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EPILYON Establishing a Science Shop in Crete, Greece: progress, future plans and lessons learned Artemis Saitakis & Vassilis Kelessidis FORTH/Science Technology Park of Crete & Technical University of Crete 5 th Living Knowledge Conference Bonn, Germany, May 2012 1

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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

Where is TUC?

FORTH

TUC

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 structure within TUC

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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?

Consumer behavior

• October 2011

• 500 people in 5 markets of Chania

Going to the market – How?

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

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