedonia
RIS Epirus
RIS Cyprus
RIPE: Regional Innovation Strategy of Peloponnesus
INNOREGIO: Dissemination of innovation technologies
Innovation award C. Macedonia
Benchmarking in the Ionian islands
Quality standard in the Ionian Islands

Digital Innovation Spaces and Intelligent Cities

ONLI: On-line Innovation
Online BENCHMARKING
VERITE: Virtual Environment for Regional Innovation Technologies
PANDORA: Pilot action for the development of virtual economy in agricultural regions
Digital Innovation Centre, Thessaly
Regional Documentation Centre, Thessaly
Digital Research Centre, C. Macedonia
Innovation Portal & Innofinder, C. Macedonia
e-Cluster: physical and virtual networks in W. Macedonia
Digital Corfu
STRATINC, Strategic Intelligence
METAFORESIGHT

Science Park – Technical University of Crete

European Commission, DG Enterprise, Sprint Programme
Partners: Politecnico di Milano, Catholic University of Louvain

The project has three objctives: the creation of an environment for co-operation between the academic and business institutions; the creation of an infrastructure to promote technology development and innovation in SMEs or larger firms; and the creation of a pole for innovation, through the attraction of innovative firms, capable to diffuse technology to the productive system of the region. To meet these objectives, the science park is structured around four centres, including:

The Centre for Technology Transfer supporting new businesses, creating networks for technology cooperation, and raising awareness in new markets and production innovation.
The Centre for Advanced Technological Services, including quality certification, product development, multimedia applications, CAD-CAM applications, software and computational tools, and various types of laboratory analysis, destructive and non-destructive quality analysis, chemical analysis, laser and optoelectronics applications, mineral exploration analysis, hydrogeology surveys and analysis.
The Centre for Innovation Financing which is intended to complement to existing financial resources and provide seed and start-up capital.
An Incubator for accommodation of technology based firms; tenants of the premises are SMEs in the sectors of computer, electronics, consultancy, medical-health related, and communications.

Innovation Centre – Andalusia Technology Park

European Commission, DG Enterprise, Sprint Programme
Partners: Politecnico di Milano, Catholic University of Louvain

This project is about the creation of an Innovation Centre in the Andalusia Technology Park (PTA), focusing on environmental technologies and the construction industry. It had been included in the European Union’s Sprint Programme (Strategic Programme for Innovation and Technology Transfer), had been approved and had the unreserved support of the Park, the University of Malaga and the Engineer’s Associations who considered such a Centre would be extremely favourable for the environment and the development of the park and the region.

The PTA covers an area of 168 Ha and is located 13km from the centre of Malaga on the main road network. The park has five main categories of land use: (1) an area containing facilities for research and development (26 Ha); (2) an area containing facilities for research and production (26 Ha); (3) a central area where technology centres and services, the innovation centre, the telecommunications centre, the technological development and technology transfer office, university institutes and public R&D centres, the hotel, conference centre and business and commercial centre are gathered (13 Ha); (4) a recreation zone, golf course, sports facilities, club (17 Ha); (5) open spaces of which 74 Ha are green areas, gardens, copses and wetlands and of which 12 Ha are roads and service facilities.

The Centre is located in the central area together with a series of other centres dedicated to particular technologies and services (materials, telecoms, quality).

RTP & RIS – Central Macedonia

European Commission, DG Regio
Patners: Region of Central Macedonia, Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace

RTP aimed, on the one hand, at enhancing innovation and regional competitiveness and enabling the industry of Central Macedonia to work at the best practice level, and on the other hand, elaborating methodologies and tools appropriate at sustaining regional innovation. RTP concluded with the elaboration of a regional innovation strategy based on six priorities, which in turn are specialised in 22 pilot projects.

“RIS+ in Central Macedonia”, was a follow-up project, and focused mainly on the implementation of 10 pilot projects of the RTP strategy. In addition, the regional innovation strategy was updated and enriched with the preparation of feasibility studies for new innovation projects.

RITTS – East Macedonia and Thrace

European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Programme
Partners: Infyde, CM International

The overall evolution of this project includes three distinct stages: (1) setting-up of the project, (2) analysis of the regional system of innovation and of the technology supply and demand and (3) elaboration of the strategy, its development into a specific action plan and preparation for implementation of that plan. The innovation system of the region is characterised by a serious shortage of specialized and highly trained personnel; low level of business involvement in R&D projects; lack of cooperation with universities or other technological institutes; need for improvement of the quality of the transport and energy networks; need for dissemination of information and provision of information on new markets and technologies.

In line with the problems, RITTS EMT focuses on 8 areas, involving the strengthening of existing businesses, the development of new industrial sectors, the strengthening of business services, the transfer and supply of technology and the funding of innovation. These priorities lay emphasis on three policies: a policy for encouraging clusters and strengthening links between businesses; a policy for strengthening the transfer of technology and, secondarily, of the local supply of technology; and finaly, a policy for financially supporting businesses to enable investment in technological modernization and to create new technology-intensive businesses.

RIS – Cyprus

European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Programme
Partners: Talos SA, Kent Technology Transfer Centre

Main objective of the project is to enable regional enterprises to work at best practice level in the technologies relevant to them, to enhance the emergence and growth of new innovative enterprises and to promote international technological co-operation and competitiveness to international markets. RISC includes:

The design of a strategy for technological development and innovation in Cyprus, based on the agreement between the principal bodies and agencies of the public and private sectors in Cyprus.
The formulation of a programme including projects and actions to be implemented through public and private investment, focusing to support structures for the regional innovation system and actions connected with information on technology and innovation, technology transfer, automation services, quality control and certification, on-going vocational training etc.
Development of mechanisms to attract funds towards actions sustaining the technology and innovation capability of Cyprus.
The creation of ERMIS – a mechanism for evaluating the progress, monitoring the impact of the RISC and disseminating information on the innovation and technological development of Cyprus.
The participation of Cypriot organisations in the network of EU Regions which are elaborating RIS and collaborating on issues of technology development and innovation.

Excellence in Central Macedonia

European Commission, DG Regio, ERDF Innovative Actions
Region of Central Macedonia

The programme focuses on the creation of an environment of innovation which accelerates the introduction of businesses, research centres, and technology intermediary organisations of the Region to the world of business intelligence, smart products, technology watch and foresight.

The aim is to strengthen the Region’s outward orientation and competitiveness through the diffusion and application of “business excellence” and “world-class manufacturing” principles, and to promote a knowledge-based regional economy.

The programme includes 10 pilot actions which promote technology foresight exercise, development of digital clusters, technology transfer via technological clinics, staff training in innovation management, creation of a digital research centre and a regional innovation observatory.

