National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” 50 years of Excellence in Science

ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013 National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” “Demokritos” is the largest interdisciplinary Research Center in Greece in a campus covering an area of m 2 with m 2 building facilities.

The Demokritos center was established in 1960 with the operation of the 5MW nuclear reactor ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

NCSR “Demokritos” at a glance Human Resources (2011) PERSONNEL 763 Scientific Personnel 515 Technical Personnel 127 Administrative Personnel 87 Auxiliary Personnel 34 Financial Resources (2011) TOTAL INCOME €100% Public Grants €58% Income from EU Programmes & Services €42% ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

NCSR “Demokritos” at a glance ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013 Five Institutes – Poles of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Energy- Environment, Biosciences, ICT and Nuclear Physics 320 Research programs including 3 European Research Council (ERC) 3 NoEs 87 FP7 Projects out of which 25 are coordinated by NCSR “D” Staff (50 Collaborative Projects, 20 Marie Curie Grants, etc.) 61 NSRF Projects (National Strategic Reference Framework) from which: 11 Excellence in Research, 5 ESFRI, 12 Collaborative Research I&II, etc.) Scientific Performance 30% of the total publications of the Greek Research centers Publications in refereed journals 450 Citations No Publications Conference Proceedings 470 Citations Impact 12,43 Education PhD theses supervised by NCSR “D” researchers PhDs (2011) 27 Master Diplomas (2011)30 Undergraduate Thesis (2011) 24 Practical Training (2011)56

Unique Infrastructure of NCSR “Demokritos” Research Nuclear Reactor / Tandem Accelerator / Clean room facilities / Dioxine Laboratory etc ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

7 KM3NeT (to search for extraterrestrial neutrinos in the depths of the Mediterranean) Unique Infrastructure of NCSR “Demokritos” ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Technology Transfer TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE PARK OF ATTICA “LEFKIPPOS” The Technology Park NCSR “D”, starts its operation creating know-how in the mentoring of spin-off companies (spin-off) and providing “incubator” services. NCSR Demokritos has 13 Spin Offs companies and hold 71 Patents. ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Ministry Of Education, Religion, Culture and Sports General Secretariat Of Research And Technology National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” Title of the presentation: The role of the research centers in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship Nick Kanellopoulos National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Can Demokritos lay the path for becoming the “Greek Silicon valley” and thereby Greece “the start up nation” of Southeastern Europe? In order to answer the question we compare Greece with Israel, which is considered to be the “start up nation” and has more start- ups than anywhere else outside Silicon Valley’. Israel is a country of only 7.1 million people and produces more start-up companies than such large nations as Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the United Kingdom, whereas Greece produces an extremely small number of start-ups and spin-offs. The start-ups in Israel have been able to receive more than 2.5 times venture capital per capita than the US and 30 times as much as Europe, whereas in Greece there is a lack of venture capital and foreign investment. In Israel there is a very strong cooperation with the diasporas' scientists, whereas Greece has a very weak interaction with the 10,000 Greek Scientists abroad. ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Main SWOT findings Strengths for the Greek research centers becoming “growth engines” are: The competitiveness of the Greek researchers is considered to be the main competitive advantage, it is demonstrated by the fact that the Greek researchers in the past years succeeded into receiving three times higher funding than the European average. ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Main SWOT findings Weaknesses for the Greek research centers becoming “growth engines” are: Lack of an effective exploitation of innovation and technology transfer policy Lack of venture capital High cost of starting, running and in case of failure, closing a spin-off Lack of financial support: less than 1% of GDP on R&D Prevailing prejudice against the Researcher- Businessman Geographical fragmentation ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Effective Regional Integration ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013 The overcome the roadblocks of the fragmentation and the rest of aforementioned of the weaknesses we propose an effective regional integration of Research Centers

Virtual Integration Two of the major benefits of the proposed establishment of the virtual Integration Demokritos are: (a)The increase of synergies and the reduction of overlapping of the activities of the fragmented research activities and (b)the establishment of critical mass of infrastructure and expertise accessible to all the scientists from research centers, Universities and industry.. Benefits of the Virtual Integration ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Development phases of the Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos Nuclear & Particle Physics Institute of Nuclear Physics Institute of Radioisotopes & Radio-diagnostic Products Institute of Materials Science Institute of Informatics & Telecommunication Institute of Microelectronics Institute of Physical Chemistry Institute of Biology Institute of Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection Energy / Environment Nano- technology I.C.T. Life Science Integration into national globally competitive Institutes or “poles of excellence” ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Proposal to establish integration funding to establish sustainable “local virtual Institutes” industrial clusters In FP8 instead of the “distributed virtual Institutes” of FP6 Nuclear Particle Physics Energy / Environm ent/Space Nano- technolo gy I.C.T. Life Science Establishment of globally competitive clusters of SMEs “effectively integrated with the corresponding local virtual Institutes” following the successful examples of clusters abroad ( IMEC cluster) SME Cluster

for each “pole of excellence” it is important to match the “academic competences” with the “industrial needs “ of relevant industries e.g. for the Energy CLUSTER operated according to the successful IMEC CLUSTER model in Belgium Smart specialization Establishment of strategic roadmap focusing on a few areas where Greece presents competitive advantages “Cluster” of “Energy” Metropolitan Scientists “Cluster” of Energy Industries Natural gas technologies Clean coal and clean lignite technologies Desalination Solar Energy etc ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013 Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos (MIC)

ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013 HORIZON 2020 Energy / Environment SME Spin- off SME Cluster Spin- off LARGE IP Technology specific cooperation within the cluster Solar Energy Desalination Achieving Technology Transfer within the clusters, depending on the direction of EU-HORIZON 2020 Natural Gas

Development phases of the Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos Regarding the technology transfer policy a close cooperation with successful innovation hubs abroad is needed “Arizona Technology Enterprises” which has succeeded in the past three years to: o multiply the number of Start-ups by six o multiply the number of Licenses by four o multiply the number of Patents by three Arizona Technology Enterprises Arizona State University Intellectual Property Revenue ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Integrated Intellectual property Exploitation Plan Proof of Concept Unit One-stop-shop for scientific & technological consultation services Exploitation of patent portfolios in cooperation with IP portfolios agencies Business Angels & Venture Funding National Research labs Intellectual Property Revenue Metropolitan Innovation Campus SA 4 th Generation potential Spin- Off Incubator Effective “clusters” following the successful effective IMEC model IP exploitation companies (Intellectual Ventures) The spin-offs will acquire independent legal status only and when they obtain external funding ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Proposal to fund “Techno polis” initiatives in FP8 The goal is to bring together industry and academia and achieve critical mass of both human and infrastructure resources following the international trend of establishing high cost “Technology parks”. The Demokritos location is ideal (proximity to highway, metro and airport) This proximity is very important for instance bio- and nano- research activities, which require the same relatively large facilities, e.g. TEM, SEM, NMR etc. These facilities should be readily accessible in one location, instead of being scattered in different sites. SISPARK, building area of 1.57 million square meters and investment of more than RMB 4 billion Yuan Vision ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Aims of the Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos In summary the Metropolitan Innovation Campus “Demokritos” will further enhance the scientific excellence and at the same time will become an Intellectual Property Technology accelerator by propelling breakthrough ideas from the lab to the market and attracting foreign investments. ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013

Can the virtual Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos become a “Greek Silicon valley” The answer is YES, the proposed Metropolitan Innovation Campus if we apply the right technology transfer policy can become a growth engine of the Greek economy attracting foreign investment and sustaining knowledge based jobs in Greece. ATHENS WORKSHOP ON HORIZON NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” - 05/02/2013