RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN DENMARK KOREA DENMARK RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

DENMARK IS A EUROPEAN INNOVATION LEADER

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Denmark ranks second on the European Innovation Scoreboard

Parameters include

• Human resources

• Research

• Intellectual assets

Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

DENMARK PRODUCES HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH

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Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech

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ITSR&D INVESTMENTS

2012 2013 2014

Natural Sciences total 3 700 3 993 4 330

Technical Sciences total 2 951 3 136 3 318

Health Services total 6 930 7 834 8 206

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1 254 1 095 1 313

Social Sciences total 3 092 3 347 3 596

Humanities total 1 523 1 607 1 633

• Medical and health sciences is by far the most

prioritized area in Denmark, with more than 1/3 of

all public investments

• Natural sciences is the second most highly

prioritized field for R&D investments

• Research intensive business sectors in Denmark are

pharma and biotech industries, medtech,

cleantech, food agriculture & ICT

Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

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ITSACHIEVEMENTS IN CLINICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

• Measured per capita, Denmark is one of the countries where most clinical trials are conducted in 2015

• The export of pharmaceutical products currently (2015) constitutes 13,5 % of Denmark’s total exports. The equivalent percentage in 2000 was 6 %

• The pharmaceutical industry is one of Denmark’s most productive sectors with a productivity that measured on the value added per employee is approximately 2.6 times as large as the business community as a whole

• Every year, the pharmaceutical industry invests more than DKK 10,8 bn in research and development of new medicinal products.

• It is approximately 30 % of all private research in Denmark

Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

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ITSCLEANTECH RESEARCH IN DENMARK

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Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

• Denmark has gone from being 99 % dependent on foreign

fossil fuel to being completely energy self-sufficient

• In 2015, 42 per cent of electricity was produced by

renewable sources

• 80 per cent of all offshore wind turbines are made in

Denmark

• World class research and talent pools have provided

excellent innovative and user-centered cleantech solutions

• Developed cleantech into the fastest-growing sector of

Danish exports, with no less than 46 research institutions

ITSDENMARK AND KOREA HAVE INCREASINGCOLLABORATIONS

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Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

ITSDENMARK AND KOREA HAVE INCREASING COLLABORATIONS

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Health56.3%

Engineering32.6%

Natural Sciences

45.5%

Others27.9%

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ITSFUNDING POSSIBILITIES

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Danish share of Horizon 2020 (Euro)

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Joint Korea Denmark funding

• Korea Denmark Mobility program

• JCM in Dec, decide on 2nd call for joint research

Danish research funding

• Innovation Fund Denmark €210 mill.

• Danish Council for Independent Research €160 mill.

• The Danish National Research Foundation €65 mill.

Horizon 2020, Eurostars and EUREKA

Research & Innovation Key Industries Cases Funding

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