Welcome Address

Edinburghs contribution to Excellence in Innovation

across Europe

Jim McFarlane, Chief Executive

Scottish Enterprise, Edinburgh and Lothian

Edinburghs Contribution to Excellence in

Innovation

Welcome address
Jim McFarlane
Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian
(SEEL)

Presentation Outline

SEEL & Edinburgh Region Economy

Our Strategic Objectives
Our Approach to Innovation:

- Industry Sector example (Micro & Opto Electronics)

- Infrastructure & Marketing (Edinburgh Science
Triangle)
- Our Support for Companies (Ocean Power Delivery)

START Network Partners

Edinburgh - Internationalisation
of Innovative companies
Vienna - Spin-outs from research
institutes
Hamburg - Training Programmes
for Entrepreneurs
Veneto - Pre-seed funding
Copenhagen Spin outs from
Life Sciences and ICT

SEEL & Edinburgh Region Economy

Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian

12 Local Enterprise Companies

(LECs) within Scottish Enterprise

One of the largest LECs in

Scottish Enterprise network

Principal Economic development

agency in Edinburgh and Lothians

2005/06 SEEL Budget and Staff

Growing Businesses

13.532m

Global Connections 22.251m

Skills and Learning 11.903m
100 FTE staff
National Responsibility for :
Micro & Opto Electronics
Financial Services
Life Sciences (part)

Overview of Edinburgh City Region Economy (1)

Population 1.5m and forecast to increase

Key sectors: financial services, life sciences, MOET,

tourism, higher education, chemicals, energy, textiles

Performing more strongly that Scottish economy as a

whole, eg GVA per head, rate of business start-ups,
economic participation, skill levels

Overview of Edinburgh City Region Economy (2)

15% of Scotlands Population

Generates 21% of Scotlands Productivity (2004)

30% of growth in number of firms between 2000-2003

Contributed almost 28,000 net new jobs in Scotland since 2000 (36%)

In 2004, 40% of Deloittes Scotland Fast 50 were based in

Edinburgh region, up from 38% in 2003

30% of Scotland Life Science activity (155 companies)

Scottish Enterprise - Strategic Objectives

A Smart, Successful Scotland

Stimulate a strong Scottish economy through:Growing Businesses
Taking forward entrepreneurial dynamism and research &
development to deliver innovative companies growing in scale.
Global Connections
Taking forward aspects of physical and electronic infrastructure,
together with building the global connections of Scottish businesses
to create world class locations, part of Europe and connected to
the global economy.
Learning and Skills
Developing skills to make best use of our human capital and
to prepare for tomorrows labour market.

Our Approach To Innovation

Micro & Opto Electronics Cluster

Scotland has an open innovation system

An open innovation system is the set of
Interrelated organisations joined together by
the opportunities and incentives that exist to bring
something new and better to the market.
Science & Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014:
Annex A The Economic Case for Investment in Science and Research

Innovative companies utilise the system

The Micro & Opto Electronics Cluster

Scotland has a tradition of creativity, excelling as a centre for

research, development, design and high value manufacturing
The cluster has:
- 270 cluster companies, 380 principle academics
- 150 research groups, 14 centres for technology transfer

Indigenous Companies
- Intense, Wolfson Microelectronics, Photonic Materials, Critical Blue, Linn,
Axeon, Nallatech and Optos

Large Multinationals
- Selex (was BAE Systems), Motorola, Xilinx, Polaroid, ST Microelectronics,
National Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor and Thales.

