REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLGIES DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLGIES
DEVELOPMENTIN BELGIUM

• RusNanoTech 2008
• Moscow, 03.12.2008
• Dr. Bogdan Van doninck

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• Federal initiatives
• Nanotechnologies development in Flanders
• Nanotechnologies development in Wallonia

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM
Flemish Region
Belgium
Area 30,528 km2 44.3 Flemish Region 55.2
Walloon Region Population 10.5 mio 57.8 Flemish
Region 32.5 Walloon Region 9.7 Brussels
Region Density 345 / km2 GDP 314 B 57
Flemish Region 24 Walloon Region 19 Brussels
Region 72.5 Services 26 Industry 1.5
Agriculture (Year 2006)
Walloon Region
Brussels-Capital Region
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• FEDERAL INITIATIVES
• GENERIC ( applicable to all types of research)
• Parafiscal support to RD
• deduction of 65 of social securities
  contribution
• ? researcher /- 10-15 cheaper
• Intellectual property research institution

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• Funding of basic research 4 nanotech projects
• Budget (2007-2011) 12 Mio
• Advanced complex inorganic materials by a novel
  bottom-up (nano)chemistry approac processing and
  shaping
• Micro-, nano- and quantum photonics, including a
  work package on nanostructures for nanophotonics
• Functional supramolecular systems, including work
  on nanostructured and nanoporous materials
• Quantum effects in clusters and nanowires

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• NANOTECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT IN FLANDERS
• Generic initiatives
• Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through
  Science and Technology in Flanders
• Annual budget 288 Mio
• Direct support to RD in industry 105 Mio
• Support to networking research centres-industry
  42 Mio
• Support to research centres 84 Mio
• Intellectual property research institution

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• Nanotechnology Competence Centres in Flanders
• Strategic Research Centers
• Interuniversity microelectronics research center
  (IMEC)
• Flemish Interuniversity Institute of
  Biotechnology (VIB)
• - Joint IMEC-VIB initiative under construction
  to set up a new interdisciplinary research
  center on  Neuroscience Nanotechnology 
• - Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT)
• - Flemish Institute for Technological Research
  (VITO)

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• Nanotechnology Competence Centres in Flanders
• Universities
• University of Antwerp
• University of Leuven
• University of Brussels
• Industrial research centres
• Bekaert
• Cytec

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• In 2008 IMEC is Europes largest independent
  research center in the field of micro- and
  nano-electronics, nanotechnology, enabling design
  methods and technologies for ICT systems
• Performs RD, ahead of industrial needs, by 3 to
  10 years

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• NANOTECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT IN WALLONIA
• Main industrial activities in nanotechnologies
• NANOCYL carbon nanotubes
• SIRRIS nanopowders
• NANOXIDE surface treatment

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• PUBLIC FINANCING OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH IN
  WALLONIA (2008)
• - Universitary research centres 3,6 Mio
• - Mecatech-nanotech 3,1 Mio
• - Mecatech-nanocompo 2,4 Mio
• - Winnomat 3,4 Mio
• Intellectual property with research centres

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• CLUSTERS RESEARCH-CENTRES INDUSTRY
• MECATECH-NANOCOMPO
• Study of synergies between nanoparticles and
  synthesis of new nanocarbon tubes
• Financing 3.2 Mio
• - Walloon region 2.4 Mio
• - Private partners 0.8 Mio
• Network 17 members
• 4 universitary research centres
• 13 industrial or sectorial research centres

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• CLUSTERS RESEARCH-CENTRES INDUSTRY 2
• MECATECH-NANOTECH
• Study and industrial development of nanopowders
  through plasma procedures at atmospheric pressure
• Financing 4.7 Mio
• - Walloon region 3.1 Mio
• - Private partners 1.5 Mio
• Network 17 members
• 4 universitary research centres
• 13 industrial or sectorial research centres

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• NANOTECH RESEARCH PROJECTS NETWORKS OF RESEARCH
  INSTITUTIONS
• BIOCOAT biomimetic nanocoatings
• CATSYNC synthetic catalizers of nanocarbon
  coatings
• CONDUCTFIL development of electrical conductive
  monofilaments
• FINECLAY preparation of specialized
  nanocharges
• GOCELL acellular bioactivated bandages for
  treatment of
  skin ulcers
• NANOZOX hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanopowders
• PINSYNAC industrial processes for the synthesis
  of carbon nanotubes
• PROCOMO foaming of nanocomposites by
  supercritical CO2
• SMARTNET intelligent coatings for better cleaning
  of inox steel
• TARGAN imaging and treatment of tumor development
  by specific radioactive nanoclusters

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• BELGIAN NANOTECHNOLOGIES IN A EUROPE
• From Micro- and Nanoscale Science to New
  Technologies in Europe (MNT ERA-Net) (FP6)
• - Netword of 20 countries regions, including
  Wallon Government and IWT
• NAnoscale Integrated processing of
  self-organizing Multifunctional Organic Materials
  (NAIMO) (FP6)
• 20 partners from 9 countries
• Co-ordinator University of Brussels
• Intelligent multi-reactive textiles integrating
  nano-filler based CPC-fibres (INTELTEX) (FP6)
• 20 partners co-ordinator NANOCYL
• IMEC in FP6
• - Participation in 15 nano projects (7 times as
  leader)

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• Pan-European Research Infrastructure for
  Nano-Structures (PRINS)
• - One of the 35 large pan-European research
  infrastructures selected in the ESFRI Roadmap
• - Coordinator IMEC, with CEA-LETI (FR)
  Fraunhofer Microelectronics Alliance (DE)
• - A distributed infrastructure aimed at bridging
  the area between research and market-driven
  applications
• - Preparatory phase project supported by FP7
  (2008-2010)

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• CONCLUSIONS
• Federal government
• - no specific nanotech programme
• - generic measures
• tax reduction
• basic research
• - intellectual property with research centres

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• CONCLUSIONS 2
• Flemish Region
• - no specific nanotech programme
• - generic measures
• support to research clusters
• - intellectual property with research centres
• - strong predominance of 1 research centre
  IMEC

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DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• CONCLUSIONS 3
• 3. Walloon Region
• - nanotech programme
• support to research clusters
• - intellectual property with research centres
• - several research centres and industries
• - main domain nanomaterials

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REGIONAL PROGRAMMES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT IN BELGIUM

• http//www.belspo.be
• bogdan.vandoninck_at_belspo.be