INNOREGIO

European Commission, DG Regio, RECITE II
Partners: Agencia Innovacao, LEIA Technological Foundation, Region of Thessaly, University of Wales Cardiff, Technical University of Crete

The aim of the project is to develop and diffuse methods and techniques which facilitate the organisations composing a regional system of innovation (SMEs, technology producers, technology brokers, consultants) to manage knowledge and implement technological innovations.

Focal point is the methods and techniques, which enable the concerned organisations to deal with innovation. These techniques, tools and technologies cover the entire process of innovation, including R&D, technology transfer, business skills, networking, and finance.

Main components of the project are:

the development of 26 methods and techniques on innovation and knowledge management, which are appropriate for companies, technology transfer organisations, technology providers, and R&D institutes
the organisation of training on these techniques for 400 organisations per region and 2.400 in total SMEs and TI organisations
the application of Innovation Diagnosis and Action Plan to 600 SMEs
the co-finance of pilot implementation of selected innovation techniques to 120 SMEs;
the creation of a network of Internet Websites to provide on-line information for demonstration and implementation of these techniques.

Virtual Network of European Technology Parks – On-Line Innovation

European Commission, DG Enterprise, Innovation Programme
Partners: Thessaloniki Technology Park, Technology Park Oulu, Technology Park Ostfalen, Tagus Technology Park, Hellenic Technology Transfer Centre

The project links technology parks, university labs, and technology transfer centres of Finland, Germany, Greece, and Portugal. Main objective is to develop a virtual innovation environment and integrate it with the technology practices of the technology parks.

ONLI starts from the services currently being offered by the four technology parks of the network. These cover the main domains of technology transfer: technology watch, technology evaluation, technology audit, technology clinics, innovation financing, and promotion of innovation.

The second level is the creation of a virtual system, composed of Internet tools and innovation management tools, through which the users can instantly access on-line innovation development technologies, technology matches, training, consultancy, self-assessment, success stories, best practices, and information links.

The third level is the integration of the real and virtual innovation services, and mainly the adaptation and adjustment to the particularities of the environments of the participating parks. It is a critical step towards achieving full, on-line technology consultaning services.

Digital Innovation Centre – Thessaly

European Commission, DG Regio, ERDF Innovative Actions
Region of Thessaly, Regional Development Fund

Digital Innovation Centre is an on-line resource of innovation tools addressed mainly to companies and entrepreneurs for the development of new products and the management of innovation activities. The Digital Innovation Centre includes three main components:

innovation management tools supporting business activity related to new product development and start-ups creation (business plan, marketing plan, cost-benefit analysis, and technology audit)
open discussion forum for exchange of experiences on entrepreneurship and innovation issues
roadmaps for new product development and spin-off creation. NPD roadmap is structured on 5 levels: ideas generation, evaluation of ideas and selection of the final criteria, research and idea development prototyping, market testing of the product, design and production of the new product – each level accompanied by the relevant assessment process.

Regional Documentation Centre – Thessaly

European Commission, DG Regio, ERDF Innovative Actions
Region of Thessaly, Regional Development Fund

The Regional Documentation Centre was created in the framework of INVENT programme (Innovation Ventures in Thessaly), focusing on creating a dynamic process for the measurement of innovation in the region of Thessaly. It�s a virtual space providing watch services related to the evolution of technologies, products, and markets for the major industrial sectors of Thessaly, and monitoring its innovation performance with selected indicators.

The Documentation Centre is oriented towards the enterprises of Thessaly seeking to cover their needs for information on issues related to technological evolutions, entrepreneurship, markets, and innovation, and towards technology intermediaries aiming to enhance their capabilities to provide innovation support services to companies. The DC is structured on three basic components:

Technology watch focused on three vital sectors of Thessaly: diary products, textiles, and metallurgy. It observes and provides information on markets and technologies, raw materials, prices, business news, events, information centres at the physical and the virtual space.
Benchmarking. The section includes information on the use of the technique and the procedures for the acquisition of the title of benchmarking qualified consultant, and links to benchmarking e-learning and on-line application.
Innovation measurement. The section includes the evaluation of innovation perfomance in Thessaly for the years 2002 and 2003 with the help of 20 innovation measurement indicators classified in four categories: production system, human resources, knowledge creation and innovation development.

Digital Research Centre

European Commission, DG Regio, ERDF Innovative Actions
Region of Central Macedonia

DRC is an infrastructure which supports the cooperation between academic research units and businesses for the exploitation of R&D results. It includes four components:

On-line R&D database with relevant research outcomes, especially those leading to new products, production processes and services.
On-line innovation support which facilitates (1) new product development, (2) intellectual property rights management, (3) spin-off creation, and (4) management of quality.
Communication between academia and business through an on-line technology matching tool.
Pilot R&D exploitation projects where private sector and university laboratories cooperate on the development of commercial products or services based on R&D results.

Benchmarking

European Commission, DG Regio
Partners: Regions of Thessaly, C. Macedonia, W. Macedonia, Ionian Islands

Benchmarking is the process of improving performance by continuously identifying, understanding, and adapting outstanding practices and processes of other companies to increase competitive strength. The benchmarking process involves comparing a company’s performance on a set of measurable parameters of strategic importance against companies known to have achieved best performance on those indicators.

The objective of the technique is to improve the processes performed but it also involves discovering the thinking behind innovation. Urenio has developed a benchmarking application with a database consisting of about 600 Greek companies. The application evaluates a large number of operational functions, which aim at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the organization’s management and operation. The evaluation is achieved by the use of about 150 indicators in the following fields: financial data, administration and management of resources and personnel, strategy, research and development, manufacturing, engineering, products and marketing, quality and customer satisfaction, warehousing and distribution.

Urenio also provides specialized benchmarking services which include:

Training and certification of benchmarking consultants
Detailed information and reporting on the technique
On-line benchmarking application to facilitate distant users
Customized benchmarking towards companies of the same sector, of all sectors, of the same geographical area, etc.
Development of tailor-made modules according to sectoral needs
Company visits and development of action plan for the company.

Digital Corfu

European Commission, DG Regio, ERDF Innovative Actions
Region of Ionian Islands

The aim of the project is the digital representation of the Old Town of Corfu, including a series of information: the city, the monuments, the cultural events and activities, and also commercial and tourist information (hotels, restaurants, museums).

A web site supports virtual itineraries in the historical centre, combining interactive maps and panoramic images. The creation of Digital Corfu is based on an extented survey of the Old City. The design is based on a research over thirty virtual cities all over the word, which are analysed and used as models regarding the design, the techologies, the web architecture and the services provided.

