About the book

What are areas of innovation?

Areas of innovation are designated zones with their own specific management team, whose main objective is economic development through promoting and attracting selected innovative businesses and providing services for them. They may also include residential and cultural districts or facilities, or be embedded in urban spaces which have such facilities, and with which the economic aspects of the area of innovation interact.

What is this book about?

Half-way into the second decade of the 21st century, a fresh wave of areas of innovation is emerging across the world. These AOIs expand on the concept of the science park and university environments and aim to create sustainable and effective working and living conditions, forming appealing urban ecosystems for students, scientists, entrepreneurs, larger corporations, investors and startups.
The book is divided into three parts. First, the authors address the current demand for areas of innovation, identifying key trends and concepts. Second, insights related to the formation and management of an ecosystem are presented – the inside of the process and decision-making. Third, the internal and external connectivity and needs of the various elements of areas of innovation are discussed, accompanied by practical managerial outcomes.
The content and contributions to the book come from all seven continents, making it truly a global project unlike any other.

Who is it for?

This book will benefit managers of areas of innovation, innovation clusters, universities, science parks, incubators, accelerators, as well as policy makers, professionals involved in local, national and international public and development organizations, such as business associations and chambers of commerce, and any other interest groups looking to discover the logic, expected outcomes and benefits of the areas of innovation.
The aims of the book include introducing practical instruments and inspiring result-oriented action in managing of areas of innovation in the modern world. The book is a valuable tool for innovation community professionals anywhere in the world, addressing the managerial reality of work in the field.

A word from the IASP Past President

A word from the IASP Past President

In a bold strategic move that first took place in 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, IASP decided to open its doors to these newer projects that we call areas of innovation, also referred to as innovation districts, science cities, etc. Since then, we have made it our business to better understand this new phenomenon and deepen our knowledge of areas of innovation - their models, strategies, inner architecture and anatomy, governance and sustainability challenges, good practices that can be taken as guiding examples for others, etc. We want to ensure that our experience can fully benefit these new types of organisations and that IASP leadership in STP knowledge expands in order to embrace the realm of areas of innovation.
In this sense, IASP is ideally placed to support this valuable publication of outstanding contributions written by authors from all across our global network, and we are glad to share them with you.
Jean-François Balducchi

Josep Pique

Author and Editor
Josep Miquel Piqué is a Telecommunication Engineer from La Salle and UPC and MBA from ESADE. He also holds diplomas from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California-Berkeley and Universitat Ramon Llull.

He is President of Catalan Network of Science Parks, Vice-President of Spanish Network of Science Parks, Vice-President International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation, and Executive President of La Salle – Ramon Llull University Innovation Park. His long professional experience in university management has lead him to promote and lead Postgraduate Programs, Technology Transfer Centers, University Incubators and Innovation Science and Technology Parks. He has promoted several hybrid organizations in the partnership model University-Industry-Public Administration.

He has published papers in publications and congresses on innovation ecosystems, and has participated in several international forums in Europe, Latin America, USA and across Asia.
The focus of his work is the promotion of knowledge-based economy and society in order to consolidate the 22@Barcelona as a global reference of Knowledge Cities on Smart Cities.

Luis Sanz

Publishing Editor
Luis Sanz has been Director General of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation since 1996, and a member of its Executive Board. A trained sociologist, he is an expert consultant and senior adviser to science parks worldwide and chief co-ordinator of over 30 international conferences on Science and Technology Parks, regional development and innovation policies.

He is author of numerous papers, books, articles and presentations on this topic and has participated as invited speaker in over 95 international conferences and seminars all over the world. Formerly he was the co-director of Valencia Technology Park (Spain), which he founded in 1987, and he has also been Vice-President of the Spanish Association of Science Parks and President of the European Division of the IASP.

Contributors

Nikita Ageev, NOVAS Energy Services, Russia

Nikita Ageev, NOVAS Energy Services, Russia

Nikita P. Ageev graduated with honours from Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics in 1998. In 2001, he obtained a degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences (eq. Ph.D.), specializing in Finance. He became Chief Executive Officer of innovative hi-tech startup NOVAS in 2007. Under his leadership the company has attracted $13 million in investments, refined the technology of the Plasma-Pulse Equipment for industrial use, and established an international presence with branch offices across the world. Nikita is an author of a number of scientific articles in the specialized economic and oil & gas industry magazines, and a frequent participant in international conferences and symposia.

