Universities:

Funders:

1. TFT Team and a Starting Point

2. Turku Future Technologies

3. TFT Universities and a Map of Skills

4. Benefits for Companiesiden osaamiskärjet

Agenda

TFT Team and a Starting Point

TFT Office (3)R&D Manager

A head of TFT team is D.Sc(Tech) Karri Mikkonen and his responsibilities areplanning and execution of TFT stategy and a business plan. He also develops and manages relations to theuniversities and a steeringgroup of the network.

Sales Manager Network Coordinator

Karri has been a production manager at Flextronics, a director on product and services development at Sonera as well as a director of strategy at TeliaSonera. The last few years Karri has worked as a researcher at LUT and his research object hasbeen the systemic value component in customer value experience. Could be described as systemic value-in-use, emerging from good combined functionality in use of integrated products and services.

BBA Marianne Leistén is responsible for a general network coordination, relying strongly with TFT team and entire network of high level researchers and business actors.

Marianne’s previous career was in Machine Technology Center Turku Ltd, in several projects. Marianne has also worked as a Career Planner in employment project and as an Education Planner in Apprenticeship Office in Turku.

• One of the Turku region’s and Southwest Finland’s strongest business sectors are the maritime, metal and mechanical engineering industries.

• The research and teaching of universities form a basis for the growth of the region’s diverse business structure and the strengthening of itsexpertise and international competitiveness.

• For SMEs in particular, strengthening cooperation with universities is a central challenge and presents an opportunity for growth and development.

• The shortage of university level engineering education and highlyeducated experts are causing a bottleneck in the development of theregion’s manufacturing technology industry

A Starting Point

Number of employed Masters of Science in Engineering and architects by city in 2013

Source: Statistics Finland

Proportion of Masters of Science in Engineering and Architects in employed

Masters of Science by city in 2013

Source: Statistics Finland

Measures in three different domains

Development of education and training

Production of technicaltraining and degrees thatachieve a higher level of

expertise

Strengtheningattractiveness

Strengthening of theTurku region’s reputation

and attractiveness at universities of technology

and campuses

Strengthening of universities’ RDI

activities that servecompanies

LAUNCH OF TURKU FUTURE TECHNOLOGY

TURKU FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Partner Companies

University of Turku

Entrepreneurship

Network Business

Company Growthand

Internationalisation

Business Modelsand Innovation

Activities

Materials Research

Computer Science and Information

Systems

Microelectronics and Embedded Systems

Aalto

New ShipConcepts

Safety and Security

Advanced Structures

and Materials

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Engineering

ArcticTechnology

Tampere University of Technology

Mechatronics

Industrial Engineering

Automation

Robotics

LUT

Energy and Environmental

Technology

Smart Grid

Clean Water

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

Åbo Akademi

BioenergyTechnology

BiomassValorization

Process and System

Engineering

Business Logic in

Energy and Transport

Materialsand SurfaceTechnology

Technology Management

University of Oulu

MaterialsEngineering

Moulding and Manufacturing

Engineering

Machine Design and Production

OccupationalWell-Beingand Safety

Turku University of Applied Sciences

MultitechnologicalMarine Cluster

Circular Economy

Sales

Digitalisation

Novia University of

AppliedSciences

SeafaringSimulations

Vibration-Spectroscopy

Data Analysis

Machine Technology Center

Manufacturing and Testing

Services

DevelopmentServices

A Map of Skills

TFT is an accessible and agile co-operational network that

• Tailors a broad-based research excellence to improve competitiveness and growthin technology companies in South-West Finland

• Supports a strategic development project of a company by speeding up know-how development – a product, production, business related – as well as market entries.

• Provides a seamless model of co-operation for researchers and companies whichleads company-driven, multidisciplinary and profitable innovation collaboration.

Turku Future Technologies - TFT

Univer-sities

Business Research and

Developments

Technology Know-how

and Research Practical

Knowledge

Co

Technology

Product Development

Resources and Skills

Business

Improved Competitiveness

Mapping

CompileKnow-how

Coordinate

Communicateand Consult

Inter-nationalisation

Business Develop-

ment

MultidisciplineInnovations

Co-operationwith

Companies

Top Publications

Multi-disciplinaryInnovations

Improved Competitiveness

• TFT brings one network channel that provides research and development resources in fields of product, production, technology and business management

• Offered services are

• Top people for research target specifications• RDI projects (TEKES option)• Professional services and training• Projects• Master Thesis and internship• Global data search and summaries

• TFT also provides an extensive recruitment network of professionals: there areapproximately 2300 students graduating from the network universities every year

TFT Services for Companies

TFT Process

TFT SalesCompany-research.

docx

Universitymapping

TFT Summary

Meeting Decision

FinanceProjectPhase 1

Project Phase 2

ProjectPhase X

ConclusionsTFT DB for

Projects

Check Point 1

Check Point X

TFT Customer

DB

Benefits for Companies

• Company’s competitiveness and development of know-how requirefaster, more complicated and efficient means

• New innovations need multidisciplinary expertise and top researcheswhich are targeted to the real world challenges

• RDI resources of a company may not be able to meet all of multidiciplinary challenges technical – commercial - legal

• A recruitment process of talents is time consuming and difficult

Company and TFT

• To offer your company multidiscipline research power of a networkof 8 leading universities fast and efficiently

• A research project executed by the network offers versatile and advanced solutions for real world problems and challenges

• To tailor a competitive research project to accurately meet yourcompany’s strategic needs.

TFT Value Proposition

• One accessible and agile co-operational network for a broad-based research excellence

• A main target to support a company’s strategic growth and competitiveness

• Mapping – coordination – mutually agreed targets and reports

• A company can easily multiply research resources

• Faster RDI cycles and launches for new innovations

• IPR

• Also technology, sales, marketing and legal consultation can be aqcuired

• Competitive services

• A recruitment channel

TFT – Benefits for Top Management

• New technologies (trends, new opps, showcases)

• Map of Skills

• Fast matching with specialists

• Benefits of the network can be seen during the mapping

• Comprehensive, dynamic and flexible – A customer centric

• R&D-seminars (e.g. FIMECC)

• TFT newsletters for RDI

TFT – Benefits RDI Management

• Do we have a problem?

• What is the problem?

• How can I describe the problem?

• Who can help?

• How this help can be realized?

Questions supporting discussion

Case 1

• A customer has an urgent strategic need to develop a major product portfolio

– Demand of the portfolio is changing due to new trends and technical

standards

• There is a development requirement of a new basic material and this has

brought up a following set of research questions:

– A totally new material vs development of the existing material

– Manufacturing and materials technologies

– Business models and competitiveness

• More than 30 multidiscipline research questions have risen

Turku Future Technologies

Case 1

• TFT network provides with following research resources

• Machine Technology Center Ltd can also offer expertise, training and a testing

environment for the chosen materials and related technologies

Turku Future Technologies

Turku Universityof AppliedSciences

Machine Technology Center

Ltd

University of Turku

Tampere University of Technology

LUT

University of OuluNovia University

of AppliedSciences

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