META-FORESIGHT

European Commission, DG Research, Regions of Knowledge Programme

Partners: Fundecyt, University of Wales Cardiff, Infyde, Institut Jules destree

The project concerns the design and development of an integrated regional information system, linking data included in different applications and information systems and providing extended search capabilities.

The intended integrates five fields of intelligence to a unique territorial intelligence application: (1) regional foresight, (2) R&D results data-bases, (3) company benchmarking, (4) technology and market watch, and (5) regional technology competences and skills. The application seeks to produce a homogenous EU regional intelligence system. The project includes six main components:

Establishment of an intra-regional and trans-regional partnership among stakeholders of the participating regions.
Evaluation of existing information systems, methodologies and data including auxiliary modules, such as benchmarking, foresight, technology and market watch etc.
Analysis of best practice identified in projects of the Innovative Actions Programmes, in the fields of information technology applications for the development of regional intelligence.
Design and development of the meta-foresight model and software application. Integrated search, analysis and data reporting in the fields of foresight, R&D, benchmarking, market watch and technological skills will be provided.
Testing and evaluation of the application in one partner region, and free distribution of the application to European regions.
Dissemination of the project activities and results over EU regions.
Books & Blueprints
Georghiou, C., Komninos N., Martinidis, G., Martzopoulou, N. Sefertzi, E., Tramantas, K. (2009) Hybrid Innovation and the Future of Industry in Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Master Plan Authority.

During the last decades manufacturing activities experienced rapid restructuring and change. Globalisation and new information and communication technologies have radically altered the production processes, reduced the share of manufacturing in GDP, and sustained the transfer of industries in the emerging economies of Asia. The book records these developments with respect to changes in manufacturing activities of metropolitan Thessaloniki over the period 1997-2009. It focuses on restructuring trends in the sectors of food and beverage, textile and clothing, construction materials, metal products, electrical machinery, chemicals and petroleum. It also examines the rise of ICT industries and the EU policies that sustain openness and innovation in manufacturing. Main conclusions of this extensive field research are (a) that the transformation of traditional industry in knowledge-intensive is characterized by a series of hybrid conditions, between decreasing and increasing returns, manufacturing and services, traditional and new products, material production and digital management, tacit and explicit knowledge, localization and globalisation, and (b) the transition to knowledge-intensive industry would be accelerated by the creation and operation of clusters in the respective traditional branches.

Download (22MB): Hybrid Innovation and the Future of Industry

Komninos, N., Passas, I., Schoina, M., Sefertzi, E., and Tarani, P. (2009) Medicube: Incubator’s Innovation Platform Blueprint, Interreg IIIB – Archimed.

Critical to the functioning of an incubator is the provision of management guidance, technical assistance and consulting tailored to young growing companies. Incubators usually also provide clients access to appropriate rental space and flexible leases, shared basic business services and equipment, technology support services and assistance in obtaining the financing necessary for company growth. The incubator support digital platform that was developed during the MEDICUBE project targeted to facilitate the incubators to achieve their goals. The platform is mainly web based and its users are both the incubators and their tenants. It includes four on-line tools that each incubator can adopt, install and customise: (1) Technology and market watch; (2) New product development; (3) Innovation marketing; and (4) Incubation management.

Download: Medicube Blueprint: medi-cube_eng

N. Komninos (ed.) (2009) Intelligent Clusters, Communities and Cities: Enhancing Innovation with Virtual Environments and Embedded Systems, IJIRD Special Issue, vol.1 no4, p.337-483.

This Special Issue International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development contains papers that outline parallel aspects and phenomena shaping simultaneously intelligent cities. Among the topics discussed are: (1) The globalisation of innovation ecosystems and new relationships between innovation and its environment, as knowledge resources from around the globe combine together and new innovation environments and institutions take shape. (2) Living labs and innovation hubs that continue and progress the theory of innovative milieu and innovation clustering in the era of global digital interaction and involvement of end customers in new product design, development, and testing. (3) The rise of collaborative knowledge networks and virtual communities sustaining innovation capabilities and the innovation performance of organisations. (4) E-governance and changing city management towards more democratic and participative forms enabled by online communication and interactive community services. (5) The digital city and digital citizenship, myths and ideas accompanying these concepts, and challenges of institutionalised digital cities. (6) Ubiquitous communities; pervasive and intelligent environments enabling new forms of interactions and transactions that become available anywhere at anytime.

Download: IJIRD

Komninos, N. (2008) Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks, London and New York: Routledge.

This book is about the environment of innovation that is formed within cities and regions. However, it approaches the subject via a substitution. The central premise is that (a) a theory of innovation is not feasible, since its prevision capacity would annihilate innovation itself, and (b) the quest for a theory of innovation can be replaced by the quest for understanding the environment for generating innovation. The substitution consequently lies in the assumption that we cannot predict the emergence of innovation and consequently manage it, but we can create environments within which innovation is generated; in other words that we can manage the environment rather than innovation itself. The more radical and disruptive innovation is, the more this substitution is necessary. This is the central idea behind Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks. The objective is about innovation, but the means which permit us to reach it are intelligent cities and other forms of intelligent environments sustaining the processes of innovation, which are now global.

Download: Routledge

Lurcovich, L., Komninos, N. Reid, A., Heydebreck, P. Pierrakis, Y. (2006) Blueprint for Regional Innovation Benchmarking, European Commission, Mutual Learning Platform.

In our age of information and knowledge-based development, learning from others is a fundamental way of improving the know-how and competences of organisations, clusters, and regions. This is exactly what Benchmarking is about: to compare the performance of an organisation with other organisations and learn from the best.The Blueprint on Regional Innovation Benchmarking shows how to use benchmarking techniques to improve the innovation performance of regions or other geographical entities. Benchmarking is understood as an improvement process in which a company, organisation or any other (multi-organisational) system carries out three processes: 1) compares its performance against best-in-class systems; 2) determines how these systems have achieved their superior performance; and 3) uses the collected information to improve its own performance.

Download: http://www.urenio.org/2007/01/03/regional-innovation-benchmarking/

Bourgogne P., Guth, M., Pelayo, E., Halvorsen, K., Komninos, N. Oswaldo, A. (2006) Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters, Regional Council of Lorraine, Interreg IIIC.

The blueprint explores and seeks to understand the extent to which strategic intelligence tools (knowledge management, benchmarking, foresight) are able to support the creation of innovating clusters:
-by enabling firms in a region belonging to the same productive system and business context to forsee the changes in markets and technologies which may affect them,
-by improving their competitiveness through innovation, and
-by designing governance systems capable of fostering collaborative strategies and implementing appropriate business development tools.

Download: The Blueprint is available in four languages: Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters. Intelligence Strategique et Clusters. Strategische Intelligenz und Clusters. Inteligencia Estrategica y Clusters.

