LIST’s first Annual Report available online

Published on 16/08/2016

Meeting the challenge of economic, industrial and societal needs

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is pleased to announce the release of its first annual report since its inception, on 1 January 2015, by the merger of the Gabriel Lippmann and Henri Tudor research centres. The objective of the merger was to refocus RDI activities on the development of technologies and align these with the priorities of economic and industrial growth in Luxembourg. And it has been a success story, as you will be able to read in this annual first report available online.

LIST's strategic priorities were identified in order to strengthen the Luxembourg government's policy of economic diversification and smart growth. Consequently, the structure implemented by LIST is based on a matrix pattern where the three technology departments (materials science and technologies, information technologies and environmental technologies) develop the expertise, know-how and technological building blocks to sustain four intersectoral programmes dedicated to cities (Smart Cities), space (Smart Space), finance (Smart Finance) and industry (Smart Manufacturing).

These programmes help support national efforts to transform Luxembourg into a "Smart Nation". They also make it possible for LIST's contract research to match its ambitions. In 2015, LIST increased its partnerships with SMEs and large groups. A total of 60% of contracts signed were with Luxembourg and European companies. Some 42% of these companies belong to the manufacturing production sector, followed by the information technology, construction, healthcare, water management, energy, space, mobility, transport, logistics and finance sectors.

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