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1 METU-TECHNOPOLIS

2 Whatis a SciencePark? A science park is an organisation managed by specialized professionals, whose main aim is to increase the wealth of its community by promoting the culture of innovation and the competitiveness of its associated business and knowledge-based institutions. (IASP 2002)

3 SciencePark Movement in Turkey Started in 1980 s with METU In1991 KOSGEB-METU Incubation Center has been established In 1996 Techno-Parks Bylawwas enacted In 1998 METUTECH and TUBITAK-MAM were approved as the first techno-parksof Turkey In 2001 Technology Development ZonesLawwas enacted *KOSGEB: Small and Medium Sized Industry Development Organization

4 The Technology DevelopmentZoneLaw Enacted in 2001 Support and incentives Income tax exemptions for R&D staff Corporate tax exemptions for companies Incentives for the academic personnel working for science park companies * Foreign investors and companies are eligible for all incentives

5 ScienceParksin Turkey 38science parks 26of them are operational More than 1100 companies Personnel (8500 R&D, 2500 Support) 440 Million-Dollar Export 230 Received Patent 37 Million TL (Turkish Liras) Ministry of Industry Grant 23 operating incubation centers Managed by university-kosgeb consortiums

6 Middle East Technical University First campus university in Turkey Over students undergraduate, 4100 Ms, 2400 PhD Over 1400 international students from 68 different countries 2500 academic staff 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties 5 Graduate Schools with 93 master s and 61 doctorate programs 40 research centers, 365 laboratories International Projects EU FP: 31 ongoing, 58 completed Other Int. Projects: 30 ongoing, 41 completed

7 The first and the biggest science and technology park in Turkey

8 Application Oriented Research University Industry Collaboration Product-oriented R&D Commercial Product Applications University - Academicians -Students -Graduates -Research Centers -Laboratories Technopark International Cooperations Technology Transfer Office (TTO) Technology Cooperation Office Incubation Pre Incubation Services for University Industry Collaboration Industry - Companies Collaboration Amon ng Companies International Cooperations

9 Laboratories Faculties Academicians, Students, Graduates R&D Centers METU METU TECHNOPOLIS GOVERN NMENT Technology Based Business Plan Contest Pre-Incubation Center University-Industry Collaboration Technology Transfer Technology Cooperation MEMS METU-MEMSMEMS Kuluçka Merkezi METU-KOSGEB TEKMER Incubation Center Telecommunication Türk Telekom Incubation Center EU Project Office Software Houses Companies R&D Buildings Companies INDUSTRY Technology Investors Association Technology Investors Association

10 METU KOSGEB METU TEKMER EvaluationBoard The Management Company METU Technopolis High AdvisoryBoard (TYDK) METU Technopolis METU-TEKMER MEMS TURK TELEKOM Incubation Centers Services for University-Industry Collaboration METUTECH ATOM Pre Incubation Center YFYI Business Plan Contest Pre-Incubation Programmes METUTECH TTO Technology Transfer Office BSN-Anatolia Transnational Technology Transfer EU Project Office Tech. cooperation programmes-services METU Technopolis METU-OSTĐM Technopark Monitoring within the frame of Law No:4691 Real Estate Development Buildings Infrastructure SERVICES Security Climitization Cleaning Landscaping Catering Etc Property Management METU Technopolis METU Technopolis

11 METUTECH Goals To enhance in Turkey s R&D potential To maintain a strong collaboration between industrythe university To transform university s research outcomes into economic value To encourage and support entrepreneurship and innovation To create suitable environment for technology transfer

12 LandandLocation Property of the University m 2 in total Fully completed infrastructure 40 minutes to airport, 15 minutes to railway station,10 minutes to city bus station Total Closed Area: m m m m2 > % Technopark Distribution w.r.t.closed Space N/A 6% < % % %

13 Land andlocation 3 Districts: hectares METU interior: hectares METU Met: 6 hectares METU Ostim: 1.7 hectares

14 Prioritized Sectors ICT Electronics Defense Technologies Biotechnology Telecommunication Energy Automotive Chemistry Advanced Materials Environment

15 Company Profiles 256companies, 75% which are SMEs 3700total personnel 3000 RTD personnel (75% engineers) Projects carried out: ~ (at a time) 205 million US $ export (not include manufacturing numbers)

16 University-Industry Cooperation 741 joint R&D projects since contracts with 442 different academicians since 2002 Cooperation with 39different departments 129 completed projects with 126 academicians, 53 companies and 24 departments (for the year 2010) 17 new projects starting in 2011