Komninos, N., (2002) Intelligent Cities: Innovation, knowledge systems and digital spaces, London and New York: Taylor and Francis, Spon Press.

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the U.S. displayed an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The favourable environment for research in these areas was not immediately obvious, yet it was of great significance for a development based on knowledge, learning, and innovation. Intelligent Cities focuses on these environments of innovation, and the major models (technopoles, innovating regions, intelligent cities) for creating an environment supporting technology, innovation, learning and knowledge – based development.

The introduction of the first chapter deals with innovation as an environmental condition, including the geography and typology of islands of innovation. The next three parts focus on the theoretical paradigms and the planning models of the “industrial district”, the “innovating region” and the “intelligent city”, which offer three alternative ways to create an environment of innovation.

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Komninos, N., Kyrgiafini, L., Sefertzi, E., (eds) (2003) Innovation Development Technologies in Regions and Production Complexes, Athens: Guttenberg.

The book presents the most significant innovation development technologies and methods focusing on techniques which enable the transformation of knowledge into new products. Innovation development technologies are classified in four parts, depending on their application in a specific area of the innovation cycle: (1) methodologies for the organisation of research and development (technology watch and business intelligence, creativity, marketing of innovation, Innovation financing, project management); (2) methods for technology transfer (benchmarking, innovation audit, technology clinics, technology evaluation, management of intellectual property rights); (3) technologies for new product development (new product development, design automation, business process re-engineering, material requirements planning, employee involvement, human resource management, value analysis); and (4) techniques for the optimisation of networking and technological co-operation (supply chain management, e-commerce). The papers included have been prepared in the framework of the InnoRegio project, under the Programme RECITE II for the co-operation of EU cities and regions.

Komninos, N., (1998) Technopolis and Development Strategies in Europe, Athens: Gutenberg.

Technopolis and Development Strategies in Europe discusses the creation of new urban spaces (technopoles, technology districts, clusters and technology networks, science and technology parks) which grow with respect to R&D, new technologies, and production flexibility.

Part I focuses on large scale urban projects for technological development in Torino, Ile-de-France, Montpelier, Cambridge and Sophia Antipolis; part II on science and technology parks throughout Europe and the mechanisms of technology transfer; part III on urban regeneration programmes making inner city areas attractive to knowledge workers and high tech companies and encouraging new tertiary activities (producer services, media, multinational headquarters, etc.) to locate in particular cities; and part IV on system-areas and technology districts, which create networks of interdependent small firms allowing costs and risks to be spread out and production to be rapidly adjusted to market requirements. The last part examines the transferability of technopolitan strategies in less favoured regions of Europe and the obstacles created by established economic and cultural practices.

Sefertzi, E., (ed.) (1998), Innovation: System-areas, technology transfer, and innovative development in Greece, Athens: Gutenberg.

International competition, the changing conditions of production systems and consumer habits and behaviour, make innovation a significant factor for development in Europe. The creation of favourable environment for innovation support has become a necessity. This environment is strongly depended on local institutions, business collaboration, and systems supporting information, communication and training.

The book examines the technological structure of Greek industries and the policy that affects the formation of innovation environments in Greece. It contains four parts: (1) Innovation and development in the Greek regions, (2) Innovation in selected sectors of the industry in Greece (textile and clothing, food, pharmaceutical, and ICT), (3) Innovation policy and development in Greece.

Komninos, N., (1998) The Innovative Region: The Regional Technology Plan of Central Macedonia, Athens: Gutenberg.

The Innovative Region is a strategy designed in the framework of the European Policy and the Innovation Programme in order to sustain the development of European regions through the improvement of their R&D and technological capabilities. The strategy is linked to the Regional Technology Plan (RTP), the Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer (RITTS), and the Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS). The Central Macedonia Regional Technology Plan is a pilot project aiming at the investigation of the procedures, the method and the implementation problems of this strategy. It focuses on the upgrading of the regional innovation system, which is responsible for the production, transfer and diffusion of technological knowledge.

The book discusses the formulation of regional innovation strategy in Central Macedonia: it includes the analysis of the regional innovation system, the elaboration of priorities of innovation support, the definition of the action plan, and the implementation of the individual projects. The methods which were employed and the problems encountered may be useful in the extension of this strategy to European Regions.

Komninos, N., (1986) Theory of Urbanity, Crisis, Metropolitan Restructuring and New Urban Planning (Vol.1), Urban Planning and Social Regulation (Vol.2), Urban Design and Construction of the City (Vol.3), Athens: Synchrona Themata.

These three books provide a comprehensive account of contemporary processes shaping urban development, planning and design. Cities are part of the major contemporary social projects leading towards a knowledge-based society, which is taking shape by (1) the reorganisation of production in terms of flexibility and innovation, (2) the supra-national institutional regulation, and (3) the new state of knowledge and post-modernist cultural values. Cities are affected by industrial decline, the restructuring of the productive system, de-concentration of the urban population, a growing unevenness in income and the social polarisation of housing provision, and finally, the degradation of social equipment and urban infrastructure.

However, urban restructuring has also given birth to new landscapes, decentralised planning, and post-modern design. These developments led us to understand that cities are not only the effect of the new up and coming social projects; they are also fields of experimentation and creativity, where these same social projects are co-formed and further elaborated.

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Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

Books, special issues of academic journals, articles, and conference pp presentations, all dealing with concepts, theories, strategies, and applications of intelligent cities and smart cities.

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BOOKS
Komninos N. (2008) Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks, London and New York, Routledge.
Link: Routledge

Komninos N. (2002) Intelligent Cities: Innovation, knowledge systems and digital spaces, London and New York, Taylor and Francis, Spon Press.
Link: Taylor and Francis

Tsarchopoulos, P. (2013) Intelligent cities: Technologies, architectures, and governance of the digital space, PhD Dissertation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept of Urban and Regional Development and Planning.
Download: Full Text (Greek Language), Abstract (English Language)

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JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

Schaffers, H., Komninos N., Ratti C. (eds) (2012) “Smart Applications for Smart Cities”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 2012, Νο 3.
Link: JTAER

Komninos, N. and Schaffers, H. (eds) (2012) “Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe”, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol.3, No 3.
Link: JKEC, Springer

Komninos, N. (ed.) (2009) “Intelligent Clusters, Communities and Cities: Enhancing innovation with virtual environments and embedded systems”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol.1, No4.
Link: IJIRD, Inderscience

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ARTCLES
Komninos, N., Kakderi, C., and Tsarchopoulos, P. (2014) “New services design for smart cities: a planning roadmap for user-driven innovation”, Proceedings of 2014 ACM Conference, International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Smart Cities (WiMobCity), pp. 29-39. (PDF)

