Destination Europe, Chicago, Oct. 16, 2015

Presentation by Boek Lizec, Ph.D.Consul General of the Czech Republic in ChicagoResearch and Development in the Czech Republic DELTA and Kontakt II Programs

Czech RepublicArea: 78,864 km2Population: 10,266,000Official language: CzechCurrency: 1 Czech crown (CZK)Capital: PragueMembership: EU, NATO, IMF, WB,WTO, OECD, OSCE Czechs & Chicago: Anton Cermak (Chicago Mayor)Ray Kroc (McDonalds), George Halas (Bears), Kim Novak (Film Vertigo), Judy Baar Topinka,Jim Lovell and Eugene Cernan (astronauts) and others

Science in Czech lands

Charles University established in PragueCzech Technical University establishedProkop Divi invents lighting rodJ. E. Purkyn formulates the cell theoryFirst car in Central Europe PresidentJan Jnsk discovers the four blood typesViktor Kaplan invents the Kaplan TurbineJ. Heyrovsks polarographic methodOtto Wichterle invents soft contact lensInvention of Semtex explosiveJi ek nominated for a Nobel Prize forhis method of calculating correlation energyThe FDA approves the B-hepatitis drug Hepsera (compound discovered by A. Hol)Elmarco introduces Nanospider The FDA approves atripla treating HIVbased on A. Hols compound1348170717541837189719071912 1922196119661998

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Main Universities in the Czech Republic

University of West Bohemia PlzeStudents: 13,459Graduates: 3,303

Jan Evangelista Purkyn Univesity st nad LabemStudents: 9,678Graduates: 1,955Charles University PragueStudents: 48,200Graduates: 8,873Czech Technical University PragueStudents: 21,542Graduates: 5,008University of Economics PragueStudents: 17,215Graduates: 4,987University of South Bohemia esk BudjoviceStudents: 12,301Graduates: 3,010Technical University LiberecStudents: 7,890Graduates: 1,728University of Hradec KrlovStudents: 8,824Graduates: 2,080University of PardubiceStudents: 10,317Graduates: 2,130Palack University OlomoucStudents: 21,316Graduates: 4,841Brno University of technologyStudents: 22,046Graduates: 5,567Masaryk University BrnoStudents: 37,351Graduates: 9,180Tom BaaUniversity Zln Students: 11,299Graduates: 2,524VB-Technical University OstravaStudents: 19,237Graduates: 4,956University of OstravaStudents: 10,299Graduates: 2,524CZECH REPUBLIC

Students: 368,304Graduates: 91,551Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 2014; CzechInvest, 2014 University of Life Sciences, PragueStudents: 22,256Graduates: 5,496

Opportunities for cooperation in the area of research and development in the Czech Republic

The country has marked impressive volumes of FDI, which included the area of R&D. The United States is no exception. The Czech Republic is the cornerstone of Honeywells global engineering strategy in Europe. The companys Prague laboratory opened in 1993, followed by its Brno design center ten years later. GE Aviation is successfully developing and manufacturing aero engines in the Czech Republic since 2008.

Source: CzechInvest, 2015; fDi Markets 2015Selected U.S. investors in the Czech Republic

CompanySectorHoneywellAerospace, Strategic services GE Aviation AerospaceHayes LemmerzAutomotiveVisteon AutomotiveJohnson Controls Automotive IBMIT, Strategic Services Caterpillar Solar TurbinesMachineryIngersoll Rand Machinery Hewlett - PackardMachines & EquipmentAccenture Strategic Services CentreGardner DenverStrategic Services CentreExxon Mobil Strategic Services Centre Amazon.comConsumer Products

MAJOR INVESTORS Technology CentresBANG & OLUFSEN (el.)OLYMPUS (med.)ROBERT BOSCH (aut.) ON SEMICONDUCTOR (el.)DENSO (aut.) PANASONIC (el.)EMERSON (el.)PROCTER&GAMBLE (chem.)GE AVIATION (aero.)RICARDO (aut.)HONEYWELL (el.)RIETERINGERSOLL RANDSIEMENS (el.)LATCORE (aero.) VARROC LIGHTING (aut.)LONZA (bio) VOLKSWAGEN (aut.)MERCEDES-BENZ (aut.) VISTEON (aut.)

Source: CzechInvest, 2014

MAJOR INVESTORS IT & Software DevelopmentACISIONORACLEADOBEPIXMANIAAVG TECHNOLOGIES RED HATBOHEMIA INTERACTIVESKYPECOMPUTER ASSOCIATESSOLARWINDSDEUTSCHE BRSESTORA ENSODHLSUSE LINUXHEWLETT PACKARDTELEFNICAIBMTELOGICINFOSYSTERADATAMICROSOFTTIETONESS TECHNOLOGIES

Source: CzechInvest, 2014

Czech R&D Sector

The Czech scientists introduced the world to the contact lens and successfully developed the compounds on which current anti-AIDS drugs are based, Czech companies have already left a large foot print on groundbreaking technologies with respect to hologram production, nanofibres, speech recognition, hyaluronic acid, cybernetics, stem-cell research and astrophysics.

The partnership between ICR Center in Brno and the Mayo Clinic of Minnesota, and between Czech Academy of Sciences and Fermilab can serve as examples of successful cooperation between research institutions from the Czech Republic and the US Midwest.

Science and Technology Parks in the Czech RepublicIn science and technology parks, young, innovative firms cross paths with well established companies with a shared interest in research and development. The Czech Republic supports cooperation between the research and business spheres through the operational programs of the EU as well as other programs.

More than fifty science and technology parks including incubators and innovation centers have been established in the Czech Republic since 1994.

In 2004 the country became a member of the European Union, which spurred an additional, fundamental increase of support for science and research, including infrastructure.

