Magurele Science Park

Liubliana 15.11.2018

Bucharest-Ilfov Region

Engine of Romanian economy – 27% of GDP

The 76th region of 271 European regions (GDP)

25% of companies located in Romania

More than 50% of Romanian research institutes and business incubators

Center of innovation and research – 22.74% of the active innovative companies in Romania

Contribution to European eco-system of start-ups is high-quality of digital infrastructure and human competencies.

Măgurele

Vision: main Romanian innovation center, smart city that will be a center of fundamental research, bringing together start-ups from high-technology fields. Socio-economic center that will generate development and innovation.

Scientific center in nuclear physics and lasers – the most modern in Romania.

5 national R&D institutes (Nuclear, Laser, Plasma&Space sciences, Material Physics, Optoelectronics and Seismology) and Faculty of Physics form the most important hub of fundamental physics research.

”Horia Hulubei” National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) - 10% of the national scientific output.

ELI-NP - integrated European project, 40 research and educational institutions from 13 countries.

• distributed research infrastructure based on 3 facilities in CZ, HU and RO

• the world’s first international laser research infrastructure, providing

unique science and research opportunities for international users

Built in Măgurele, Romania, the ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility is based on a very high intensity laser system and a very intense, brilliant gamma beam system. Due to the unique combination of these instruments worldwide, ELI-NP will tackle a wide range of research topics in fundamental physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics and also researches towards applications in materials science, life sciences, management of nuclear materials.

ELI-Nuclear Physics Facility

www.eli-np.ro Funding (Structural Funds): 320 M€ approved in Sept. 2012

Projected completion date: 2020 Building: finalized Main equipments: under installation Current staff: ~ 180 Major equipment procured - Laser System (two 10PW lasers) - Gamma System

Technical Design Reports: finalized

Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics

The most advanced research infrastructure in the world -

Research Centre challenging the frontiers of knowledge.

Role: catalyst with an extraordinary efficiency in connecting

national and international research communities with both

academic sector and the industry.

Expectation: to boost excellency and atractivity of the

Romanian research environment at a very high level of

competitiveness at international level.

~ 180 employees:

1/3 Romanians;

1/3 Romanians from abroad;

1/3 foreigners;

over 26 nationalities.

Founding Members

• Ilfov County Council

• ”Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering

• Măgurele Local Council

Partners

• International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation

• Măgurele High – Tech Cluster

• University of Bucharest

• University POLITEHNICA Bucharest

• 5 Research Institutes from Măgurele

• 6 Research institutes from Bucharest

Essential project for the

fulfillment of the regional development

objectives of the Extreme Light

Insfrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)

and for the economic development of the

research results made available by the entire

Măgurele platform

VISION. MISSION. OBJECTIVES

Capitalization of the ELI-NP project and of the research institutes in the adjacent area of MSP, as interested parties/stakeholders of MSP.

Participation to the consolidation of the national system of innovative entrepreneurship.

Attracting and supporting talented people with the purpose of stopping the phenomenon of brain-drain that takes place in Romania.

Contributing to the change/modernization of the urban profile of Măgurele and Bucharest-Ilfov Region.

Supporting the commercialization of the research results and of the spin-off systems built within Universities and Research Institutes as well as creating a relevant culture in this field.

Magurele Science Park

Centre for technological transfer (4800 m2)

Valorization of research results through transferring them into economy

Innovation Center (3200 m2)

Entrepreneurship activities (pre-incubation, incubation etc.)

To provide business development and innovation professional services, designed to enhance the scale and extent of innovation and technology-based business.

Museum of the Future (4000 m2)

To be the binding factor between start-ups, companies and educational environment (engaging youth in science innovation etc.)

Recreation center (300 m2)

Investment: ~31 mil. Euro

Magurele Science Park Specialization

TS1

TS2

TS3

TS4

Advanced Physics and Nuclear Applications/ Extreme Light Infrastructure

•High-quality European Research Infrastructure (ELI-NP & IFIN-HH)

•Significant scientific production and international cooperation in the research field as part of the H2020 program

•The potential of dynamic partners in the field of industrial production

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies

•Significant scientific production and international cooperation in the research field as part of the H2020 program

•Many applications for significant manufacturing industry in the Bucharest-Ilfov Region

•Potential spin-off activity, insufficiently developed

•Significant impact on the regional economic activity (automobile industry, chemical products, paper, furniture, rubber, transport, electronics and optics)

Safe, clean and efficent Energy

•Significant scientific production and international cooperation in the research field as part of the H2020 program

•Strong connections with the auto industry in Romania

•Relevance to major global trends in technology

Information and Communication Technologies and Artificial Intelligence

•Significant scientific production and international cooperation in the research field as part of the H2020 program

•A dinamic ICT community active in multiple fields of activity. ICT as a generating technology

Strengths and challenges

Strengths

Research activity existed at Măgurele (especially ELI-NP)

Partnership framework – research&academia

First initiative nearby Bucharest – attract attention

Bucharest-Ilfov development potential

Public authority strong support

EIB support

Challenges

Connection between research and business

Transport infrastructure

Magurele Science Park State of play and next steps

Feasibility Study - finalized

MSP – affiliated member of IASP

Design MSP concepts/components and partnership framework

Technical documentation

MSP - science park in accordance with the Romanian legislation

Thank you! Dana Mocanu

Executive Director