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EPFL An Innovation Powerhouse at the heart of Europe Christian Nils Schwab Executice Director IFNC JETRO Swiss Open Innovation Seminar July 21, 2020
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EPFL
An InnovationPowerhouse at the heart of Europe
Christian Nils Schwab
Executice DirectorIFNC
JETROSwiss Open Innovation Seminar
July 21, 2020
EPFL’s three missions according to the Federal Act
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Education
Research
Innovation
Campus
▪ 11,449 students, of whom 2,199 PhD students
▪ 344 faculty
▪ 6,134 staff (incl. PhD)
Structure
▪ 5 Schools (13 study prog. leading to an MSc)
▪ 2 Colleges
▪ 20 Institutes
▪ 44 research centers
▪ 371 laboratories
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EPFL today
EPFL 2019 highlights:
InnovationKPI 2019
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132Inventions
98Patents filed
23New spin-offs
285.811Start-up in top 20
MCHF Venture Capital
(26% of total VC invested in CH)
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EPFL campus
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Robotics, Discovery Learning
Labs
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Rolex Learning CenterStudent Housing
(Les Arcades)
SwissTech
Convention
Center
Artlab
Extension
EPFL Innovation Park2
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2 Sports Center
Extension
Interactions
Proximity
Valuable Mix of Industries @ the Innovation Park
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - FINANCE - COMPUTING
HEALTH - NUTRITION
ENGINEERING - TRANSPORT - MATERIALS
✓ 25 Industrial hubs
✓ 120 start-ups
✓ 75 venture projects in
incubators
May 2020
At the Heart of a unique Ecosystem
International Rankings 8
2020
14th
Source: The World's Most Innovative Universities 2018, Reuters
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EPFL moved up from
place 19 in the
European Patent
Office Annual Report
IntegrativeFood & Nutrition Centre
Christian Nils Schwab
Executive DirectorIFNC
JETROSwiss Open Innovation Seminar
July 21, 2020
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Sustainable Packaging
Major Complex Challenge
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Digitalization of Food Systems
Precision Nutrition
Healthy ageing
Key Strategic Areas of Expertise
Typical collaboration & funding formats11
300kCHF
to 1 MCHF
Research
project
single-lab
collaboration
1-3 years
Framework
Program
multi-lab
collaboration
1-5 years
1 to 5 MCHF
5 to 10 MCHF
Named Chair
position for
junior or senior
faculty
6-10 years
> 10 MCHF
Long-term
visionary
program
e.g.
interdisciplinary
centre
Discovery
e.g. MSc Thesis
<1 year
50-100 kCHF
