North West Regional Science Park (NWRSP) Sarah Kelly Northern
Ireland Science Park Slide 2 10 year framework for economic &
social renewal One Plan. Fort George (14 acres / 6 hectares) a
former military base. Outline planning permission by December 2012.
Location for $50 Million transatlantic telecomms hub (Project
Kelvin). Knowledge corridor linking University of Ulster &
Letterkenny Institute of Technology. Location for North West
Regional Science Park. Prime mixed use development opportunity on a
gateway waterfront site. Strategic Location Derry~Londonderry Slide
3 Mix use residential/ office with commercial on ground floor
Knowledge Hub Multi-storey car park Mix used office / Light
Industrial Strategic Location at Fort George Slide 4 North West
Regional Science Park third generation Science Park at Fort George
Derry~Londonderry 50k sq ft (gross) & 20k sq ft (gross) LYIT.
submitted for $18m funding to Special EU Programmes Body (European
Unions INTERREG IVA programme). Partners: Northern Ireland Science
Park Ltd (NISP), Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) and
North West Region Cross Border Group (NWRCBG). Outcome
proportionate to NISP success to date circa $4m to $5.7m pa net GDP
and circa 300. Slide 5 Impact of a Science Park A Science Park is
an economic catalyst to drive the Knowledge Economy (eg Silicon
Valley). Growing the Knowledge Economy: 1.Knowledge (Research &
IP) 2.Risk Capital (all stages, Angels to IPO) 3.Well coupled
business professionals (accountants, lawyers, bankers)
4.Independent Facilitators (the Science Park) Slide 6 Innovation
Eco-system Education//networking: Springboard; Frameworks; 25K
Awards Enterprise Forum; Frontiers in STEM; IP exchange;
Co-Founders US-NI Mentorship programme; Generation-Innovation
Investor Readiness//Access to $$: Entrepreneur In Residence;
Springboard; Halo*; VC Forum Independent Research: NI Knowledge
Economy Index (the where we are now report) Support to Department
of Enterprise Trade & Investment (MATRIX: NIs Science-Industry
panel; Technology Strategy Board; EU) Network Enabler: Learned
societies (Institute of Physics; Royal Society of Engineering;),
Education; Research (Universities and Colleges) *Affiliated
business angel network pro bono programmes Slide 7 Shipyard to
Titanic Quarter from dereliction to Knowledge Economy Titanic
Belfast Hollywood in Belfast Slide 8 NI Science Park 2003-2012 ECIT
Queens University Slide 9 Slide 10 NI Science Park 2012 Outcomes to
date Adding $130m+ gross pa GDP by playing host to 2000 staff in
110 companies, 210,000 sq ft; Facilitating circa $16m risk capital
pa; Mobilising 1000 business volunteers & 110 Business Angels
to help 800 new starts; Refreshing NI companies with ideas; &
Showcasing to 100+ School visits & 60,000 visitors pa. Slide 11
Artists impression replicate NISP and capitalise on the nerd gene;
increase opportunities to attract local and returning STEM
graduates; attract R&D divisions of large corporates; increase
interest and investment from the global investment community. NWRSP
- Economic Catalyst Slide 12 Knowledge Economy Ambitions Source:
Knowledge Economy Index Baseline Report 2011 Oxford Economics North
West Regional Science Park Slide 13 Contact Details Sarah Kelly
Northern Ireland Science Park [email protected] o|+44 (0) 28
9073 7800 c|+44 (0) 7905 33 9508
