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INDEX
• The Cluster
– Figures
– International collaborations
• The Region
– Present
– Future
• Competition
– Overview
– Inspirational ideas
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FIGURES
• More than 40 highly innovative partners
– 5% Public administration
– 15% Large companies
– 12% Universities & Research centres
– 68% SME’s
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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
• Participating in:
– Copernicus Program
• http://copernicus.eu/
• Member of:
– Network of European REgions
Using Space technologies
• http://www.nereus-regions.eu/
– SME4SPACE
• http://www.sme4space.org/
– European Aerospace
Cluster Partnership
• http://www.eacp-aero.eu/
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PRESENT
• Aerospace industry in Madrid
– Madrid hosts more than 62% of Spanish
aerospace companies
– Revenues: More than 11.700M€ (2012)
– Employment: More than 53.000 directly
employed (2012)
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PRESENT
• Madrid Space Sector has increased
– Revenues è by 64%
– Employment è by 33%
within 5 years (2006 – 2011)
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FUTURE
• Aerospace industry is considered of first
importance because of its impact in the
economic development and employment
• Research and Innovation Strategy for
Smart Specialization (RIS3) priorities
– Nanoscience, nanotechnology and advanced
materials
– Aeronautics
– Space
• Establishment of an ESA BIC in Madrid
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OVERVIEW
• ESNC has become, in ten years, a leading
global network of innovation and expertise
in the GNSS field
• Widely useful applications:
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