Luxembourg.

Strategy - Research – Innovation

Developments in the Digital Economy
European, innovative, pro-business, agile.
Tokyo – 7th June 2023

This is Luxembourg
Business meets living quality
5th most globalised economy, AAA-rated
47% foreign nationals, 180 nationalities
Highest GDP/Capita globally (OECD)
50% increase of employment in 10 years
Among the safest countries in the world
Top class education, healthcare and pensions
Family-oriented social benefits
Inclusive!

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This is Luxembourg
EU founding member, perfectly located in the heart of Europe
Copenhagen
1h50London
1h15

BerlinAmsterdam

1h200h55

Brussels

Luxembourg voted

2h15

fastest airport
in the world.
Paris
2h05

Rome
1h50

MunichTime from plane to exiting theairport terminal 15.5 min(Source Blackland 07/2019)1h05
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This is Luxembourg
Much more than a leading financial hub in Europe

Highly automated, highvalue-added
manufacturing industry

Composite materials,sensors, electronics,
printed circuits and more

Cargolux, second largest
air-cargo carrier inEurope (Findel airport)

CFL Multimodal
rail/road conversion
hub in Bettembourg

200K cross-border commuters plus many international forwarders… daily!
4How we support market access & expansion
TOP 10 services provided by Luxembourg
Trade & Invest partners
1. Incorporation support, business permit application
2. Support in finding suitable office- and R&D floor space
3. Sectorial and cross-sectorial networking
4. Industry introductions one-on-one
5. Development of cross-border partnerships
6. Recruitment support (ADEM)
7. Collaborative research (scoping, partnering, funding)
8. Access to national & European state-aid schemes (R&D)
9. Access to regional investment aid programmes
10. Expansion support: joint trade-shows and trade-missions

5FDI success stories
Foreign direct investment – selection of multinationals

Amazon, e-commerce,
European headquarterwith more than 3.000
employees

Ferrero, global foodcompany. Global
headquarter with morethan 1.000 employees

Goodyear, innovation
centre, manufacturing of
high-performance tires.
2.000 plus employees

Vodafone, global
procurement, innovation,
central warehouse. Morethan 400 employees

6Diversificationof the Economy
to achievesustainablegrowth7

DATA DRIVEN INNOVATION STRATEGYBoosting andassuring digital
infrastructure
capacity

3 key pillars of the digitalinnovation strategy

Experimenting,innovating andup-take ofadvanced digitaltechnologies
into industry

Ensuring a strong
regulatory,
intellectual property,
investment andfinancing
environment

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DATA DRIVEN INNOVATIONSTRATEGY

EcotechIndustry 4.0

Data-driven
opportunities will
revolutionize all priority
sectors of the
Luxembourg economy(Circularity, SmartMobility)

Healthtech

Digital - AI
FinancialServices

LogisticsSpace

CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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Luxembourg’s A.I Strategy

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Academic research landscape

Collaborates with morethan 40 partners in cybersecurity,
fintech, space systems, IoT,
autonomous vehicles, etc.

Focus on neurodegenerative
diseases with a strong
bioinformatics, computationaland systems biology approach

Research and Technology
Organisation active in thefields of materials,environment and IT
Biomedical sciences researchwith strong expertise inoncology, infection andimmunity

Socio-economic research infields including e.g. urban
development, mobility anddigital transformation

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Areas of activity and collaboration

Environment

Informatics

Space-enabled
solutions

Building
Information
Modelling

Renewableenergies& systems

Reliable
DistributedSystems

Responsible
Data Science& Analytics

6GNetworksWatermanagement

QuantumComputing
Systems

AIDALabDigital Twin
Technologies

Humanimpacts

DigitalUpskilling

PolicysupportSoftwareEngineering
RDIExplainableAI

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Digitalisation and Sustainability: CORE Technologies
SpaceResources

End-to-end Digital Twin

Real-time remote sensing
Composites
Autonomous IoT
5G & 6G

Environmental health

Digital Twins

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Energy efficient construction

Hydrogen & batteries
HPC & Quantum Computing

High Performance Computing
Extreme performance at the service of the businessHighly performant, trusted and secure

to run simulation, data exploration and artificial intelligenceNational Data E change Platform
Data collaboration safe and secure for research and the businessHarmonised and legal compliant data governance
Data catalogue
Common data taxonomy
Data interoperability standards

Data encryption services
Data anonymisation services
Data visualisation services
Data analytics services
Data exchange trusted & secured in conformity to European data regulations
fostering cross-sectorial collaboration

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LOGISTICS+ 500 start-ups / ecosystem

FINTECHAnd 120 more…

HEALTHTECHThis overview is not exhaustive. It includes a cross section of Luxembourg start-ups and innovative companies. If your company is missing or you want to be removed, please contact us.

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Up to 150,000€
in equity freefunding

ACCELERATIONPROGRAMME
The fast lane to join the2 editions and ecosystem
More than 750
Luxembourg
40 start-ups selected
applications over theper year

Launched by thelast year

Free access toco-working space atmanaged by

A jury composed ofexperienced entrepreneurs
and investors

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Tech Conference

23Thank you!
tradeandinvest.lu
LuxTradeInvest

David FoyHead of Sector Development Digital Economy

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David.Foy@Luxinnovation.lu