Academpark Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus
Russia
Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation
Novosibirsk
630090, Inzhenernaya St., 20
Top managers:
Nikonov Vladimir Alekseyevich
The Academpark develops in the territory of the Novosibirsk Campus having an outstanding success story of development and deployment of scientific and technology developments.
The Academpark is the complex technology park having the unique scientific and technology and business infrastructure allowing to create ideal conditions for origin and development of the innovative companies and successful development of the operating innovation enterprises, the place where scientific developments are realized in industrial technologies.
Cluster design
The Academpark has a cluster design. Here service and technology infrastructure for development of each activity of the innovative companies, taking into account their technology, organizational and logistic features forms.
Structure of clusters:
- Specialized business incubator
- Specialized technology services
- Specialized office, laboratory and production spaces
- Specialized engineering infrastructure
History
2017
Initiative of creation of Industrial office of Academpark
On joint sitting of Council of the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCCI) and Council of the Interregional Association of Heads of the Enterprises (IAHE) the initiative of creation of Industrial office of Academpark — the permanent working group on development of partnership of the innovation resident companies of Academpark and industrial enterprises of the region was sounded on November 2, 2017.
By the perspective directions of cooperation were designated:
- Search of industrial partners for mass production of the innovation products of the resident companies.
- At many project teams working in Academpark experience in the field of researches, design and creation of industrial samples is acquired. But for deployment of serial production other competences and production resources are required. The industrial companies of Novosibirsk are capable to provide them, and the Technopark is ready to act as a link in this process.
- The innovative developments by request of the enterprises.
- Akademprak's residents have competences and potential for finding solutions to difficult technology tasks at the modern level. The technopark could offer these opportunities to the industrial companies for the solution of specific objectives of development of productions, for elimination of "technology barriers".
- In Academpark the whole pool of the service technology companies which specialize in rendering hi-tech services of the most different profile works. Also the enterprises of Novosibirsk could place orders at capacities of these companies.
 | The community of the innovative companies which developed in the territory of Academpark is interested in all-round development of partner communications with industrial enterprises — Vladimir Nikonov, the CEO of Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus concluded. — Therefore we submit for discussion the offer on creation based on Academpark of the tool of the solution of the listed tasks — Industrial office. We see it as the permanent working group which part representatives of the innovation community, the associations representing the interests of the industry, regional institutes of development and authorities would be. |  |
Participants of a meeting approved the offer on creation of Industrial office, representatives of NGTPP and MARP expressed readiness to take part in this work.
Regional operator Skolkovo
In October, 2017 the memorandum of creation of regional operator "Skolkovo" between JSC Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus and NO "Fund of development of Development center and commercialization of new technologies" was signed (Skolkovo Foundation).
Skolkovo as federal institute of the development having a set of privileges and preferences for the developing innovative companies resulted activity development in need to extend operation of these mechanisms to regions of Russia. It is possible to perform this distribution, only relying on the system of the similar institutes created in regions.
The technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus (Academpark) was selected as the largest and effective institute of support of the innovation business in the region. The Academpark was defined by both the regional Government, and Skolkovo Foundation as the main partner, to be exact - as future regional operator Fonda in the Novosibirsk region.
"Obtaining the status of the regional operator means that the Academpark will be able to strengthen the measures of support to residents provided today at the expense of the Skolkovo resources. At the same time on us also responsibility for building of interaction with similar structures of the region – the Biotechnopark, Medical technopark and other organizations working in this direction will lay down", - the CEO of Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus Vladimir Nikonov noted.
Dmitry Verkhovod's dismissal: results of work and plans
On January 30, 2017 became the last day of work of Dmitry Verkhovod in Academpark in Novosibirsk. This day at a press conference he summed up the results of the activity as the CEO and told about plans for the near future.
According to Verkhovod, the Academpark at the end of 2016 almost doubled revenue, to 307 million rubles. Net profit was 102 million rubles[1]. It noted that for the first time for all the history the technopark came to profit. Still it was according to plan unprofitable, during the different periods showed a loss around 30-40 million rubles, Dmitry Verkhovod told.
