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Ideafest. WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE TO CREATE A STREAM OF UNSTOPPABLE START-UPS?. # Ideafest wifi password: titanic1911 . Sizing the knowledge economy. 30,500 employees (4.4% of total employment compared to 5.7% in the UK, 8.1% in the South East)

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  1. Ideafest WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE TO CREATE A STREAM OF UNSTOPPABLE START-UPS? #Ideafestwifi password: titanic1911

  2. Sizing the knowledge economy • 30,500 employees (4.4% of total employment compared to 5.7% in the UK, 8.1% in the South East) • 2,000 businesses (2.5% of business base compared to 7.1% in the UK) • Start up activity low • Comparative strengths in transport & defence, computing & electronics and software. Source: Census of employment, BRES & IDBR

  3. Aspiring to be the best • If NI is to be UK’s leading knowledge region it would mean: • 25,500 jobs across the knowledge economy • 6,000 new businesses across the knowledge economy • 24,000 further jobs in the economy as businesses make purchases and staff spend their wages • An extra £3 billion of GVA in total.

  4. NISP CONNECT vision

  5. ReInvent NI Let’s do something big Indigenous start-ups must become the priority The entrepreneur must become the centre of the economic universe What is stopping us? Let’s do it: self help #Ideafestwifi password: titanic1911

  6. Today’s challenge • Today’s results => KEI Conference 15th Feb • NISP CONNECT Mandate: select a trajectory for 20 year growth • Agree the main bottlenecks and needs • Action and advocacy Be bold, Be candid, Be positive – ‘can do if’ its not MoanFest! #Ideafestwifi password: titanic1911

  7. Agenda • 2:45pm Welcome & Introduction • Steve Orr, NISP CONNECT • 2:55pm Briefing • Nichola Bates, Emerald-Valley • 3:00pm First Breakout Session • 4:00pm Presentations • 4:25pm Second Break Out Session • 4:55pm Presentations • 5:20pm Close • Volunteer • 5:30pm Beer! Open mic #Ideafestwifi password: titanic1911

  8. Ideafest WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE TO CREATE A STREAM OF UNSTOPPABLE START-UPS? #Ideafestwifi password: titanic1911

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