The SME Innovation Instrument, Horizon2020 and Talent Europe

Alberto Di Minin

Country Representative – H2020 SME and Access to Risk FinanceAssociate Professor Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa

Meridian Fellow Social Innovation

Italian Embassy, Washington DC, May 18th 2015

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Agenda

• The Meridian Fellowship & Talent Europe• H2020 SME Innovation Instrument – State of Play• Discussion and Conclusions– 3 Ideas for Talent Europe

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The Meridian Social Innovation Fellowship

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Talent Europe: a “commando” think tank on Innovation and Science & Technology Policy

Communication of S&T

Mentoring HT Entrepr.

Corporate Entrepren.

Demand Side Innov Pol

HT Entrepreneurs

Digital Economy

Judiciary System

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H2020 AND SMESAn overview of the program and some numbers

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Something interesting happens

here..

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What was the main concen?

The European Paradox Compared with the scientific performance of its competitors, that of the EU is excellent, but over the last fifteen years its technological andcommercial performance in high-technology sectors such as electronics and information technologies has deteriorated. One of Europe’s major weaknesses lies in its inferiority in terms of transforming the results of technological research and skills into innovations and competitive advantages.

8How about here?

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…similar concerns

Five-Year Assessment of the European Union Research

Framework Programmes 1999-2003”,

European Commission, DG Research1. EU Universities/Research institutes have traditionally been able to develop

and maintain the European knowledge base, but have yet to fully respond to global competition for knowledge and talent.

2. Industry shows little interest to Public/private partnerships 3. The general public in Europe is becoming concerned about the social and

economic impact of scientific and technological advances

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“Today we toast to the largest research and innovation

program in Europe”Former Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn,

Dec 3rd 2013, European Council Research and Competitiveness

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Horizon 2020: Key elements

• Three pillars: societal challenges, industrial competitiveness and excellence in science

• More emphasis on innovation

• More involvement of industry via the industrial deployment of key enabling technologies, and through PPPs - institutional and contractual

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The Three Pillarsof Horizon 2020

1Excellent science European Research Council

Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie actions

Research infrastructures

2Industrial

leadership

3Societal challenges

Leadership n enabling and industrial technologies Access to risk finance

Innovation in SMEs

Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bio-economy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials Inclusive societies Secure societies

Indicative Budget:24,4 M€*

Indicative Budget:17,0 M€*

Indicative Budget:29,7 M€*

* 2014-20, actual budget, without EIT, "widening"

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10% budget

88% budget

2% budget

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State of Play in 2014

8.181 proposals received ~25% of whole H2020

822 companies funded

258,5 M€ budget allocated

Source: EU Commission on EASME data

Phase 1 Proposals in 2014:

Cut-off 18/06/2014

Cut-off 24/09/2014

Cut-off 17/12/2014

Total in 2014

Proposals 2662 1947 2363 6972

Above threshold 317 (12%) 237 (12%) 320 (13,5%) 874 (12,5%)

Funded 155 (49%) 178 (75%) 259 (81%) 592 (68%)

Budget allocated € 7.750.000 € 8.900.000 € 12.950.000 € 29.600.000

Single companies rate for funded proposals

95% 91% 90% 92%

Source: EU Commission on EASME data

Cut-off09/10/2014

Cut-off17/12/2014

Total in 2014

Proposals 580 629 1209

Above threshold 132 (23%) 180 (29%) 312 (26%)

Funded 60 (45%) 74 (41%) 134 (43%)

Budget allocated € 111.328.800(1,85 M€ per project)

€ 117.615.077(1,59 M€ per project)

€ 228.943.877(1,71 M€ per project)

Single companies rate for funded proposals

82% 80% 81%

Phase 2 Proposals in 2014:

Source: EU Commission on EASME data

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Proposals in Phase 1 by topic

Business Model Innovation

eGovernemnt

Urban Critical Infrastructures

Blue Growth

Biotech

Space

Food Production

Diagnostic Devices & Biomarkers

Gren Transport

Eco-Innovation & Row Materials

Nano-Tech

Low Carbon Energy Systems

Open Disruptive Innov -ICT

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Jun-14 Sep-14 Mar-15

Dec-14 data is missingSource: our elaboration from EASME Data

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IT UK HU PL SI FI BG DK IE SK EE AT CZ LV CY LU MK

MD BA FO

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Proposals Ph.1 (2014-2015) Proposals Ph.2 (2015)

Source: our elaboration from EASME Data

Proposing SMEs by Country

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Distribution of SMEs founded Phase 1 2014 (by country)

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1915 14 13 11 11 9 9 8 8 8

4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

Source: our elaboration from EASME Data

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ES UK DE NL FR IT SE HU DK FI IE IL PL SI EE TR AT EL NO BE LU PT0

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6 65 5

4 43 3

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Distribution of SMEs founded Phase 2 2014 (by country)