According to Verkhovod, in ten years of work of technopark its residents transferred more than 4.2 billion rubles of taxes, including 2.5 billion rubles - in the budget of the Novosibirsk region. He reminded that all slightly less than 3 billion rubles of the state investments were invested in the project.
The technopark has no debts on taxes, salaries, before banks and contractors. Also the Academpark has no mortgage encumbrance of property. The park develops at the expense of the companies operating in its territory, Dmitry Verkhovod noted.
The government about dismissal, according to Verkhovod, it has no offense at the solution[2].
| | I realize the age and that I already too long am engaged in this project. Therefore, in principle, I repeatedly thought of finding to itself the successor and to leave, but expected that it will be as - topo - other is made — with a proper opportunity to report, come to the end and so on, - he told. | |
Dmitry Verkhovod told that to him not less than 10 offers on work from Astana, Vladivostok, Tomsk, Moscow, the Crimea already arrived and other regions[3]. It inclines to one of them: Verkhovod intends to help development of the Kazakhstan technopark with Astana.
| | I am not going to move to other city. The idea of the adviser to the head of autonomous cluster fund in Kazakhstan is closer to me. On a non-staff basis. Kazakhstan is my homeland, and this project (across the Skolkovo type) to me it is close, - he said. | |
In the next time Dmitry Verkhovod is going to have a rest a little — to recover forces and to treat health.
2016
Residents want to influence Academpark
On December 16, 2016 the press service of Academpark announced the solution of heads of the resident companies - to integrate for creation of the structure capable to protect their interests. In parallel discussed the prospects of entry into capital stock of Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus.
| | Now no structure which would reflect the interests of residents of Academpark is provided. The crisis connected with unreasonable change of the CEO of Technopark showed that we are rather separated. Our task – to integrate and create the certain body influencing the major shareholder for the purpose of presence of residents at the Supervisory board, change of the concept, the charter and other documents of Academpark. | |
In addition, some residents consider the possibility of entry into capital stock of JSC Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus. Part of them hold the opinion that it is the only way of creation of documents, legally binding the major shareholder to listen to opinion of the innovation community.
For December, 2016 99.997% of stocks of Academpark belong to the Government of the Novosibirsk region on behalf of Department of the property and land relations. The remained 0.003% are controlled by Technopark of the Campus Fund which founder are the Siberian department of RAS, the mayor's office of Novosibirsk and the Government of the Novosibirsk region.
| | Existence of a share in authorized capital of the company grants the right to nominate shareholders in Board of Directors. | |
Some residents of Academpark already gave prior consent to redemption of stocks. In the nearest future the initiative group will collect all proposals of persons interested to enter the capital of Technopark and will send the letter to shareholders. The procedure of redemption of stocks by residents will be possible only if the Government of the Novosibirsk region agrees to release of additional issue on the closed subscription and also to the conclusion of the shareholders' agreement describing the legal rights of residents.
According to the results of the first general meeting the working group of 20 people – representatives bio - instrument-making and the IT companies of Academpark, residents of business incubator is created. Until the end of the year it is entrusted to them to develop offers on formation of the organization integrating residents and also in more detail to handle an issue on entry into capital stock of JSC Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus.
Vladimir Nikonov is appointed the director of technopark the ex-Minister of Education
On December 6, 2016 at an extraordinary meeting shareholders of the Novosibirsk technopark appointed the new CEO. 64-year-old Vladimir Nikonov, the former director of "The agency of investment development" and the ex-Minister of Education of the Novosibirsk region became him.
The new director will get to work since January 31, 2017. To this time duties will be fulfilled by Dmitry Verkhovod who, according to the solution of shareholders, was officially dismissed from a position, and the authorities of the Novosibirsk region made the decision on it at the end of November, 2016.
According to sources of TAdviser, 5-6 candidates, including two persons – from residents of technopark were proposed for vote for the new CEO. "At a share of the government in 99%, it is not important how the decision was made. I assume that unanimously", – the interlocutor of TAdviser says.
According to the government of the region, the working group which will discuss further development of technopark will be created. Representatives of the government, department of RAS and residents of technopark should enter into it. According to representatives of residents, they wait for "reset" of technopark.
