PARK INNOVAARE The Innovation Park at the Paul

PARK INNOVAARE The Innovation Park at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) BIC annual meeting at CERN, 2018 Dr. Francesco Colonna Project Manager Innovation PARK INNOVAARE colonna@parkinnovaare. ch Aurélie Pezous Knowledge Transfer Officer CERN, Oct. 18 th, 2018

Switzerland Innovation: 1 network – 5 sites # Where Innovation Accelerates Oct. 18 th, 2018 2

PARK INNOVAARE: an innovation park next to Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Swiss X-ray Free Electron Laser (Swiss. FEL) Swiss Muon Source (SμS) Proton therapy Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ) Swiss Light Source (SLS) PSI-base budget 270 M. CHF + external funds 100 M. CHF Permanent employees 2‘ 000 Research fellows 650 Ph. D students 330 Industry users >2‘ 300 / year Scientific publications 1‘ 200 / year (> 12% of high impact) Source PSI Oct. 18 th, 2018 3

PARK INNOVAARE Focus on 4 innovation areas • Based on PSI‘s accelerator technology • Clear focus on o Health o Materials o Energy o Engineering • Overlapping, crossindustrial, market-driven # Where Innovation Accelerates Oct. 18 th, 2018 4

PARK INNOVAARE Status Q 3 2018 – 13 resident companies more to be announced in 2018 25 Swiss. Terahertz V Carbon 20 15 expectetd # of resident companies 30 10 12* 5 0 2 5 2015 1 2016 2 # Where Innovation Accelerates 11 2017 3 2018 4 2019 5 2020 6 2021 7 Oct. 18 th, 2018 5

Swiss Business Incubation Center of CERN Technologies Launched 10 th of July 2018 Call for applications: • Phase 1: 32 projects submitted • Phase 2: 8 proposal, selection November 7 th Winner: 50 k. CHF, support from CERN experts and a licence on a CERN technologies, further support from PSI and FHNW. Oct. 18 th, 2018 6

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