Space Technology R&D&I Park

About us: information about PTK Lubuskie R+D+I

HISTORY

The company known as the Space Technology Park – Research, Development and Innovation (hereinafter: PTK – R&D&I) operates in accordance with the Commercial Companies Code; a resolution of the Lubuskie Voivodeship Assembly dated 15 May 2023 (No. LIII/781/23) on the establishment of a commercial company of the Lubuskie Voivodeship under the name Space Technology Park – Research, Development and Innovation sp. Ltd, the resolution of the Management Board of the Lubuskie Voivodeship dated 22 August 2023 on the establishment of a single-member company of the Lubuskie Voivodeship under the name Space Technology Park – Research, Development and Innovation Ltd, and the Memorandum of Association of the limited liability company Space Technology Park – Research, Development and Innovation dated 23 August 2023 (Register A No. 3611/2023).

PTK – R&D&I is a single-member limited liability company whose sole shareholder is the Lubuskie Voivodeship local authority.

The Company’s origins are linked to the EU-funded Space Technology Park project, led by the Lubuskie Voivodeship local government, the University of Zielona Góra, Hertz Systems and the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Company will act as the project operator, drawing on the experience gained over the last five years from the operation in Zielona Góra of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Prof. Marek Banaszkiewicz, as well as the Lubusz Department of Development and Innovation’s management of innovation in the region.

The Company’s activities build on the experience gained from the operation in Zielona Góra of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Prof. Mark Banaszkiewicz, as well as to the management of innovation in the Lubusz region carried out by the Department of Development and Innovation at the Lubusz Provincial Office (now: the Department of Economy and Development). The company’s first board of directors was formed by Prof. Marek Banaszkiewicz – Chairman of the Board – and Dr Jerzy Tutaj – Deputy Chairman of the Board.

MISSION

The Company’s mission is to boost the level of innovation in the Lubuskie Voivodeship by developing the space and high-tech sectors and coordinating innovation policy. PTK – R&D&I is taking the necessary steps to become a global player with local roots; a participant in complex global networks; a partner for companies and organisations – tenants; and a hub for activity involving universities, business, local government, public institutions and non-governmental organisations.

The Company’s core functions are incubation (e.g. of start-ups), innovation – stimulating innovative processes, integration – creating an innovation ecosystem, and promotion – helping to build the region’s brand. PTK – R&D&I also fulfils a civilisational function – building pro-innovation awareness and an understanding of the importance of knowledge in society and the economy; fostering collective networks of cooperation – public-private partnerships; and fostering trust and shared responsibility.

OBJECTIVES

The Company’s objective is to operate and provide access to research laboratories, to develop R&D&I projects, as well as to foster networking, integrating and inspiring entities from the business sector, local government bodies, the scientific community and non-governmental organisations to engage in pro-innovation activities.

Another aim is to undertake joint activities relating to the preparation and implementation of a state-of-the-art research and development centre. The aim of the Space Technology Park will be to bring together business and science with advanced technologies, so as to create a hub for numerous companies in the new technologies sector.

The company is set to become a driving force for the modernisation of society and the economy, a catalyst for endogenous and exogenous innovative resources, a generator of demand for innovation, a source of research and development work – for companies and research and, a developer of new degree programmes, a provider of staff, as well as the infrastructure and procedures for the protection of intellectual property, a promoter of knowledge about innovation and the effects of innovative activities, and a coordinator of the innovation system. The company has been established to carry out promotional, educational and publishing activities aimed at improving the quality of social and economic life in the Lubuskie Voivodeship, in particular by:

  1. the integration of organisations in the space sector in the Lubuskie Voivodeship,
  2. supporting the development of space technology and research, and related fields,
  3. the commercialisation of R&D&I results,
  4. supporting innovation and cluster activities,
  5. cooperation with regional centres for innovation and space technology in Poland, Europe and worldwide,
  6. the education of local residents,
  7. promoting knowledge within institutions and organisations,
  8. the professionalisation of institutions and entities such as local government bodies, public benefit organisations and business entities, with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
  9. the systematic measurement of the attitudes, behaviours and decisions of the individuals and organisations referred to in point 8, as well as the communities of the Lubuskie Voivodeship,
  10. recommendations and the implementation of improvements that support the development of local communities, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and all types of economic activity,
  11. the development of strategic thinking in the areas of social and economic life,
  12. promoting teaching and research activities,
  13. supporting the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in every respect.

The company pursues its objectives by, amongst other things:

  1. active efforts to attract users of the PTK-B+R+I laboratories,
  2. maintaining the PTK-R&D&I infrastructure to a high technical standard,
  3. obtaining authorisations and certificates to carry out research and testing of space equipment at PTK-B+R+I,
  4. scientific research,
  5. lectures, seminars, conferences,
  6. training courses, workshops,
  7. social, economic and marketing research,
  8. grants, research projects, Polish and European research and development projects,
  9. the preparation of socio-economic studies and analyses,
  10. the preparation of documents such as: development strategies, marketing strategies, status reports, audit reports, including those relating to management, communication, marketing, publishing activities,
  11. the acquisition, construction, renovation and modernisation of property,
  12. letting, leasing and lending of property.