%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Incubation Programs from Public Research Organizations as Catalysts for Open Business Ecosystems %A Sven H. De Cleyn %A Frank Gielen %A Jan Coppens %K clusters of innovation %K incubation programs %K startup ecosystem %K technology entrepreneurship %K university-industry interaction %X In many economies, new knowledge and technology creation and transfer towards local entities and new startups have been recognized as catalysts for industry renewal and tools for safeguarding (or even enhancing) a region’s employment and prosperity. This article presents a case study of iMinds, a network organization in Flanders, Belgium. The organization fosters interdisciplinary research in information and communication technologies (ICT) and strongly engages in transferring these new technologies towards local actors and in creating and supporting new startups. iMinds’ incubation and entrepreneurship programs act as catalysts for open innovation and company startup activities in the Flemish region. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 29-34 %8 04/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/677 %N 4 %1 iMinds Sven H. De Cleyn is Incubation Programs Manager at iMinds, a strategic ICT research centre founded by the Flemish government, where he supports new startup and spin-off projects from their pre-seed phase onwards. He received a PhD in Applied Economics at Antwerp University, Belgium, for his research on the early development of academic spin-offs in Europe. He currently also lectures on entrepreneurship at Karel de Grote University College in Antwerp, he coaches students at the Antwerp Management School, and he conducts research on high-tech entrepreneurship and academic spin-offs as a post-doc researcher at the University of Antwerp. %2 iMinds Frank Gielen is Director of Incubation & Entrepreneurship at iMinds. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. He is also Professor at Ghent University, Belgium, where he teaches courses on software and technology entrepreneurship and drives student entrepreneurship through the "Durf Ondernemen" program. He has entrepreneurial experience through different roles in several ventures. %3 iMinds Ondernemen" program. He has entrepreneurial experience through different roles in several ventures. Jan Coppens obtained his PhD in computer science engineering from the Information Technology Department of Ghent University, Belgium, in 2006. He continued his research in network technology at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, where he managed several research projects. As part of an internal corporate venture effort, Jan founded and led a small team of entrepreneurs to bring innovative home-networking technology under CxO attention and push it along the product roadmap. At the end of 2007, he left Bell Labs to join the Business Technology Office of McKinsey & Company. Currently, Jan is responsible for marketing and business development at the iMinds Incubation & Entrepreneurship program. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/677