Transcript Slayt 1 - Prof. Dr. Ural Akbulut

METU-TECHNOPOLIS
Prof. Dr. Ural Akbulut
January 2008
Science Park Movement
in Turkey
• Started in 1980’s with METU
• In 1991 SMIDO-METU Incubation Center has
been established
• In 1996 Techno-Parks Bylaw was enacted
• In 1998 METUTECH and TUBITAK-MAM
approved as the first techno-parks of Turkey
• In 2001 Technology Development Zones Law
was enacted
*SMIDO: Small and Medium Sized Industry Development Organization
The Technology
Development Zone Law
• Enacted in 2001
• Support and incentives
– Income tax exemptions for R&D staff
– Corparate tax exemptions for companies
– Incentives for the academic personnel working for
science park companies
– Tax exemptions for management companies
* Foreign investors and companies are eligible for all incentives
Science Parks in Turkey
• 26 science parks
– 14 of them are operational
• More than 650 companies
• 23 operating incubation centers
– Managed by university-SMIDO
consortiums
Ankara
• GDP: 25 B €
• Population: 3,5 million (city center)
• 10 universities, 55 research institutes and
172 research centers
• 130.000 students and 12.000 academicians
• 4 science parks
• 4 incubation centres
* 2006 statistics
Middle East Technical
University
• First campus university in Turkey
• Over 22.000 students
• %30 graduate students (MS, Ph.D)
• 2000 academic staff
• 40 research centers, 365 laboratories
• More than 100 international projects
• FP6, FP7, Leonardo, etc.
The first and the largest
science and technology park of Turkey
METUTECH Goals
• To enhance Turkey’s R&D potential
• To maintain a strong collaboration
between industry and METU
• To transform university’s research
outcomes into economic value
• To encourage and support
entrepreneurship and innovation
• To create suitable environment for
technology transfer
Land and Location
• Property of the University
• 1.200.000 m2 in total
• Fully completed infrastructure
• 40 minutes to airport, 15 minutes to
railway station,10 minutes to city bus
station
• Total indore Area:
2003 – 27.000 m2
2005 – 60.000 m2
2007 – 87.000 m2
2015 – 250.000 m2
Prioritized Sectors
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ICT
Electronics
Defense Technologies
Advanced Materials
Medical Engineering
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Energy
Automotive
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Environment
Company Profiles
• 216 companies, 75% which are SMEs
(76% ICT , 14% Electronics and Design, 10% Others)
• 3730 total personnel
• 2908 RTD personnel
(75% engineers)
• Projects carried out:
~ 600 (at a time)
• 150 academicians, 45 joint projects
Company Profiles
• 76% of METUTECH companies working on ICT sector;
– Image Processing (32%)
– e-learning, distance learning (15%)
– Medical software (hospital automation) (14%)
– E-government and others (39%)
METUTECH Buildings
Silicon Block
Technology Museum
Silver Blocks
SMIDO METU
Incubation
Gallium Block
SEM
Milsoft R&D Building
TUSAŞ
R&D Building
TAİ
R&D Building
Havelsan
R&D Building
Aselsan
R&D Building
Halıcı
Software House
METU-Twins
METU-SMIDO
Incubation Center
METU-Twins
Halıcı Software House
Silver Blocks
Silicon Blocks
Milsoft R&D Building
SATGEB Buildings
(Defence Industry Research and Technology Development Subregion)
Gallium Block
METUTECH in
Numbers
Number of Companies
250
216
200
144
150
157
180
107
100
50
40
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2001
2002
2003
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2006
2007
METUTECH in
Numbers
Turnover
of METUTECH
Companies
Metutech Companies
R&D Turnover
(M$)
(Million USD)
200
164,5
150
178
100
71,8
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52,1
18,4
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
METUTECH in
Numbers
Exports
ofCompanies
METUTECH
Metutech
R&DCompanies
Export (M$)
(Million USD)
35
30
28.2
25
29.9
20
15.5
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10
7.3
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1.9
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* Export Markets: USA, EU, Japan, Israel etc.
