Boosting the dynamics of the EPFL campus through PPP · Boosting the dynamics of the EPFL campus through PPP ... 460 Mio Euros Federal budget 73 % ... 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

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EPFL FLP November 2011WCU-4, Shanghai - November 1, 2011

Boosting the dynamics

of the EPFL campus through

PPP

Prof. Francis-Luc Perret, Vice-presidentDr. Michel Bourquin, Dr. Dimitrios Noukakis

EPFL FLP November 2011

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A coherent layout

27’000 persons, including 20’000 students

Science & Technology

Social Sciences &Humanities

Sports

2020Swiss Tech Parc


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Budget (2010) 460 Mio Euros Federal budget 73 %

170 Mio Euros External funds 27 %

8’000 Students , including 1’900 PhD’s

350 Professors

2’500 Scientific and administrative collaborators (FTE)

Campus

EPFL today


EPFL's Schools and Masters

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Transdisciplinary researchBlue Brain Project

Center for Neuroprosthetics

Space Center

Solar Impulse

Hydroptere

Energy Center

Transportation Center


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Students’ growth over the last 50 years

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1990 = 100%

8000 Students

350 Profs

1900 PhD’s

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A research university

EPFL FLP November 2011 * Assistant Professors without tenure track / Professors with a FNS grant

Professors

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Number of ERC Grants 2007-2010

Nb grants / institution (10 grants or more)

including interdisciplinary research, excl. social sciences and humanities

1 University of Cambridge 35 UK

2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 34 CH

3 ETHZ - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 29 CH

3 University of Oxford 29 UK

5 Weizmann Institute of Science 26 ISR

6 Imperial College 24 UK

7 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 21 ISR

8 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 15 ISR

9 University College London 13 UK

Universität Zürich 13 CH

Karolinska Institutet 13 SE

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 13 BE

13 University of Bristol 12 UK

EPFL: ~ EUR 70 Mios

EPFL FLP November 2011 Source: CWTS Leiden

Quality of the swiss university system

Swtzerland

CPP = nombre de citations par publicationFCSm (pour Field Citation Score) = impact moyen selon le domaine

Leiden Ranking 2004-2009

Competitivity in science

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A European comparison

European GrantsExcellence

Cambridge

EPFL

Oxford

ETHZ

Imperial Coll London

Univ Coll LondonUniv Leuven

Karolinska Inst Stockholm

Univ Edinburgh

Weizmann Inst Sci

Univ Zurich

Hebrew Univ Jerusalem

Univ Geneva

Univ Helsinki

Univ Bristol

Univ Munich

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FP7 EU contributions (in milion EUR)

Leading European Universities: FP7 contributions vs ERC grants

-> but quality has a cost !


6 Flagship Pilots Projects preselected

FuturICT : Unleashing the Power of Information for a Sustainable Future Leading house: UCL; co-leading house: ETH Zürich

Graphene-CA : Graphene Science and technology for ICT and beyondLeading house: Chalmers University

Guardian Angels : for a Smarter Planet Leading house: EPFL; co-leading house: ETH Zürich

HBP : The Human Brain ProjectLeading house: EPFL

ITFoM : Molecular Modeling in Medicine, Aging, and Drug safety Leading house: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin

CA-RoboCom : Robot Companions for Citizens Leading house:, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (ITA)

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Collaborators

Professors

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State Budget

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460 Mios EUR

Growth of EPFL versus Public Resources


Evolution of external funding

FNRS

Industry

European projects

Dépenses (Mio EUR)

CTIPublic & private mandates

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85

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• Advanced production technologies

Micro- & nanotechnologies, robotic, sustainable production, micro

sensors with zero energy consumption

• Sustainable technologies for energy

CO 2 life cycle optimization, increase in energy efficiency, smart grids,

• Engineering for life science

Program SystemsX, Blue Brain project, «From Genes to Health »

program, biomedical engineering, cancer research, …

• Systems and ecosystems

Understanding climate change, architecture and sustainable

construction, transportation system, pollution,

• High performance computing

HPC technologies, spectroscopy and image processing, …

• Neuroprosthetics

• Financial engineering

26 sponsored chairs


Public investments

• Neuroprosthetics 55

• Nanotechnology 12

• Physics + Chemistry 8

• Roofs rehabilitation 10

TOTAL Public 85

17%

Ongoing Projets 2011

PPP versus public

[EUR Mio]

Private Public Partnership

• Innovation Quarter 125

• Swiss Tech Conference Center 185

• Photovoltaïc Production plant 15

• Microtechnology Neuchâtel 65

• Sport Center 10

TOTAL PPP 400

83%

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b) TOTAL CONTRACTOR

AGREEMENT

a) GROUND LEASE

c) CONTRACT OF GENERAL LEASE

Management contract

Sublease agreement

Agreement for operation

Swiss Confederation

Ground Owner

Naef

Real Estate Company

HRS

Total Contractor

EPFL

EBSA (UBS-FM)

Investor

Companies

Subtenants

EPFL

Public Private Partnership

Example of legal structure


Factors mitigating the financialand juridical risks of the PPP

Quality of the investorAAA rating

Risk share between patners

Options of contract modificationaccording to economic conditions

Contract rules

Length of the leaseFlows of potential

revenues and charges

Fiscal advantages throughthe company legal structure

PPP project

Assets Liabilities

Project’s due diligence

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Formalization of the payback period

Innovation Square (IS) and Congress Center (CC)

Expenses Specifications Tender Project

Construction Operation

PPP profit

Cash advance from investor Time

Payback period

Design

EPFL budget

Demolition

CCIS


Examples of major PPP on campus

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PPP’s linking the campus with the Science, the City and the

Economy

Congress Center

Innovation Square

Economy City

EPFL Campus

Science

Photovoltaic

Production plant

Rolex Learning Center


The largest solar power plant in Switzerland

• A partnership with an electricity provider

• 20’000 m2 photovoltaic cells, 15 Mio EUR, 2 Mio kWh/an

• 2’000 m2 experimental Graetzel cells

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The EPFL Swiss Tech Conference Center185 millions EUR PPP


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Profit & Loss statement

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& 2014

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Operating results Cumulated yearly results

Break Even

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« Le Garage »Early stage start-up (rent 1 – 2 years)

Research Centersfor large companies,

including partnerships and collaboration with

EPFL

PSEScience Parc

Start-up

The Innovation Square


Others

Energy -environment

Sensors

Electrical -electronics

Micro -nanotech

Mechanical

Medtech

BiotechNumber of start up created at EPFL

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Numbers of start ups born @ EPFL

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Start-ups de l’EPFL


© A. Herzog

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Rolex Learning Center


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