The excitement for the 2nd stage of Europe's 3rd Technopark

Technopark Istanbul is built on an area of approximately 2,5 million square meters, and is on track in terms of the completion of the second stage. With the second stage expected to be completed in 2017, a further space of 81 thousand square meters will be provided to brainstorming for technology development.

FOCUS ON HUMAN

Technopark Istanbul is a technology development center which entered into service in 2013. The campus located right next to Sabiha Gökçen Airport currently provides an area of 62 thousand square meters to technology development activities. The center is home to nearly 100 firms engaged in R&D in fields such as Aviation and Space, Medical Sciences, Defense Industry, Energy, Maritime Technologies and High-Tech, and has active incubation centers to foster development of new ideas. The young innovators with workable ideas engage in brainstorming at the campus. Technopark Istanbul is expected to complete the second stage by the end of 2017, to more than double its current area. The second stage will reinforce its character as a giant base of technology focusing on human. Indoors and outdoors spaces will be designed accordingly.

THIRD IN EUROPE

Technopark Istanbul is currently home to 100 R&D firms. The center provides employment to 1500 R&D staff engaged in efforts to innovate. Furthermore, 30 entrepreneurs strive to develop new ideas in an incubation environment. Working hard to become one of the three largest technoparks of Istanbul, Technopark Istanbul plans for an investment figure of USD 2 billion. The buildings of the second stage will be completed by 2017, and will include Multi-storey Administration Building, Shared-Tenancy R&D Buildings, Incubation Center, and a Social Facility

A THOUSAND FIRMS IN 15 YEARS

Technopark Istanbul was built as a partnership of the Undersecretariat of Defense and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, and serves as a base to help foreign and local entrepreneurs contribute to the technological capacity-building in Turkey. The campus is characterized as a respectable center of science and technology for local and foreign investors. Furthermore, Technopark Istanbul provides investors the fascinating reach to 56 countries at a flight distance of just 4 hours. This helps Technopark Istanbul stand out among others, and provides investors with access to an audience of 1.5 billion, representing a market of 15 trillion. The center is expected to host nearly a thousand R&D firms in 15 years. Furthermore, it aims to help provide employment to more than 30 thousand R&D staff, and contribute to a the creation of a business volume to provide 5-7 billion dollars in added value.

THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR OWN CENTERS

As a center where creativity is translated into products, Technopark Istanbul will also see 7 firms to build their own R&D centers in the second stage. Furthermore, 6 universities will be building their own centers of excellence at the campus. The second stage is also characterized with a design philosophy focusing excessively on living spaces. In this vein, the buildings are designed to have a nice view of the lake, and will be positioned in a permeable manner, without severing the connections between various ground levels. The site hosting hotels and convention centers, is also to be expanded with the addition of gyms and swimming pools as parts of the plans for the second stage.

HOST OF THE TECHNOPARKS CONVENTION OF THE WORLD

Technopark Istanbul will host, in a consortium with METU Technopark and ITU-Arı Technopark, the World Convention of International Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) to be held in 2017. The consortium made substantial efforts in 2015 at Beijing, China, to secure the host status for the 34th event of this network in 2017. The consortium competed against a bid from Pakistan, and was named as the official host by receiving 117 votes out of a total of 172. The last iteration of the event hosting guests from nearly 70 countries of the world took place in China. 2016 will see the convention take place in Russia, to be followed by Istanbul in 2017.

09 Mart 2016 Çarşamba

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