prof. Ivo Orlić: STeP Ri

Slide 1: Science and Technology Park Rijeka STeP Ri Voditelj projekta Prof. dr. sc. Ivo Orlić

Slide 2: Content  Background  Few words about myself ..  STeP Ri General information – why, who, where??  The Aim  Products and Services  Markets  Space Absorption

Slide 3: Physics and business??  Main interest … Physics, astronomy, ..  As scientist started to work at Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb  After obtaining PhD moved with family to Amsterdam (5 yrs), Singapore (9 yrs), Sydney (4 yrs) ..  After 25 yrs of hard work in the extended kindergarden …  It was time for change … purchased Grand Soleil 46 (14 m) yacht .. Named her FIU and I was ..  GONE SAILING !!

Slide 4: STeP Ri … General info Why??  To ccommercialize intellectual property generated at the university faculties and R&D departments,  direct the future R&D toward the projects with the high level of commercial viability.   IP protection and technology transfer from university to business sector through: ◦ formation and incubation of new companies, ◦ technology licensing to established businesses, ◦ networking with similar institutions nationally and internationally and ensuring access to existing small and medium size companies to university research and high technology laboratories.

Slide 5:  New STeP Ri logo – symbolising synergy between scinece and enterpreneurship

Slide 6: General information Where, how?  within a new University Campus (a former military complex) in Trsat, one of the most attractive suburbs of Rijeka.  The originator of the initiative is the University of Rijeka, which will be the majority owner.  City of Rijeka and County Primorsko Goranska will enter in equity as minority co-owners.  The STeP Ri will be established under Croatian Company Law as a limited liability company (d.o.o.).  Main investor: University (MZOŠ) and WB

Slide 8: Products and services  The range of products and services offered will evolve around three programs: ◦ IP transfer and protection, ◦ licensing and ◦ incubation.  range of professional services (business advise, marketing, grant application, etc.) and training programs will be offered to the STeP tenants and outside associates on demand.  Tenants will receive individual and shared services. Various pre-incubating services will be offered to the researchers and university students.

Slide 9: Markets  up-stream target markets are ◦ faculties, ◦ researchers and students as potential technology providers.  Downstream markets are ◦ spin-off candidates and ◦ small and medium size regional companies.

Slide 10: Markets Different arrangement are envisaged in this area:  Technology licensing program, particularly in the field of biomedicine we’ll be aiming at big national and international companies.  joint venture, collaborations, joint R&D project etc.  provide incentives to encourage R&D, support for innovative products development,  develop willingness to collaborate with academia,  encourage culture for life-long learning,  encourage mobility of the work force from academia to business and vice versa. …

Slide 11: Space Absorption  Ex military campus  27 hectares of land area  Two buildigs will be renovated: ◦ Academy of applied arts and ◦ STeP Ri

Slide 15: maketa Sveučilišnog kampusa u Rijeci

Slide 17: ... da će se ova stara vojnička zgrada za par godina transformirati u Current state of the STePinovacijsko-razvojni Centar building, north elevation koji će zajedno sa Sveučilišnim Kampusom biti ponos Grada i Hrvatske!

Slide 18: Current state of the STeP building, South

Slide 19: STeP Space absorption

Slide 20: Space Absorption  Ground floor – workshops, classrooms, possibly interactive science museum,  I floor, the incubator - open space incubator, and offices for mature SMEs,  II floor, common TT services –STeP management and external consultants to provide TT services: business advice and business plan writing, accounting, IPR protection, marketing, public relations, etc.  III floor - Hi-tech incubator, Bio-tech laboratories and research offices. This is specialist area tailored to provide to tenants the infrastructure typical for hi-tech bio- laboratories.

Slide 21: Before ..

Slide 22: And After ..??

Slide 23: New Face-lift of the STeP building ?

Slide 24: Ground Floor – interactive science museum popularisation of scinece and technology, innovativenes, for all ages. Space – approx 500 m2 plus surrounding garden

Slide 25: I floor - Incubator: main focus - IT, renuable energy sources, bio-tech, …

Slide 26: Concepts – Space – open plan work – open to all good ideas

Slide 27: II floor – sharred services: reception, management, IPR protection, marketing, business advice,,, meeting rooms, lecture theatars,,,

Slide 28: III floor– bio-tech laboratories

Slide 29: Roof top – for now only a vision – testing ground for ‘green’ technologies, energy efficient buildings - VIP apartments, restaurants, sport facilities, …

Slide 30: Thank you for your attention Contacts: Ivo Orlić, ivo.orlic@uniri.hr