Best practices of technology transfer and joint platform of universities

Ingrid HindriksonTallinn University of Technology

Budapest 28.01.2016

Republic of Estonia

Tallinn University of Technology

TUT Mektory Innovation Centre

Joint platform of universities

• 2004 Estonia is a member of NATO• 2004, Estonia is a member state of the European Union.• 2007, Estonia belongs to the Schengen Area.• 2010, Estonia is a member of OECD• In 2018, Presidency of the Council of the European Union• In 2018, Republic of Estonia will be 100 years old

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

• Estonia has the highest percentage of start-ups per capita

• FORBES TOP 30 list of most successful young entrepreneurs in Erurope (3 are from EST/TUT/Mektory)

• In the Global Competitiveness Report compiled by the World Economic Forum, Estonia ranks 29nd of 144 countries:

(excellent education, strong commitment by the state to advancing technological readiness)

ESTONIA

• Public university, founded 1918• Only university of technology in Estonia• QS World University Ranking 601-650 (2015)

• HIGHER EDUCATION in EST:• public universities 4• private universities 1• state-owned applied institutions of higher education 3• private applied institutions of higher education 8

TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

TUT IN NUMBERS• 12 000 students (25% of all students in Estonia study at TUT)• Structural changes...8/4 faculties, 5 regional colleges 2015/2016 - 106 study programmes (1/3 study programmes in English)• 2000 graduates each year, 2200 employees • 1800 international students from 87 countries, inc. degree

and exchange students) 40% of all international students in Estonia

• Academic partnership with ca 500 universities

TUT INNOVATION AND BUSINESS CENTRE MEKTORY

• Networking and project development environment •

Meeting place for businesses, students, professors, pupils and investors

• To generate ideas and innovate together as one team• Studios, labs, projects, start-ups

MEKTORY VALUE OFFER FOR TARGET GROUPS

• Enterprises: R&%D projects based on practical needs • Faculty: Practical work experiences with collaboration of

companies• Students: Cross-border competence and teamwork practice

• Goal is to bring together scientist, student and entrepreneurs to solve practical product development problems, also to find bridging for research and commercialisation

ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS

ACTIVITIES FOR START-UPS

GOOD EXAMPLES

• R&D projects - 3-5 up to 10 years• Mektory projects with students - max 1 year• Ericsson demo-centre, 4G, 3G, WIFI testing ground, lab investments• Studies/education - Lectures, developing degree programmes, educational

programmes for entrepreneurs• Activities and events with students - Conferences, job shadow days,

students join Ericsson`s internal career fairs, company tours, brain-storming evenings

• Technology trainee programm - 8-month internship with salary for most talented students

• Internship of scientists - Scientists work part-time at Ericsson

• Entrepreneurship competitions for Schoolchildren

GOOD EXAMPLES

• Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation has chosen Innovation and Business Centre Mektory as their research and development partner

• Projects: • Datamining of electric cars’ usage – 2 projects (Mitsubishi

Motors Corporation)• Next generation vehicle research (Mitsubishi Corporation)• Big Data for Cruising Distance Prediction (Mitsubishi Motors

Corporation)

GOOD EXAMPLES Insurance SE

• Research & development cooperation areas:

• Usage of social media in pricing policies• How technology affects management/leadership• Paperless Office• Big Data and financial reporting• Risk assessment

WHY SUPRA UNIVERSITIES` PLATFORM?

• All of these positive examples why the image is still alive, that universities do not cooperate enough with companies

• In 2010 Private sector funded for R&D only 3.9%, goal for 2020 it is 7.01 % (Eurostat, the Statistical Office )

• In 2013 TUT had contracts with companies for 2.15 million. • In 2013 had TUT R & D 11.98 % of total financing (TIPS 4.1 report 2015 )

• COMPANY - UNIVERSITY cooperation could be much more active!

PERCEPTIONS OF UNIVERSITY(2015, TIPS raport)

• Same university seems different

Big company

International corporation

Medium size

company

Small company

University

University

University

University

PROBLEMS• Entrepreneurs do not know about value offers of university (not systematic, difficult to understand and to find) • There is no single point of access• Entrepreneurs are not enough informed about R&D outcomes• Scientists do not have time and motivation system is not

supporting them to be connected with private sector to make the projects and new developments

• Entrepreneurs haven't resources to purchase services from universities

SOLUTION! JOINT PLATFORM

• Goal- to leverage competencies and to develop value offer for businesses through multilateral cooperation

• To use clustering philosophy, how to act together• To find win-win methods for joint value creation and

results sharing in the frame of triple helix model?

TO BE MORE DYNAMIC, INNOVATIVE

• To develop new joint service system • To create new joint motivation system • To organise joint seminars of cross-sectoral

development for researchers and entrepreneurs • To launching new joint events tradition

FIRST CHALLENGE

COOPERATION FESTIVAL "Right time, right place“

To promote, motivate and support cooperation and networking

500 participants , 170 scientists, 20 workshops

RESULTS FOR UNIVERSITIES

THANK YOU!

• Ingrid Hindrikson• Manager of Supra Universities` Project

• www.ttu.ee/mektory• www.ttu.ee/en• www.ttu.ee/ttucampus • www.ttu.ee/magazine