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Some 30 years after the EPFL Innovation Park<\/a> opened its doors, plans are under way to double its capacity. The new site will be called Ecotope.<\/p>\n

The 30 or so spin-offs that come out of the EPFL labs every year are now struggling to find business premises, and the space allocated to large companies for pursuing innovative ideas is full. The Innovation Park is already home to over 150 start-ups and 30 large companies employing over 2,600 people.<\/p>\n

In view of the need for more space, along with the Innovation Park\u2019s appeal, the EPFL Innovation Park Foundation has teamed up with the EPFL<\/a>, the canton of Vaud and the city of Ecublens to double the Park\u2019s surface area, currently 592,000 square feet, within the next ten years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s not just about adding surface area,\u201d says Ursula Oesterle, EPFL\u2019s Vice President for Innovation and the person behind the initiative. \u201cToday, businesses interested in innovation \u2013 whether startups or established companies \u2013 need a place where they can meet on a daily basis to share ideas. That\u2019s the kind of vibrant, stimulating environment we intend to create with Ecotope. \u201d<\/p>\n

Ecotope is intended to be an ecosystem in its own right, where policymakers, researchers, investors, executives, entrepreneurs, students and citizens can come together for open dialogue and debate. Not only must the new site fit in seamlessly with its natural surroundings, it should also provide occupants with a peaceful work environment along with common spaces and \u201cvillage square\u201d areas for brainstorming and ideation.<\/p>\n

Addressing strategic priorities<\/h4>\n

Ecotope is intended to serve as a hotbed of innovation and to support EPFL\u2019s strategy of addressing key societal challenges \u2013 like sustainability, the environment, aging, artificial intelligence and healthcare \u2013 through a cross-disciplinary approach. The scope of these challenges is so vast that solutions can only be found by drawing on many different fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cEcotope will be a major plus for our canton,\u201d says Philippe Leuba, the head of Vaud\u2019s Department of the Economy, Innovation and Sports. \u201cIt will spur innovation \u2013 and thus job creation \u2013 make EPFL a more competitive school and bolster our economy in general.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first phase of construction work for the new site, slated to begin in 2023, some 269,000 square feet of offices, labs and collaborative spaces will be built by an architecture firm that was selected in early June through an RFP. Ecotope will be located just one kilometer away from Innovation Park, which is a key part of the project. A clean transportation system will also be put in place, with the support of the City of Ecublens, so that people can move easily between the two R&D hubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the EPFL Innovation Park will expand with a new site, called Ecotope, where start-ups, researchers and outside companies will be able to pool their resources in order to explore groundbreaking ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[838],"tags":[949,933,901],"class_list":["post-15239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-environment","tag-education-en","tag-incubator","tag-technology-park"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEPFL Innovation Park to expand with a focus on co-creation - Greater Geneva Bern area<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/epfl-innovation-park-to-expand-with-a-focus-on-co-creation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPFL Innovation Park to expand with a focus on co-creation - 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