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Brazil:Ireland Science Week 2015Kevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,
Research and Innovation Division.
Contact me: [email protected] +353 86 9852697
Our mission
We help innovative Irish companies become leading global players in markets worldwide
Enterprise Ireland’s role
•Driving entrepreneurship
•Fostering innovation
•Delivering international scale
•Seeding for future growth
Enterprise Ireland strategy
Partnering with Irish industry
Research and innovation
Focus for today
Government mandateto drive industry-academia collaboration and research commercialisation activity
Impact of State innovation supports
Role of Research and Innovation Division in EI
Maximise the economic impact (jobs and export sales) fromthe state’s investment in 3rd level research and institutions:
• Supporting Industry to Collaborate with Academic Institutions and Commercialise the Outputs (“Technology Pull”)
• Drive Academic Research Outputs into the Commercial World (“Technology Push”)
• Drive In-Company R&D
R&D Support
EU, H2020 and ESAaccess funding and research partners across Europe
Technology Gateways collaborate in clusters of companies and access equipment and technology in Institutes of Technology
Innovation Partnerships up to €400,000 available for collaborative projects between companies and research teams in Higher Education
The R&D Fund grants for inhouse R&D projects, small and large, and collaboration bonuses for company-to-company collaboration
Innovation Vouchers €5,000 for small companies to get innovative solutions to technical and business challenges
Technology Centresindustry-led research in emerging technology sectors
Helping companies of all sizes to engage in Research and Innovation
Enterprise Ireland innovation and R&D supports
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Support collaboration between companies and research teams in Higher Education Institutes.
Independent evaluation shows that for every €1 invested by Enterprise Ireland, the participating company’s turnover increased by €6.69.
Innovation Partnerships
What? • Market-driven, rapid response
and collaborative development centres • Established & led by industry for the benefit
of companies, sector and wider economy • EI and IDA supported initiative
Why?• Need for companies to capitalise on near term technology opportunities to
compete• Problems/opportunities in every sector/technology area that are larger than
any single company can tackle alone• Technology Centres provide an ideal vehicle to achieve this
• Focus on near term technology requirements• Leverage state investment in research skills, knowhow &
infrastructure• Drive company-company-college collaborations• Focus on economic impact of job creation
Benefits to the StateBenefits to the State• Helps groups of companies to become more innovative leading to increased
employment• Increases the attractiveness & usage of the national knowledge
infrastructure to existing companies, new start-ups and foreign investors “sweat the assets”
• Differentiates Ireland as a leading location for commercialisation (accelerating core commercialisation process – Knowledge Transfer Ireland)
• Develops licences and new spinouts in key sectors • Sustains existing business sectors and positions for medium term growth • Increases attractiveness of Ireland as an FDI location - Further embeds
existing FDI• Researchers become more immersed in industry problems – better research
system• Increases linkages between SMEs and MNCs (more clustering)• Punches above the weight of individual investments – economies of scale
achieved by investing in collaborative centres
Benefits to IndustryBenefits to Industry• Solutions to challenges & opportunities that companies cannot readily
achieve on their own• Enables companies to develop deeper, more sophisticated technology
roadmaps• Accelerates and increases the scale and ambition of company R&D• Platform for business to business linkages (SMEs/MNCs/ Overseas)• Supply of trained people• Encouraged to do related company specific collaborative projects• Ultimately leading to improved business competitiveness e.g.:
– Retention/Increased turnover– New processes, products– Spinouts– Access to new markets– Cost savings
• Signal of Ireland’s commitment to the sector
Current Status
• 16 Technology Centres established in Ireland• Led by industry• Agile, responsive, rapid
• 333 companies engaged - (Market Focused):• ICT – Microelectronics, Cloud, Analytics & eLearning • Manufacturing & Materials• Food & Health• Energy• Business Process & Financial Services
16 Current Technology Centres1. Biorefining and Bioenergy [http://www.tcbb.ie] 2. IT Innovation [http://ivi.nuim.ie/] 3. Applied Nanotechnology [http://www.ccan.ie] 4. Composite Materials [http://www.ul.ie/icomp/] 5. Microelectronics [http://www.mcci.ie] 6. Food for Health Ireland [http://www.fhi.ie]7. Manufacturing Research [http://www.icmr.ie]8. Energy Efficiency [http://www.i2e2.ie]9. International Energy Research Centre [http://www.ierc.ie]10.Learnovate Centre [www.learnovatecentre.org]11.Cloud Computing [http://www.IC4.ie/]12.Financial Services Governance, Risk and Compliance
[http://www.grctc.com/]13.Connected Health – ARCH – [http://www.arch.ie/]14.Data Analytics – CeADAR – [www.ceadar.ie]15.Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – [http://www.ul.ie/pmtc]16.Dairy Processing
Commercialisation Pipeline
Drive Academic Research Outputs into the Commercial World (“Technology Push”)
SFI TIDA: develop technical proof of principle (12 months: €100k to €200k)
EI Commercial case feasibility:• €15K – 3 months• Commercialisation consultancy assistance to validate the market opportunity • Develop “commercial proof of principle” before state funds the technical development aspects of any resulting comm fund project
EI Commercialisation Fund• €100K to €400k: 9 months to 3 years• Fund the development of innovation at all stages of the commercial pipeline to the point where they can be commercialised as new products, services and companies. • Technical development, prototypes, demonstrators, pilot trials, commercial validation, business model, founding team formation and business plan
Outputs: • Licenses to industry • Spin out companies
A co-founders matchmaking programme to
match commercially experienced
entrepreneurs with technically talented co-
founders to form investible, commercially
sustainable spin-out companies from Irish
research performing organisations (3rd level)
Business Partners Programme
• Further increase the quality and quantity of spin-out companies (“HPSUs”)
arising from the state’s investment in commercialisation of research
• Match commercial experience (entrepreneurs) with technical talent
(PIs/Researchers) to reduce management and execution risk and accelerate
time to external equity investment and commercial traction in 3rd level spin
out companies
• High Potential Start Up (HPSU); within 3 to 4 years:
• Capable of employing 10 employees or more
• €1m + in sales (largely exports)
• HQ in Ireland
• New Innovative products/services (defensible IP) on international markets
Programme objectives
Some success stories to date
Future of the Irish research and innovation system:
-Development and implementation of best practice-Consistent approach to licensing and technology transfer-Company and entrepreneur friendly
The National IP Protocol in Ireland
• Framework for industry to access public research - published 2012
• Developed by industry, investors, technology transfer, government
• Mandated the creation of a central Technology Transfer Office – Established September 2013– Formally launched as KTI May 2014
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www.knowledgetransferireland.com
A centralised function
• KTI takes a national perspective on the knowledge transfer system
• One organisation ensures a system-wide approach for Ireland
KTI stakeholders
State agencies
TTOs/KTOs
Policymakers
Gov’t
Investors
Business
RPOs
Researchfunding agencies
KTI
The impact from KTI – driving business success
Highlights of first cycle of technology transfer system support:
• LOA increased 7 fold• Spin-outs increased 450%• Culture change• Skilled profession developed• State was able to measure activity
Impact of State innovation supports
Technology transfer outputs 2007-2013
Thank YouKevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,
Research and Innovation Division,
Enterprise Ireland.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +353 86 9852697