According to Vladimir Nikonov, at least, two tasks are defined. One concerns a management system for technopark: according to him, at decision making the role of the innovative companies should become higher.
| | I believe, offers which will concern, perhaps, changes of the charter of Technopark will be made, - he explained to local media.[4] | |
Other area of work is connected with expansion of functions of technopark.
| | The technopark as the property complex focused on creation of conditions for work of the innovative companies is one. In it the project took place. But innovators and representatives of scientific institutes speak about need of formation of technopark as effective tool on commercialization of scientific practices, assistance of development of startups that it performed function there is nobody cores of all innovation system, – Vladimir Nikonov says.[4] | |
According to the chairman of Sibakademsoft association, the owner of Softlab-NSK company Irina Travina, the selected candidate – compromise: obviously, she suits both the governor, and legislative assembly.
| | We well know his [Nikonov]. He was a Minister of Education, science and the innovation policy of area, and, naturally, on this post we quite often communicated with it, – Irina Travina says. – At the same time, it retirement age. These are, on the one hand, pluses – experience, a possibility of lobbying of interests in the government, contact with the governor, with ZS. At the same time it and minus for technopark. As far as I understand, it had no experience of the management of institute of development. Let's look as far as it will manage it. | |
To have an opportunity to influence decisions on work of technopark, residents study the idea to become its shareholders, Irina Travina reported Tadviser. According to her, they are going to suggest the edge authorities to carry out additional share issue that residents redeemed at least 2% of authorized capital (about 62 million rubles). It is for this purpose going to identify those residents who are ready to invest. "There is a lot of persons interested, but whether we will gather for 62 million rubles – a question interesting", - she notes.
| | If it manages to be made, then it will be possible to enter into management of society on corporate laws, but not on good will of the governor, – Irina Travina summarizes. | |
The Novosibirsk IT companies want to run away from the governor to Skolkovo
As found out TAdviser, residents of technopark in Novosibirsk would like to pass under the aegis Skolkovo. The innovative companies are going to discuss such scenario on November 8, 2016, the chairman of Sibakademsoft association, the owner of Softlab-NSK company Irina Travina reported TAdviser. Thus residents of technopark did not reconcile to sudden dismissal of the permanent CEO Dmitry Verkhovod which was initiated by the governor of the Novosibirsk region Vladimir Gorodetsky.
Not to depend on the regional power, residents of technopark study an opportunity to transfer it to the status of federal institute of development, Irina Travina explained. Theoretically there is an opportunity to make it the special territory Skolkovo.
| | It is one of possible options. It will give the chance – at regular change of the regional power – not envy from a whim of people with a limited outlook who do not understand why the technopark is necessary, – Irina Travina says. | |
In August, 2016 the Ministry of Finance suggested to create in regions of Russia analogs Skolkovo to replicate model of the innovation center for the whole country. It is supposed to create network of regional operators with whom the Skolkovo management company will be able to sign agreements on joint project implementation. Thus from activity of an innocentre territorial limits can be lifted, and Skolkovo will be able to provide the services in different regions – in special territories. To receive the status of the "special" territory regional operators should have necessary physical, scientific, innovation infrastructure.
In the campus in Novosibirsk constructed one of the most developed technoparks in Russia. So to become Skolkovo branch it has a necessary infrastructure.
It is the real scenario, Irina Travina considers. To implement it, it will be necessary to look for supporters in the federal government.
It should be noted that at the end of October, 2016 at the forum "Open Innovations" the president of Skolkovo Foundation Victor Vekselberg, speaking about regions which could work under a wing of an innocentre, listed territories with hi-tech projects.
| | It both St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk campus, it and Tomsk, it and Ural region, it and Tataria, – Victor Vekselberg said.[5] | |
At the end of September the bill of the Ministry of Finance of special territories of an innocentre Skolkovo was approved in the Ministry of Economic Development. Further the document will be considered by the Government of the Russian Federation.
