Óbuda University, in cooperation with the Zsámbék City Government, is establishing a Future Industry Science and Innovation Park (ZSTIP), which will help strengthen local research, development and innovation activities and support the growth potential of the domestic economy – announced Rector Prof. Dr. Levente Kovács on March 25 at the conference presenting the project in Zsámbék. At the event, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rudolf Kalman Óbuda University Foundation, said that the integration of future industry technologies into the economy can only be achieved through close cooperation between universities and interested companies. At the event, the university founded the Hungarian Cybersecurity Cluster with the involvement of companies.
The Rudolf Kalman Foundation for Óbuda University, Óbuda University and the Zsámbék local government have set a goal of establishing an innovation center where researchers and developers experiment and produce future technologies in the areas of cybersecurity, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, medical technology, AR/VR, and robotics. This will strengthen domestic industry and companies operating in the area, and increase university technology transfer activities in Hungary and abroad.
Laszlo HorvathSpeaking about the important project for the city, the mayor of Zsámbék said that ZSTIP is well connected to the economic development program of the settlement. In line with the development of the region, in addition to scientific activity, industrial development and social convergence can also be achieved thanks to the cooperation established with Óbuda University, the mayor added.
– Today, the university, together with the maintaining foundation and the Zsámbék City Government, begins the construction of the Future Industry Science and Innovation Park, where developments that lay the foundation for the future can be implemented – he said Prof. Dr. Levente Kovacs, who called this a strategically epoch-making moment. Óbuda University is the only Hungarian higher education institution that can create three science parks in the country. With the change of model, the university also changed its approach: they want to create an entrepreneurial and investing institution and its environment that combines the existing knowledge base with R&D&I opportunities and industrialization. He emphasized that the university's management treats the governmental and international strategic framework for the implementation of innovation parks as a priority, thereby contributing to Hungary becoming one of the most competitive countries in Europe by 2030 in terms of a knowledge-based society.
Michael Varga Highlighting the significance of the project launched in Zsámbék, he emphasized that the integration of future industrial technologies into the economy can only be achieved through close cooperation between universities and companies interested in production, manufacturing, and use. With the science park development in Székesfehérvár, Kaposvár, and the recently announced Zsámbék, which was launched in recent weeks, Óbuda University can enter the arena of not only the Hungarian but also the international economy. The operation of the new centers provides an opportunity for university training programs to adapt almost immediately to the newly emerging needs of the market, and those working in the research centers can have a direct say in the development of future projects through their work.
Dr. György Eigner Associate Professor, Dean of the John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, explained in his presentation that the university intends to implement a future industry knowledge center campus and hall building within the framework of the cooperation. They are preparing to establish a thematic research center and service space that, among other things, serves innovation-oriented, high-level research and, at the end of the process, the licensing and patent management of new technologies. According to the professional leader of the project, the centers will provide a realistic, modern and attractive research, innovation and service space not only for start-ups, spin-offs, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, large companies, but also for the public sector. The building will also house thematic research and prototyping labs, presentation and exhibition spaces, among other things. The innovation park to be established in an open and self-sustaining industrial innovation ecosystem is a knowledge-driven, high-added-value, environmentally conscious future industry model project focusing on the research and production of future industry technologies.
Within the framework of the Science Park Program that covers the country, Óbuda University is implementing three developments worth 57.5 billion forints that will make Székesfehérvár, Kaposvár and Zsámbék the center of the country's future industrial development.
At the event, a letter of intent for cooperation was signed by the companies supporting the project: ACPM IT Consulting Ltd., C3S Ltd., Combit Ltd., H1Systems Engineering Services Ltd., CraftUnique Ltd. and Yettel Hungary Ltd. (Au iFaceTechnologies Ltd. – CloudCasting Group will authenticate the document at a later date).
Hungarian Cybersecurity Cluster established
Óbuda University has founded the Hungarian Cybersecurity Cluster in cooperation with several companies, ACPM IT Consulting Ltd., Balasys IT Ltd., Falcon GT Consulting Ltd. and White Hat IT Security Ltd.