Jorge Audy, PUCRS, Brazil

Jorge Audy is the immediate past president of the IASP Latin American Division, vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Science Parks and Business Incubators (Anprotec) and Dean of Research, Innovation and Development of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), where he teaches. He is a member of several scientific associations (SBPC, SBC, IEEE, ACM) and several management boards in the Science, Technology and Innovation areas, such as the Superior Board of Capes’ Journal Portal and the Rio Grande do Sul State Science and Technology Council. He holds a master’s degree and a PhD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Jorge Audy, PUCRS, Brazil
Samuel Bachelot, Atlanpole, France

Samuel Bachelot, Atlanpole, France

Samuel Bachelot graduated with an MSc in mechanical & industrial engineering from Arts & Métiers ParisTech in 1996 and with an MBA at IFG-CNOF in 2005. He started his career as international project and operation manager at Veolia Group and Suez Environment Group, working on the construction of new infrastructures and industrial processes, with a focus on innovative technologies. Samuel joined Atlanpole as Business Innovation Manager in 2005, where he advises entrepreneurs, supports the development of innovative businesses, and runs incubation and acceleration programmes.

Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent

Dr. Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent holds a PhD and MSc. in Industrial Engineer and Engineering Management from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). She is an associate professor at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) and a part-time professor at UPC. She has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Haas School of Business (University of California Berkeley) and a Visiting Research Associate at the Institute of Education at University College London. Her research interests are in the areas of knowledge and technology transfer, university-business cooperation, entrepreneurship and business innovation. She is the associate editor of the Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, and she is in the editorial board of the Journal of Business Research, Management Decision, and Intangible Capital. She has participated in international competitive projects founded by the European Commission such as Cross-Organizational Assessment and Development of Intellectual Capital (7th Framework Programme), and European Drivers for a Regional Innovation Platform (Lifelong learning project).

Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent
Herbert Chen, TusPark, China

Herbert Chen, TusPark, China

Herbert Chen joined the management team of Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark) in 2001. He was not only in charge of daily operation of TusPark, including setting up and operating the admin and HR management system, but also contributed to setting up and running the science park’s comprehensive value-added service system.
Thanks to the efforts of Herbert and the management team, TusPark is now one of the best-know university science parks both in China and in the industry worldwide, with more than 1500 international and local start up hi-tech companies based in Beijing and its 60 subsidiary parks all over China.

Greg Clark, The Business of Cities Group, USA

Greg Clark is a Senior Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), leading research on the interplay of cities, investors and occupiers, and urban development. He is a widely published author on city development and business investment issues and advises many international organizations. In addition to his work for ULI he is also Chairman, OECD LEED Forum on Local Development and Investment Strategies; Global Fellow, Metropolitan Program / Global Cities Initiative, Brookings Institution; Chairman, JLL Global Research Centre on Cities; and Visiting Professor and Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board, City Leadership Initiative, University College London. Greg is the author of 10 books and numerous reports and papers on cities and business development issues, and has won various international prizes for his work. In June 2015, he was awarded a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to Economic Development.

Greg Clark, The Business of Cities Group, USA
Igor Drozdov, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russia

Igor Drozdov, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russia

Igor Drozdov, PhD, is the Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russia. He has previously held the positions of Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, Head of the Secretariat of the Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. He is also Associate Professor at the Civil Law Faculty of the St. Petersburg State University and a member of the board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, and has authored more than 30 studies of civil law issues.

Jerry Engel, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Professor Jerome Engel is a leader in entrepreneurship education, venture capital, corporate innovation and regional economic development. A veteran of Silicon Valley, he joined the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 to found the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. Jerry is co‐founder and General Partner of Monitor Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early stage technology ventures. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of several high potential venture capital‐backed and privately held firms, and has helped many ventures through their entire cycle of birth, growth and maturation. IPOs of note include AutoDesk and FICO.