Angelidou, M. (2014). Smart city policies: A spatial approach. Cities, 41, S3-S11. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.06.007. Free access link (valid until 16 October 2014)

Tsamboulatidis, I. et al. (2013) ImproveMyCity – An open source platform for direct citizen-government communication, Conference proceedings. 2013-Improve-my-City-ATS

Komninos, N. (2013) Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Innovation ecosystems of embedded spatial intelligence, ICEIRD 2013 Conference Proceedings. 2013-ICEIRD-Smart Cities and the Future Internet

Komninos, N., Schaffers, H., and Pallot, M., (2013) Open Innovation and Smart Cities. Open Innovation Yearbook 2013, EU Publications, irectorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, pp. 34-42.Open Innovation Yearbook 2013

Angelidou, M., Gountaras, N., ansd Tarani, P. (2012) Engaging digital services for the creation of urban knowledge ecosystems: the case of Thermi, Greece, Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development, Vol.3, No.4, pp.331 – 350. Link IJKBD.

Schaffers, H., Komninos, N., Pallot, M. (eds) (2012) “Smart Cities as Innovation Ecosystems Sustained by the Future Internet”, FIREBALL White Paper. Online FIREBALL-White-Paper.

Komninos, N., and Tsarchopoulos, P. (2012) “Towards Intelligent Thessaloniki: from an agglomeration of apps to smart districts”, Journal of Knowledge Economy, Springer Online First.

Komninos, N., Pallot, M., and Schaffers, H. (2012) “Special Issue on Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe”, Journal of Knowledge Economy, Springer Online First.

Pallot, M., Trousse, B., Senach, B., Shaffers, H. and Komninos, N. (2011)” Future Internet and Living Lab Research Domain Landscapes: Filling the Gap between Technology Push and Application Pull in the Context of Smart Cities” eChallenges e-2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation. Link: e-Challenges 2011
Download: eChallenges-2011-Future Internet and Living Labs

Komninos, N., Shaffers, H. and Pallot, M. (2011)”Developing a Policy Roadmap for Smart Cities and the Future Internet” eChallenges e-2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation. Link: e-Challenges 2011
Download: eChallenges-2011-A Policy Roadmap for Smart Cities

Komninos, N. (2011) “Intelligent Cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence”, Journal of Intelligent Buildings International, Vol. 3, pp. 1–17. Link: JIBI

Schaffers, H., Komninos, N., Pallot, M., Trousse, B., Nilsson M., and Oliveira, A. (2011)” Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Towards Cooperation Frameworks for Open Innovation”, The Future Internet, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6656, pp. 431-446. Download paper from here.

Κομνηνός Ν. (2011) ‘Ευφυείς πόλεις – ευφυείς συνοικίες: Ένα νέο παράδειγμα σχεδιασμού των πόλεων βασισμένο στην καινοτομία και ευρυζωνικότητα’, Τιμητικός Τόμος Α.Φ. Λαγόπουλου, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων ΑΠΘ. Download: Eyfyeis Poleis – Eyfyeis Synoikies

Intzesiloglou,G., Kakderi, C., Komninos, N., and Zaharis, N. (2011) “Identifying Successful Knowledge Exchange Practices between Academia & Industry in University-city Regions” Proceedings of International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development, ICEIRD 2011: Download: Knowledge Exchange in University City-Regions-ICEIRD-2011

Komninos Nicos, Miariti Christina, Milossis Dimitris, Tsarchopoulos Panagiotis, Zaharis Nikos (2010) “Valorisation of Academic R&D: The INTERVALUE Platform”, Proceedings of International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development ICEIRD 2010. Download paper: INTERVALUE for ICEIRD

Komninos, Nicos and Sefertzi, Elena (2009) “Intelligent Cities: R&D offshoring, web 2.0 product development and globalization of innovation systems” Paper presented at the Second Knowledge Cities Summit, Shenzhen, China, 5-7 November 2009. Download paper: Intelligent Cities-Shenzhen 2009-Komninos-Sefertzi. Download pp presentation: Intelligent Cities-Shenzhen 2009-Komninos-Sefertzi

Komninos, N. (2009) “Intelligent cities: Towards interactive and global innovation environments”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol. 1, No.4 pp. 337 – 355.
Link: IJIRD

Κομνηνός, Ν., Πάσσας, Ι., και Τσαρχόπουλος, Π. (2008) “Στρατηγική οικονομική ευφυΐα: Το Internet στην υπηρεσία της καινοτομίας”, Η Πληροφορική στη Βόρειο Ελλάδα. Download: stratigiki eyfyia-internet kai kainotomia

Komninos, N., Passas, I., Tarani, P., and Tsarchopoulos P. (2007) “Four platforms for intelligent cities”, IE07 Conference Proceedings, 486-494.
Link: IEEE

Komninos, N. (2007) “Cidades Inteligentes”, Interface Administracao Publica Local e Regional, Anuario 2007, 5-9.
Download: cidades-inteligentes

Κομνηνός, Ν. (2006) “Έξυπνες πόλεις: Συστήματα καινοτομίας και τεχνολογίες πληροφορίας στην ανάπτυξη των πόλεων”, Περιοδικό Αρχιτέκτονες, No 60, 72-75.
Download: exypnes-poleis

Κομνηνός, Ν., Πάσσας, Ι., και Τσαρχόπουλος, Π. (2006) “Ευφυείς πόλεις”, Η Πληροφορική στη Βόρειο Ελλάδα, No 2, 13-14.
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Komninos N., (2006) “Intelligent by Design: Technology and intelligent cities in Saudi Arabia”, Think: Global Issues in Perspective, Νο 9, 6-13.
Download: technology-and-intel-cities-in-Saudi-Arabia

Komninos, N., Sefertzi, E., and Tsarchopoulos P. (2006) “Virtual innovation environment for the exploitation of R&D”, Intelligent Environments 06, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 95-104. (Download:virtual-innovation-environment-for-the-exploitation-of-rd-ie06)
Link: IEEE

Komninos, N. (2006) “The Architecture of Intelligent Cities”, Intelligent Environments 06, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1, pp. 13-20. (Download: The Architecture of Intelligent Cities)
Link: IEEE

Bourgogne P., Guth, M., Pelayo, E., Halvorsen, K., Komninos, N. Oswaldo, A. (2006) Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters, Regional Council of Lorraine, Interreg IIIC, 1-58.
Download: English: STRATINC-strategic-intelligence – German: STRATINC-strategische-intelligenz– Spanish: STRATINC-inteligencia-estrategica– French version: STRATINC-intelligence-strategique

Komninos, N. (2006) “Intelligent Cities”, The Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds), London, Idea Group Reference, 1100-1104.
Link: EDG

