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The Swiss Federal Council has approved the inclusion of the Innovation Park East as the sixth site sponsor in the overall network of the Swiss Innovation Park. The aim of the new network location in Eastern Switzerland is to promote innovation by networking business and science.The Swiss Innovation Park is a public-private partnership initiative of national importance run by the Confederation and the cantons science and the private sector . Under the umbrella brand Switzerland Innovation the innovation park has so far comprised five locations in the vicinity of the two federal technical universities in Zurich and Lausanne as well as in Aargau in north-western Switzerland and in Biel. Several regional locations are connected to three of these network locations. Recently the Central Switzerland and Ticino locations joined the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich location sponsor .The locations are generally financed by the location cantons and private investors. By renting space for the settlement of companies and the provision of services they should become self-sustaining in the medium term. The private law foundation Switzerland Innovation acts as an umbrella organization and interface to the federal government.With the decision of the Federal Council a one-year testing and approval process was completed which included the assessment of the project by an independent jury of experts. With the connection to the umbrella organization of the Swiss Innovation Park the Innovation Park East is now included in the nationwide network.The main location of the Innovation Park East is the Lerchenfeld campus at the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute Empa City of St. Gallen. A subsidiary is being built in Buchs SG In addition to St. Gallen the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden Thurgau and the Principality of Liechtenstein are also represented.The Innovationspark Ost offers a development laboratory and work infrastructure that research teams from companies and scientific institutions can use for joint innovation projects. In this ecosystem they can further increase their competitiveness and innovative performance. In a first phase the thematic focus is on the areas of health digitization and the MEM industry machine electrical and metal industries.
