Swiss Innovation Park
"Switzerland Innovation", the Swiss Innovation Park (German: Schweizerischer Innovationspark, French: Parc suisse d'innovation), organised through the Switzerland Innovation Foundation is the Swiss national network of science parks.[1]
One branch of the Swiss Innovation Park is located on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, at the shores of Lake Geneva.
It was inaugurated by Johann Schneider-Ammann on 18 January 2015 and will be organised around five locations:[1]
- Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area (in Allschwil);
- Switzerland Innovation Park innovaare (near the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen);
- Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich (on areas of the Dübendorf Air Base);
- Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne;
- Switzerland Innovation Park Network West EPFL ("Romandy hub"):
- Innovation park of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Biopôle in Épalinges;
- "Microcity" in Neuchâtel;
- "Energypolis" in Sion;
- "Bluefactory" in Fribourg;
- Campus Biotech in Geneva.
Company involvement
Various companies and organisations are based at Swiss Innovation Park locations, ranging from startups to multinational organisations.
Switzerland Innovation Park Network West EPFL
Buildings at the EPFL Innovation Park campus in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Over 200 companies are listed as resident at the EPFL campuses in Lausanne and Geneva (Campus Biotech)[2]. These include:
- Camptocamp SA - open source software solutions startup.
- Cisco Systems - global communications and information technology product and service provider.
- DistalMotion SA - startup developing devices for minimally-invasive surgery.
- High Lantern Group - consulting firm dealing in strategic positioning.
- Intel - multinational semiconductor chip manufacturer.
- Iprova Sàrl - a Swiss startup specialising in Computer-Accelerated Invention.
- Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences - part of Nestlé's research and development section, specialising in biomedical research.
- Scantrust SA - a product authentication and traceability company.
- Signals Analytics - data analytics company with its own proprietary software, Signals PlaybookTM.
- Sophia Genetics SA - Swiss medical bioinformatics startup.
- Texas Instruments ITC - semiconductor and integrated circuit manufacturer.
References
- "Factsheet" (PDF) (in German). Switzerland Innovation. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- "Innovation Park". www.epfl-innovationpark.ch. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
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