SPACE CLUSTER INITIATIVE LATVIA TALLINN

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1 SPACE CLUSTER INITIATIVE LATVIA TALLINN

2 Preparation, pilot activities Basic capacity development Development stage Key scientific institutions and companies EU partners: OHB, BU Pilot project Building of nanosatellite AIS State image (FDI, orders, partnership, products un services exported) Human resources to science and research Short-term experts attracted Development of space education National funding programmes ERDF: development of scientific infrastructure Space Competence Centre Space Cluster Industry infrastructure in VHTP EU recognized competence, return to economics Integration within ESA National Space Strategy (science, industry, social benefits) Increase of Scientific Institutions Capacity Industry & Science Co-operation Development GOAL: INTEGRATION OF LATVIAN SPACE CAPACITIES INTO THE EUROPE S SPACE MARKET BECOME THE LEADING BALTIC COUNTRY IN SATELLITE ENGINEERING AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

3 TECHNOLOGY PARK BUSINESS INCUBATOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Total operation revenue ,5 keur INFRASTRUCTURE AND (incl. public funds 209,2 keur) ,1 keur (incl. public funds 417,4 keur) SERVICES TO TECHNOLOGY INTENSIVE COMPANIES Foundation date: Area: 30 ha Special economic zone SUPPORT TO NEW COMPANIES WITHIN FIRST OPERATIONAL YEARS Foundation date: Area: 1000 m2 Number of companies: 42 FOUNDERS: VENTSPILS FREEE PORT AUTHORITY, VENTSPILS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, INDUSTRIĀLĀS INVESTĪCIJAS, Ltd., SIEMENS, LETERA, MASOC, ZERNIKE GROUP B.V.

4 SPACE: VHTP ACTIVITIES: PILOT ACTIVITIES IN NANO-SATTELLITE DEVELOPMENT VENTA-1 PILOTPROJECT AIS APPLICATIONS TRAINING OF STUDENTS AND ENGINEERS HUMAN RESOURCES: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SATELLITE CONTROL CENTRE DEVELOPMENT (SIGNAL PROCESSING, MATHEMATIC MODELLING) DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTORAL DEGREE STUDIES IN SPACE IT DEVELOPMENT OF MASTERS DEGREE STUDIES IN ENGINEERING INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH CENTRE INNOVATION CENTRE: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FINE ELECTRONICS AND SMALL/MEDIUM SIZE SPACE PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT OF VIRAC ANTENNAS INFRASTRUCTURE EMC COMPETENCE CENTRE AND PROTOTYPING LABORATORY STRATEGY AND POLICY LATVIAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT SPACE CLUSTER INITIATIVE SPACE WORKING GROUP, FOSTERING ESA COOPERATION AGREEMENT SPACE AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

5 CO-OPERATION PARTNERS WITHIN SPACE ACTIVITIES

6 CLUSTER INITIATIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY for space cluster development 2008 RECOGNIZED AND SURVEYED: 35 companies, 4 NGOs, 12 educational and research institutions and 6 public organisations involved in space activities. DEVELOPED: CO-OPERATION activities for cluster development 2009 CLUSTER STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN(strategic goals and activities) CLUSTER ORGANISATIONAL MODEL (legal form and management)

7 CLUSTER PARNTERS: Areas of operation END USERS APPLICATIONS 12% COMMUNICATION 14% COORPORATIVE SERVICES 15% GROUND SEGMENT 8% ENGINEERING 51% Image processing Ground segment Electronics Optics Software engineerign Telecomunnication Material engineering Civil engineering Integration and verification Robotics and mechanics Aerothermodynaimcs Atmosphere reserach Earth physics Electromagnetics Components supply Electric power systems Project and configuration control management Ecquioment engineering Thermosolation systems System analysis