As Irina Travina told TAdviser, on November 3 at a meeting of the supervisory board of "Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus" the governor Vladimir Gorodetsky did not state reasonable reasons for leaving of Verkhovod. To December 6, 2016 appointed extraordinary general shareholder meeting with a question of change of the CEO. The governor did not sound the candidate for a position yet. But unofficially was called, including, Irina Travina, she told. However, she understands that its figure is considered, most likely, as "checkpoint". Whether it will accept this offer, the chairman of "Sibakademsoft" did not solve yet.
In the Novosibirsk technopark now more than 350 residents. These are the innovation enterprises working in several directions: biomedicine, nanotechnologies, IT, instrument making. For example, in POLUS-ST company create the mobile x-ray device which is less and cheaper than analogs and can work in field conditions. LOGEEKs develops the medical implants produced on the 3D-printer for skull bone operations. Using this development 15 operations at the Novosibirsk research institute of traumatology and orthopedics (NIITO) and also in the medical centers in Tyumen, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow are already performed. The East company AT Consulting created Smart Center IT system which simplified rendering state services in the principle of "one window". Development is put into operation more, than at 30 offices of MFC "My documents" in the Far East.
One of the leading residents is the OCSiAl company which product made a revolution in materials science, speak in technopark. OCSiAl synthesizes one-wall carbon nanotubes which a hundred times strong steel, it is four times easier than it. For example, touchscreens of smartphones can be replaced with stronger and flexible electroconductive film, and it will cost in tens of times cheaper. In 2013 the company put into operation of "Graphetron 1.0" — the world's largest plant of synthesis of one-wall nanotubes. The OCSiAl company – international also cooperates with more than 800 largest multinational corporations, concerns and the companies. Offices and representative offices of OCSiAl are open in Columbus (State of Ohio), Luxembourg, London, Berlin, Seoul, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Tel Aviv, Singapore, Mumbai.
In the Novosibirsk campus there is the main development center of the Russian CFT Group which enters in top-10 the largest IT of developers of Russia. Among other things, the company created "The electronic travel card" — the system of non-cash payments for travel by public transport which works in 18 regions of Russia (based on 2015).
To spring of 2016 the resident companies paid taxes on total amount of 4.8 billion rubles.
Residents of the Novosibirsk technopark addressed Putin in protection of the director
On October 31 heads of Sibakademsoft non-profit partnership which integrates the innovative companies of Novosibirsk, wrote the address to the Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to understand a situation with Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus.
Representatives of the innovation business categorically do not agree with the solution of the governor of the Novosibirsk region Vladimir Gorodetsky who unexpectedly announced on October 27 change of the CEO of technopark Dmitry Verkhovod. Residents of technopark already wrote to the governor the open letter with a request to postpone this solution and to discuss such issue publicly, but not unofficially.
In the address to the president representatives of the companies say that check of technopark by control Accounts Chamber did not reveal any violations of the law, the facts of inappropriate or inefficient use of budgetary funds: checking stated several notes of economic character which improve routinely. After that deputies of regional legislative assembly discussed results of check behind closed doors, and then the governor announced the decision to dismiss Dmitry Verkhovod from the CEO's post.
| | From all event we draw a conclusion that this decision was made by the governor under pressure of group of the deputies, for some reason interested in control over technopark. This decision is made without participation of representatives of the innovative companies and representatives of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, says the appeal of NP Sibakademsoft. | |
"Verkhovod something is not pleasing. We do not understand, than, – the chairman of NP Sibakademsoft Irina Travina says TAdviser. – I do not know what interest at the regional authorities to move away the successful director. Interested parties in the form of specific people did not come up yet".
At once several sources of TAdviser close to technopark speak about the political background of dismissal. The existing conflict between the governor Vladimir Gorodetsky and the speaker of Legislative Assembly Andrey Shimkiv could become the soil for it. According to one of versions, the speaker of ZS made certain concessions to the governor in exchange for dismissal of the director of technopark. For what purpose deputies want to take control over technopark – still not clearly. At the same time candidates for this position are unknown.