Jerry Engel, University of California at Berkeley, USA
John Harthorne, MassChallenge, USA

John Harthorne, MassChallenge, USA

John Harthorne is the Founder and CEO of MassChallenge, which runs start-up accelerators designed to catalyze a global renaissance by connecting high-impact start-ups with the resources they need to launch and succeed as rapidly as possible. John earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007, where he won the Grand Prize in the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition and received the 2007 Patrick J. McGovern Award for impact on quality and visibility of entrepreneurship. He also led the 10th annual MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW) held in Trondheim, Norway. The World Economic Forum also elected John as one of the 2013 Young Global Leaders, and Ernst & Young voted him as Social Entrepreneur of the Year in New England for 2013.

Jurgen Ingels, SmartFin Capital, Belgium

Jurgen Ingels is the founder of Clear2Pay, a leading payments technology company. He grew the company into one of the world leaders in payment security software with more than 1,200 employees in 14 countries, and successfully sold it for €400 million. In 2012, Jurgen co-founded NGData, a leading big data company offering customer intelligence management software and services to track customer behaviour in real time. He also created Smartfincapital, a European private equity fund specialized in financial technology, and is the founder of Eggsplore, the European Fintech ecosystem. He currently holds Board positions at several technology companies such as Materialise (NASDAQ: MTLS), NGData, Itineris, Rightbrain, nCentric and Projective. Jurgen holds a Master’s degree in Political and Social Sciences and an MBA from the University of Antwerp.

Jurgen Ingels, SmartFin Capital, Belgium
Catherine Johns, NETPark, UK

Catherine Johns, NETPark, UK

Catherine Johns is Business and Innovation Growth Director at Business Durham, where she leads on inward investment, innovation, communications and strategy at NETPark. She is working to establish County Durham as a living lab to tackle the healthcare causes and consequences of social isolation, Durham as a place of light, NETPark as the global hub for materials integration, and Durham City’s investment prospectus. She has worked in economic development for nearly 15 years, designing and delivering high level projects, primarily in high-tech led innovation, including NETPark Net, the innovation community of over 300 companies, centred on NETPark. Currently, Catherine sits on the North East Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Advisory Board, is Vice-Chair of the United Kingdom Science Park Association and a Director of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation. Catherine was the winner of the North East England Key Woman Award in 2013 for “harnessing an impressive entrepreneurial instinct to a commitment and drive to deliver for public good”.

Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution, USA

Bruce J. Katz is the inaugural cross-disciplinary centennial scholar at the Brookings Institution, where he focuses on the challenges and opportunities of global urbanization and leads the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking. Bruce regularly advises cross-sector metropolitan, national, and global leaders on public reforms and private innovations that advance the well-being of metropolitan areas and their countries. He is also co-author of The Metropolitan Revolution (Brookings Press, 2013), a distillation of his work on the promise of the emerging cities-first economic and governance landscape.

Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution, USA
Cha Dong Kim, INNOPOLIS Foundation, South Korea

Cha Dong Kim, INNOPOLIS Foundation, South Korea

Dr. Cha Dong Kim holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University, and has served the Korean government for over 30 years in science and technology policy, contributing to the globalization of Korea’s R&D, and designing national and regional innovation systems.
He has served as Economic Secretary to the President, Science Counsellor at the Permanent Korean Delegation to the OECD, Assistant Ministers for Human Resources and for Planning at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and Standing Commissioner for the National Science and Technology Commission.
Dr. Kim currently serves as the President of the Innopolis Foundation of Korea, where he leads efforts to promote the commercialization of public technology, boost entrepreneurship, and enhance public/private partnership in Korean research and innovation clusters.

Paul Krutko, Ann Arbor SPARK, USA

Paul Krutko is Ann Arbor SPARK’s president and CEO. Ann Arbor SPARK is a public-private partnership of business, government and academic institutions working to create economic prosperity in the Ann Arbor area of innovation. Paul has nearly four decades of economic and community expertise, including ten years leading San Jose, California's economic development efforts in Silicon Valley where he served as chief development officer.

Paul Krutko, Ann Arbor SPARK, USA
Peter Leys, Materialise N.V., Belgium

Peter Leys, Materialise N.V., Belgium

Peter Leys has been Director and Executive Chairman of Materialise N.V., a leading provider of 3D printing software and services since 2013. He previously focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets at the Brussels office of Baker & McKenzie CVBA. Peter became an International Partner of Baker & McKenzie CVBA in 1998 and was appointed Co-head of its Brussels office’s corporate finance practice group in 2009. In 2012 he received the International Law Office “Client’s Choice Award” for M&A in Belgium. He is a Fulbright fellow and lectures a mergers and acquisitions contract design course at the KULeuven University. Peter holds a Candidacy Degree in Philosophy from KULeuven and Master of Law degrees from KULeuven and the University of Georgia.

