Vienna

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Vienna

• Central Europes ICT GatewayGuenther
  KrumpakITBeurope
• Kiev, September 19, 2006

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This city is famous for
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Photo Vienna Opera Ball
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And
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Photo Johann Strauss Monument, Vienna
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And
Photo Imperial Palace, Vienna
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How to connect old new?

• Millions of tourists
• booking their holidays via Austrian e-tourism
  platforms such as www.tiscover.com or
  www.nethotels.com, viewing potential
  destinations via live cameras and downloading
  local information on their mobile phones via
  www.feratel.com

Photo anet The Austrian network for eTourism
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Background?

• Austria has a mobile phone penetration of nearly
  100
• Vienna is one Europes capitals in terms of
  broadband access
• ?Applications e-tourism location based
  services m-payment m-ticketing m-parking
• And many more.

Photo Toll routes in Austria
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In addition to

• Viennas position as one of Europes main
  East-West thoroughfares Lots of trucks
• ?Applications Traffic Telematics
• Siemens www.siemens.at,
• Efkon www.efkon.com,
• Europpass www.go-maut.at,
• Section ControlRoad pricing (as well as in the
  Czech Republic, Argentina, Australia, Mexico )
  www.kapsch.netTunnel surveillance
  www.artibrain.at

Photo Intelligent traffic surveillance cameras
on a Salzburg intersection
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Computer Vision

• Leads us to one of Viennas research highlights
  High perfomance image processingFor
• Traffic surveillance
• Banknote inspection
• Doping test verification
• CCTV installations or as shown at the annual
  DARPA Challenge in California
• See http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid6952
  699329590777439qsmartsystems
• www.smartsystems.at and www.acv.ac.at

Photo Intelligent eyes from Austria at the
DARPA Challenge 2006
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For Detection
Video ARCS detection identification project
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and Identification
Screenshot ARCS detection identification
project
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But traffic is also cars

• Automotive IT or Drive by WireHave a look at
  the Automotive Cluster Vienna Region ACVR
  www.acvr.at Vienna hosts and boasts of one of
  the worlds most outstanding time triggered
  technologies companies TTTech, producing real
  time embedded systems for the automotive and
  aviation industries, such as Boeings
  Dreamlinerwww.tttech.com

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and Aviation

• Viennas high tech enterprise Frequentis, No.1
  in control center solutions Frequentis is a
  leading provider of command and control centre
  solutions for air traffic (e.g. Voice
  Communication Systems for Frankfurt or Ankaras
  new airport), marine, defence, the police,
  ambulance, fire and rescue services.
• www.frequentis.com

Video Frequentis promotion video
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But Vienna has more

• Such asresearch and solutions for
• Industrial automation
• Medical Informatics
• Speech processing
• Quantum computing
• Bio Informatics
• Biometrics
• Optimisation, simulation and forecasting
• Semantic web applications

Photo Viennas new TownTown business park
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Medical informatics

• Total Hospital Information System (THIS)
  www.ame-international.com
• Medical imaging (PACS) Tiani www.tiani.com (part
  of Agfa Healthcare)and Philips Medical
  www.philips.at/medical
• Telemedicine
• Clinical information systems
• E-homecare www.fortec.tuwien.ac.at
• Patient administration (e-card www.chipkarte.at)
• Biotelematics www.medlibre.org/landsteiner
• T-Systems International e-Health Competence
  Center Vienna www.t-systems.at

Photo Telesurgery unit at Viennas General
Hospital
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Facts Figures 2005

• Austria GDP 26,100Pop. 8 mill.ICT gross
  rev. 29 bn. Export 9 bn.Workforce 120,000
• Vienna Pop. 1.8 mill. ICT gross rev. 23
  bn.Export 6.3 bn.CEE 60Workforce
  80,000No. 3 university location in the German
  speaking countries

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Vienna ICT Headquarter City

• No.1 in regional headquarters for the ICT
  industry in CEESiemens Hewlett Packard
  IBM SAP EMC Alcatel, Logitech BenQeTel
  CSCCOLT Hitachi Data SystemsUnisys,
  Capgemini Cognos, T-Systems CanonFujitsu-Siem
  ens Flextronicsand 50 more
• Plus Austrias CEE oriented ICT
  enterprisesTelekom MobilkomKapsch STFreq
  uentis TopcallBGS Smartcard etc.

Photo T-Mobile Austria headquarter, Vienna
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Plus

• Vienna boasts of the highest degree in competence
  for CEE markets for the ICT industryBanks
• Bank Austria/Unicredito
• Raiffeisen
• Erste Bank
• Volksbanketc. 20 market share in CEE), as
  well asLaw offices, insurance companies,
  universities, international institutes,
  headhunters, market researchers, tax advisers,
  real estate agencies, PR agencies, press

Photo Donau City, one of Viennas high tech parks
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Plus

• Some highlights
• Highest share of foreign students in EU
• Top ranking in broadband access
• Best CEE airline (Austrian www.aua.com) plus
  airport
• Excellent ICT oriented business technology
  infrastructure
• TechGate www.techgate.at,
• Business Research Center BRC www.brc.co.at,
• TechBase www.techbase.at,
• Siemens City (Under construction),
• TownTown www.towntown.info etc

Graphic New extension at Vienna Intl airport
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Plus

• Vienna is successfully keeping its no. 2 and 3
  ranks in terms of quality of life (before or
  after Zurich and Vancouver).

Photo Lobau, large natural reserve outside Vienna
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More information

• Vienna IT Enterprises www.vite.at
• Austrian Business Agency www.aba.gv.at
• Federal Chamber of Commerce www.wko.atwww.austri
  antrade.org/ua
• ITBeurope www.itbeurope.org/18.html
• Content Industries www.contentindustries.at

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On ITBeurope

• ITBeurope is
• A network of European ICT associations
• Focussing on Central and Eastern Europe,
• Supporting small and medium sized enterprises in
  ICT and ICT related areas.
• ITBeurope helps with
• Export,
• International partner search,
• Market information and
• Technology transfer.

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On Content Industries
Content Industries is a technology network
positioned between ICT and Creative Industries.
Its focus lies in innovative content
applications and their internationalisation.
www.contentindustries.at Contacts Roman
Tolic, president roman.tolic_at_contentindustries.at
Günther Krumpak, board memberguenther.krumpak_at_co
ntentindustries.at
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Thank you

• for your attention.
• Hope to see you in Vienna!
• Guenther Krumpak
• Chairman
• ITBeurope
• g.krumpak_at_itbeurope.org
• www.itbeurope.org