Knowledge Transfer Ireland

Alison Campbell OBE PhD RTTP

Director, Knowledge Transfer Ireland (Central Technology Transfer Office)

Knowledge transfer – why do it?

JOBS

REVENUE

SALES

COMMERCIALISATION

RESEARCH

• A new initiative

• A recommendation from the national IP Protocol

The national IP protocol

• Developed by industry, investors, technology transfer, government

• Lays down a framework for industry to access public research

• Mandated the creation of a central Technology Transfer Office

Having a centralised function

• To take a national perspective on the KT system.

Having one organisation

responsible for this ensures a

system-wide approach for

Ireland.

KT in Ireland

• Central

KTI, national perspective• Local

HEI technology transfer and industrial liaison

offices (TTOs and ILOs)

KTI stakeholders

• Business

• Investors

• Funding agencies

• Government Depts

• Researchers

• HEIs

• RPOs

• TTOs

YOU

KTI…..

• enables business to leverage the commercial potential of Irish

research and innovation through connecting businesses with

cutting-edge research, expertise and opportunities.

• takes guesswork out of knowledge transfer through providing a

predictable knowledge transfer system for Ireland by providing

practical resources and streamlining processes.

• undertakes review and reporting on outcomes and impact from

knowledge transfer in Ireland.

• directly supports the development of Ireland’s knowledge transfer

infrastructure

Connect and leverage

• We make the opportunities that business wants to access from

Ireland’s HEIs and State research organisations more visible and more

accessible.

• Using the KTI website, it’s now possible to search for Irish research

expertise, new technologies and licensing prospects all in one place.

• And to connect direct to the right people in the TTOs in Ireland.

• KTI facilitates business, investors, technology transfer professionals

and researchers to connect to share best practice and thought

leadership through the KTI programme of events.

A more predictable KT system

• We are working with business, investors, research funders and TTOs to

review, recommend and implement changes to the way in which Ireland

approaches managing IP and contracting.

• KTI has produced the first in a series of the KTI Practical Guides and

KTI Model Agreements that can support business as it approaches

working with an HEI.

• Ireland’s research funding agencies are working with KTI to help

simplify contracts that underpin business and research collaboration.

Impact from KT – driving business

success

• Innovation from Irish research is driving success for small and large

companies, national and international.

• KTI undertakes review and reporting on outcomes and impact from

knowledge transfer in Ireland.

• And we publish the Annual Commercialisation Survey that describes

the outputs from Irish research performing organisations.

Supporting Ireland’s KT infrastructure

• KTI directly supports the development of Ireland’s knowledge transfer

infrastructure to provide the capacity and capability to deliver first class

service to business and the research community.

• KTI allocates, manages and evaluates the Technology Transfer

Strengthening Initiative (TTSI) programme from Enterprise Ireland that

directly funds the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in Ireland’s HEIs

and State research organisations.

• TTSI1 resulted in product development, increased turnover and job

creation for and by business

• TTSI2 deployed to 8 consortia across Ireland

Ireland’s innovation policy

• The Action Plan for Jobs takes a whole-of-Government approach to supporting job creation.

• The overall objective is to continue to get the economy back on the right path to sustainable, exporting, innovative and enterprise led growth.

• A key pillar of the Action Plan for Jobs is about using Research and Innovation to Drive Job Creation

• KT objectives through KTI (cTTO)

Knowledge transfer & economic

benefitHEI

Research

Expertise

Knowledge

Resources

Technology

IP

Leveraged funding

JobsSpin-out

company

CompanyR&D

Expertise

Knowledge

Resources

Production

Markets

Finance

Innovation Products Revenue

KT

All sorts of

other factors

Capacity, capability,

suppliers, finance etc

What KTI can offer

• Connections

Directory of expertise

Licensing opportunities

Events• A national KT system

Support for KT infrastructure• Resources

Practical guides

Model agreements• Relevance to business & the economy

Case studies

Publications

Connect at:

alison.campbell@enterprise-ireland.com