How does your city score? The full 2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index for 2009 – the most comprehensive ever published – is now published on the website.

A quick free guide for online & other resources to understand & interpret the Innovation Cities Indexes 2009 (Global & Regional), for indexes released online from July 28 onwards.

The Innovation Cities™ Framework[ICF] – the basis of the Innovation Cities™ Index & Program – is outlined in the ‘Innovation Cities™ Analysis’ Report. The ICF is a more effective way of analysing cities current economic & social performance, and planning for improved performance over 2-15 years.

Which 75 cities are the key nexus for the broadest range of innovation in the next few years? Leading cities worldwide figthing economic & environmental challenges in the mid-term. For answers, see 2thinknow analysis of leading Innovation Cities.

The 2thinknow ‘Innovation Cities Index 2009′, the largest independent ranking & scoring of 256 cities for innovation worldwide, will be released by the global innovation agency later this afternoon in Melbourne, Australia.

These are the Indicators we use in the Innovation Cities Program – and the basis for assessing our Innovation Cities Index – the largest ranking of 256 cities worldwide.

Here we have it the final, unranked list of 256 Innovation Cities. Results of the city rankings – the Innovation Cities Index – will be released in <24 hours.

The long-awaited Innovation Cities Index 2009 is to be released Tuesday July 28th 2009 on this website. We can’t say anything yet, but there will be some surprises…

Livability measures which city you would like to live in now. Innovation Cities measures innovation pre-conditions now leading to mid-term future economic & social performance. To answer some questions: ie. Which cities will outperform then? And how can cities improve their social & economic performance? Where will the next big ideas derive from?

The most frequently asked questions on how Cities ‘Innovation Indicators’ are used in Innovation Cities program – as updated & appended from time to time.