South Moravian Innovation

CentreCentre

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South Moravian Region

• 1.2 mil. inhabitants• Brno – 370,000 inhabitants• 80 000+ students

Vienna

Prague • 80 000+ students• 8 000+ researches• 250+ mil € of annual R&D investment

Bratislava

Budapest5• 600 mil € of new research infrastructure 

investment from EUCEITEC  FNUSA ICRC• CEITEC, FNUSA‐ICRC

• 270+ companies with R&D function in‐housefunction in house

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Vision:

We want to be one of the

leading providers of support

Mission:

To effectively support creation

and development of innovative

S i  i i   hi   d  i  

leading providers of support

to innovative companies in

Europe.

and development of innovative

companies.

• Supporting innovative entrepreneurship and creation of highly qualified jobs 

• Fostering of regional competitiveness• Fostering of regional competitiveness• Maximizing economical benefits of R&D in the region 

P idi  i t  i t   t t i  d i i ki  • Providing inputs into strategic decision‐making 

Established in 2003 by…

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Main Activities

Innovation

park

Technology

Transfer

Cluster

Development

Internatio-

nalisation

Leading the

Way from

Idea to

Fostering

Cooperation

Fostering

Regional

Improving the

quality of

Idea to

Business

between

Academia and

Industry

Knowledge

Economy

research

through

international

cooperationcooperation

4The activities of South Moravian Innovation Centre are carried within

the framework of the Regional Innovation Strategy of South Moravian Region.

Innovation Park

Services Results

• State of the art facilities, including labs ‐ (NTECH, INBIT, INMEC) ‐ 3 incubators with 10,000 m2 of incubation space

• 350+ highly skilled jobs

• 28 successful exits

• 20+ tenant companies• business and export consulting 

• Access to networking and funding opportunities, including start‐up funding

• 20+ tenant companies

• 50+  companies in Innovation Park

• 71 % occupancy funding

• export assistance (contacts to e.g. CzechInvest „Accelerator“)

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• 300 mil. CZK from SF

• Successful young companies from student teams • co‐operation with experts, 

universities and high‐tech companies

• Student‘s team support – MIC 

student teams 

• International awards in technology  competitions  (ImagineCup)

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ppAccelerator, MIC Minutes, training programmes

• 8 years of experience 

Sucess stories

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Technology Transfer

Services

• Commercialization of new 

Results

• 93 supported research Commercialization of new technology

• Finding partners for: C t t d  h

93 supported research contracts

• 9 supported international research contracts• Contracted research

• Collaborative research 

• Business development

research contracts

• 4 realized transfersp

• Open Innovation session

R t   ti  

• 8 transfers in process 

• 2 years of experience• Remote promotion 

• JIC | Innovation vouchers• Centrope tt vouchers 

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Technology Transfer Services

For R&D For Companies

Technology Commercialization Business Development

Contract Research R&D Outsourcing Contract Research R&D Outsourcing

Support Services

Open Innovation Session Innovation Vouchersp

Remote Promotion 120 Seconds for Innovative Companies

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TT supporting projects

Innovation vouchers 120 seconds fori i i• supporting tool for R&D 

and companiescollaboration

innovative companies• networking event for quickintroduction of companies

• 36 collaborations in 2009• 55 collaborations in 2010• 2011 in progress

introduction of companies• 96 contacts connected and36 collaborations in 2010

• 2011 in progress

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Cluster Development

Services

• Innovation Academy new

Results

• 35 Innovation Academy Alumni• Innovation Academy – newbranded as 16 hours ofinnovation

• Organization of brokerage 

• 35 Innovation Academy Alumni

• 2 brokerage events  (5 projects, 80 mil. CZK)

g gevents (FP7)

• Microsoft innovation centre

• 1000 trained IT experts per year

• 2 IT start‐ups 

• Regional marketing

• Analysis on companies and R&D

• 2 unique field surveys

• Supervision on portfolio of 27 projects of RIS (approx. 150 mil. 

• Steering of RIS implementation 

• Networking activity: 120 seconds for innovative 

CZK per year – from local resources)

• 3 events: 312 new contacts, 176 new co operations

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seconds for innovative companies

new co‐operations

MIC Accelerator 2010

All d    d      6    d• Allowed 20 students to enter, 6 teams emerged• After 6 months 3 team lasts

h b• The best team: GINA• Accelerator: no.1 HR development project in CZ

GINA

G hi l I f i  A i• Geographical Information Assistant• Usage

– sw helps at Haiti and Brazil after earthquake disaster– sw is used at eco and urbanism projects

l    i     h  – central rescue service tests the sw

• GINA establishes LTD• Big Publicity

– National TV and radio– BBC radio– Newspapers

Bill Gates Blog– Bill Gates Blog

SOUTH MORAVIAN INNOVATION CENTRE SOUTH MORAVIAN INNOVATION CENTRE U Vodárny 2, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republicphone +420 511 205 330, fax +420 541 143 011 jic@jic cz | www jic cz

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