© TPC 1996 - 2010 Technology Park Consulting (TPC) offers advisory and technology consulting services for the development of ICT Technology Centers facilitating high tech consulting and transfer, R&D commercialization, project management, strategic management advice, market research and opportunity analysis as well as professional development programs to increase the commercial potential of projects.   TPC is dedicated to stimulate the needs of key stakeholders in harnessing high technology for wealth creation.  Universities, research institutes, venture financiers, technopreneurs, intellectual property specialists, governmental regulators, researchers, science investors, business entities and innovation industry players come together to make ICT high tech commercialization a reality. In a survey of 200 CXOs, over 70% of the executives highlighted ICT high tech as the top change driver, shaping the global  business environment. ICT high tech forms the backbone of every successful business and CIOs play a critical role in  transforming their ICT function from siloed, tactical operations into a global, strategic function. For CIOs to enable their companies to compete and win in a flat world, they need to actively focus on ICT areas that help them to address the flat world operational shifts. Examples: Technology and Science Parks are found all over the world, but are mostly concentrated in developed countries; over 140 are found in North America alone. Prominent examples include the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan, Cambridge Science Park and NETpark in County Durham, England, Pardis Technology Park in Iran and Daedeok Innopolis in South Korea. Other examples of U.S. science parks are the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Purdue R. P. in West Lafayette, Indiana. Begun in 1962, Cummings today is home to 285 companies which employ over 25,000 employees, and Purdue, founded in the late 1990’s, is today home to over 140 companies on the main campus alone. These university-affiliated mixed-use campus developments are not simply real-estate ventures. They embody a commitment by universities to partake in broader activities, offering companies high-value sites for accessing researchers, specialized facilities, and students, and promoting live- work-play environments. Science parks are also being developed to leverage the assets of non-university research and development organizations such as science laboratories. In addition to universities, major medical research centers and other research organizations can be key drivers of high tech-based economic development. It is becoming increasingly common for communities in which a science laboratory is located to create a facility to leverage laboratory resources to realize economic development. Kuhlmann Consulting The Future of High-Tech We make ICT Technology Parks happen through proven strategic master plans