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“Obviously the better we understand
each other’s interests, the better we
can develop the city that we are all
part of.”

KIM SILLEMANN, CEO, GEO

Published by
Lyngby-Taarbæk City of Knowledge and Urban Development
Diplomvej 381
DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby
Denmark

Design & photography: Ehrhorn Hummerston
1st edition: 600

www.vidensby.dk

CITY OF
KNOWLEDGE

Lyngby-Taarbæk City of Knowledge and Urban Our city will be based on the culture of a sharing
Development is a unique partnership between economy and creating business clusters, where
business, educational and research institutions different organisat­ ions and companies draw on each
and the municipality. other’s knowledge, space and resources in order
to make best use of the city’s potential and develop
Our objective is to build bridges and networks sustainable solutions.
across different sectors to create innovative
urban and business development. In short: We will create an intelligent city that
shares knowledge and resources for the benefit of
We are working to create a vibrant university town businesses, citizens, scientists, students, staff and
and commercial centre that can attract and retain everyone else who lives, works or studies in or visits
the world’s most talented people, as well as the the city.
companies that need this talent in their workforce
to drive their business.

LYNGBY-TAARBÆK
VIDENSBY

Lyngby-Taarbæk Vidensby er et unikt partnerskab mellem Vi vil skabe en kultur for deleøkonomi, hvor byens aktører
erhvervsliv, vidensinstitutioner og kommune. gør brug af hinandens viden, rum og ressourcer med
henblik på at udnytte byens potentialer og udvikle nye
Vores mål er at bygge bro og udvikle netværk på tværs bæredygtige løsninger.
af sektorer med henblik på at skabe innovativ by- og
erhvervsudvikling. Kort sagt: Vi vil skabe en intelligent by, der deler viden
og ressourcer til fordel for virksomheder, borgere,
Vi vil skabe en levende universitets- og handelsby, studerende, handlende og alle andre, der har deres
der tiltrækker og fastholder verdens bedste talenter gang i byen.
og de virksomheder, der skal leve af talentet.

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FACTS 675%

7 INCREASE IN MEMBERS
IN THE FIRST 3 YEARS
KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS
28
62
ANNUAL NETWORK
MEMBER MEETINGS
ORGANISATIONS
12
45.000
MAIN OBJECTIVES
READERS OF THE MONTHLY
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MAIN OBJECTIVES

CITY OF KNOWLEDGE
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO:

Developing incubation environments at all schools and educational
institutions with a focus on cooperation with business. This should lead
to an increase in the number of start-up businesses in the city

Creating at least 20% more workplaces and Establishing and developing a business
businesses within the knowledge sector in and growth centre in association with
Lyngby-Taarbæk by 2020, through initiatives the Technical University of Denmark
such as developing business clusters
Transforming Kgs. Lyngby into a vibrant university
Developing sustainable traffic solutions, town with attractive urban, cultural and leisure
creating greater urban density and facilities and activities as well as an exciting retail
focusing on the development of urban centre
space

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Establishing significantly more accommodation and Increasing the proportion of young
housing in central Lyngby for researchers, specialists people in the city who completes
and students from Denmark and abroad secondary education, go on to further
education and gain employment

Promoting interdisciplinary cooperation between schools,
businesses, education and research institutions to enable
Lyngby-Taarbæk to offer the best teaching framework in
the country, especially in science subjects

Maintaining the Technical University of Denmark’s Making Lyngby-Taarbæk a development and test
position as one of the leading technical universities lab for new, green and sustainable technologies
in Europe by establishing close partnerships with with initiatives that include attracting relevant
business, and through bridge-building across knowledge-based companies and through
sectors public-private partnerships

Attracting and retaining international specialists, Creating a centre of excellence for regional
researchers and students through international cooperation through bridge-building between
schools and day care facilities, citizen services, local and regional stakeholders
mentor schemes, cultural and leisure activities and
a wide range of clubs and associations

“Thanks to the City of Knowledge,
Lyngby has become one of the
country’s most attractive cities
in which to invest.”

PETER MERING, REAL ESTATE DIRECTOR,
DANICA EJENDOMME

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CITY OF KNOWLEDGE

A selection of our projects

“With the development BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS WITH
projects underway in the City UNIVERSITY LINKS
of Knowledge, we can create Growth and business development through
even more attractive urban
spaces. The urban space of DTU - Technical University of Denmark
the future will, to a greater
extend, reflect a more cultural
approach to its commercial
side. The private and public
sectors will blend into one.”

