university as an engine of innovation and entrepreneurship
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University as an Engine of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Petteri Sinervo Development Manager BID Business and Innovation Development University of Turku Warsaw May 12, 2011. OTSIKKO. Tekstiä. Facts about University of Turku. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
University as an Engine of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Petteri SinervoDevelopment Manager
BID Business and Innovation DevelopmentUniversity of Turku
Warsaw May 12, 2011
Facts about University of Turku
• Academic heritage since 1640, the current University of Turku was founded in1922
• Multi-disciplinary– Six faculties and Turku School of Economics, 13 special
units, six national centres of excellence– 21 000 students: 16 000 Degree Students, 2 500 Post-
graduate Students & 2 500 Visiting Students – 3 500 employees
• Over 3 000 scientific publications annually, 77% of which in international publications
• Ranked 221. university in the whole world (THES – QS World University Rankings)
Developments in University Operations
• Traditional tasks: research and education
• Third task: societal interaction and influence– More activities outwards– Being change agent– Demand for regional, national and European
development – Demand to utilise the research outcome better
• Phases:1. Ivory tower
2. Technology transfer
3. Knowledge exchange
3rd Generation UniversitiesSCIENTIFIC
EXCELLENCE
ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE
2ND GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE
2ND GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS SCIENCE
1ST GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS
INTELLECTUAL CENTER
1ST GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS
INTELLECTUAL CENTER
3RD GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS GENERATOR OF
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
3RD GENERATIONUNIVERSITY AS GENERATOR OF
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
• entrepreneurship and innovation (applying science, relevance) as strategic objectives• university/society interaction • university as global network of excellence• open innovation• pro-active regional linkages• engine of early-stage innovation
Source: Antti Paasio 2010
Supporting innovations in the University of Turku
• In Turku and elsewhere– Services for research funding, project management and
technology transfer• Essential but nor enough
– Innovation development: patent orientation– Linear thinking
• BID Business and Innovation Development Centre (2010)– To improve the interaction of research in science and
business research in order to create a strong open innovation platform
– Outreaching to partners outside the university but keeping the academic character in the operations
BID is basedon the modern
OPEN INNOVATION
conceptwhere
innovations are often
created in networks and
where business and market forces
are as important drivers as technology
BID is foundedon the
utilisation of MEDICIEFFECT
where innovation is
best supported by bringing
together different
academic fields and also other actors in
business environment
BID is a Change AgentBID is a Change Agent
• Awareness and understanding of the relevance of entrepreneurship and innovations across the university
• Higher quality and quantity of knowledge-intensive innovations
• More effective usage of science in business• Improved/wider professional relevance of academic
degrees• To build a strong link between world class innovative
research and creation of high-growth knowledge-based businesses (Lisbon agenda)
• To increase the quality and quantity of new business deal flow in the region and to accelerate growth
• To improve the link between innovative research and venture financing organisations
BID operational model
- Linking
Business competence and innovation development
ICT excellence
Research and knowledge of academic disciplines
Better Better utilization of utilization of academic academic knowledge knowledge and and research research outcomesoutcomes
Operating in:- Research: academic and applied- Education: Basic, post-graduate, additional- Business development- Awareness
BID activities
• Awareness program and road show• Targeted Entrepreneurship & Innovation education
– Basic degrees, Master Programs, Post-Graduates
• Applied research: cross-disciplinary from the very beginning
• PhD+MBA: Turku Campus, international partners, EIT ICT Labs
• Business Development Laboratory• Growth Laboratory (under construction together with
Turku Science Park)
BID activities cont.
• European Entrepreneurship Educators Programme (3EP)
• From Science to Business –project– Activation, guidance and funding for science-based business
ideas
• Innovation Boot Camps• Initiating and encouraging student movements:
BOOST initiative (www.boostturku.com)
Challenges
• Keeping it open !• Attitude and mindset• Creating entrepreneurial teams• Moving away from patent emphasis• Gap of knowledge by academics & industrialists
about each other’s organisational cultures• Academic ranking and reward systems do not
support university-industry cooperation or entrepreneurial development within universities
• Disruptive technologies and difficulties to identify the high-flyers !!!