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Synergy of universities, research centres and business sector as a key element of
innovation
Richard TuffsDirectorERRIN
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Objectives
• To open up discussion on building synergies between universities and business with specific reference to “Universities to Regional Growth: a practical guide” published by the S3 Platform
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ERRIN Mission
Innovation Union
Universities and business
Connecting Universities to Regional Growth
Conclusions
Content
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ERRIN is a Brussels-based platform of regionsstrengthening regional research and innovation capacities by exchanging information, sharing best practice, supporting project development, policy shaping and profile raising.
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ERRIN helps regions get their voice heard in
Brussels and supports the implementation of the
Europe2020 Strategy, the Innovation Union flagship
initiative and Smart Specialisation.
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ERRIN JourneyBrno May 14th 2012 www.errin.eu
2001 – Informal NetworkPhase 1: sharing information
2004 – Regions of Knowledge FP7 project
Phase 2: commshub, regional voiceand contact point
2006 – Oct - Relaunch with MB + subscription
2008 – 60 regions
2012 – 90+ regions Phase 3: policy , projects, profile
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Including
South Moravia
ERRIN Events
Feb-May 2012
2 activities per week
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Regions and innovation
• Regions need innovation and innovation needs regions
• Innovation needs all actors and regions including business and higher education
• Regions are the places where innovation takes place
– Triple/quadruple helix partnerships
– Core competences, critical mass and connections
– Shift of innovation from private/agent to public/network
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Innovation from agent to network• Private/agent-based
Hewlett and Packard Garage
Palo AltoElectric vehicles
training
research
infrastructure awareness
regulation
Public/networked
business models
procurement
standardisation
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Future research and innovationThree broad priorities must be linked to the regional dimension
Regional dimension
Societal challenges
Excellence
Excellence
•Bottom up
•ERC, European Research Area
Societal challenges
•Top down, outcome focused
•Health, food, energy, transport, climate action, inclusive societies
Industrial Leadership
•Leadership in key enabling technologies
•Risk finance and innovation
Regional dimension
•Place-based
•Partnership
•Competitive innovation eco-systems
•Smart specialisation
• Regions of Knowledge Programme (continuation)
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Innovation Union – 10 key points (1)
Ten key points1. Member States must invest more in education, R&D,
innovation and ICTs2. Better value for money by tackling fragmentation and linking
national R&D research and innovation systems
4. Better mobility for researchers and innovators and completion of the European Research Area
5. Simplify EU funding programmes (FP7/Horizon 2020) and more European Investment Bank Funding and strengthened European Research Council. Structural funds should be fully exploited to develop research and innovation capacities based on smart specialisation strategies
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Innovation Union
6. Get more innovation out of research with better cooperation between the worlds of business and science
7. Reduce barriers for entrepreneurs to bring ideas to market e.g. better access to finance, affordable IPR, smarter regulation, faster standardisation and strategic use of procurement
8. European Innovation Partnerships should be launched to accelerate research, development and market deployment. First EIP is on healthy ageing (future ones on smart cities, water-efficient Europe, smart mobility, agricultural productivity and sustainability)
9. Exploit EU strengths in design and creativity and champion social and public sector innovation
10. Work better with international partners
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EU higher education trends in a nutshell
The knowledge triangle: an integrated approach to research,
innovation and education
Networking/partnerships between universities, involving stakeholders
(businesses, services,...)
