CEI July2012 English

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Chile:an Innovation Hub in Latinamerica

2nd Call for:

International Centers of Excellencein R&D and Tech Transfer


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CORFO: Chilean Economic Development Agency

Mission - Vision

Miss ion

To promoteentrepreneurship andinnovation in order to

improve Chiles productivityand achieve a position of

2

INNOVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITIVENESS

global leadership incompetitiveness.


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CHILE: Innovation Hub of Latinamerica


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Chiles Next Growth Phase(2010-2030)

Gobierno de Chile | Corfo - Chilean Economic Development Agency


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Sustainable

Growth

Increased

Productivity Gains

How are we getting there?

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Science &Education

Innovation &Entrepreneurship


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Where is Chile going to add value?

Sustainable andCompetitive Natural

Resources

NaturalCollaborative

6Gobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFOGobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFO

(Astronomy, MarineBio & Energy,

Seismic/Geo Studies,Antarctica,

Dessert/Solar, etc)

Agriculture and FoodIndustries

HorizontalTechs

(Biotech, ICT, GreenTech, etc)


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Human Capital: Undergraduate Enrollment

Average yearlygrowth rate of8% 2001-11

Source: Ministry of Education


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National PotsGrad Enrollment

Number of Enrolled PostGrad Students

Increased x4in 10 years

Source: Ministry of Education


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Postgrad students starting their programmes per year

341 349

499

PhDs

455

536

632Masters

Human Capital: Government Scholarships - Flow

2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011

Source: Conicyt


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Academic Indicators

2 out of Top 5 Latinamerican Universities (QS Ranking)

Highest Citation Index in Latinamerica (12,69) -- SciMago Lab

Ranks N1 (Latam) in publications per million inhabitants(373) -- SciMago Lab

But as you can see in the next slide, low overall spending onR&D (and very low private investment withi


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OEDC Countries: GERD as a % of GDP

1 8

2,3

EU27United Kingdom

BelgiumCanada

Australia (2006)FranceOECD

GermanyDenmark

AustriaUnited States

IcelandSwitzerland (2004)

JapanFinland

KoreaSweden

Israel

Low R&D Investment as a % of GDP

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0,4

0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,5 5,0

Chile (2008)Mexico (2005)

Slovak RepublicGreecePolandTurkeySouth Africa (2005)

HungaryRussian Federation

Italy (2006)Estonia

PortugalNew Zealand

SpainIrelandChina

SloveniaCzech Republic

Luxembourg

NorwayNet eran s

Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI), OECD 2010. Encuesta de Innovacin e I+D 2007

2008. Divisin de Innovacin, Ministerio de Economa.


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Startup Genome: World Top StartupEcosystem Ranking

Startup Genome: World Top StartupEcosystem Ranking

CHILE: Growing Tech Entrepreneurship Hub

1 Silicon Valley2 New York City

3 London

4 Toronto

5 Tel Aviv

6 Los Angeles

7 Singapore

8 Sao Paulo

9 Bangalore

Source: TechCrunch

10 Moscow11 Paris

12 Santiago

13 Seattle

14 Madrid

15 Chicago

16 Vancouver

17 Berlin

18 Boston

19 Austin

20 Mumbai


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Chile:

Stable and attractive country for living and investing

In relative terms, Chile has a large pool of highly skilled post

grads and professionals Innovation & applied R&D key elements of Chilean strategy to

become a developed country by 2020

Chile is becoming an Innovation Hub in Latinamerica

Key Points

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International Centers of Excellence (ICE) in R&D and TechTransfer:

1st Round 2009-11 attracted 4: Fraunhofer (GER), CSIRO(AUS), INRIA (FRA) and U. Wageningen (NDL)

2nd Round 2012-13: 6-10 new ICE (institutional andcorporate)

Between USD8-13m matching grant in 4-8 years(USD1,6-2m per year)


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International Centers ofExcellence

Gobierno de Chile | Corfo - Chilean Economic Development Agency


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Program to Attract International Centers

of Excellence (ICE) in ChileProgram is designed to facilitate the installation of International Centers

of Excellence (ICE) in R&D and Tech Transfer in Chile:

To help the local ecosystem develop science-business interaction, techinnovation capacities and a tech transfer culture

Establishing and promoting the development of local skills, through the

hiring of local talent, alliances with Chilean technological and scientific

researc cen ers, as we as e ean n us r es.

Focused in generating results, new knowledge and technological

breakthroughs

To create and maintain new capacities and infrastructure in applied

research and tech development

Grow operations significantly in time!


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Fraunhoffer-Chile

R&D being performed for morethan a year, more than 75 peoplecontributing to projects, extrafunding leveraged, signing ofadditional research contract withindustr amon others

CSIRO-Chile

Centre launched, staff hired, andstarting R&D activities in Santiagoand Antofagasta. Closed fundingfrom 5 major Mining companies.

First round A success! 2009-11

INRIA-Chile

Has become a Chilean legal entityand was formally launched asCIRIC in June 2012. Introducingnew activities with ALMA(Astronomy)

Wageningen-Chile.

Closing new funding with majorfood players. Officially launched inJuly 2012.


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Program to Attract International Centres ofExcellence 2.0 New Round!

This 2nd Call will not have ex-ante sector or industry prioritiesin place.

Proposals tackling high impact areas for Chiles economy (oreven with the potential of creating new industries and leverageregional platforms) will be valued better off

Proposals may leverage additional regional funds within the

country Projects should contribute to position Chile as an innovation

hub within Latam


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Institutional Track - Funding Model

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

Stage name Set up Operation Consolidation

Maximum time length 3 years 3 years 2 years

Average subsidy per year US$ 2 m US$ 1,6 m US$ 1,0 m

stageUS$ 6,0 m US$ 4,8 m US$ 2,0 m

% of financial contribution

of the ICE or ICE Chile

>50% ofInnova Subsidy

>87,5% ofInnova Subsidy


% of non financial

contribution of ICE, ICE

Chile, and associates


>62,5% ofInnova Subsidy



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Corporate Track - Funding Model

Stage 1

Stage name Set up

Maximum time length 4 years

,

Maximum total subsidy per stage US$ 8,0 m

% of financial contribution of the

ICE or ICE Chile

>200% of InnovaSubsidy


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Next steps

Reference terms to be published Aug-Sep 2012

You will be invited to attend a seminar in Chile with local

universities and industry (Date TBD, likely Oct-Nov 2012) Understanding of national and regional challenges

Matching rounds will be organized

Institutional ICE 2.0 will have roughly 6 months to presentproposals (Feb-Mar 2013)

Corporate ICE 2.0 will be evaluated on a first come first

served basis

Program is expected to support between 6-10 projects (bothinstitutional and corporate)


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