Science and Technology Parks in the Czech Republic

Science and Technology Parks in the Czech Republic

South Moravian Innovative Center BrnoTechnology Park BrnoScience and Technology Park st nad LabemScience and Technology Park PlzeBusiness Innovation Center PlzeSouth Bohemian Science and Technology Park esk BudjoviceThe Technology Park at Tom Baa University in ZlnTechnology Innovation Center ZlnTechnology Park of Information and Communication Technology ZlnScience and Technology Park of Palack University, OlomoucScience-Technological Park OstravaBusiness Innovation Centre OstravaTechnological Center of Hradec KrlovCTTV The Center of Textile Technologies and Education, Hradec Krlov

Selected Institutes and Research Centers in the Czech Republic

CEITEC Central European Institute of TechnologyCenter of scientific excellence in the fields of life sciences and advanced materials and technologies

Institute of Molecular and Translational MedicineA modern institution at the Palack University in Olomouc for drug and biomarker discovery, research and development

Selected Institutes and Research Centers in the Czech Republic

The International Clinical Research Center of St. Annes University Hospital in Brno An international team of researchers and physicians is building a unique center for multidisciplinary medical research focusing on some of the most serious health problems and diseases.

Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cyberneticsfounded by Czech Technical University in Prague

DELTA ProgramTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

The DELTA Program supports the cooperation of Czech companies and research organizations with their foreign partners in the area of applied research and experimental development. The program is designed particularly for cooperation with non-European countries, including the United States.

The program will support projects that focus on specific results in applied research, i.e. leading to the acquisition of new knowledge and skills for the development of new or significantly improved products, processes or services, and in experimental development, i.e. leading to a new product, process or service.

Thanks to the DELTA program the access of researchers from the Czech Republic to international know-how and foreign research capacities and vice versa shall be facilitated as well as the access to foreign markets.

DELTA ProgramTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

Estimated total amount of aid from the state budget: CZK 770 mil. = approx. USD 32 mil.

Estimated duration of the program: 6 years (2014 2019)

Launch of the first call for proposals: during the spring months of 2014

Launch of other calls for proposals: up to four times per year, last call for proposals is expected in 2017

DELTA ProgramTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

Duration of projects: up to three years, all projects must be completed before the end of the program

The maximum support rate: 74 % of total project costs

The maximum amount of support per a project: CZK 25 mil. = approx. USD 1 mil.

Estimated minimum amount of projects to be supported: 60

Thematic focus of the DELTA ProgramTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

The program itself is not thematically focused. The themes of joint projects will be determined ad hoc based on jointly selected fields preferred both by TA CR and the foreign partner agency. The selection of the themes will be made for each partner agency separately and will reflect the priority area or area of excellence of applied research and experimental development in both countries.

However, the projects shall corespond with the following priority areas, national priorities of targeted research, experimental development and innovation:

Thematic focus National PrioritiesDELTA Program - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Competitive knowledge-based economy (Application of new findings from the area ofGeneral Purpose Technologies, Strengthening of sustainability of productionand other economic activities, Strengthening of safety and reliability)

Sustainability of energetics and material resources (Sustainable energetics, Lowering the energetic demands of the economy, Material base)

Environment for quality life (Natural resources, Global changes, Sustainable development of landscape and settlements, Environmental technologies and eco-innovations, Environment-friendly society)

Safe society (Safety of citizens, Security of critical infrastructures and resources, Crisis management and security policy)

Required outputs DELTA Program - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

All projects that are supported by TA CR must achieve a practically usable output. The DELTA program can only support projects that are reasonably expected to achieve at least one of the following types of outputs:

P patent

Z pilot plant, verified technology, variety, breed

F Results of the legal protection the utility model, industrial design G Outcomes a prototype, working sample

N certified methodology, treatment, conservation methods, specialized map with expert content

R software

DELTA ProgramTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

Projects can be supported only with partners from those countries, where technology or innovation agencies have established cooperation with Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

In the United States, collaboration, particularly in the area of transfer of know-how, was established with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The negogiations are being finalized with the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT).

DELTA Program More InformationTechnology Agency of the Czech Republic

www.tacr.cz

borek_lizec@mzv.czmartina_east@mzv.cz

Program Kontakt II Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech RepublicKONTAKT II program is intended to support individual projects of international bilateral and/or multilateral cooperation in research and development, with special emphasis on bilateral cooperation with countries outside the European Union.

Applicants shall mainly be public universities, public research institutions and other research entities. They may also be government departments or organizational units of the Ministry, engaged in research and development, as well as legal entities or natural persons, where research and development is the subject of their business, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. The financial resources shall be used to cover the costs associated with the implementation of basic research conducted as a joint project, which involves at least one partner research organization in each country.

Program Kontakt II Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

Estimated duration of the program:7 years (2011 2017)

Duration of projects:2 to 3 yearsEstimated total amount of aid from the state budget: CZK 594 mil. = approx. USD 25 mil.

Maximum support rate: up to 100 % of total project costs for basic researchup to 50 % for applied research

Expected ratio of expenditure on basis and applied research:8:1.

More information - Program Kontakt II Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

www.msmt.cz

www.dzs.cz/en/american-science-information-agency

borek_lizec@mzv.czmartina_east@mzv.cz

Thank you for your attention

Boek Lizec, Ph.D. Consul General of the Czech Republic in Chicagoborek_lizec@mzv.cz

Martina EastTrade Officer martina_east@mzv.cz

Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1680, Chicago, IL 60601, U.S.A.Phone: +1 312 861 1037, ext. 100Web: www.mzv.cz/chicago (featuring this powerpoint presentation and additional information materials on theh Czech R&D sector, including DELTA and Konakt II programs)

*Updated: August 2015Author: Kratochvl