1. Science parks and technological support at ELI Beamlines
Aleš Hála
15 November 2017

2. ELI Beamlines facility parameters
Laser building
16,500 m2
Laboratories
4,500 m2
Offices
4,400 m2
Multifunction areas
2,300 m2

3. Facility design

4. Funding Construction Phase Operational Phase 85 Buildings 165
mil. EURO
Buildings 85
Technology
165
Others 27
Total
277

5. Employees by country – 300 people in total

6. Bringing new values for society
New scientific challenges for technology development:
Biomedical Cancer treatment, new drugs development;
Material New materials, nanomaterials, satellite material testing;
Molecular New generation of chemical compounds;
Energetics Laser fusion system, new energy sources (patented).
Technical solutions for industrial users:
3D imaging and diffraction of unique complex biological structures;
Extreme field conditions;
Optical Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics;
Pump & probe experiments.

7. ELI Beamlines user operation
All beamlines will be available for international users to accomplish their own research projects, development of technologies and know-how, and use or test their equipment
Both academic and commercial research and technology development
Open access policy for academic users: to be open to all interested researchers, based on open competition and selection of the proposals, evaluated by on the sole criterion of scientific excellence

8. Timeline
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Building Ph I.
Building Ph. II. – A, B, C
PAH
Technology Development - DE, FR, IT, UK, USA
Technology Delivery
Technology Installations
Commissioning
User experiments

9. ELI Beamlines high-power laser systems
Construction of high-power laser systems
Vacuum compatible instrumentation
Laser beam distribution
Cryogenics
In-house developed software control system
ELI Beamlines L1 system
100 mJ / <15 fs (upgrade to 200 mJ)
6.7 TW; 1019 W/cm2
fs-level external synchronization;
User facility system with advanced control

10. Industrial applications
Overview
Communication
Pharmacy
Microscopy & Spectroscopy
Medicine
New materials
Laser fusion
Defense
Secondary sources

11. Particle acceleration

12. Proton therapy
Alternative (smaller and cheaper) proton beam source for medical proton centers

13. Real time 3D bio-imaging
3D imaging of viruses and other biological objects in real time

14. Technology Transfer Office
CENTRE FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Established in 2012
Operational for ELI Beamlines, Hilase and Institute of Physics AS CR
7 team members
2 Business Development managers
IP manager
Lawyer
Financial manager
Marketing and administrative support
50+ technology transfer and commercialisation / contract research projects

15. Intellectual property valorization
14 patent applications (8 national, 4 EPO, 2 PCT)
30+ technologies/instrumentation
3 Software
1 license agreement signed
EUR in contract research
Testing of optics for personal protection
Development of laser sources
Calculation, modelling, searches, …

16. Spin-off example: CARDAM Solutions
Mathematical simulations
Advanced material development
Safety and security systems

17. Project management

18. 30 mil. EUR operational yearly budget
Financing 2018+
2018/2019
30 mil. EUR operational yearly budget
Source: national, EU, ERIC, industrial???
280 mil. EUR investment from ERDF

19. ELI regional innovation cluster
ELI Beamlines, Hilase, Institute op Physics AS CR
Prague Innovation Center
Central Bohemian Innovation Centre
Institutes of Academy of Sciences, Czech Technical University, Charles University, Biocev, …)

20. Science and Technology Advanced Region
VESTEC
HODKOVICE
DOLNÍ BŘEŽANY

21. for your attention! ales.hala@eli-beams.eu +420 702 004 931W:
ELI Beamlines
ELI Beamlines