Develop competences to work
in an open international environment
Mobility for students, researchers, teaching staff and other staff
Joint education and research programmes
(incl. joint degrees, international academic
cooperation
Innovative forms of transnational cooperation
/teaching methods adapted for
international cooperation
Lifelong learning (incl. CPD) and knowledge
sharing
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Universities and business
• Sources of good practice
– University Business Forum
• Annual conference – started 2008
• 30 good practice case studies in University-Business Cooperation – recent publication
– Connecting Universities to Regional Growth (Smart Specialisation Platform)
– EURIS project – Open Innovation (Interreg IVC)
– Making Knowledge Work (Interreg IVC)
University Business Forum• 30 good practice studies in University-Business
Cooperation
• Studies chosen on the following criteria:– Fitting a region’s strengths
• Strategies and structure
• Environmental framework
– Multiple actors coming together
– Good practice is relative
– Transferability
– Long term commitment
– Longer sustainable funding models
EURIS – open innovation
• Key aspects of open innovation
– Networking and collaboration
– Human capital and entrepreneurship culture
– IP management and Technology Markets
– Access to finance
– Knowledge, science and technology base
Smart Specialisation and Universities
• Universities key part of the triple helix
• Proximity-driven research is key to S3 (ERRIN)
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Connecting universities to regional growth
• Key points
– Mobilising universities needs to be seen in a holistic way. Although tempting to focus on the transactional, transformational and holistic programmes offer better longer term outcomes
– Leadership and boundary spanning skills are essential
Connecting universities to regional growth
Social and cultural development
Higher Education
Regional capacity building
Regional innovation
Human capital and skills development
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Newcastle UniversityBrno May 14th 2012 www.errin.eu
Connecting Universities to Regional Growth
Research andinnovation
Enterprise and business
development
Mobilising the resources of the university for the
benefit of regional
development
Enhancing social
equality
Human capital development
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Research / knowledge 1• Consultancy or open services
– Demola Tampere – open innovation platform ( see ERRIN events 5th July) http://demola.fi/
• Innovation vouchers– FASILIS project SMEs get voucher €6000 to use life sciences facilities –
www.fasilis.edu– Greenovate http://www.greenovate-europe.eu/innovation_vouchers
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships– Staff and student mobility into companies
http://www.ktponline.org.uk/– UK Catapults are new centres of excellence that bridge the gap
between business, academia, research and government https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/technology-and-innovation-centres-forum
– SHOK -http://www.tekes.fi/en/community/Strategic0Centres0for0Science_0Technology0and0Innovation/360/Strategic0Centres0for0Science_0Technology0and0Innovation/1296
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Bradford University, UK
Carrying out commercially-exploitable research and knowledge-transfer projects will…become even more vital as an income-generator for the likes of the University of Bradford, which has successful working links with more than 200 firms and organisations Income from knowledge-transfer projects is already approaching £20m.The university’s vice-chancellor (rector), Professor Mark Cleary, says delivering world-class applied research and knowledge transfer is a priority, with ambitious targets to reach by 2014.He said: “For a university like Bradford, the way in which we work with businesses is very important for our future development and sustainability. This work is very varied, ranging from engineers and life scientists developing products and programmes with major companies such as Ford or Smith & Nephew, to the work of social scientists in developing training programmes with groups …Such work, built on the strength of our research, helps enormously in building our reputation for Making Knowledge Work (the university’s motto). We are proud of our business partnerships and hope to see them grow in the coming years. Knowledge-transfer work is key to the university’s success and strategic vision.”June 2010
Research / knowledge 2
• Science parks and science centres– Eindhoven High Tech Campus -
http://www.hightechcampus.com/
• Incubator units– Mobile Heights Lund University
http://www.mobileheights.org/– Brainport Eindhoven
http://www.brainport.nl/en?session=facovdfm9ga6l17k1fa55hhaa1
– Chalmers Encubator – 13 years and 47 companies http://encubator.com/about/history
• Research and technology centres– Szechenyi Istvan University Gyor and AUDI -
http://drc.eltehu/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=33
Promoting enterprise• Graduate enterprise
– SPEED http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=10623– PUSH - http://www.push-stuttgart.de/english/index.php
• University spin outs– Ion Beam Applications Belgium 25 years old / 2000 employees– http://www.iba-industrial.com/about-us/iba-radiation-dynamics-rdi– Aalto University Design Factory - http://aaltodesignfactory.fi/
• Networks and cluster development– North Denmark ICT cluster– http://www.brainsbusiness.dk/en/the_north_denmark_ict_cluster/
• Intellectual Property Development (IPR)– CEMITEC Navarra http://www.cemitec.com/index.php/en.html
• Intellectual linkages– Window on the world
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Climate-KIC
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Climate-KIC
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/regionalreport/Association-Climate-KIC/pdf/Climate-KIC.pdf
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Human capital
• Workforce development– E-learning
– Management courses
• Regional development– Open knowledge sharing
• Increasing staff and student mobility– Erasmus / Leonardo
• Talent attraction and retention– Fuel Milwaukee - http://www.fuelmilwaukee.org/
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Pardo, H.; Cobo, C. and Scolari, C. (2011) Death of the University? Knowledge Production and Disemination in the desitermediation Era. In McLuhan Galaxy “Understanding Media, Today”, International Conference. Universidad Oberta de Catalunya.
