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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

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EPFL’s three missions according to the Federal Act

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Education

Research

Innovation

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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

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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

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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

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May 2020

At the Heart of a unique Ecosystem

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International Rankings 8

2020

14th

Source: The World's Most Innovative Universities 2018, Reuters

12th

EPFL moved up from

place 19 in the

European Patent

Office Annual Report

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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

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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

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Thankyou

Christian Nils Schwab

[email protected]