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Making innovation happen!

Martin Kern – EIT Interim Director

05 December 2017

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

• 1st

EU initiative bringing together the three sides ofthe Knowledge Triangle: business (large corporates& SMEs), education institutions, research centres.

• aim to increase the co-operation and integrationbetween higher education, business and researchto facilitate the transition from:

student to entrepreneur

idea to product lab to customer

Our vision is to become the leading European initiative that empowers

innovators and entrepreneurs to develop world-class solutions to societal

challenges, and create growth and skilled jobs.

EIT Priorities 2014 - 2020

growth & impact of first 3 innovation

communities

5 new Innovation

Communities EIT Community good practices

Inc. EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

(EIT RIS)

Sharing andDisseminating

Fostering

EIT Climate-KIC

EIT Digital

EIT InnoEnergy

1 2 3

Creating

EIT Health

EIT Raw Materials

EIT Food

EIT Manufacturing

EIT Urban Mobility

2014

2016

2018

Innovation Eco-systems and Knowledge Triangle Integration

EIT Innovation Communities

EIT Climate-KIC EIT Digital EIT InnoEnergy

EIT Raw Materials EIT Health EIT Food

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EIT’s 2018 Call for two new Innovation Communities

EIT Urban Mobility*

Smart, green and

integrated transport

EIT Manufacturing relaunch*

Added-value

manufacturing

* Subject to the outcome of the EIT’s mid-term evaluation bythe European Commission.

EIT Model• Innovation Hubs (Co-location Centres): each

EIT innovation community consists of

innovation hubs leveraging on existing

capacities and building pan-European networks.

• Smart funding & high degree of commitment

of partners

• Results & high impact oriented activities: EIT

innovation communities implement a Business

Plan with measurable results and impact.

• Long-term strategic approach: each

EIT innovation community is set up for

a minimum of 7 years to eventually

become financially sustainable

• Outreach incl. EIT Regional Innovation

Scheme

• Culture: EIT innovation communities

are shaped by strong entrepreneurial

mind-sets and culture.

Boosting innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe

Growth and jobs for Europe

Start-ups and spin-offs

New products, services, processes and business models introduced in the

market to tackle societal challenges

Next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and change agents

EIT making innovation happen!

EIT business incubation & acceleration

EIT innovation & entrepreneurshipactivities

EIT entrepreneurial degrees & courses

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EIT’s Innovation Hubs

Bring ideas and people together in new ways.

Create opportunities for new and existing

organisations to access leading European

teams.

Contribute to the development of a regional

entrepreneurial culture.

Seek synergies and complementarities with

regional, national and EU policies & programmes to

boost innovation and entrepreneurship.

Build trust and openness among their partners.

Facilitate the exchange of ideas and interactions between partners and

other stakeholders.

Co-location Centres

EIT Community across Europe

EIT Raw Materials

EIT Health

EIT InnoEnergy

EIT Food

EIT Digital

EIT Climate-KIC

Today, the EIT Community brings together more than 1,000 partners:

Overview of EIT Community Partners

Figures – July 2017

139

6558

231

93

50

36

5155

51

2419

3732

64

49

1317

2 2

0

50

100

150

200

250

EIT Climate-KIC EIT Digital EIT Health EIT InnoEnergy EIT Raw Materials

Business

Higher Education

Research

Cities, Regions, Ngos

75

9

141

/ SME

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tEIT Achievements & Results

Kristina Tsvetanova of EIT Digital-supported

BLITAB Technology winsEU ‘Rising Innovator’ Prize

Our vision is to become the leading European initiative that empowers

innovators and entrepreneurs to develop world-class solutions to societal

challenges, and create growth and skilled jobs.

