Science and Technology Destination

Madrid, the Capital of Spain is one of the most competitive and profitable cities for investors: open and dynamic. Best cities for localizing busineeses: Madrid jumped from rank 17 in 1990 to rank 7 in 2003. According to the European Cities Monitor Madrid ranks number 3 after Paris and London in future expansin.

Madrid is home to 3 main universities: Universidad Politcnica Universidad Complutense Universidad Autnoma Madrid is the Headquarters of the National Scientific Research Council (CSIC) the first institution in Spain in number of patents.

40% of its researchers work in labs and research centres located within the City.
Research groups have long and extensive relationships with US universities

Opportunities

Active

business and industrial fabric

Large

multinational corporations Vast network of small and medium business with industrial tradition Advanced services companies
High

HHRR qualification
trained

Well

Large

number of bachelors degrees (21%) and doctors

Madrid is a research cluster in Biomedicine and according to ISSI Thompson the relative impact of its publications make it number 6 in the World. The main R&D centers are: Biotecnology National Center Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center National Oncology Research Center Carlos III Healthcare Research Institute Ramn y Cajal Neurosience Institute Also within the city of Madrid there is an extensive network of University Hospitals

Madrid also hosts Spains top Agro food reserch centers and in this field, despite being an urban city, the quality and impact of its R&D is excellent. 20% of all R&D expenditure in Madrid is in this field Some breakthrough technologies in animal disease control, specially virology have come from research groups located in Madrid.

The City of Madrid is specially concerned with environmental protection and hosts reserch centers dedicated to R&D in water resources, alternative energies and sustainable urban development. The National Cathalisis Research Institute is specially active in Fuel Cell technology.

The Politecnica University together with the company Gamesa has contributed with some key advances in Eolic Energy.

Physics, Material Science and Nanotechnology are areas of special interest for our research groups and for companies working on new products based on this new technological frontier. Madrid has one of the top R&D centers in Europe in Nuclear Physics and Energy Research CIEMAT. Several research centres are working together towards creating a world class Nanotechnology Institute in Madrid.

Madrids New Position

New

City Model: Turn:

- Attractive, innovative, creative, cosmopolitan & habitable

Strategic

- New Economic Model (more dynamic and sustainable) - Promote knowledge based economic and social activities. - Support emerging industrial sectors. - Build first class business and industrial infrastructures. - Promote Madrids image outside. Let our City be known

Madrids TECH PARK

Turn

Madrid intro an attraction pole for foreign tech-based capital

Offer

top level technological equipment and infrastructure

Support Promote

local R&D initiatives

entrepreneurship based on the strong knowledge capabilities

North-South

rebalance

Space

to share and spread Knowledge

Business Hotels,

Incubator Social

Commercial, and Sport areas

Tech

Centers with common I+D equipment, Conference center, showrooms, (in particular)

BiotechCentre (BIO)
Biotech

I+D+i

Common

Services
Tech

Development Areas
y microbiology Biology and cultures y Proteomic

Virology

Molecular Genomic Enzymes

Industry

Sectors

Pharmaceutical Biomedicine Agrofood Energy

& Environment

Innovation

Unit

NanotechCentre (MAT)
NanoTech

Services
Tech

I+D+i

Common

Development Areas
of

Science

and Technology materials Structural Description Surfaces New Materials NanoTechnology

Industry

Sectors

Electronics Transport Aerospace Energy Construction Automobile

industry

Innovation

Unit

Bussines Development Center (BUC)

Technology Based Business Incubator Assistants, Secretaries, Incubation nests (Labs, Offices, Lab+Office) Entrepreneur Sponsorship services

Entrepreneur Aid
Legal

Services

advisors Strategic Consultancy Intellectual property Business Angels network Etc.

Innovation

promotion and Technology

Transfer Unit

Influence upon its environment

madridEmprende Economic Development Agency Madrid City Council Gran Va 24 28013 Madrid SPAIN Tel: +(34) 91 588 8479 Fax: +(34) 91 480 4963 madridemprende@munuimadrid.es www.esmadrid.es