Magnus Lundin, Swedish Incubators and Science Parks Association, Sweden

Magnus Lundin is the CEO at SISP, the organization for Sweden's business incubators and science parks. SISP’s 64 members run over 70 innovation environments, offering business development, incubation support, facilitating open innovation and clusters, managing seed capital funds and more - all in close collaboration with industry, public sector and universities. Magnus also is a board member of Swedish Foreign Trade Association, an industry body engaging in effective export promotion. Magnus has entrepreneurial background as founder, investor, CEO and Chairman of various start-ups and VC-companies. He has been a board member at IASP and comes recently from a four-year-period as CEO for one of Sweden’s larger STPs. Magnus holds a degree from Jönköping International Business School.

Magnus Lundin, Swedish Incubators and Science Parks Association, Sweden
Johan Ernst Nilson, Environmental explorer, Sweden

Johan Ernst Nilson, Environmental explorer, Sweden

Johan Ernst Nilson is an environmental explorer and speaker, whose roles include that of Ambassador for MinStoraDag, Honorary Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal; President of the Everest Summiteers Association, Sweden; and member of The Explorers Club and the Travellers Club. He was an Ambassador for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from 2008-2012, and holds a World Record in the Guinness Book 2015.

Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, University of Barcelona, Spain

Montserrat Pareja has worked at the University of Barcelona since 1993 researching and teaching in Economics. She currently leads the Research Group on Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation at the UB, where housing affordability, social cohesion, sustainable housing, urban competitiveness and urban regeneration strategies are some of the key aspects of her research. She was the Spanish coordinator of the ACRE project (Accommodating Creative Knowledge. Competitiveness of European Metropolitan Regions in an Enlarged Europe) an EU project funded under the VIt Framework Programme.

Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, University of Barcelona, Spain
Hector Rodriguez, Yachay City of Knowledge, Ecuador

Hector Rodriguez, Yachay City of Knowledge, Ecuador

Héctor Rodriguez is Chief Executive Officer of Ciudad Yachay, the most important and innovative project of the past century in Ecuador, which brings together researchers, academics, and the public and private sector in a green-field smart city in Latin America. With a background in public policy, he has also been involved in the development of Ecuador’s National Development Plan, and with the new national direction for higher education.

Arvind Satayam, Cisco, USA

Arvind Satayam leads business development globally for Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities initiative, which represents Cisco’s Internet of Everything (IoE) business for Cities. He has also been working with global financiers & infrastructure funds to develop financial models to drive financing and adoption of Smart City and IoE projects. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, holds a Masters in Finance and Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and completed undergraduate studies at the Kenan-Flagler business school at the University of North Carolina. He holds a patent in wireless location detection.

Arvind Satayam, Cisco, USA
Hardy Schmitz, Berlin Adlershof, Germany

Hardy Schmitz, Berlin Adlershof, Germany

Hardy Rudolf Schmitz is an electrical engineer and MBA, who has worked with The Boston Consulting Group in Munich and London and Digital Equipment GmbH. He was CEO of WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH - which runs Berlin Adlershof STP - from 2002 to 2015. During this time he initiated and contributed to key projects in Berlin, including the planning of the area of former Tempelhof Airport, the foundation of Tegel Projekt GmbH, development of the area around Ernst-Reuter-Platz, leading to a start-up and technology center (CHIC), the regional management initiative at Schöneweide and the concept for a start-up- and technology center close to the Free University of Berlin (FUBIC). Hardy Schmitz is an active Business Angel and member of several advisory boards.

Lois Shelton, California State University, USA

Professor, Associate Editor, Program Director, and Director at Large at California State University, Shelton is recognized as a thought leader on innovation. She recently lead and won the "Pathways to Innovation" Grant from VentureWell to expand the innovation ecosystem at the California State University and its partner institutions in the LA area. Currently leading her university to be recognized as an important hub for innovation in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area, Lois works closely with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), which was recently named as the #3 University Associated Business Incubator in the world by UBI Global. A former business executive with nearly 10 years of experience in fields such as management consulting and real estate development, she collaborates with several incubators and accelerators in the San Diego area to promote high technology entrepreneurship among women.