TORBEN SCHWABE, CEO
LYNGBY MALL

THE SHARING CITY
Intelligent use of the city’s spaces and resources

SUSTAINABLE TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS
Green mobility that ensures the city is experienced as a
recreational oasis

ACCOMODATION FOR RESEARCHERS
AND STUDENTS
More students and researchers in the city

BUSINESS LIFE AND EDUCATION
Bringing practice into education and development
into practice

INCUBATOR ENVIRONMENTS
Talent development and excellent start-up conditions

BIKETOWN WITH GREEN CONNECTIONS
Path systems to better connect the city

KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS
Bringing together the key players of the city

INNOVATION CAMPS
Early maturing of interest for entrepreneurship

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE
Everyone should be able to learn in the City of
Knowledge
HACKATHONS
Using the city’s data to develop new smart technologies

UNIVERSITY AND CITY LIFE
Campus and city will merge

“My dream is that we become
an even stronger international
focal point that attracts
employees, students and
researchers from all over
the world. The vision of
creating exciting urban life
and attracting even more
knowledge-intensive places
of work greatly contributes
to achieving this.”

ANDERS BJARKLEV, PRESIDENT, DTU

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
Bringing together specialists in technological
development

VISION

THE CITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 2020 WILL BE:

ONE OF EUROPE’S LEADING SCIENTIFIC CENTRES
AND UNIVERSITY TOWNS WITH A WORLD-CLASS

LEVEL OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

A CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE BUSINESS CLUSTERS

AN INTERNATIONAL HUB FOR WORK, CULTURE,
TRADE AND URBAN LIFE

A LIVING LAB FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

“The greatest barrier to innovation today
is the missing link between research and
business.”

HENRY ETZKOWITZ, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
CREATOR OF THE TRIPLE HELIX MODEL

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INDUSTRY

CLUSTER

PUBLIC SCIENCE
AUTHORITIES

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

Cross-sector partnerships presents an overview
of players, resources and opportunities in the
market. This creates common perspectives for
concentrated efforts in the form of cluster
partnerships.

TRIPLE HELIX

OUR MODEL “We see a great value in the City of Knowledge, and in
particular the targeted partnerships between public
The partnership of the City of Knowledge authorities, business life and educational institutions
is based on the Triple Helix model, which uses that create the framework for a leading university
collaboration between scientific institutions, town which can compete for talent and investment.”
businesses and public authorities as the
path to innovation. CHARLOTTE MARK, MANAGING DIRECTOR
MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT CENTER

“For me, the most important
part of the City of Knowledge
is its function as a common
platform into which we can
invest energy and resources.
This creates far greater
value compared to what we
could achieve individually.”

SØREN HANSEN, MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR
MUNICIPALITY OF LYNGBY-TAARBÆK

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N  ETWORK

Network is the driving force behind the projects The network members work to achieve the objectives
of the City of Knowledge. This is where ideas are laid out in the 2020-strategy. The main objective is to
tested and projects created. create urban and business development with a focus
on internationalisation, entrepreneurship, education,
Networks consist of member representatives cleantech, and business and university life.
from knowledge institutions, businesses and the
municipality to ensure that all perspectives and
interests are accounted for.

SHARING ECONOMY STRATEGY BUSINESS LIFEGROWTH
ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONALISATION DEVELOPMENTCOOPERATION URBAN DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS-FRIENDLY

INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENTNETWORK

CLUSTERS WELFARE URBAN LIFE

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CREATIVITY TRADE RESEARCH

PARTNERSHIPS SUSTAINABILITY CULTURE

DENSIFICATION

UNIVERSITY CITY

CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION

EDUCATION

BECOME A MEMBER “The partnership model of the City of
Knowledge is a good example of how we
Members of the City of Knowledge and Urban Development can work together to create innovation
are part of an ambitious and result-driven partnership in and knowledge clusters for small, large
which the business community, the municipality, education and medium-sized businesses.”
and research institutions work closely together. This creates
new ways of thinking and working, shorter distances to STEEN DONNER, CEO
important information, the opportunity to be involved in SCION DTU, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
innovation initiatives from the start, and the experience of
a joint cross-sector partnership that has gained attention
and respect from far beyond the capital region.

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FACTS PhD students over the coming 10 years. It has
around 2,000 international students at any one time.
AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE In addition, the business academy cphbusiness has
around 300 international students.
A large proportion of international citizens live,
work and study in Lyngby-Taarbæk. There are 1.7%
international specialists in the business community
in Lyngby compared with a national average of 0.35%.

The proportion of international students at the In the coming years, businesses in the city expect a
Technical University of Denmark is 19% compared corresponding increase in the number of international
to an average of 12% at other Danish universities. employees.

The Technical University of Denmark expects to
employ up to 3,000 international researchers and