Komninos, N. (2006) “Virtual Innovation Environment”, The Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds), London, Idea Group Reference, 1601-1605.
Link: EDG

Komninos, N. (2004) “Regional Intelligence: Distributed localized information systems for innovation and development”, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.28, No 3-4-5-6, 483-506.
Link: IJTM

Κομνηνός, Ν. (2004) “Περιφέρειες αριστείας στην Ευρώπη: το νέο πρότυπο περιφερειακής ιεραρχίας και ανάπτυξης”, Ζητήματα Χωρικής Ανάπτυξης, επιμ. Γ. Καυκαλάς, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, 73-105.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Green Growth: From LEED-ND to Smart Environments for Resource Saving”, S3 Platform, 11th Peer Review Workshop, Crete, September 2013
Download: 2013-09-Green Growth – From LEED to Smart Environments

“Ευφυής Θεσσαλονίκη” Conference of Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, ‘Sustainable Cities’, Thessaloniki, 7 December 2012.
Download: Ευφυής Θεσσαλονίκη-Συμπόσιο ΣΕΒ για Βιώσιμες Πόλεις

“Smart Cities: Towards Distributed Embedded Sensors, Open Source and Cloud-based Solutions”, IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, 5-7 November 2012, Nice France.
Download: Smart Cities. Towards distributed embedded sensors, OS and Cloud

“Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Innovation for All within Smart Environments”, 11th Students Spring Symposium, Thessaloniki, 18 May 2012.
Download: Smart Cities and Future Internet-Innovation for All

“A Planning roadmap for intelligent cities: case study on revitalizing a commercial district”, RSA European Conference 2012, 13th – 16th May 2012, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Download: RSA_Delft_A planning roadmap for intelligent cities

“Planning for Intelligent Cities: The integration problem”, eChallenges 2011 Conference, Florence, 26-28 October 2011.
Download: Planning for Intelligent Cities-eChallenges 2011

“Living Labs – Intelligent Cities – Smart Regions: Innovation beyond the Institutional Paradigm”, MEDLAB Final Conference, Thessaloniki, 3 and 4 October 2011.
Donwload: LL-Intel Cities-Smart Regions. Innovation beyond the Institutional Paradigm

“What Makes Cities Smart”, Creating Smarter Cities 2011 Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, 30 June and 1 July 2011.
Download: What makes cities smart-Edinburgh 30062011

“MedLab: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”, CENTRAL LAB kick-off meeting, Ptuj, Slovenia 30 May 2011.
Download: MEDLAB-Ptuj Slovenia

“Intelligent Cities and the PEOPLE Project”, MEDLAB workshop on Living Labs and the Future Internet: Towards smart cities and regions, Larnaca, 18 October 2010.
Download: Intelligent Cities and the PEOPLE Project

“Ηλεκτρονική-ευφυής πόλη του μέλλοντος” CYTA Conference – World Telecommunication Day 2010, Nicosia Cyprus, 20 May 2010.
Download: Electronic-Intelligent City-CYTA-2010

“Ευφυείς πόλεις: Χωρικοί μετασχηματισμοί των συστημάτων καινοτομίας”, Department of Regional Planning and Development Engineers, Veroia, 13 January 2010.
Download: Intel Cities-Spatial transformation of innovation systems-Veroia

“Ευφυείς Πόλεις: Στρατηγικές για παγκόσμια και διαδραστικά συστήματα καινοτομίας”, 2ο Congress of the Department of City and Regional Planning and Development, Volos, 24-27 September 2009.
Download: Intel Cities-2nd Congress CRP-Volos-250909

“Thessaloniki Living Lab: Designing and Testing Applications for Intelligent Cities” MEDLAB kick-off meeting, Thessaloniki, 27-28 April 2009.
Download: ll-thessaloniki-designs-for-intelligent-cities

“Globalisation of Innovation and policy measures for open systems of innovation”, IRE Workshop, Madrid, 16-18 April 2008.

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“Intelligent Cities: Building 3rd Generation Systems of Innovation”, MSc Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, City – Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield, 13 January 2008.
Download: intel-cities-overview

“Ευφυείς πόλεις: Ένα νέο παράδειγμα ανάπτυξης και σχεδιασμού των πόλεων”, Postgraduate seminar URENIO, 9 November 2007.
Download: eyfyeis-poleis-ena-neo-paradigma

“Four platforms for intelligent cities” 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’07), Ulm, 24-25 September, 2007.
Download: four-platforms-for-intelligent-cities-ie07

“Innovative Clusters and Strategic Intelligence”, STRATINC Final Conference, Brussels, 7 September 2006.
Download: clusters-and-intelligence-stratinc-conf

“Collaborative innovation and inter-regional networks”, EU Conference on Regions for Economic Change – Innovating through EU Regional Policy, Brussels, 12 – 13 June 2006.
Download: confe-proceeding-regions-econ-change

“The Architecture of intelligent cities” 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’ 06), Athens, 5-6 July 2006.
Download: architecture-of-intel-cities-ie06

“META-FORESIGHT: Software Platform and Tools”, Metaforesight Conference on Integrating Intelligence, Caceres, Spain, 6 – 7 October 2005.
Download: metaforesight-caceres-conf

“META-FORESIGHT: Integrating Regional Intelligence”, 4th IRE Plenary Conference, Ljubljana, 7-8 June 2005.
Download: metaforesight-ire-conf-ljubljana

“Περιοχικά Συστήματα Καινοτομίας: Από τα Clusters στις Ευφυείς Περιφέρειες” International Conference on Good Practices of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Thessaloniki, 10-11 December 2004.
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People

The permanent staff of URENIO is about 20 people, and external contract research personnel varies between 15 and 50 people. Qualifications of the permanent staff cover urban and regional planning, mechanical and chemical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, architecture, sociology and economics, applied mathematics and statistics.

Nicos Komninos is currently a professor of Urban Development and Innovation Policy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a Master’s Degree of Architect-Engineer from the Aristotle University, post-graduate studies in General Semantics with A. J. Greimas, and a PhD from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, with P. H. Chombart de Lauwe. He teaches courses on “Strategic Planning for Cities”, “Learning Regions: innovation systems analysis and strategy”, “Smart City Applications Design and Development” and the postgraduate seminar “Intelligent Cities and Environments of Innovation”.

He is founder and director of the Urban and Regional Innovation Research (URENIO) and has coordinated about a hundred research projects under the European Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP), Framework Programmes (FP), and Territorial Cooperation Programmes (Interreg, SEE, MED). He has been honoured with the Award for Excellence and Innovation of Aristotle University for achievements in competitive research. Along with research, he took part in the development of smart cities, technology parks, and innovation strategies in most EU countries; in UNIDO activities on regional innovation in developing countries; in the OECD innovation strategy; and actually in the assessment of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) across many regions of Europe.

