Presented by:

Prof. Vassilios Makios [[v.makios@corallia.org]]General Manager

Mechanisms & Support Measures than can be built within the structural funds to support innovation & clusters Corallia: an innovation catalyst in Greece

[Corallia]Mission

= Innovation Catalyst

Structural Funds & Measures through the example of the mi-cluster

[policy framework]Economic exploitation of talent and new ideasNot just industry and big firms with R&D but also

services, competitive research and open innovation

mi-Cluster: key characteristics

mi-Cluster : expansion (2006 – 2008)

• Reached critical mass in 2006

• mi-Cluster Members::

• some figures [[F/Y 2008F/Y 2008]]::

[2006] 13 companies[2006] 13 companies

[policy design]Absorption mechanism based on regional

potentialMatching business demand with RTD supplyIntroduction of Indicators to measure policy

impact

mi-cluster: todayPatras

Thessaloniki

Athens

Greece

• >130 actors including industry (SMEs), academia, research, financial institutions, public actors, buyers & suppliers

• Main geographical concentration in Athens (74), South Greece – Patras (27) & Northern Greece – Thessaloniki (10)

“Innovation Made In Greece”products & technologies

•mi-Cluster members have developed products, which are currently sold in the global market•Analog/MS/RF/Digital IP and ASIC design•Embedded software•System design•EDA tools NG Residential

gateways: Ethernet Switch, ADSL2/2+, SoftPBX, USB2.0, WiFi a/b/g/e, SD Flash Card UWB, GPON, VDSL, HDTV

Integrated flow and acceleration sensors

On-Board cameras

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools

Integrated video codersMPEG 4-10/AVC or

H.264

Single-chip transceivers for wireless data: WiFi, WiMax

Integrated transceivers of DECT wireless telephony

Integrated circuits for Gbit Ethernet and wireless (GSM, 3G, WiFi, WiMax) comms

Analog, Mixed-signal and RF integrated circuits

Integrated PCMCIA systems for wireless laptop access

mi-Cluster: the Big Picture indicators [through to 2015]

Boost entrepreneurship, Boost entrepreneurship, competition & employmentcompetition & employment

• > 100 industrial members with strong R&D based in Greece• >1 patent application per 10 researchers annually• > 4,000 jobs for highly specialised engineers• Steady partnerships with private investors & VC’s

Cluster collaboration Cluster collaboration activities / promotion of activities / promotion of

state-of-the-art R&Dstate-of-the-art R&D

• Industry – Industry & Industry – Academia Cooperative R&D projects• Events: Career Days | Professional orientation Forums | Roadshows,

events and meetings in Europe & US aiming to attract young talented human capital from Greece [repatriation of scientists]

• Industry – Academia cooperation for the design of specialised Curricula – targeted to meet the current needs of the market

Regional SpreadRegional Spread

• Critical mass and greater geographical concentration in the areas of clusters, capable to compete globally

• Infrastructure development (similarly to the Microelectronics Innovation Center in Athens) to act as a facilitating hub for:

• business relationships• common research activities• collaborations

among entrepreneurs and investors in selected areas that demonstrate adequate concentration

[role of the policy maker-public sector]Provision of leadership & visionVCs, Business Angels & soft loans guarantee

financial engineering may be better than grants – thus, be reinforced

Vision

Target

mi-Cluster: investments

• mi-Cluster companies backed by Private Investors or Multinational companies established abroad:

• More than €30Μ from private investors over the last 10 years

• Over €80Μ investment of multinationals, directly for the development of design centers operating in Greece (Sitel, Nanoradio, Bytemobile)

• Recent acquisition of Elxys Innovations by Ceragon, Blind Type by Google, Athena Semi by Broadcom