Life Science Cluster Krakow The Place for Life

Life. Science Cluster Krakow The Place for Life &Science Chicago, May 2010

Presentation Bio-Region Małopolska The Life. Science Cluster. . . . and need to foster cooperation www. lifescience. p l

Malopolska – The Region of Knowledge First place in respect of quality of human resources Second place in respect of service and manufacturing infrastructure Third place in terms of market size Fourth place in Poland in respect of GNP Regional strategy aimed at Knowledge Based Economy Biotechnology and IT set as the priority sectors in Regional Innovation Strategy www. lifescience. p l

The cities and regions researched for the report were judged on their performance in the following fields: human resources; economic potential; business friendliness; quality of life; infrastructure; foreign direct investment. www. lifescience. p l Source: f. Di, Foreign Direct Investment

Bio Region Malopolska - science 4 universities and other 28 higher education institutions - over 200. 000 students (> 10 % of total number in Poland) 9, 4% domestic expenditures on R&D / 200 % country average / second place in Poland 13 % of total number of scientists in Poland 3700 scientists working field of life sciences: over 600 profesors, over 2000 phd level 16 000 students in the field of life sciences 13 amongst 30 polish most often cited scientists in the field are from Krakow and 8 of them from Jagiellonian University www. lifescience. p l

Life Science Cluster Initative in Krakow Established X 2006 by 32 institutions representing 6 interest groups Life science and biotech business Bio. F Government Business support Education GOV EDU BIZ R&D MED Health care www. lifescience. p l Research and development

Life Science Cluster initative in Krakow med; 12; gov; 19% 3; 5% b&r; 5; 8% biof; 23; 36% edu; 6; 9% biz; 15; 23% ü 64 partners Public; 20; 31% ü 35, 000 employees ü 6, 580 scientists ü 240 milion Euro in sales SME; 31; 48% GOV; 3; 5% ü 467 milion Euro in projects www. lifescience. p l SMEmicro; 20; 31% Enterpr. ; 10; 16% SMEsmall; 6; 9% SMEmedium; 5; 8%

Cluster initiative - means and ends ü be the single point of contact for ease of making relationships and exploring business and scientific collaborations ü foster cooperation in the field of innovations amongst network members ü facilitate cooperation and networking within and outside the Malopolska Region ü get the network players ready to effectively engage with the global lifescience market ü represent life science community in contacts with similar organisations ü initiate and coordinate projects aimed at growing and sustaining cluster-wide resources, www. lifescience. p l Øhealthy society Ønew jobs Ønew produts on market Øcommercializatio n Øsustainable growth Øclean enviroment Ø……………….

Cluster from the innovation process perspective The system –organized interconnected set of capabilities and resources, that within given environment produce results, results which are of interest of local stakeholders. Invention – functionality Patent Feasibility study Results = CAPABILITIES +RESOURCES +POLICY Innovation – new product or company Healthy business Law Science Business i Marketing Funds Basic research Applied research Technology Product development www. lifescience. p l Marketing & entrepreneurship

Capabilities to collaborate ies p a r the e v i t nova ovations ies n I Ø rt g n o o l n p I o p n o u Ø Ec ging tech ools to s a t Ø Im gnostics dures e a ing) i c t o a D r e p Ø (& ical med y ageing alth e H Ø www. lifescience. p l

Why cooperate with Bio-Malopolska? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Access to talents and qualified labor force Strong science Diversified economy Investments in research and R&D infrastructure Established networks for cooperation and support for innovation Strong support from local authorities Great business climate best economic potential Quality of life www. lifescience. p l

Wishcontact The you a luck Kazimierz Murzyn Managing Director Cluster Life Science Krakow tel. +48 12 297 4 605 mob. +48 504 106 466 kazimierz. murzyn@jci. pl klaster@lifescience. pl http: //www. lifescience. pl/