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Research and Innovation in Switzerland 瑞士创新与科研 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SWITZERLAND 瑞士创新与科研 Pascal Marmier, CEO swissnex China Vice Consul General of Switzerland in Shanghai 2015.09.13 Tongji University FACTS ABOUT SWITZERLAND 瑞士概况 Population (2012): 8’012’000 (Shanghai, 2013: 23’900’000 ) 全国人口801万 Area: 41’285 km² (China: 9’596’961 km²) 国土面积4.1235万平方公里 Government type: Federal state, semi-direct democracy 政治体制：联邦政府，半直接民主体制 Capital: Bern 首都伯尔尼 Cantons: 26 联邦政府，26个州 4 Official languages: 四种官方语言 German 德语 French 法语 Italian 意大利语 Rumantsch 罗曼语 GDP (2013): 650.78 MUSD Shared frontiers with 4 EU countries 和四个欧盟国家接壤 • Austria 奥地利 • France 法国 • Germany 德国 • Italy 意大利 THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2015 全球创新指数：瑞士位居榜首 1 Top 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In the 2015 edition, the country performs particularly well in three areas; creative outputs, For the GII 2015, Switzerland remains the knowledge and technology outputs as well as leader for the fifth consecutive year. business sophistication. Source: Global Innovation Index 2015 www.globalinnovationindex.org THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX 2015 瑞士在《全球竞争力2015指数》中排名前列 Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2014–2015 http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/ SMALL COUNTRY, LOTS OF FIELDS 小国家 多元化 Education R&D Novartis 诺华医药 Roche罗氏医药 ABB Holcim IBM 艾米 Swatch 斯沃琪 Emmi Victorinox 维氏军刀 Innovation Logitech 罗技 Nestlé 雀巢 SUCCESS FACTORS 引领瑞士走向成功的因素 1. Top Education & Research on all levels 4. SME in Switzerland plays important roles (universities) 全方位的科研和教育水平 in the eco system 瑞士的中小企业在经济生 态圈中发挥很大作用 - Well defined higher education system - 2 Federal Institutes of Technology - 66% of total workforce is employed by - ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of companies with less than 250 employees; Technology Zurich) - 73% of workforce employed by SMEs work - EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology for exporting companies; - 10 Cantonal Universities - 53% of the working hours spent on R&D are - 9 Universities of Applied Sciences invested by companies with less then 500 - 10+ research institutions employees - Dual Education system 5. International Collaboration 国际合作 - Academic + Vocational - University + industry - Horizon 2020 with EU - SSSTC with China 2. VET / PET: Part of the Swiss Economic Success on 优秀的职业教育 - Complementary to academic system - Close to the labor market - Net-benefit for employer70% high school graduates take vocational education training 3. Market driven science approach 市场驱动的科研 Commission for Technology and Innovation CTI – ”Science to market” EDUCATION: THE DUAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM 教育：独具特色的双轨制教育体系 At the tertiary level the Swiss education system offers a wide range of programs which can be completed at universities or at higher professional education and training institutions. Switzerland has the following universities: • Universities (cantonal universities and Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH)) • Universities of applied sciences • Universities of teacher education Higher professional education and training enables (in particular) professionals who have completed vocational education and training (VET) to specialize and to enhance their skills and knowledge. EDUCATION: THE DIVERSITY OF PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS 教育：多元的师生组成 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL as an example of the strong international outlook of Swiss universities EPFL international student body 案例分享：洛桑联邦理工大学致力于国际化 EPFL international faculty body RESEARCH : FUNDING 丰富的科研资金 Funding amount in CHF million Funded research projects 联邦政府大量资金 支持科研 Researchers involved in SNSF- funded projects on 30.6.2014 Source: SNSF data 2014 RESEARCH : NOBEL PRIZE IN SWITZERLAND 科研成果：瑞士的诺贝尔奖获得情况 1909 Emil Theodor Kocher University of Bern Medicine 1913 Alfred Werner University of Zurich Chemistry 1920 