2006
METUTECH in
Numbers
Metutech Total and R&D Personnel Numbers
2908
2007
2209
2006
2379
2005
3700
3037
R&D Personnel
2789
1615
1615
2004
Total Personnel
750
956
2003
316
2002
548
120
170
2001
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3000
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Aerial Photo
1999
2006
The Next Steps
• To Build International Cooperation Platforms
• To Promote Entrepreneurship
– Business Plan Contest
– Pre-incubation Center
• To Develop Financial Tools For New
Technology Based SMEs
– METU-BAN
International Cooperation
 FP 7 Projects
 Cooperation with
 European Investment Fund (EIF) - to establish a start-up fund
 European Investment Bank (EIB) - Distance Learning, e-learning
projects, Development of Infrastructure
 Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan,
Mongolia, Ukraine, Belarus (to establish Science Parks)
 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)Financing the establishment of the Science Parks
FP6 Projects of
METUTECH
 IRC-Anatolia:
 RIS-Mersin:
 NICE:
Focus on Transnational Technology Transfer
Focus on Developing an Innovation Strategy for Mersin Region
Networking ICT Clusters-Sharing experience
 Sincere:
Network for Co-operation in E-Health Road mapping Events (Italian
Partner: Cestec Spa-Centro Lombardo per lo Sviluppo Tecnologico e Produttivo
dell’Artigianato e delle Piccole Imprese)
 ResIST:
Focus on Researching inequality through science and technology
 Smeinnov8gate:
To develop a Stage Gate methodology for SMEs to
produce profitable innovation collaborations (Italian Partner: Centro Estro Camere
Commercio Piemontesi)
 IP4INNO:
Education of SME’s in subject of Intellectual Property Rights
FP6 Projects of
METUTECH
IRC Anatolia
• Coordinator: METUTECH
• Partners:
– Ankara Chamber of Industry
– SMIDO
• One of the two IRC in Turkey
• Serving around 8 provinces, 20000 SMEs, 20
universities, 15 research centers
• Aims to provide international technology transfer
and collaboration opportunities
FP6 Projects of
METUTECH
RIS-Mersin
• Coordinator: METUTECH
• Partners:
– Mersin Chamber of Industry and Trade
– Mersin University
– Mersin Tarsus Organized Industrial Zone
– BIC EPIRUS of Greece
• The first regional innovation strategy in Turkey
• Focusing on research and development, supporting
technology based innovation and promoting
entrepreneurship culture
Business Plan Contest
Teams Registered:-------------------------------Teams Participated:------------------------------Teams selected after first phase of evaluation:
Teams admitted their business plan:----------Companies:----------------------------------------
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2005 Figures
2006 Figures
– 195
– 65
– 11
– 7
– 3
– 263
– 68
– 10
– 9
– 2
2007 Figures
– 348
– 58
– 12
– 8
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Training courses provided free of charge
– Business plan (Gate2growth and EVCA tools also used)
– IPR Management
– Financial management for start-ups
– Becoming an entrepreneur
Jury formed by METUTECH company owners, academicians, business men
Winner awarded with 50,000$ in cash as seed fund
Office space for 3 years allocated in METUTECH at no cost
Finalists were supported at the events
www.yfyi.info
Pre-incubation Center
• Target groups : Students
• Allocated office space : 600m2
• Completed infrastructure
(hardware, software, office equipment, etc.)
• First priority : Game development
• UK and Finland are strategic partners
• Limited amount of financing, mentoring services, business
consultancy, secretariat, etc.
• After two years transfer into METUTECH incubation center.
METUTECH-BAN
• The first business angels network of Turkey
• Aims to support early stage financing problems of SME’s
• ICT has priority
• Founders :
– METU alumni
– Managers of successful Metutech companies
• Founders select new members
• Services are charged to members but not SMEs in the
beginning
www.metutechban.org
www.metutech.metu.edu.tr