Fields of research and expertise:
– City and regional strategic planning: strategic planning roadmap and methods; assessment of innovative agglomerations; planning for innovation clusters, planning for technology districts, technopoles, science and technology parks; urban regeneration projects.
– Innovation systems analysis and strategy: innovation and knowledge-based development; management of systems of innovation; innovation strategies; smart specialization strategies (RIS3); new product development methodologies and tools; measuring and benchmarking of innovation performance.
– Intelligent cities / smart cities design and development: intelligent city strategies and applications; planning for intelligent sectors and districts; web platforms for collective intelligence, technology transfer, collaborative new product development, digital marketplaces; smart innovation ecosystems; user-driven innovation ecosystems; living labs; future Internet technologies.

He has published extensively on urban and regional development and planning, innovation territories, smart and intelligent cities. He is the author of twelve books including the trilogy “Intelligent Cities: Innovation, knowledge systems and digital spaces” (Routledge 2002), “Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks” (Routledge 2008), and “The Age of Intelligent Cities: Smart Environments and Innovation-for-all Strategies” (Routledge 2014). He was guest editor of three special issues on smart cities, “Intelligent Clusters, Communities and Cities: Enhancing innovation with virtual environments and embedded systems”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol. 1.4, 2009; “Smart Applications for Smart Cities”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 2012.3 (together with H. Schaffers and C. Ratti); and “Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe”, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol.4.2, 2013 (together with H. Schaffers and M. Pallot).

He is member of the editorial board of eight academic journals and associate editor of the ‘Journal of the Knowledge Economy’, the ‘Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A system’s view across time and space’ and the Journal of Smart Cities. More at http://www.urenio.org/komninos/
E-mail contact: komninos@urenio.org

Elias G. Carayannis is Senior Visiting Professor affiliated with URENIO. He is full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as well as co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, (EURC) at the Department of Information Systems & Technology Management, George Washington University in Washington, DC. His teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic Government-University-Industry R&D partnerships, technology road-mapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development.

He has published thirteen books to date on science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship with CRC Press, Praeger/Greenwood, Palgrave/MacMillan and Edward Elgar. He has also published working papers with the World Bank and given invited lectures on a number of occasions at the World Bank, the IADB, the European Union, and several universities. Dr. Carayannis is Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Journal of the Knowledge Economy; the Springer Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Systems View Across Time and Space; the IGI International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development; the Edward Elgar Book Series on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and the Springer Book Series on Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. He can be reached at: caraye@gwu.edu

Dr. Yiannis FALAS has a Mining Engineer degree from the National Technical University of Athens and a PhD on ”Clusters in Traditional Sectors” from the Architectural School of Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research focuses on European clusters, mainly of traditional sectors of the economy and lately of the wood/biomass/bioenergy sector. After graduation, he worked in the Region of Western Macedonia, as Assistant Co-ordinator of Transport Infrastructure program (1st and 2nd C.S.F.). He has then been the project manager of the Regional Innovation Strategy, RIS and RIS+ Projects, and the “Knowledge clusters” Innovative Actions Program of W.M.
He has been the coordinator of the Regional Innovation Pole of Western Macedonia and the Regional Innovation Office of W.M., as well as the National Coordinator of the Strategic Med project “PROFORBIOMED”. He has long experience with Cross-border and interregional cooperation projects (H2020, FP7, Interreg, Med, Black Sea, etc), coordinated several foresight exercises and has cooperated with a large number of S.M.E.’s (feasibility studies, project proposals and implementation, etc).

He is currently the Director of the Bioenergy and Environment Cluster in Western Macedonia. His main interests are innovation and regional development, interregional and cross-border development strategies, namely for clusters and SMEs.
E-mail contact: thessis@otenet.gr

Christina KAKDERI (MSc, PhD) is a regional economist and a researcher focusing on systems of innovation and smart innovation environments (national and regional innovation systems, technology policy, social networks, intelligent cities/districts). Since 2005 she has been involved in numerous EU and national funded projects related to spatial development and innovation ecosystems.

She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, an MSc from the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK and a PhD on innovation systems analysis from the Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During her studies, she has received a three-year fellowship from the State Scholarship Foundation and a fellowship from the Research Committee of AUTH. She has also attended a number of extended training courses, such as those of the DIMETIC network (in Strasbourg, Maastricht and Pecs) on innovation networks, policies and methodologies, and of the Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute (in Rome) on spatial econometrics.

E-mail contact: christina@urenio.org

Margarita ANGELIDOU is a senior research officer. She is skilled in research projects’ management and implementation, as well as project proposals’ development. Since 2005 she has worked in business and academia in European and national research projects related with urban, socio-economic, technological/digital growth. Her research interests revolve around digital platforms for addressing urban problems, urban and social innovation and the knowledge society.

By education, Margarita is an urban development engineer (BSc, MSc) with a PhD in Smart Cities. She has received numerous fellowships and distinctions from the Institution of State Scholarships of Greece (I.K.Y.), the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Research Committee of the University of Thessaly.
E-mail contact: mangelidou@urenio.org
Twitter: @M_Angelidou

Stratos MANOS is an Architect Engineer and PhD candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thesis title: The Urban Regeneration and Internationalisation of Cities in Europe).

Since 1993 he is working as researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and participated in various projects of the European Union, including the RITTS of East Macedonia and Thrace, the Urban Pilot Project of Thessaloniki, and national projects on urban renewal, innovative spatial development, urban planning and regional development. He participated in European urban planning competitions.

Since 1997, he is member of a consulting group responsible for Regional and Local Development projects and Industrial Parks Development projects. He participated in the Evaluation of Central Macedonia”s Regional Operational Programme (especially in Technical Infrastructures and Local Development measures), the Cross-border cooperation projects (Euroregion “NESTOS-MESTA”-LACE), and the development of GIS applications.
E-mail contact: efmanos1@yahoo.gr

Giorgos MARTINIDIS (MSc, MA) is a psychologist specialising in research methods and social psychology, with further postgraduate studies in economics and politics in SE Europe. He is a PhD candidate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, researching the contribution of human capital to regional innovation systems.

Since 2007 he has worked on the implementation of various research projects and the drafting of project proposals for URENIO. In addition, he has worked on project administration and financial management both for URENIO and for the South Eastern Europe Research Centre (SEERC).

In 2014, he received an award by Transparency International for a study on corruption in Eastern Europe. He has published papers on various topics, including the view on mental disorders throughout history, the historical and social patterns of alcohol use, and minority rights and minority policies in SE Europe.