Lois Shelton, California State University, USA
McLean Sibanda, The Innovation Hub, South Africa

McLean Sibanda, The Innovation Hub, South Africa

McLean Sibanda is an engineer and patent attorney by training, and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Innovation Hub in South Africa. He has worked extensively in intellectual property management, entrepreneurship and innovation. With over ten years’ experience in funding and supporting innovation and start-ups, he has sat on boards of numerous start-ups in South Africa. He has served as an Expert to the African Union (AU), World Intellectual Property Organisation, and the Department of Science and Technology on drafting of intellectual property legislation as well as review of Tanzania National System of Innovation.

Julie Wagner

Julie Wagner is a nonresident senior fellow with the Centennial Scholar Initiative and co-director of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking at the Brookings Institution, for which she co-authored the paper "The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in the United States." She subsequently wrote articles on the new geography of innovation for the Harvard Business Review, Fortune Magazine, Quartz, and The Guardian. Also for Brookings, Julie designed and led the initial framework for the Global Cities Initiative, a significant global effort whose aim is to expand the global reach of cities.

Julie Wagner
Bruce Wilson, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Bruce Wilson, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Professor Bruce Wilson is Director of the European Union Centre at RMIT University, Co-Director of the PASCAL International Observatory and RMIT's Director of Research for Regional Development at its Hamilton site in western Victoria. The European Union Centre at RMIT is one of only three EU Centres in Australia belonging to a network of 26 centres which are co-funded worldwide by the External Relations Directorate of the European Commission. Bruce was the founding Dean of the School of Global Studies, Social Sciences and Planning at RMIT University.

Videos

Why is IASP interested in the concept of “Areas of Innovation”?

Luis Sanz, publishing editor, Areas of Innovation: concept and practice project co-initiator

"Areas of Innovation are a holistic approach"

Josep Pique, Author and Editor

The origins of the book project

Anna Nikina, Author and Editor

”The place for an area of innovation really matters and needs to be close to universities or big cities”

Herbert Chen, Deputy Director, TusPark (China)

”Areas of innovation are a key tool for attracting and retaining talent”

Paul Krutko, President and CEO, Ann Arbor SPARK (USA)

”To be a leader in innovations is to be bold, not afraid to take a leap of faith or make a mistake and never give up”

Jurgen Ingels, high-tech entrepreneur, investor (Belgium)

”If you attract startups, all the other resources will arrive”

John Harthorne, founder and CEO, MassChallenge (USA)

“An area of innovation is a physical place, where creative destruction exists instantaneously and continuously”

Cha Dong Kim, President and CEO, INNOPOLIS Foundation (South Korea)

”Innovation is translation of ideas to wealth and prosperity”

Catherine Johns, Business and Innovation Growth Director, NETPark UK

”Leadership within an area of innovation requires visionary thinking, being one step ahead”

Anna Nikina, Author and Editor

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Women in IASP is a networking and mentoring initiative for greater gender diversity in science park and area of innovation management, helping them to better serve everyone in their community and society at large.

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Published by International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP).

IASP is the worldwide network of science parks and areas of innovation. The organization connects the professionals managing science, technology and research parks (STPs) and areas of innovation and provides services that drive growth and effectiveness for its members.

The members of IASP enhance the competitiveness of companies and entrepreneurs of their cities and regions, and contribute to global economic development through innovation, entrepreneurship, and the transfer of knowledge and technology.

IASP is a NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Atlanpole

As a member of International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), Atlanpole creates links with innovation and entrepreneurship centres, Science Parks and worldwide areas. This membership represents the opportunity to become better known internationally, to promote the area they are located, its skills & professionals and if necessary can help to find targeted partners for Atlanpoles network businesses. Finally to share with other IASP members the best practices in welcoming and assisting innovative companies.Atlanpole provide assistance in innovation, they enable entrepreneurs to check the economic feasibility of their projects, pinpoint their first clients, make the most of the first financing, and mobilize the top skills and essential partners. With Atlanpole it is easy to get in touch with laboratories and research centres, participate in one or more competitiveness clusters, identify new financing sources and to develop an international strategy. Atlanpole proposes tailor-made assistance over a period of 3 to 5 years with innovative individual and collective tools. Collaborative innovation projects – Atlanpole assists with the journey from idea to the market, at every single stage in mounting and monitoring a Collaborative Innovation Project to:
- Active complementary skills
- Pinpoint suitable finance and making it secure
- Coordinate the administrative and financial management of the project
- Propose pertinent, well-controlled communication

