The document summarizes trends in innovation parks from the past to the present and future. It describes how parks have evolved from being focused on fixed assets and located near research universities to now specializing in different industries and being distributed networks across regions. The future of innovation parks is outlined as dynamic knowledge ecosystems that emphasize soft structures and collaborative activities across nodes within innovative cities and regions.

1. Innovation Parks:
Past, Present, Future
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Santa Fe Workshop
October, 2009

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Thematic overview:
Past: Fixed asset focus
Present: Vertical specialization
Future: Dynamic knowledge ecosystems

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Past: Fixed asset focus
• Same as “research” or “technology” parks,
generally ex-urban
• Attached to research universities or national
laboratory
• Tenants benefit from proximity to
intellectual capital, I.P.

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Past: Examples
• Research Triangle Park
• Sandia Science & Technology Park
• ~160 parks in the U.S.

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Present: Vertical
Specialization
• “New Century Cities,” built around a theme
• Media, bio-tech current favorites
• Benefits from multiple specialists,
interactions, synergies

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Present: Examples
• Biopolis (Singapore)
• Digital Media City (Seoul)
• Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion
Tecnologica (Monterrey, Mexico)
Research Parks for the Knowledge Economy
Nations are constructing lavish science parks, often with big city amenities, to gain a competitive edge in the
global economy

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Future: Dynamic knowledge
ecosystems
• Soft structures, multi-node & distributed
networks
• Regional innovation ecosystems
• The city is the innovation park
• Benefits from collaborative activities

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Future: Examples
• 22@Barcelona
• Keystone Innovation Zone
• East Bay Green Corridor
• Santa Fe Innovation Park

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SFIP: A case study
• An “applied solutions laboratory”
• A place and a process for solving important,
complex problems
• Santa Fe as a center of excellence in applied
innovation

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SFIP: Place
• Master-planned campus
• Specialized facilities, tools, technologies
• Public/private partnership
• Based on distinctive local resources
• Supports trans-disciplinary work

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SFIP: Process
• Trans-disciplinary
collaborations
• Rapid ideation &
prototyping
• Systems-level
innovation

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SFIP: Participants
• CASE + science & technology Partners
• Local creative community, institutions
• State government, policy & planning
• Industry Clients & Partners

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SFIP: Programmatic interests
• Energy/climate
• Education
• Health care
• Water resources
• Sustainable economic development

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SFIP: Project example
Community Model for the New
Energy Economy:
• Based on CLEAR model
• Finance, policy, social, design
enhancements via SFIP
• Broad diffusion as a community
action platform

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Summary: salient trends
Hard assets Soft structures
Fixed spaces Flex capacity
Products Services
As the nature of innovation changes, so will Innovation Parks

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Contact:
David Breecker, Project Director
Santa Fe Innovation Park
President, David Breecker Associates
David@BreeckerAssociates.com
505-685-4891