E-mail contact: martinidis@urenio.org

Nancy (Anastasia) MARTZOPOULOU is a Mechanical and Agricultural Engineer and currently belongs to the academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning – School of Architecture – Faculty of Engineering – AUTH, where she completed her PhD thesis entitled “Energy and environmental management in industrial concentrations”.

She has been actively involved in the research activity of the URENIO Research Unit – AUTH, participating in the implementation and the management of research projects such as: Cross-Inno-Cut, Innopolis, INTERVALUE, The future of industry in Thessaloniki, Innovation in the Ionian Islands, Digital research center in Central Macedonia, Istos: Innovative Actions in the South Aegean. Scientific fields she is interested in: Urban/Regional Planning and Innovation, Smart Specialisation, Smart Energy Cities, Environmental Planning, Industrial Symbiosis and Ecology, Eco – Industrial Parks, Emergy Analysis, Agricultural Engineering. She teaches at the Schools of Architecture and Agriculture.
E-mail contact: nancymar@urenio.org | amartzopoulou@arch.auth.gr

Dimitris MILOSSIS is electrical engineer with studies in the School of Technology, University of Patra, Greece. He has a Diploma in Electronics for Telecommunications from the University of Southampton, England and a Masters cource in Business Adninistration (MBA) in University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece). He is a PhD candidate at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the topic of “Regional Innovation Systems”.

Since 1999, his is working as a researcher at the URENIO research unit in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and participates in various European projects. His scientific interests are in business performance assessment (benchmarking), web development, and networking in Innovation Management Tools and New Product Development.
E-mail contact: dmilosis@auth.gr

Nitsa PAPADOPOULOU received a Masters in Business Administration from St John”s University U.S.A, specializing in strategic business planning and marketing. Her undergraduate studies are in Linguistics and Education.

Prior to her current position, she worked for consultancy companies and was responsible for the development of services and coordination of product delivery to clients, and training and monitoring of personnel. She has participated in research projects concerning regional development in the Health Network (Rhine Esprit Project DGXIII) and Interborder Development (ADAPT). Her scientific research interests are mainly focused on knowledge management and innovation management techniques.

Since April 2002, she is an active member of URENIO and participates in the implementation and coordination of research projects related to Regional Development and Innovation Technology for the regions of Thessaly, West Macedonia, and Ionian Islands.
E-mail contact: nitsa@urenio.org

Maria PARASKEVA studied at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Before her current position, she was a project manager at the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) for seven years. She was also the head of the department that was responsible for combating people’s exclusion from occupation, and for the department that aimed at promoting graduates to labor.

During her career, she has worked at the “Organization of Cultural Capital of Europe Thessaloniki “97”, and at Macedonian Press Agency. She has taught “Greek as a foreign language” and “vocational guidance” at the Vocational Training Centre, where she has also written the handbooks on both subjects. She also taught English (as a foreign language) at various coaching schools.
E-mail contact: mparaskeva@urenio.org

Isidoros A. PASSAS has a Bachelor of engineering on computer systems from the School of Engineering of University of Sussex in U.K. He is in the process of accomplishing his M.B.A. in University of Sheffield in the U.K. His scientific interests are in the application of information technology in business processes of SMEs, business and cluster intelligence, innovation measurement and benchmarking, and web 2.0 new product development, and website assessmenmt.

Since 2001, he has been working as a researcher at the URENIO research unit. He is currently involved in the development of web-based roadmaps concerning New Product Development and the creation of Spin-off companies and supports the URENIO web platform and applications related to benchmarking.
E-mail contact: iapassas@urenio.org

Maria S. Schoina is a graduate of the Department of Civil Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. After graduation she was involved in several structural design studies as self-employed or in cooperation with a design and construction firm. She has also been working as a scientific researcher at the Universities of Thessaly and Western Macedonia, in a series of projects and studies in the fields of Regional Development, Innovation, Management of Technology and Tourism Management.

Since 2000 she has been working for the Urenio Research Unit of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, participating in the implementation and the management of research projects such as: InnoRegio: Dissemination of Innovation and Knowledge Management Techniques, InVent: Innovative Actions in Thessaly, Istos: Innovative Actions in the South Aegean, Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS) in Southwest Bulgaria, Medi-Cube: Mediterranean Technology Led Incubator Co-operation.
E-mail contact: mschoina@arch.auth.gr

Elena SEFERTZI received a master of sociology from the University of Paris Rene Descartes-Sorbonne, a post-graduate degree (DEA), and a doctorate from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales, Paris.

She has taught as specialist scientist at the Department of Economic Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1985-89) and as assistant professor at the Technical University of Crete (1990-99). Her research interests focus on regional innovation policy, technology transfer and industrial development. She has participated and co-ordinated many research projects funded by research organisations and the European Commission .

She is the author of numerous articles, including “Flexibility and alternative corporate strategies” (Industrial Relations, vol. 51, no 1, 1996), “Neo-industrialisation and peripherality” (Geoforum, vol. 29, no 1, 1998), “Innovation in the every day life of libraries” (Technovation, no 20, 2000), “Changing regional systems of innovation in Greece” (European Planning Studies, September/October 2003), and co-editor of Innovation: system-areas, technology transfer, and innovative development in Greece (Athens, Gutenberg,1998), Innovation Development Technologies in Regions and Production Complexes (Athens, Gutenberg, 2001).
E-mail contact: esef@arch.auth.gr

Paraskevi TARANI studied architecture at the School of Engineering in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a PhD candidate at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, on the topic “The European Cities in the New Economy of Knowledge”.Her research interests include the area of urban and regional innovation, urban theory and planning.

As member of the URENIO research unit since 1994, she has been involved in several research projects dealing with city and regional development and innovation diffusion, such us: Regional Technological Project (RTP) of Central Macedonia, Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS+) Central Macedonia, Agropolis Technology Park of Thessaloniki, Innovation in Ionian Islands. Her experience in the field of urban planning includes several projects on urban renovation and planning, technology parks, and new areas development. A number of her projects and articles on the urban condition have been published in international magazines for architecture and urban planning (Techniques & Architecture, D” Architectures, Architecture in Greece, Threshold).
E-mail contact: tarani@arch.auth.gr

Panagiotis C. TSARCHOPOULOS received the Diploma degree in Electrical Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Urban and Spatial Planning from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1992 and 2013, respectively.

He supports the URENIO Research Unit web presence. Since 1993, he has been working in R&D projects funded either by the E.C. or the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology dealing with digital innovation spaces. His current research emphasis is on smart/intelligent cities and regions, and especially on the digital space of intelligent cities. He also teaches, with Professor Komninos, the “Digital Cities” course at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
E-mail contact: patsar@auth.gr

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