Welcome to the brainbelt: the people, places, and practices that are turning globalization on its head -- Sharing brainpower and smart manufacturing: how a rustbelt becomes a brainbelt -- Connectors creating communities: hives of innovation in chips and sensors -- Making a new movie of an old story: dramatic scenarios of new materials development -- White coats and blue collars: cross-boundary collaborations in bioscience and medical devices -- A smarter world: how brainsharing can meet the challenges of the twenty-first century -- Awakening the beauties: could your region be one of the smartest places on Earth? -- We meet at the end.