"It is conflictology of the high level", – one of residents of technopark says. "They say that he is [Verkhovod] of people in a tower from ivory. Towers shine, life boils, profit goes. And here, you understand, the regional budget does not make ends meet", – one of representatives of the innovation business of Novosibirsk notes.
| | It is the political solution which is not connected with results of my work in any way. There is a conflict which victim I fell", – Dmitry Verkhovod told TAdviser. | |
He refused detailed explanations. He noted on the page on Facebook that he "all years of the work relied on understanding, support and trust from the leaders of area": "It seems that times changed". According to him, a problem not in the solution to dismiss him (this shareholder right), and that this decision is made without opinion of those whom it directly mentions who connected the case and the life with Academpark.
In the address to Putin representatives of the innovative companies ask that appointment of the director of technopark occurred on a competitive basis. "Dmitry Verkhovod has the right to participate in this tender", – they summarize.
| | Verkhovod made for technopark much. He, in fact, created him", – the chief executive Igor Sorokin says. | |
According to him, the Novosibirsk model of technopark is unique the fact that it initially considered many wishes and requirements of the innovation business. The concept was developed by two years, having polled about 200 companies.
| | When we began building, very accurately understood as as it is necessary to construct with what technologies service companies which will help the innovation should be equipped. All necessary infrastructure was created, – Igor Sorokin tells. – In Novosibirsk the most important – factory on production of new innovation businesses is created. | |
Now in the Novosibirsk technopark it is more than 350 residents. In the spring of 2016 Dmitry Verkhovod reported that in general 4.2 billion rubles of state investments were invested in technopark, and the resident companies already paid taxes on total amount of 4.8 billion rubles.[6]
On November 3 the supervisory board where time of general shareholder meeting and its agenda will be solved should gather (with a question of change of the director). According to the source TAdviser close to members of the supervisory board, at a meeting the governor Vladimir Gorodetsky who wanted to be present will participate. Without it, the interlocutor assumes, members of council could and postpone the solution, and so they, most likely, will agree with its requirement. In this case shareholder meeting which will replace the CEO can will take place at the beginning of December, 2016.
Unexpected dismissal of Dmitry Verkhovod from a position of the CEO of technopark
In more detail about it in the separate article.
120 startups
On October 14, 2016 the press service of Technopark of the Campus Fund announced results of 10 years' activity of fund.
In 2006 for the organization and effective functioning of technopark in the Novosibirsk region created Technopark of the Campus Fund. One of the main objectives of the organization - ensuring work of infrastructure and support of beginning innovative companies. The program of acceleration – Summer and Winter innovation schools of Academpark began to work in the summer of 2010. 1.4 thousand participants were trained, 110 startups are "from scratch" created.
| | The Academpark is not only buildings and platforms, the most important is an end-to-end system of actions which provides growth and development of the young people occupied in the field of innovations. А: START, the tender "Clever man", different festivals and a set of all actions is the best system which I saw in Russia and we should not reduce rates. Our capital is experts who help the beginning entrepreneurs and, certainly, close integration with universities and institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. Renad Sagdeev, the first deputy chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, academician, president of Technopark of the Campus Fund | |
According to the report of the chief executive of Fund Alexey Logvinsky, revenue of residents of business incubators reached on average 300 million rubles a year at positive dynamics, the quantity of startups approached 120, the number of employees to 500. For October 14, 2016 the system of services for residents aimed at the development of businesses includes 18 types of service - from legal and accounting maintenance, to the organization of marketing efforts, prototyping and testing of software products.
2013
Performance Indicators
In 2013 Academpark became the most effective technopark of Russia, it exceeded planned values on all indicators of effectiveness, except for budget efficiency which appeared a little less planned value.
The volume of products and services in the field of the high technologies made by 156 resident companies of Academpark in 2013 was 6.46 billion rubles that is 59.7 million rubles higher than planned value.
Commissioning of the second tower - the Center of collective use
In 2013 second "tower", of 18,777 sq.m. – the Center of collective use was put in operation. Soon here an interuniversity magistracy on engineering, the center of technical creativity of school students and offices of residents will be placed.
In 2013 the Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus became 20,000 more than square meters, filled up the list of residents, "grew up" ten startups and held more than 150 events which were attended by 7,000 people. The number of residents of Technopark of the Novosibirsk Campus at the moment is 280 companies, of them 71 – residents of business incubators.