EIT Awards 2017

EIT VENTURE AWARD

Hans Constandt(Founder and CEO)

Ontoforce

• Aim: To heal patients with smarter data and have a global

impact on bringing drugs to market faster

• EIT Community connection: EIT Health

EIT CHANGE AWARD

Florence Gschwend(Co-founder and Director of Operations)

Chrysalix Technologies

• Aim: To use any type of woody material to produce the chemicals, materials and fuels of a cleaner tomorrow

• EIT Community connection: EIT Climate-KIC

EIT INNOVATORS AWARD

Martin Steinberg Stockholm3 Test (STHLM3)

• Project aim: To predict the risk of aggressive prostate

cancer at biopsy by analysing five protein markers, more than

100 genetic markers, and clinical data

• EIT Community connection: EIT Health

EIT AUDIENCE AWARD

Carsten Mahrenholz(Co-founder and CEO)

COLDPLASMATECH GmbH

• Aim: To pioneer the next step in modern medicine, treat chronic wound patients, and kill multi-resistant bacteria

• EIT Community connection: EIT Health

tado°Description

Aim

EIT Community

connection

Team

Revenue

growth

VC funding

Website

Intelligent climate control

Make users’ homes and places of work more

comfortable, and help them to save money

and energy (30% saving on heating costs)

EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator

130 staff

630% in 2014, 350% in 2015

>75 million euro

tado.com

EIT Climate-KIC is supported by the EIT, a body of the European

Union

“EIT Climate-KIC has not only supported us

within its financial funding programmes, but has

also offered us a great platform to exchange

knowledge”

Stefanie Sedlak

PR and Communication Manager

tado°

Skeleton Technologies

Country

Description

Aim

EIT Community

connection

Team

VC funding

Website

Estonia

Ultracapacitor power cells with curved

graphene technology

Provide ground-breaking energy

storage solutions

EIT InnoEnergy Innovation Projects

100

41.7 million euro

skeletontech.com

EIT InnoEnergy is supported by the EIT, a body of the European

Union

“EIT InnoEnergy business networks have led to

successful business relationships with leading

power and automation companies, railways service

providers and transmission system operators.”

Taavi Madiberk, CEO of Skeleton Technologies

EIT Community Achievements

The EIT’s Innovation Communities are growing into thriving European innovation hubs:

1224number of graduates

up from 776

2242number of business

ideas incubatedup from 1217

number of start-ups createdup from 213

1232number of knowledge

transfers/adoption up from 723

430number of new or improved

products, services and processes launched

Up from 212

305

Figures – August 2017as compared to September 2016

tEIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS)

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS)

Objective

• Contribute to enhancing the innovation capacity in moderate and modest

innovators* EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries.

Approach

• Share and transfer good practices of knowledge triangle integration emerging

from the EIT Community’s activities and widen participation in KIC activities.

• Strengthen local innovation ecosystems by engaging local organisations and

individuals in KIC activities, transfer good practices and know-how to the local

innovation ecosystems and provide tailor-made services to address innovation

gaps, as well as linking local ecosystems to the European ecosystems.

* European Innovation Scoreboard

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

Eligible countries:

EU-13 share of funding and participation (EIT-KIC grants 2015)

Funding: 8.3% (Horizon 2020: 4.7%) - Participation: 11.3% (Horizon 2020: 7.8%)

* Based on the European Innovation Scoreboard 2017/

group of Moderate and Modest innovator

1) Bulgaria 2) Croatia 3) Cyprus 4) Czech Republic 5) Estonia 6) Greece 7) Hungary 8) Italy 9) Latvia 10) Lithuania 11) Malta 12) Poland 13) Portugal 14) Slovakia 15) Slovenia

16) Spain 17) Romania

18) Albania 19) Armenia20) Bosnia and

Herzegovina 21) Faroe Islands 22) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 23) Georgia24) Moldova 25) Montenegro 26) Serbia 27) Turkey 28) Ukraine

EIT RIS cooperation entities

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EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021-2027

• The EIT vision is to be a global innovation leader delivering

world-class solutions to societal challenges that create jobs

and improve the quality of life of citizens.

• The EIT’s mission is to strengthen Europe’s innovation

capacity by connecting and empowering people and

organisations to create, educate and innovate.