Name: Jean-Francois Balducchi
E-mail: balducchi@atlanpole.fr
Website: www.atlanpole.fr

INNOPOLIS Foundation

INNOPOLIS Foundation is a professional technology commercialisation institute that actively pursues the business of fostering according to the special Act on the promotion of special research and development zones etc.

INNOPOLIS Foundation do the following:
- Create the base for technology commercialization, transfers technology, and commercializes public research achievements- Fosters High-tech companies fosters Professional Science Master and provides management support services
- Construct a global network, creates a favourable business environmentfor foreign companies, and improves the settlement conditions
- Support the management of INNOPOLIS and development businesses, approves tenancy, and constructs an industry-academe-research institute network

INNOPOLIS Daedeok has been known as ‘The Heart of the Creative Economy’ for Korea’s science and technology growth and a rapidly evolving innovation hub for high-tech commercialization, incorporating Korea’s science and technology capabilities into the production of world-class goods and services for the global markets.

It hosts a super-high concentration of top-class scientific and technical human resources, national research laboratories and research universities within, and continuously attracts major contracts from private sector R&D organizations.

There are 60 public (25) and private (35) research institutes operating within the ecosystem making INNOPOLIS Daedeok. More than 11.8 percent of Korean researchers with a Ph.D. degree in the fields of science and engineering are working within the ecosystem.

INNOPOLIS Daedeok and its partner institutions supported over 906 technology transfer between the domestic/global stakeholders. (31 of start-ups have gone public at KOSDAQ)

The majority of the registered patents have been processed further to international patent systems and now, the number of internationally registeredpatents exceeds 10,000.

Name: Ju Eun Kim
Number: +82 42 865 8901
E-mail: kjun0229@innopolis.or.kr
Website: http://www.innopolis.or.kr/eng

Tus-Holdings Co.

Tus-Holdings Co., Ltd set up on July 24, 2000 and is the former Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark) Development Center founded in August 1994.TusHoldings is a large integrated enterprise established in reliance on Tsinghua University. It takes full responsibility for developing, constructing, operating and managing TusPark, and is also the shareholder of UnisplendourCorporation Limited, Sound Environmental Resources and others.

There are more than 200 companies directly invested in and controlled by TusHoldings, and the total assets under its management have exceeded RMB 60billion. With over two decades of development, TusHoldings has accumulated a wealth of experience in the development and operation of university scienceparks and established a high-caliber management team, actively promoting the organic interaction between innovative resources and the regional economy and successfully building up a nationwide innovation system with thescience park as the carrier.

The radial network of TusHoldings covers more than 30 cities and regions and has established the international base groups for incubation networks in US, Hong Kong, South Korea and Russia, etc., being a new force of China's innovation system. As the flagship product of TusHoldings, TusPark (Beijing) is currently the largest single university science park in the world. It has become an important platform of Tsinghua University to serve the society and promote regional innovation, as well as a famous brand in China and even in the global science park industry.

Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark) is the key platform for organically extending social function of Tsinghua University and transferring technological achievements of the University. As a mission, it aims at “a platform of innovation and entrepreneurship, the way towards opportunities and success aswell as a bridge of technology and economy.”

Name: Sophia Shang
E-mail: shangwei@tusholdings.com
Name: Tony Zhang
E-mail: zhangsl@tusholdings.com
Website: www.en.tusholdings.com

Silver Sponsor

Ann Arbor SPARK

Ann Arbor SPARK is a public-private partnership of business, government and academic institutions working to create economic prosperity in the Ann Arbor area of innovation. SPARK advances the Ann Arbor region by encouraging and supporting business acceleration, attraction and retention. SPARK identifies and meets the needs of businesses at every stage, from startups to global companies.

Name: Paul Krutko
E-mail: paul@annarborusa.org
Website: www.annarborusa.or

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