Source: our elaboration from EASME Data

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Top-10 country success rates(all beneficiaries and all phases combined)

Source: EU Commission on EASME data

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Results of March 2015

Phase 1 Phase 2

Proposals 1556 619

Above threshold 251 (16%) 233 (38%)

To be funded 149 (59%) 37 (16%)

Budget allocated 7.480.000 € 68.045.000 €

Total 2015 Budget – € 259.700.000

Source: EU Commission on EASME data

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SOME EXAMPLES…

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Guger Technologies OG

BACKGROUND:Provides and develops new technology within many different fields, including BCI, physiology, Virtual Reality, real-time processing, and spike analysis. G.TEC was founded and is actually owned by Mr Cristoph Guger and Mr Guenter

Schiedlberg (AT)www.gtec.at

Product B2B

Digital for Digital

COMPANY PROFILE OPEN INNOVATION

• Qualified HR (Postdoctoral programs, R&D dedicated division)

• Partnership• Spin-off of Graz University

Medical engineering

1999

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1,500,000 (EUR)

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• INDUSTRY

• YEAR OF FOUNDATION

• NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

• OPERATING REVENUE

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BUSINESS

Growing enterprise with two branches in Austria and in Spain, distribution partners all over the world.. Active member in national and international research projects and in scientific publishing.g.tec developed the first commercially available BCI system in 1999 and now sells this system in more than 60 countries worldwide.

• Brain-computer interfaces to control Social Networks, Virtual Reality, robots and many other application

• real-time analysis of brain signals and other physiological signals

Focuses

The idea is to provide both new brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies and an innovative business model focused on user-centered assessment and communication for persons with disorders of consciousness (DOCs)

Phase 1 Project

Guger Technologies OG

The winner project

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Supponor Oy

Espoo. Finlandwww.supponor.com

Product B2B

ICT (Enabled)

COMPANY PROFILE OPEN INNOVATION

• Creating new value for rights holders by enhancing and acquiring packages of their perimeter billboard inventory • Deliver of marketing opportunities to brands around the

world looking to engage specific sports audiences with relevant marketing• Supponor’s highly skilled software engineers in the

research and development team in Espoo, Finland, work constantly to refine and further develop the technology underpinning DBRLive, pushing boundaries to create new value for our clients and partners

BACKGROUND: Supponor Oy develops, commercializes, and installs digital billboard replacement technology for live sports broadcasts. Its international billboard rights allow advertisers to target various markets/regions with advertising from the same event in local language/with relevant messages for various markets. Innovative sports media and technology company whose DBRLive technology is revolutionising perimeter advertising in sports. Management and operation of DBRLive, a technically innovative and operationally robust media platform which integrates with live broadcasts.

ICT, broadcast

2001

• INDUSTRY

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Coelux S.r.l.

Lomazzo (Como) Italywww.coelux.com

Product B2BMaterials for

Building

COMPANY PROFILE BUSINESS

• Mission of the company: to combine worlds apparently distant as science, art and architecture towards a unifying view of lighting as a deep perceptive experience and to propose this experience through high-tech products.• CoeLux devotes a large part of its activity to the

relationship between visual comfort in artificial illumination and natural daylight, as evidenced by its major role in the FP7 EC funded project “CoeLux” (2010-2012).

Coelux was awarded an SME Instrument Phase 2 for an innovative technology that brings the outdoors indoors. CoeLux is the first product able to reproduce sky and sunlight in an interior space. Indoor spaces are transformed, they acquire volume and shape through light and shadow, creating a new relationship between people and the surrounding architecture. SME Instrument funding will help the company in scaling up the production , also increasing Coelux preparedness to the global market.

• INDUSTRY: Engineering• CoeLux Srl is a high-tech spin-off of Insubria University

at Como, Italy, founded in 2009 by Professor Paolo Di Trapani, located in ComoNext technology park, a site created by the Como Chamber.• CoeLux® is a research project funded by the European

Union under the 7th Framework Program for research and development

PROJECT

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WHAT TO TAKE HOME 3 IDEAS

Some ideas from US EU

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1 It is so Open we don’t even talk about

being Open anymore

Open Innovation Strategies

Codevelop of

components

Key Role of Education

Institutions

Connections within the Ecosystem

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2Great emphasis on the

Social dimension of innovation

spaces left open by the government become

areas for civic innovation

Innovation that matters (enabled by digital technologies)

Social Dividends of Innovation

Personalization

Open Data

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3New and Old

Yes, manufacturing matters

Engage capitals sitting on the sideline

Emphasis on intrapreneurship

Cities reinventing themselves

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Thank You for your Attention

Alberto Di Minin

Country Representative – H2020 SME and Access to Risk FinanceAssociate Professor Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa

Meridian Fellow Social Innovation

Italian Embassy, Washington DC, May 18th 2015

www.diminin.it@adiminin