Some of the main outcomes of year can consider completely created technology infrastructure of each cluster of Academpark (IT, instrument making, biotechnologies and medicine, nanotechnologies and new materials). So, in the 2013th the Center of virtualization was started. An object provides to residents of an IT cluster access to virtual servers. The engineering center of complex testing of software products prepares for start next year. According to development plans for a cluster "nanotechnologies and new materials" in November, 2013 the Center of the nanostructured materials was presented to the head of the region and also the chairman of the board of RUSNANO. The second queue of construction came to the end – the gas pipeline of high pressure is carried out. Thus, the nanocenter is the most technically difficult object of Academpark: 8 MW of electric power, underground storage of chemicals, stations of gasification for supply of technologies with nitrogen and many other things.
The system of acceleration in Academpark also develops on four clusters. To the business incubators created in 2012 in the directions instrument making and the IT, in 2013 was added an incubator of a biotechnology profile. Startups in the nano-bio-honey area conduct work in specially equipped laboratories of the Medicobiological engineering center. The Nanotechnology center "SIGMA gives to projects in the field of nanotechnologies support . Novosibirsk", in which portfolio already 21 startups.
In 2013 the program planned in 2009 for construction of the cottage settlement for the staff of the resident companies of Academpark gained development. In the first half of the year the site planning of the settlement expected 269 households was approved, the rights to the land plot are acquired. The architectural concept is developed, design of engineering networks is complete. At the moment at a final stage there is a design of apartment houses, the construction license is going to get in the first quarter 2014.
2012: 85 resident companies and 1395 jobs
For June, 2012 the technopark of the Novosibirsk campus (Academpark) is the multidirected complex having a cluster design. 85 resident companies work for 1395 jobs in the field of IT and a telecom, biotechnologies and biomedicine, instrument making, new materials and nanotechnologies. The amount of financing – 11 660.982 million rubles. At the beginning of 2012 the Center of information technologies is put into operation here[7].
2010
Announcing results of work of technopark in the Novosibirsk region at a batch meeting United Russia in April, 2010, Vladimir Putin mentioned that the volume of products which are turned out by technopark in 2009 was 3.3 billion rubles.
Commissioning of the first building
In June, 2010, the first building of Academpark and the first object of its technology infrastructure – the Center of prototyping was put into operation.
Criminal case against the head of department of the mayor's office of Novosibirsk
In July, 2010 it became known that criminal case against the Head of Department of construction and architecture of the mayor's office of Novosibirsk, the deputy mayor of the city, Sergey Boyarsky is brought. He is suspected of inappropriate expenditure of the budgetary funds (4.7 million rubles) transferred on construction of technopark. Criminal case was brought based on check of Rosfinnadzor.
As the contractor under the agreement which formed the charge basis the "Energy Division and Water Supply of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences" enterprise ("UEV Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science") acted. In the official statement concerning criminal case against the deputy mayor the company denied information on the "agency" nature of the agreement signed with department of the suspect.
"The agreement for the unknown and unclear reason was called "agency" though its subject designated not intermediary services, but project, construction and control activity. First of all, it is development of the design estimates on objects of technopark and implementation of functions of the customer and technical supervision", the director of construction of "UEV Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science" Valery Kinebas said, having added that all project works were performed by the enterprise in time.
2007-2009: 3.2 billion rub are spent for creation of technopark
In total in 2007-2009 3.2 billion rubles were selected for creation of technopark in Novosibirsk, from them about 2.2 billion were spent for construction of infrastructure facilities.
See Also
Notes
- ↑ the Novosibirsk Academpark in 2016 for the first time reached profitability
- ↑ Dmitry Verkhovod leaves to the Novosibirsk region profitable technopark
- ↑ Dmitry Verkhovod intends to help development of the Kazakhstan technopark
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 In Technopark the director was replaced
- ↑ The Skolkovo Foundation can create operating companies in regions of Russia
- ↑ UK of Technopark intends to get until the end of 2016 a profit
- ↑ Technoparks broke even
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