Sustainable Strategies for High Technology in Portland: Will Nanotech ReSeed the Silicon Forest

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Sustainable Strategies for High Technology in
Portland Will Nanotech Re-Seed the Silicon
Forest?

• Presented November 25, 2003
• Forum on Sustainability and the Economy
• Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies
• Portland State University
• Portland, OR
• Heike Mayer
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
  University
• Blacksburg, VA

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Overview

• What is nanotechnology
• Industry characteristics
• The nanotech regional geography
• State regional nanotech initiatives
• Question for Oregon

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1. What is nanotechnology
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Nanotechnology is

• the study and application of small things
• the creation and use of objects at the
  nanoscale, up to 100 nanometers in size
• Nanotech can be applied to

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National priority

• National Nanotechnology Initiative http//nano.g
  ov/
• FY 2004 request 849 million
• Increase of about 10 since 2003
• Emphasis on long-term fundamental research
• 2/3 of funding goes to academia
• Largest government RD initiativesince space
  race

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Strategic RD areas

• Nanostructured Materials by Design
• Manufacturing at the Nanoscale
• Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Explosive
  Detection and Protection
• Nanoscale Instrumentation and Metrology
• Nano-Electronics, -Photonics, and Magnetics
• Healthcare, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics
• Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage
• Microcraft and Robotics
• Nanoscale Processes for Environmental Improvement

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2. Industry characteristics
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Expected economic impact

• Nanotechnology next holy grail ?
• Predictions
• Revenue 1 trillion in revenue by 2015 (NSF)
• VC 1.2 billion in 2003 (NanoBusiness All.)
• 5 to 10 years viable public companies10 to 20
  years product application

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Industry characteristics

• Increased awareness about industry
• Most RD activity performed in academia
• Some large firms are investing in nanotech RD
  (i.e. HP, Intel, Amgen etc.)
• Some venture investment
• Nascent research-intensive technology

Nanotech can become a new industry But more so
Will expand existing industries Similar to
biotechnology industry
?
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Comparing bio- and nanotech
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What about venture capital?
Source PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree survey
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3. The nanotech geography
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Top 10 Nanotech States

• California
• Massachusetts
• New Mexico
• Arizona
• Texas
• Maryland
• New York
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Pennsylvania

Source Small Times Magazine, 2003
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Reinforcing regional strengths
Portland Intel, HPAny startups?
Boston 12
San Francisco/Silicon Valley 30
Los Angeles 14
RTP 5
San Diego 5
Dallas 5
Houston 5
Austin 4
Source http//nanotech-now.com/business-by-locati
on.htm
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Where are the research centers?
National Center for Multi-scale Materials
Devices
Albany Nanotech
Center for Accelerating Applications at the
Nanoscale
NanoBusiness Alliance
Atomworks
Nanoscience Center
Michigan Small Tech Association
Massachusetts Nanotechnology Initiative
NanoScience Institute of the West CA, OR, WA
Nanotech Center
Connecticut Nanotechnology Initiative
Northern CA Nano Initiative
New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium
Girvan Institute
California NanoSystem Institute (CNSI)
Nanotech Inst Ben Franklin Tech Partnership PA,
NJ, DE, MD
Inst for Nanotechnology In Virginia (INanoVA
Colorado Nano-Technology Initiative (CNTI)
USC NanoCenter
Consortium UNM Nat. Labs
Nanotechnology Center at Ga Tech
Texas Nano-technology Initiative
Arizona Biodesign Institute (AzBio)
Enterprise Florida
Oklahoma Nano-technology Initiative
SourceNNI
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4. Nanotech initiatives
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Comparison of Nanotech Initatives

• Funding
• Technological Orientation
• Organizational Model
• Commercialization Model
• Industry Partners

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Overview of initiatives
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Albany NanoTech
Business Incubator/ Technology Accelerator
200 mm Wafer RD Facility
Facilities 70,000 square feet 10 clean
rooms Wafer processing The onlyuser-shared 22
8,000 sq.ft.200mm/300mm wafer class 1facility
in the worldGlobal facility
300 mm Wafer RD Fab
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New York Pros Cons
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Institute for Nanotechnology in Virginia

• State-wide consortium of universities,federal
  labs, and industrial partners
• Established through seed funds from
  VirginiasCenter for Innovative Technology (CIT)
  fundsfrom partners
• Goal building a nanotechnology community

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Virginia Pros Cons
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Texas Nanotechnology Initiative
State-wide consortiumFocus on Houston Austin
Dallas Started by industry (primarily
Zyvex) 25 corporate members 15 academic members
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Texas Pros Cons
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California NanoSystems Institute
Initiative is split between campusesof UCLA and
UC Santa Barbara -gt Southern CABusiness
Advisory Board 9 Business Leaders - Veeco, IBM,
DuPont, Intel, Agilent, Amgen, Chiron,
Medtronic) 10 Investors - mainly from VC
community
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California Pros Cons
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5. Questions for Oregon
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How does Oregon compare?
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Will nanotech re-seedSilicon Forest?

• Issues to think about
• Academic prowess?
  
• Entrepreneurial academic environment?
• Do we have enough of a nanotech base?
• Who are you going to serve?
• What are you promising?