Science and Technology Destination

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Science and Technology Destination
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Madrid, the Capital of Spain is one of the most
competitive and profitable cities for investors
open and dynamic. Best cities for localizing
busineeses Madrid jumped from rank 17 in 1990
to rank 7 in 2003. According to the European
Cities Monitor Madrid ranks number 3 after Paris
and London in future expansión.
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• Madrid is home to 3 main universities
• Universidad Politécnica
• Universidad Complutense
• Universidad Autónoma
• Madrid is the Headquarters of the National
  Scientific Research Council (CSIC) the first
  institution in Spain in number of patents.
• 40 of its researchers work in labs and research
  centres located within the City.
• Research groups have long and extensive
  relationships with US universities

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Opportunities

• Active business and industrial fabric
• Large multinational corporations
• Vast network of small and medium business with
  industrial tradition
• Advanced services companies
• High HHRR qualification
• Well trained
• Large number of bachelors degrees (21) and
  doctors

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• Madrid is a research cluster in Biomedicine and
  according to ISSI Thompson the relative impact of
  its publications make it number 6 in the World.
• The main RD centers are
• Biotecnology National Center
• Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center
• National Oncology Research Center
• Carlos III Healthcare Research Institute
• Ramón y Cajal Neurosience Institute
• Also within the city of Madrid there is an
  extensive network of University Hospitals

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• Madrid also hosts Spains top Agro food reserch
  centers and in this field, despite being an urban
  city, the quality and impact of its RD is
  excellent.
• 20 of all RD expenditure in Madrid is in this
  field
• Some breakthrough technologies in animal disease
  control, specially virology have come from
  research groups located in Madrid.

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The City of Madrid is specially concerned with
environmental protection and hosts reserch
centers dedicated to RD in water resources,
alternative energies and sustainable urban
development. The National Cathalisis Research
Institute is specially active in Fuel Cell
technology. The Politecnica University together
with the company Gamesa has contributed with some
key advances in Eolic Energy.
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Physics, Material Science and Nanotechnology are
areas of special interest for our research groups
and for companies working on new products based
on this new technological frontier. Madrid has
one of the top RD centers in Europe in Nuclear
Physics and Energy Research CIEMAT. Several
research centres are working together towards
creating a world class Nanotechnology Institute
in Madrid.
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Madrids New Position

• New City Model
• - Attractive, innovative, creative, cosmopolitan
  habitable
• Strategic Turn
• - New Economic Model (more dynamic and
  sustainable)
• - Promote knowledge based economic and social
  activities.
• - Support emerging industrial sectors.
• - Build first class business and industrial
  infrastructures.
• - Promote Madrids image outside. Let our City
  be known

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Madrids TECH PARK

• Turn Madrid intro an attraction pole for foreign
  tech-based capital
• Offer top level technological equipment and
  infrastructure
• Support local RD initiatives
• Promote entrepreneurship based on the strong
  knowledge capabilities
• North-South rebalance

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• Space to share and spread Knowledge
• Business Incubator
• Hotels, Commercial, Social and Sport areas
• Tech Centers with common ID equipment,
  Conference center, showrooms, (in particular)

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BiotechCentre (BIO)

• Biotech IDi Common Services
• Tech Development Areas
• Virology y microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Genomic y Proteomic
• Enzymes and cultures
• Industry Sectors
• Pharmaceutical
• Biomedicine
• Agrofood
• Energy Environment
• Innovation Unit

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NanotechCentre (MAT)

• NanoTech IDi Common Services
• Tech Development Areas
• Science and Technology of materials
• Structural Description
• Surfaces
• New Materials
• NanoTechnology
• Industry Sectors
• Electronics
• Transport
• Aerospace
• Energy
• Construction
• Automobile industry
• Innovation Unit

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Bussines Development Center (BUC)

• Technology Based Business Incubator
• Assistants, Secretaries,
• Incubation nests (Labs, Offices, LabOffice)
• Entrepreneur Sponsorship services
• Entrepreneur Aid Services
• Legal advisors
• Strategic Consultancy
• Intellectual property
• Business Angels network
• Etc.
• Innovation promotion and Technology Transfer Unit

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• Influence upon its environment

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madridEmprende Economic Development Agency Madrid
City Council Gran Vía 24 28013 Madrid SPAIN Tel
(34) 91 588 8479 Fax [phone]
4963 madridemprende_at_munuimadrid.es www.esmadrid.es