Researchers’ Night in Madrid2011

3 successful experiences in

Science Communicatio

nEUSEA Annual Conference

Dublin, July 2012

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Researcher’s Night 2011 at Cambridge

Research and Innovation in Madrid (madri+d)

Researchers’ Night in Madrid 2011

• Inhabitants 6 million• Total R&D expenditure 3,900 M€• Researchers 32,100• Public universities 7• Research Institutes 80

Research and innovation in MadridResearch and innovation in Madrid

Fundación madri+d: created in 2002 as an instrument for the Scientific Policy of Madrid Region, promoting the link between scientific and business environments.

madri+d is a regional network of 47 institutions at work since 1997: public and private universities, research institutions, business associations, etc.

Making Science and Technology a key element for competitiveness and sustainability of the territory, enterprises, institutions and citizens.

R&D

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Technology Watcht

300 reports

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIO

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Technology Transfer

EEN Coordination

EntrepreneursCreation of 329

technology-based firms

Laboratories Network170 labs.

Science Week (2011)

1,000 activities225,000

attendants

Museum Network

130 Scientific Collections

102 Science Weblogs

29,336,953 visits

Web Site (2011) >67,000,000 visited

pages4,500,000 documents

Regional Brand

FP7 PromotionTraining

and Informatio

nDaily

Newsletter60,000

subscribers

Researcher’s Night 2011

8,000 attendants

The Scientific Information Office. It plays an important role in the interaction between science and society by improving the scientific information approach and establishing a dialogue with scientists and citizens.

Aim Its main objective is to encourage public debate about science and

technology, improving access to information and to foster specialized counselling and citizens participation in science and technology.

Services Offer daily scientific information to citizens. Analyze thoroughly current issues in R&D. Manage reports and interviews of the main researcher groups in

Madrid Organize events and debates. Create communication ways between the scientific community

and the media.

Activity Areas Organization of Events. Communication and Participation.

Organization of eventsTo bring science closer to citizens and to foster the dialogue with researchers.

Researchers’ Night

Madrid Science Week

Researchers’ Night in Madrid 2011

16 activities (hands-on experiments, theater, music…)12 institutions120 researchers involved8.000 attendants

1. Researchers & Enterprises

Researchers from enterprises

Anova IT Consulting (Defence, security)

Unmanned Solutions(Aeronautical and space engineering)

UPM spin-off

N2S(Technology-based service-oriented company)

1. Researchers & Enterprises

Message to the youngest

AISoy Robotics (Social Robots)

GlaxoSmithKline-Spain (Diseases of the Developing

World Drug Discovery Center )Mobaloo

(mobile applications)

Ambiox Biotech(Biomedical solutions)

2. Get on to science

See your city with new eyes

2. Get on to science

Science is all around you

3. Researchers’ Night 2011 at Cambridge

3. Researchers’ Night 2011 at Cambridge

Madrid - Cambridgejoint activity

And this year…

18 activities 14 institutions involved EU funding

See you in Madrid next September 28th

You’re all invited!

Oficina de Información Científica C/ Alcalá, 32

E-28010 MadridTel. + 34 91 7201 04 89

Email: susana.perez@madrid.org