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The opening of COBIS – November Three and a half years after the decision was made in the tender held by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to establish who should construct and manage the new biotech science park in Copenhagen, COBIS was able to open its doors. Scion DTU, Symbion and Incuba Science Park were previously asked to help develop the new growth environment for life science companies in the Capital Region of Denmark. The opening drew a lot of attention, and present were all the players from the pharmaceutical industry, the venture capital environment, the universities, the Capital Region of Denmark, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and Copenhagen City Council. |
| Ø-MIC, ESS in Lund, commenced – November Scion DTU has agreed with the science park in Lund, Ideon, in utilising the increased potential in the Øresund Region following the location of the European Spallation Source in Lund. This utilisation is the objective of the Ø-MIC project led by Øresund Science Region. |
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Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster launched in Bella Center – November Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster was launched in connection with Nordic Climate Solution arranged by the Monday Morning weekly. At the same time, Anders Eldrup, CEO in DONG Energy, was presented as chairman of the board of the organisation. |
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The COBIS Incubator – October An essential pipeline for the new biotech science park, COBIS, are research projects from universities and hospitals facing commercialisation. In order to ensure a higher success rate from these projects, the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation has supported the establishment of an actual incubatory programme by granting DKK 4 million. The project is backed by the three science parks, COBIS, Symbion and Scion DTU; the tech trans units from the University of Copenhagen, DTU; the Capital Region of Denmark; and the capital companies SEED Capital and Novo SEEDS. |
| Application filed for Medico Innovation – August With a strong team consisting of Medicoindustrien, DELTA, DTU, the University of Copenhagen, the Medico Innovation Centre, B&O Medicom and Scion DTU, the application could be filed for the coming project and cluster initiative – Medico Innovation. Project activities are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2010. |
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Scion DTU’s Sportsfest – August Also in 2009 the interest in the annual sportsfest was evident. 1,400 employees from the science park companies took part in the afternoon's activities and approximately 1,100 joined the party afterwards. |
| Field trip to Boston and MIT – June Boston and especially MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are known for a particular 'ecosystem' ensuring that technology-based companies continue to emerge. This ecosystem was the centre of Scion DTU's field trip to Boston where visits were paid to MIT, Boston University and incubators. The visit was arranged with help from Klavs Jensen, Professor at MIT and board member at DTU. |
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Scion DTU Fleetrace – June A couple of exclusive annual events help promote the expansion and maintenance of the network for the executives of the 177 companies at Scion DTU. This year the executives had the opportunity to participate in a fleetrace from KDY Matchrace Centre in Skovshoved. 70 executives attended the event, which featured the professional sailor Jesper Bank's take on coherent management. |
| Participation in IASP 2009 in the USA – May The world's longest running science park, North Carolina Triangle, hosted the 2009 annual IASP World Conferences (International Association of Science Parks). Scion DTU attended the conference in order to exchange experiences with others in the science park industry and to expand our international network. Additionally, we wished to obtain experience with the organisation of this type of event as Scion DTU, in association with Symbion, will host the 2011 IASP World Conferences. |
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Application filed for CCC - April The Regional Growth Forums in the capital and on Zealand have expressed that they would appreciate fewer but more comprehensive efforts within the area of business promotion. On 24 April, Denmark's biggest application for cluster development landed on the regions' desk. The project, Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, schedules activities across the next five years for a total of DKK 150 million, which are expected to commence in the beginning of 2010. |
| Øresund Science Parks – March In March, Scion DTU joined the effort to strengthen the collaboration between science parks in the Øresund Region in order to create a better marketing platform internationally. Ideon in Lund, MINC and Medeon in Malmö, Symbion in Copenhagen and Scion DTU take part in the work. Hong Kong Science Park will be one of the first international science parks to be involved with the project. |
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