8 The most active partners of the cluster SIA "Hanzas Elektronika" SIA "Ventspils Elektronikas fabrika" Latvijas Ģeotelpiskās informācijas aģentūra SIA "RD Alfa" LU Astronomijas institūts RTU Materiālu un konstrukciju institūts Elektronikas un datorzinātņu institūts Nodibinājums "VATP" SIA "Karšu izdevniecība Jāņa sēta" SIA "GeoStar" AS "Neomat" SIA "Mērniecības datu centrs" LU Ģeodēzijas un ģeoinformātikas institūts LLU Meža fakultāte AS "Valmieras stikla šķiedra" SIA "HEE Photonic Labs" VAS "Latvijas valsts meži" VeA Inženierpētniecības centrs LU Ģeogrāfijas un Zemes zinātņu fakultāte RTU Neorganiskās ķīmijas institūts SIA "Bruker Baltic" SIA "Metrum" SIA "Mobilās sistēmas" SIA "Plazma, keramika, tehnoloģija" SIA "Dynamic Reserach" Ventspils Starptautiskais Latvijas Valsts raido un televīzijas centrs SIA "Audiogids" LU Fizikas institūts Latvijas Valsts koksnes un ķīmijas institūta Tehnoloģiju attīstības forums

9 CLUSTER ACTIVITIES: outputs 2008 MIDDLE-TERM GOAL (2014) LONG-TERM GOAL (2019) NUMBER OF PARTNERS WITHIN CLUSTER COMPANIES/ ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN SPACE ACTIVITIES IN LATVIA TURNOVER OF SPACE ACTIVITIES 5 mln EUR 13 mln EUR 24 mln EUR EXPORT OF SPACE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 0.5 mln EUR 9 mln EUR 19 mln EUR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN SPACE NUMBER OF SPACE PROJECTS PER YEAR NUMBER OF SPACE RELATED GRADUATES

10 CLUSTER ORGANISATIONAL MODEL VHTP (75%) VENTSPILS UNIVERSITY (12.5%) NO OPINION(12,5%) SOME OF THE EXISTING CLUSTER PARTNERS 35% A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY 30% LETERA BRANCH 15% MINISTRY SPACE WORKING GROUP 5% IT CLUSTER BRANCH 15%

11 National and international co-operation activities Business operations Common transfer of external competences Major projects and research activities Development of education system and specialists Space policy development: National strategy development Development of infrastructure Business support COMMON MIDDLE-TERM ACTIVITIES

12 BUSINESS SUPPORT OPERATIONS ANALYSIS OF WORLD TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 12% MARKETING 7% THE MAIN ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2010 CLUSTER SUPPORT PROGRAMME: DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS/SERVI CES 26% INTERNATIONAL DIRECT MARKETING AND TRANSFER OF EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL MARKET ANALYSIS 17% TRANSFER OF EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE 19% ATTRACTION OF BUSINESS ORDERS 19%

13 INFRASTRUCTURE and RESEARCH PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FINE ELECTRONICS AND SMALL/MEDIUM-SIZE SPACE PROJECTS

14 HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND AWARENESS INCREASE TRAINING OF STUDENTS AND ENGINEERS IN SATELLITE PROGRAMMING AND HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PROJECTS (E.G. ON SDR TRANSMITTER DEVELOPMENT) SUMMER SCHOOLS ORGANIZED TOGETHER WITH TARTU OBSERVATORY AND TARTU UNIVERSITY SPACE CONTESTS FOR STUDENTS AND PUPILS

15 CURRENT AND IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS Space Technologies Opportunity for Education and Economic Development The Cooperation between Ventspils and Tartu in Space Technology Research and Training Smart Regions Expert Support to Development of Latvian Satellite Technology Centre NordBaltSat Utilizing the Existing and Emerging Potential of Nordic-Baltic Dimension in Critical Satellite Technologies and Applications Development of Latvian Satellite Technology Centre and Cooperation Arrangements for Establishing Space Technology Cluster FUNDING SOURCE A grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism Grant programme Cross-border Cooperation by Norwegian Government Bilateral Financial Instrument A grant from Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 7 th Framework Programme National Funding of Ministry of Economics and Latvian Investment Development Agency, EU SF

16 REACH GOALS OTHERS ARE ONLY THINKING OF FOUNDATION VENTSPILS HIGH TECHNOLOGY PARK Inženieru iela 101a, Ventspils, Latvia, LV-3601 Phone/fax:

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