Slayt 1 - Prof. Dr. Ural Akbulut
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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
15
10
7.3
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1.9
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2003
2004
2005
* 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
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– 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