17 CompanyProfiles DESIGN & HIGH TECH MATERIAL 6% TELECOMMUNICATION 6% BIO-NANO TECHNOLOGY 2% MEDICINE- MEDICAL- DIOMEDICAL 2% ELECTRONICS 22% METU Technopolis - Company Sectoral Distribution FOOD- CHEMICALS 2% ENERGY- ENVIRONMENT- AGRICULTURE 3% AUTOMOTIVE 1% ICT 56% ICT ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATION DESIGN & HIGH TECH MATERIAL MEDICINE-MEDICAL-DIOMEDICAL BIO-NANO TECHNOLOGY FOOD-CHEMICALS ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT-AGRICULTURE AUTOMOTIVE

18 Numberof Companies METU Technopolis Number of Companies acc. to Years Company No Total Company No

19 ExportValues Export Values of METU Technopolis Companies (M $) - Cumulative 174,9 198, ,3 Export Value (M $) ,9 83, ,7 10,1 2, Years

20 Total Income Total Income of METU Technopolis Companies (M TL) - Cumulative , ,5 Total Income(M TL) , ,1 225,1 142,3 70,5 18, Years

21 METU-SMIDO IncubationCenter

22 METU-Twins

23 Halıcı Software House

24 SilverBlocks

25 SiliconBlocks

26 MilsoftR&D Building

27 SATGEB Buildings (Defence Industry Research and Technology Development Subregion)

28 GalliumBlock

29 AerialPhoto

30 TheNew Steps To develop University-Industry Cooperation EU Project Office To promote Entrepreneurship Business Plan Contest(New Ideas New Businesses) Pre-incubation Center(METUTECH-ATOM) METUTECH-BAN To create economic value from academic knowledge Technology Transfer Office (TTO) To build International Cooperation Platforms

31 University-Industry Cooperation Performance Criteria Joint R&D project count Public priority R&D project count SupportedPhD/Mastercount Center of Excellence MEMS Simulation and Image Processing Technologies

32 InternationalCooperation FP6,FP7,CIPandLeonardoProjects Cooperation with European Investment Fund(EIF)- to establish a start-up fund European Investment Bank (EIB) - Distance Learning, e- learning projects, Development of Infrastructure 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

33 FP6 Projectsof of METUTECH IRC-Anatolia: Focus on Transnational Technology Transfer RIS-Mersin: Focus on Developing an Innovation Strategy for Mersin Region NICE: Networking ICT Clusters-Sharing experience Sincere: Network for Co-operation in E-Health Road mapping Events ResIST: Focus on Researching inequality through science and technology Smeinnov8gate: To develop a Stage Gate methodology for SMEs to produce profitable innovation collaborations IP4INNO: Education of SME s in subject of Intellectual Property Rights TotalBudget:8.9Million EUSupport:5.2Million TurkeyShare:1.3Million

34 Business Plan Contest 2005 Figures 2006 Figures 2007 Figures 2008 Figures 2009 Figures 2010 Figures Teams Registered Teams Participated Teams Selected Teams Admitted Their Business Plan Companies Training courses provided free of charge Jury formed by METUTECH company owners, academicians, business men Winnerawardedwith50,000 in cashas seedfundforgeneral category Winner awarded with 40,000 in cash as seed fund for telecommunication category Winnerawardedwith25,000 in cashas seedfundfordefenseindustrycategory(contributionof Undersecretaryof Defence Industry) Office spacefor3 yearsallocatedin METUTECH at no costforthewinners Finalists were supported at the events

35 METUTECH ATOM METU-Technopolis Animation Technologies and Game Development Center Target groups: Students Allocated office space : 600m 2 Completed infrastructure (hardware, software, office equipment, etc.) First priority : Game development Limited amount of financing, mentoring services, business consultancy, secretariat, etc. After two years transfer into incubation center.

36 Technology Transfer Office (TTO) Objectives: To transform knowledge to economic value To increase financial options of Universities To augment numbers of patent applications To decrease Invention Disclosure numbers To make licensing contracts To elevate numbers of new companies and spin-offs

37 Technology Transfer Office (TTO) METUTECH-TTO established in 2007 By the end of year PCT applications, received 2, 13 TR applications, received 3, 2Utility Model applications, received 2

38 METUTECH-BAN The first business angels network of Turkey Aims to support early stage financing problems of SME s priority Founders : METU alumni Managers of successful METUTECHcompanies Member of EBAN Hosting EBAN 2010 Annual Congress

R&D AND INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANT PROGRAMS IN TURKEY

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D AND INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANT PROGRAMS IN TURKEY Burcu KARAPINAR Industry & Technology