PARQUE CIENTÍFICO MURCIA
UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY:
A KEY LINK TOWARDS REGIONAL GROWTH
Presentation:
“The Murcia Science Park model”
Francisco Vidal
Managing Director
PARQUE CIENTÍFICO MURCIA
MURCIA SCIENCE PARK FOUNDATION
PRESIDENT
Sr. D. Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso
President of Murcia Region
VICE PRESIDENT
Sr. D. Miguel Ángel Cámara Botía
Murcia City Mayor
BOARD:
-Ms Inmaculada García
-Mr Félix Faura Mateu
Regional Ministry of Economy, Enterprise and Inno Cartagena Polytechnic University
-Mr José Ramón Medina Precioso
-Mr Jose Antonio Cobacho Gómez
Regional Ministry of Education, Science and R&D Murcia University Chancellor
-Mr Benito Mercader León
-Mr Alberto Barba Navarro
Regional Ministry of Sustainable Development
Murcia City Council
-Mr Clemente García García
-Mr Fernando Berberena Loperena
Murcia City Council
Murcia City Council
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ORGANIZATION CHART
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr Francisco Vidal
GENERAL SECRETARY
Ms Encarnación Muñoz
KNOWLEDGE
-Detection
-Researchers Relations
-Knowledge Services
Catalogue
-Research
Organization Chart
NEW
ENTERPRISES
-Spin Off Detection
-Request
-Relation with
Investor
-University Transfer
Units
-Local Development
Agency
ADMINISTRATION &
SUPPORT
-Administration
-Budgets &
Control
-Enterprise
support
-Service Unit
- Institutional
relations
-Legal Advisory
FACILITIES
-State Development
-Installation Projects
-Maintenance
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SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY REGIONAL STRUCTURE
LOCAL GOVERMENT
SENECA
FOUNDATION
UNDEMUR
Regional
Ministries
MURCIA
EMPRENDE
INFO
INTEGRA
FOUNDATION
TECHNOLOGY
CENTERS
MSP
IMIDA
FATP
OTRI
CEBAS-CSIC
IEO-COM
IEA
TRADE UNION
MURCIA.BIC
CTG.BIC
FUE
CHAMBERS
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TARGETS
 Increase the number of innovative and technological based
companies.
 Stimulate the regional companies to get modernized and to
incorporate R+D process as well as innovation.
 Look for entrepreneurs to create companies based on
scientific and technological knowledge.
 Promote and support all the R+D activities in Murcia, as well
as the R+D and innovation values for the future of regional
growth
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What we want to do?
 Existing companies:
- To promote the use of R+D as key for the future.
- To show them the R+D capabilities in Murcia.
 New companies:
- To find entrepreneurs willing to create new technology
based companies (doctors and students)
- To attract prescriptors of new projects to invest in the
Murcia Science Park
 Society:
- To generate a new clima for innovation, creating a new
feeling about R+D and researchers work values.
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University – Industry Link Roles
Public Administration
Industry
University
M.S.P.F.
 The first role of the MSP is to improve the link between
Industry and University. The leadership of this activity must be
done from the Industry.
 The companies are responsible of the comercial targets and
the evaluation of the market as well as the schedules for new
products but they can´t do without the knowledge from the
university and the work of the researchers.
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Lessons learned
University – Industry Link Roles
 Different speeds and schedules.
 Different targets, evaluations and requirements (economic
result vs knowledge).
 Historical different cultures, bad approaches between them.
 Science offer not clear or available for use outside the R&D
organization. Difficulties to share activities in and out the
university.
 Very different performances from the researches with no
management over them.
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Actions to improve the Link
To create companies
Offer space and external services
for the new plants.
To Improve R+D
 Special facilities (Supercomputing
Center).
 Relation with financial agents (PE,
VC, SC, …).
 Regional Innovation Catalogue.
 Management support (External
Management, Senior Executives).
Looking for entrepreneurs
Conferences
and
events
(Entrepreneurs Day).
 Entrepreneurs competition.
BIC (Murcia, Cartagena).
 Laboratories, Facilities and R+D
subcontracting Catalogue.
Society
 Open days, International examples.
 Conferences introducing the R&D
social value.
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Our Added Value
Two public universities not overlapping themselves.
 Good “population pyramid”.
 Good social and labour relation.
 Good comunications
Mediterranean-Africa.
and
strategic
situation
Europe-
 Joint efforts from the Regional Administration. University and
Industry working together around the M.S.P.F.
We want to make innovation easier to generate future, staying
next to the companies with commitment and compromise in
their success.
PARQUE CIENTÍFICO MURCIA
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION ¡¡
MURCIA SCIENCE PARK
Torre Godoy, c/Central 13, 7º A
30100 Espinardo (Murcia)
fvidal@parquecientificomurcia.es
www.parquecientificomurcia.es