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Mode 1: isolated, objective, decontextualized, traditional, restricted to scientific communities.
Mode 2: open, context based, not restricted to scientific communities,
transdisciplinary, demand-driven.
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Improving social equality
• Student / PhD volunteering
• Widening student participation• Strasbourg University – Science Communication
• UK Open University, Widening Participation Strategy 2009-12
– Attraction and retention of students
• Cultural development and place making– Creative classes
– http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/whos_your_city/
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New towns from gowns
• At the beginning of the 21st century, colleges and universities have realized that they need to have more than a well-planned campus and top-ranked academic programs to attract students and faculty. Rather, they need to have a complementary "town/gown" relationship with their host community. The "college town" -a quintessentially American ideal city form can provide a very high quality of life, both for students of college-age and for faculty, alumni, and retirees who choose to live in these towns. But what if the existing town falls short?
• In recent years, several universities in North America have sought to remedy perceived deficiencies in their "college towns" by going into the town planning business-planning new neighborhoods, new commercial centers, or even whole new towns adjacent to their campuses. They are quite literally engaged in "placemaking" and they are developing these new neighborhoods and communities in the shadow of fundamentally place-based institutions
• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/44345
Barriers – the university
Institutional purpose
R&D disconnected from region e.g. Cambridge. Region does not see university as relevant to regional development
Channels of engagement
Universities lack channels to engage with the outside world. Lack of ‘bridges’
Funding sources Researchers focus on easy to win grants. Lack of regional investment capital
Operating principles
Academics are ‘critical observers’ ; outsiders not insiders, responsive to peer pressure, discourse divide between sectors
Industrial composition
Academic and research profile of university does not match that of region. Non-alignment of strategies and assets.
Links between systems
Universities respond to academic bodies not regions and conflict between the national and regional agendas
Collaborative capacity and skills
University staff ‘stick to the knitting’. Lack of or ‘boundary spanners’. Local business has low absorptive capacity
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Barriers - the disconnected region
Public sector
Higher education system
No boundary spanners, focus on supply,
few performing partnershipNo consensus on shared challenges
Entrepreneurs lockedout of regional planning
Private sector
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Achieving critical massNord Pas de Calais
• Regional priorities selected, after involving interest groups, with the help of consultants, by national and regional authorities :
EA = Entrepreneurial activity SA = Scientific activity
Railway transport ,
Health-Nutrition-Food,
Commerce of the future
EA + SA
EA + SA
EA + SA
Automotive ;
Buildings and eco-construction;
Mechanical engineering
Advanced materials (green chemistry, textiles, composites);
EA+SA
EA
EA
EA + SA
Energy and power electronics;
Waste treatment, sediments, polluted sites and soils;
Images and digital creation;
E-health
SA
EA+SA
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New skills: boundary spanning
Human capital development
Enterprise & businesss
development
Research andinnovation
Enhancing social
equality
Boundary spanners
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Conclusion
• Transformation not transaction and much more focus on vision and long term sustainability
• Smart specialisation is key to process as it provides a framework for dialogue between universities and SMEs and regional authorities
• Smart specialisation allows universities and SMEs to engage from a bottom up perspective– Entrepreneurial process of discovery
References• Europe 2020 and flagships
• http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm
• Innovation Union
• http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm
• Regions and Innovation Policy
• http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3746,en_2649_37429_47721730_1_1_1_37429,00.html
• Smart Specialisation
• http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/research-and-innovation/s3_a.cfm
• Regional Policy for Smart Growth
• http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/information/pdf/brochures/rfec/2011_smart_growth_en.pdf
• Smart Specialisation Platform
• http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/research-and-innovation/s3platform.cfm
• Connecting Universities to Regional Growth: a practical guide
• http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/presenta/universities2011/universities2011_en.pdf
• RUNUP Project – role of universities in urban poles
• http://urbact.eu/en/projects/innovation-creativity/runup/news/?newsid=513
• 30 good practice case studies in University-business cooperation
• http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/doc/studies/munstercase_en.pdf
• University Business Forum
• http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/business_en.htm
• EURIS
• http://www.euris-programme.eu/
• Making Knowledge Work
• http://www.makingknowledgework.eu/Brno May 14th 2012 www.errin.eu
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