Post on 05-Sep-2019
EPILYON –Establishing a Science Shop in
Crete, Greece: progress, future plans and
lessons learned
Artemis Saitakis & Vassilis KelessidisFORTH/Science Technology Park of Crete &
Technical University of Crete
5th Living Knowledge Conference
Bonn, Germany, May 20121
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN CRETE
TEI of C
UNIVERSITY OF
CRETE
FORTH NMRC
AGRIC.
RESEARCH
INSTITUTES
TU of C
>30000 studentsMAICH
TUC & Chania Data
TUC
• 717 acres
• 6 Departments
• 110 Professors
• 140 employees
• 250 Researchers
• 57 Laboratories
• 3000 undergraduate students
• 800 graduate students
Chania & Crete
• ~ 75000 / 650000 people
• Primary / tourism / services
• Research & development / higher education: strongest peripheral region in research & innovation
Departments
• Management and Production Engineering (1984)
• Mineral Resources Engineering (1987)
• Electronic and Computer Engineering (1990)
• Environmental Engineering (1997)
• Architectural Engineering (2002)
• Sciences
FORTH Institutes, www.forth.gr
Heraklion:• Institute of Electronic
Structure and laser (IESL)
• Institute of Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology
(IMBB)
• Institute of Computer
Science (ICS)
• Institute of Applied and
Computational Mathematics
(IACM)
Rethymnon:Institute of
Metiderranean
Studies (IMS)
Patra:Institute of Chemical
Engineering and High
Temperature
Chemical Processes
(ICE-HT)
Ioannina:Biomedical
Research
Institute (BRI)
FORTH consists of 7 Research
Institutes located throughout
Greece
Created 3 Science Parks (Crete,
Patras, Thessaloniki)
The Foundation’s headquarters
are located in Heraklion, Crete
Annual turnover > 60 m eurosCurrently over 250 RTD projects (FP, international, national)
First Science Shop
• At FORTH, 2007-2008 (TRAMS project)• FORTH/STEP-C collaboration with the Technical
University of Crete/Dept. of Production Engineering & Management
• CONTAINER PORT IN TYMPAKI, SOUTH OF CRETE• Student: Paris Tsioukas• Supervising Prof. : Vassilis Moustakis• Preparation of the Dissertation: April 07 – Sept. 07• Presentation to the school: Sept. 07• Presentation to the 13th Conference of Cretan
Students, August 2007, Conference theme: The South port in Tympaki: A development opportunity or the downgrading of the area?
• Presentation to the public in the municipality: Oct. 07
PERARES PROJECTEPILYON - aim
• Liaison between researchers & CSOs
• Local, regional, national
– (with FORTH and other Universities)
• and transnational level
– (with PERARES)
• Match lab capabilities with needs of
local Civic Society Organizations
EPILYON: Methodology
• Management team
• Advisory board
• personal visits / discussions with CSOs & professors
• wide dissemination
• web site – EPILYON.GR
Projects statistics
• 23 project ideas have been submitted after 16 months of EPILYON
• 4 projects completed
• 4 in progress
• Research for Economic viability of local businesses
• Market share with specific areas of stores (Katolas-Dimokratias-Tzanakaki-New Stores)
• Waste disposal from the farm in the prison of Agia
• Energy efficiency study and use of alternative forms of energy in the Neorio of Moro
Identified & collaboration CSOs
• Friends of the sea and marine environment,
• Chania Sailing Club, completed
• Friends of the bikes,
• Rural prison of Agia, completed
• Parents Association, primary school, Galata, Chania
• Chania Consumers Union,
• Ecologic Initiative of Chania
• Teacher’s Association, primary school, Rethymnon
• Trade Association of Chania, 2 projects completed
• Trade Association of Palaiochora
Economic viability of local business
• in 5 specific areas in Chania
• 150 local businesses
• turnover – advertisement – loans
• business plan – turnover -7.5%
• no business plan – turnover -11.2%
business plan?Funding?
Energy efficiency – Neorio Moro
• Use of renewable resources in Moro is sustainable, economically & environmentally
• photovoltaics energy
• cooling pumping seawater
• ventilation system heat recovery
• Graduate course work
• Successfully completed
Waste disposal – Farm prison Agia
• Theoretical and pilot
study and design of
an artificial wetland
• Diploma Thesis
• Successfully
completed
Future activities - Networking
• Continuing promotion of EPILYON
• Funding – PERARES - What is next ?
• Integration within University’s support framework
• New law – Office of Placement and Innovation
• Expansion – promotion to rest of Crete– Rethymnon, ok, Heraklion and Lasithi, FORTH
• Expansion to rest of Greece – visit and promote north Greece, next months
• Europe, PERARES &
• International Conference on Science Communication, Nancy, Sep. 2012
EPILYON:Support the society to solve
problems !
THANK YOU !
INFO
kelesidi@mred.tuc.gr
saitakis@stepc.gr