Edinburgh Science Triangle

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Edinburgh Science Triangle

• Ian Murphy
• Chair EST Steering Group
• Director Edinburgh Technopole
• Thursday, 22 November 2012

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Edinburgh Science Triangle

• Collaborating To Compete!

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Agenda

• Edinburgh Science Triangle Background
  Objectives
• Members
• Edinburghs Science Excellence
• Achievements to Date
• Potential Economic Impacts
• Summary of Edinburgh Science Triangle Offer

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WHAT IS THE EDINBURGH SCIENCE TRIANGLE?

• A collaborative partnership between 7 science
  parks, involving
• Three councils,
• Two universities, a medical school and vet
  school, and their commercialisation teams,
• the Lothian University NHS Trust,
• innovation centre management companies,
• two world-class property development companies
• and Scottish Enterprise
• Already working together for over 2 years and
  committed to work together to develop the
  Edinburgh and Lothians city-region as a
  world-class science destination

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Successful City Regions
Vision
Branding
Strength in Key Sectors
Strategic Leadership
Co-ordinated transport and land use policies
Connectivity
Education System
Social Inclusion
Innovative
Complementary Relationships
Skilled Workforce
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WHY EDINBURGH?

• World class research-led universities
• Global top 5 RD location for Life Sciences
• Global top 3 RD location for Informatics
• Vision and drive to make it happen
• Inspiring Capital

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Some Earlier Achievements

• 1971 Heriot Watt Research Park first science
  park in Europe
• 1978 University of Edinburgh first
  commercially produced vaccine against Hepatitis
  B invented
• 1996 Roslin BioCentre worldwide recognition
  for Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal cloned
  from adult cell
• 2004 Edinburgh Science Triangle formed already
  in top 20 of international research parks

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Science Excellence - Institutions

• Members
• University of Edinburgh
• Heriot Watt University
• Moredun Institute
• Roslin Institute
• Institute for System Level Integration

• Others
• Napier University
• Queen Margaret University College
• Scottish Agricultural College
• Medical Research Council
• National Health Service
• SNBTS

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Science Excellence

• University of Edinburgh ranked as one of
  Europes top 10
• Combined research turnover for regions
  institutions over 200 million per annum
• Breadth of expertise
• Medicine and Life Sciences
• Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, Communications
  Technologies
• Informatics
• Chemical Engineering
• Energy

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WHY EDINBURGH?

• Edinburgh is unique..it combines a strong
  financial services sector to rival Amsterdam, the
  world-class science strengths to rival Cambridge
  and a cultural legacy to rival Florence.
• Greg Clark, International / UK Government
  adviser on Cities Regions

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Edinburgh Science Triangle Objectives

• Establish EST as one of the top 10 RD locations
  in Europe
• Raise awareness of ESTs benefits as an
  attractive place to live, study, work and invest
• Link the science parks within the integrated
  research community and together attract high
  value activities to Scotland
• Promote the specialist research expertise of the
  science base to build mutually beneficial
  partnerships

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Founders

• Alba Innovation Centre, Livingston
• Bio Campus, Midlothian
• Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France, Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Technopole, Midlothian
• Heriot Watt Research Park, Riccarton, Edinburgh
• Pentland Science Park, Midlothian
• Roslin BioCentre, Midlothian

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SUPPORTING NEW BUSINESSES

• Full portfolio of Scottish Enterprise/ Scottish
  Executive programmes covering advice and funding,
  plus
• Entrepreneurship training for undergraduates
  Edinburgh pioneering in Europe
• EPIS, ETTC
• Roslin BioCentre managed offices and lab space
• Alba Innovation Centre provides extensive close
  support for commercial growth

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SUPPORTING GROWING BUSINESSES

• Full portfolio of Scottish Executive/ Scottish
  Enterprise programmes covering advice and
  funding, plus
• Flexible property options from small managed
  space up to bespoke design and build
• Science park working environment and community
  plus park manager as champion / enhancing
  connections
• University outreach programmes actively
  encouraging access to expertise, facilities and
  technologies

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Success Stories

• Ingenza
• ICE Robotics
• Viragen
• IndigoVision
• Also
• MTEM
• Wolfson Microelectronics
• And many more who will be in the news in the
  future

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Potential Economic Impacts

• Currently 100 tenants with 3,300 employees
• Sites 217 ha (500 acres) or 2.2km2
• Development plans 500,000m2 (5 million ft2)
• Development investment 500 million
• When completed
• Five-fold increase in employment
• 15,000 on-site employment

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What does Edinburgh Science Triangle offer?

• Access to world class science base
• Critical mass of global local RD based
  companies
• Abundant, highly qualified workforce
• Property ladder from incubators to manufacturing
  and HQ
• State of the art infrastructure and facilities
• Superb quality of life
• Supportive networks and public sector
  organisations

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Edinburgh Science Triangle

• Collaborating To Compete!

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Commercialisation at the University of Edinburgh

• Company Development Framework

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How we exploit and develop inventions?

• Dedicated licensing team
• Company formation team for staff and students
• Company Formation Advisory Panel (includes
  external entrepreneur)
• 53 companies in the last 5 years

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So what are we doing to identify the next great
inventions?

• Business executives based in Schools
• Science and Engineering Team of 12. 10 based
  in 6 of the 7 Schools
• Medicine and Vets 5 based in College and
  Schools
• Humanities 4 execs (incl. dedicated KT team)
• Evaluate inventions, assess patentability
• Commercialisation team decide on exploitation
  strategy (incl. whether to file patents)

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Current Major Initiatives

• 113 m supercomputer HECToR
• 42 m Informatics Forum
• 59 m Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Stem
  Cells, led by Prof. Ian Wilmut)
• 55 m Easter Bush Research Centre (Animal Health)
• Edinburgh BioQuarter (partner Alexandria,
  prestigious US investor)