Increasing competitiveness through non-conventional partnerships

Jean-Manuel Mas, AXELERA, France

Parallel Session 3.3: Articulating Collaboration among Cluster Actors

Increasing competitiveness through non-conventional partnerships

by AXELERAJean-Manuel Mas

18th TCI GLOBAL CONFERENCE November 2015, Daegu - Korea

AXELERA COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

Industrial

s

Public Authorities

Academics

To increase competitiveness through collaborative innovation

To connect the economical actors and develop non conventional partnership

Clusters

70 competitiveness clusters in France

Public Private collaboration = Non Conventional partnership !

IndustriesSuppliers, customersLarge company, SME

Academics Public authorities

Technology transfert

ProductTechnology

Service

PublicationPatent

Profit

Collaborative innovation ? Better

life for citizens

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

=> Pôle de compétitivité

…for the chemical and environmental industries

AXELERA COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

A network…

with a drive for Innovation…

AmbitionCreate value by encouraging the emergence of innovative and competitive solutions for the industry, at the junction of chemistry, environment and energy

Bio-resources and CO2 for access to

materials or energy

Efficient and competitive production systems, more sober in raw-materials and

energy and minimizing wastes

Innovative products and

materials development

Waste and end-of-life products recovery by

implementation of new recycling

industrial solutions

Industrial and urban effluents treatment

Quality of water, air, soil

5 strategic fields linked to the 3 pillars of sustainable development

Env

ironm

ent

Society

Eco

nom

y

AXELERA COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

Support for innovation

From ideation ………………………………..…..to Market

Brainstorming workshops, calls for projects, search for partners, certification of R&D projects, IP training, support for consortium agreementFollow up and results valorizationCommercialization

Networking and support to business development

“Jeudi d’AXELERA” : social gathering for all the members

Axelera Business Club : business meeting only for companies

AXELERA COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

Axelera Invest Club, connecting members and funding partners (public funding organizations, private investors)

+ Monthly Newsletter, Website with extranet only for members,…

Value creation

PHASE 3.0 CHALLENGES

AXELERA COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

1- Promote technology transfers from academic research• Intensifying links with upstream research

2- Support R & D projects valorization • Promotion for commercialization

3- Support innovation deployment• Support to business development

1 2 3

International development1- Interclustering

2- European projects • SCOT Project (Region of Knowledge) on CO2 valorization – SPIRE (Sustainable Processs Industry)

3- Support companies to access strategic foreign markets• Missions (Europe, China, Brazil, Marocco), • Exhibitions, • Office in Shanghai

PROJECTS-RELATED EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES

AXELERA is co-steering this european programme (EU FP7) with Belgium’s GreenWin cluster

SCOT : Smart CO2 Transformation

In 2012, AXELERA became a partner of this private-public partnership, which aims faster parnerships in support of this emerging industry by issuing calls for proposals for R&D projects

SPIRE : Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency

PROJECT FOCUS

13 partners, 5 SME48 months (2010-2014)Budget : 9M€

Actual value creation5 products developped1 industrial investment realized5 full time jobs created during the project at SME’sImplantation of a new SME near by Lyon in 2015 (société IVEA)

INnovALDevelopment of new analytical tools for on-lign control of industrial chemical processes

A real dynamic created around « Industrial analysis »Creation of a specific Master degree « Industrial analysis » at Lyon University2 technical days organized en january 2015 with more than 100 participants

UTILISATEURSFormulation des besoins

Validation

INSTRUMENTALISTESDéveloppementIndustrialisation

LABORATOIRESRecherche

µGC - SRA Instruments

LinLIBS - IVEA (analyse élementaire)

Probe Northdome - Avenisense (Micro densimeter)

https://youtu.be/yWNkJSLWdVo

PROJECT FOCUS

Thank youfor your attention !