Wrocław, June 2nd 2011

WrocławDriven by Knowledge

Business opportunities

Is this Amsterdam?

…..Prague?

…..Venice?

…or maybe Vienna?

Hmm…..Milano?

… or Tokyo?

No, it’s definitely Wrocław!

Wrocław Business Opportunities Agenda

Accessibility & Infrastructure

Knowledge & Sectors of growth

Culture of leisure & high quality of life

Accessibility & Infrastructure

Perfect business location

At a glance

Source: Statistical office, data as of March 2011

• 638.000 inhabitants in Wrocław

• 1,000,000 inhabitants in the agglomeration

• 3,000,000 inhabitants in the region of Lower Silesia (borders with the Czech Republic and Germany)

• 65% in working age

• > 12% GDP growth: faster than China!

• About 47 million people in the catchment area.

Wrocław International Airport

• available 28 direct flight connections

• major European transfer hubs: Warsaw, Munich and Frankfurt

• Wrocław’s new terminal: the capacity of the airport will double by 2015 to 7 millions passengers a year

Knowledge & Sectors of growth

Polish vibrant academic center

• 27 higher education institutions

• 146,000 university students

• 30,000 MSc. graduates p.a.

• 300-year academic tradition (Breslau, Lwów, Wrocław)

• 10 Nobel Prize winners

• World-renowned Polish School of Applied Mathematics

• Great number of computer science graduates

• Great number of economists and engineers

Sectors of growth

SERVICE SECTOR

Credit Suisse, Volvo Finance, HP, Google, McKinsey, UPS, Mellon

Bank of New York, Ernst & Young

SECOND BIGGEST FINANCIAL CENTRE IN POLAND

BZ WBK (Santander Group), Credit Agricole (Lukas Bank, EFL), Getin

Holding, Societe General (Eurobank), Santander Consumer Bank

ON THE FOREFRONT OF POLISH IT

Nokia Siemens Networks, Volvo IT, Tieto, Opera Software, Microsoft,

IBM, Siemens, Teta, Winuel, Capgemini

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Volvo, Toyota, Bosch, Wabco, Autoliv

WHITEGOODS INDUSTRY

Electrolux, Whirlpool, Fagor, LG Electronics

HI-TECH ELECTRONICS

LG Display, LG Electronics, Toshiba, MSI, Iiyama, ETO Magnetic

LIFESCIENCE INDUSTRY

3M, Hasco-Lek, MacoPharma, US Pharmacia, Herbapol

Wrocław Research Centre

200 million euro in innovation-related programs:• 140 million euro in infrastructure• 30 million euro in biotech programs• 30 million euro in nanotech programs

Wrocław Research Centre EIT+ is a unique undertaking in Poland

Pracze Campus – the most significant polish R&D investment in recent years

Culture of leisure & high quality of life

Wrocław - The City of Entertainment

Wrocław as Canditate for European Capital of Culture 2016 aims at attracting people not only to beaches in exotic countries but to cultural places at home as well

A number of cultural events animate the city throughout the whole year and other exciting opportunities make the living in Wrocław thriving and delightful

Culture, art and the ability to benefit from them considerably contribute to the development of the city social capital

Let’s Create a CityAnswering the needs of international community

• Four International Schools

• Five Bilingual Middle Schools

• Five Bilingual High Schools

• Active International Friends of Wrocław

Club (more than 150 families)

In recent years the size of the expat community in Wrocław has grown significantly. The message of the city to newcomers is simple: you are not alone

Quality of lifeInvestments worth 2,5 bln EUR

Apart from signing up to one of Wrocław’s Universities further reasons for flocking to Wrocław are the increasingly large number of initiatives improving quality of life

This has been possible, among others, thanks to Wrocław boasting the fastest pace of economic progress in Poland between 2006 and 2010

Investments in the public transportation, sport venues and cultural facilities are meant to radically change the city in the very close future

Wrocław: towards the first low-emission city in Central Europe

“Wrocław for Climate”: atmosphere protection project carried out by the municipality of Wrocław, in cooperation with the Wrocław Research Centre EIT Plus

The first city to introduce a similar climate protection programme was New York in 2007. The example was followed by Stockholm and Copenhagen

It is high time Wrocław joined these state-of-the-art metropolises

Wrocław, June 2nd 2011

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