Charles-Edouard Guillaume Bureau international des Poids et Mesures / France Physics 1921 Albert Einstein Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physics / Germany Physics 1937 Paul Karrer University of Zurich Chemistry 1939 Leopold Ruzicka ETH Zürich Chemistry 1948 Paul Hermann Müller Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy AG Basel Medicine 1949 Walter Rudolf Hess University of Zurich Medicine 1950 Tadeus Reichstein University of Basel Medicine 1951 Max Theiler Rockefeller Foundation / USA Medicine 1952 Felix Bloch Stanford University / USA Physics 1957 Daniel Bovet Istituto Superiore di Sanità/ Italy Medicine 1975 Vladimir Prelog ETH Zurich Chemistry 1978 Werner Arber University of Basel Medicine 1986 Heinrich Rohrer IBM Research Laboratory Rüschlikon Physics 1987 Karl Alexander Müller IBM Research Laboratory Rüschlikon Physics 1991 Richard Robert Ernst ETH Zurich Chemistry 1992 Edmond Henri Fischer University of Washington / USA Medicine 1996 Rolf Zinkernagel University of Zurich Medicine 2002 Kurt Wüthrich ETH Zurich Chemistry INNOVATION: CTI AND START-UP ENTREPRENEURSHIP TOUR 创新：瑞士的中小企业和初创企业进入中国项目 Scant rust story New-born start- in up with headquarters at China EPFL in Lausanne China office in shanghai with 15 engineers Raise fund in China INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN RESEARCH: EU HORIZON 2020 瑞士科研的国际合作：欧盟2020计划成员 CERN: 欧洲核子研究中心 欧洲人脑计划 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: SSSTC WITH CHINA 瑞士科研的国际合作：中瑞科技合作框架计划 - Strengthen the academic ties between Switzerland and China through research and academic collaborations - Encourage long term institutional cooperation between Swiss and Chinese education and research institutions Offer Exchange Grants (up to 17000元 /month ) and Follow-up Grants (up to 21000 元 / month ) => Total Grants budget (2008-2015) >7’000’000元 2008-2012 2013-2016 ~200 collaborative projects awarded “Stepping Stone Symposia” Main Topics: Lifescience & Nanoscience Main Topic: Translation of medicine Neuroscience Nutrition Ecology Nanoscience Biology Medicine Energy Food Safety A CASE : INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, BUSINESS AND INNOVATION 阳光动力太阳能飞机项目：一个科研和创新结合的案例 • The first airplane of perpetual endurance, able to fly day and night without a drop of fuel. • Demonstration that clean technologies and renewable energies can achieve the impossible. • For the Solar Impulse team, pioneering spirit and innovation can change the world. Who we are –swissnex China瑞士联邦政府科技文化中心 瑞士海外教育研究和创新国际网络的排头兵 Swissnex China is a public-private venture which is part of a network of outposts in Bangalore, Boston, Shanghai, San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro. We function as a part of Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai to promote Switzerland’s excellence as one of the world’s leading countries in the fields of innovation, research, technology and higher education, to connect academia and business and to facilitate cooperation between China and Switzerland. Tongji University and Switzerland Prof. WU Qidi Prof. HAN Zheng Prof. ZHANG Lun Prof. Leuba Pius Former Vice Minister of Professor of Innovation Professor of Transport Associate Professor of the Ministry of Education and Entrepreneurship at Information Engineering Environmental Design, of the People’s Republic the Sino-German School Master Instructor of China for Postgraduate Studies (CDHK) Winner of a SSTC Grants Owns a Bachelor of Owns a PhD from Science in the Swiss Institute Owns a P.h.D. “...In a nutshell my Sino- Architecture from of Technology from the Swiss experience has Berner (ETHZ) really brought me much University of St. profit far beyond what I Fachhochschule Gallen and was can express with plain (Berne University of scholar of the text words. It has Applied Sciences), Swiss National positively and obviously impacted on my research Biel, Switzerland Science career...” Foundation THANK YOU 谢谢 www.swissuniversities.ch www.snf.ch www.kti.admin.ch September 2015 .
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