Our Future Ambition:

EIT Vision 2030 and Mission

EU-level goals the EIT will be contributing to:

• Contribute to sustainable European economic growth, jobs and competitiveness,

• Reinforce the innovation capacity of the EU, its Member States and regions,

• Address major societal challenges.

The specific objectives of the EIT will be to:

• Foster and strengthen sustainable innovation ecosystems by connecting people,

disciplines, sectors, organisations and resources,

• Enhance and bring solutions to societal challenges to the market by integrating

business, education and research,

• Promote skills and competences for a strong inclusive entrepreneurship and

innovation culture,

• Share innovative practices and learning and contribute to innovation policy in Europe.

EIT Future Objectives

EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021-2027 Main Content Elements I

• Increased global ambition

„Our vision is to become a global innovation leader delivering

world-class solutions to global societal challenges that create jobs

and improve the quality of life of citizens”.

• EIT intervention logic and clear EU added value

• We foster sustainable Innovation Ecosystems

• We reduce fragmentation and enhance innovation capacity;

• We contribute to solving societal challenges.

• Strengthened place in the EU innovation landscape

EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021-2027 Main Content Elements I

Four strengthened objectives and key elements of delivery:

1. We foster, grow and further strengthen sustainable pan-European

innovation ecosystems by connecting people, disciplines, sectors,

organisations and resources

2. We deliver new solutions to global societal challenges to the market

by integrating business, education and research

3. We nurture entrepreneurial talent and enhance skills and

competences for a strong inclusive entrepreneurship and innovation

culture

4. We share innovative practices and learnings widely, deliver thought

leadership and contribute to innovation policy design in Europe

tEIT Education Activities

Master and doctoral studies • International cooperation, industry

involvement

• Training on specific skills and competences

• Mobility, internships and scholarships/ fellowships

Executive training and post-doctoral courses

Continuous professional development courses/modules

Learning modules and MOOCs

Alumni and outreach activities

Overview of main EIT Education Activities1

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EIT Label – flagship education initiative

The EIT Label is a quality seal awarded to an excellent master and doctoral programmes with strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurship education element.

EIT educational programmes are carried out at the KIC universities by their faculties but with the EIT specific learning outcomes and other quality criteria that are required for the EIT Label.

A student graduating/being admitted within the validity period of an EIT-labelled programme (irrespective of whether the period of study was commenced prior to/completed after the validity period) can be awarded an EIT Label certificate.

EIT master and doctoral programmesDistinctive features Specific innovation and entrepreneurship activities focused

on linking the research to the broad needs of KIC participants;

Robust entrepreneurship education is a standard part of the programmes;

Highly integrated, innovative "learning-by-doing" curricula;

Strong focus on industry and business involvement in all stages of education lifecycle (from designing modules’ content to participation in delivery);

Focus on international AND trans-organizational mobility, European dimension and openness to the world;

Direct access to other KICs activities (incubators, accelerators)

Graduates can benefit from being part of growing EIT Alumni community of innovators, entrepreneurs and experts

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• Challenge: Quantitative and qualitative skills mismatch.

• Mission: Equip young people with entrepreneurial and STE(A)M skills.

• Objective: Support national (STE(A)M) skills strategies in EU member states.

Implementation of Pilot Skills Strategies in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania

2018-2019

Aug. 2018

EU Skills for the Future Initiative

Preparation

Stakeholder meetings

Development of skills strategy by national triple helix partners

Implementation Evaluation

LaunchSigning the

implementation plan

PilotsImplementation of

one-year pilots supported by the

initiative

UpscalingDevelopment

multi-year plans based on

evaluation

Aug. 2017

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EIT - Women Leadership & Entrepreneurship

https://eit.europa.eu/women-entrepreneurship - https://eitalumni.eu/community/womeneit/

EIT Awards nominees from 10% female in 2016 to 40+% in 2017. One winner out of Four. EIT KICs show same positive trends in their respective European level Venture and Business Idea competitions. EIT and KICs Alumni associations / communities involved in gender equality.

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