Micro & Opto Cluster Background (2003/2004 data)

Organisations People

Total Cluster 270

23,595

By Primary Company Activity

Design
Manufacturing
Supply
113

83
6,617
48 12,186
4,792

1.7 billion Gross Value Added to the Scottish Economy

Scottish Enterprise Strategic Market Focus
- Automotive, Comms, Defence & Security, Medical
Technology, and Renewables

Strategic Direction - The Markets

Automotive
Comms
Medical
Renewables
Security & Defence

Strategic Direction - The Technologies

Semiconductors (organic and inorganic)

M(O)EMS & Micro-technology

Displays

Lasers

Imaging and Sensing

Reconfigurable Computing

Digital & Analogue Design

Optical Communications & Information Handling

Vision
To grow competitive and sustainable industries
utilising microelectronics and optoelectronics
technologies based on innovation, which enhance
and exploit the research, design and development
capabilities of businesses, research institutes and
universities in Scotland.

Networks

ScotlandIS
-

Electronics Scotland
-

knowledge, manufacture and application of Optoelectronics

Scottish Semiconductor Supplier Forum

-

UKs microelectronics industry

Scottish Optoelectronics Association

-

design through to manufacture

National Microelectronics Institute

-

software, interactive media and internet industries

develop the supplier infrastructure

JEMI UK
-

manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, materials and

services for Semiconductor production

RSE Enterprise Fellowships

Micro and Opto Electronics Technologies have supported fellowships

since 1997
In Microelectronics 3 fellowships have created start up companies
- Critical Blue
- Ice Robotics
- Centeo

In Optoelectronics 8 fellowships have created start up companies

including
-

Microemissive Displays
Photonics Materials
Intense
Conjunct

Current portfolio of fellowships include 2 in Optoelectronics and 1 in

Microelectronics
- Further start up company expected to be formed in Autumn 2005

Infrastructure and Marketing

(Edinburgh Science Triangle)

1. Alba Campus
2. Heriot Watt Research Park
3. Edinburgh Technopole
4. Biomcampus
5. Pentlands Science Park
6. Roslin Bio Centre
7. Centre for Biomedical Research

Science Excellence

University of Edinburgh ranked as one of Europes top 10

Combined research turnover for regions institutions over

200 million per annum

Breadth of expertise
-

Medicine and Life Sciences

Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, Communications Technologies
Informatics
Chemical Engineering
Energy

What does Edinburgh Science Triangle offer?

Access to world class science base

Critical mass of global & local R&D based companies

Abundant, highly qualified workforce

Property ladder from incubators to manufacturing and HQ

State of the art infrastructure and facilities

Superb quality of life

Supportive networks and public sector organisations

Centre for Biomedical Research - Project Objectives

Help to position Edinburgh as one of the worlds top ten centres

for biomedical investment
- With BioSquare (Boston), Mission Bay (San Francisco), Biopolis
(Singapore), Kobe (Japan)

Attract world-class life science companies, act as a magnet to

attract & retain the best scientists, clinicians and researchers
Support a step-change in commercialisation performance
- Support the development of ideas from research lab to market
readiness

Support growth of existing companies, attract new ones

Create over 6000 high-value jobs
GDP benefit of over 400m pa by 2013

Edinburghs Centre for Biomedical Research

CBR: Key Components

A 1bn public/private investment

- Over 600m already invested

Global location for bioscience research, education and

healthcare
Centre for collaborative projects
Core components
- New 870 bed teaching hospital
- University of Edinburgh Research Institutes and Medical
School
- Flexible multi-user space : incubator and multi-occupancy
- Sites for single-user investment
- Over 50,000m2 of academic research space
- 80,000m2 of commercial space

CBR: Research Strengths

Scotlands

biggest concentration of research expertise

- 3 of Scotlands top 4 (and 5 of top 10) high impact Life Scientists based in
University of Edinburgh1
Research

Cardiovascular science
Reproductive biology
Inflammatory cell biology
Infectious diseases
Neuroscience
Stem cells
Advanced imaging

Potential

strengths

commercial tenants will also be attracted by access to:

first class clinical research facilities

clinical trials protocols and management infrastructure
pre-clinical biosafety testing facilities (BRR)
a wide range of scientific resources

SEEL Support for Companies

(Ocean Power Delivery)

Edinburghs Contribution to Excellence in

Innovation

Welcome address
Jim McFarlane
Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian
(SEEL)