Brazil:Ireland Science Week 2015
Kevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,
Research and Innovation Division.
Contact me: kevin.burke@enterprise-ireland.com +353 86 9852697
Enterprise Ireland’s role
Our mission
We help innovative
Irish companies become
leading global players
in markets worldwide
Enterprise Ireland strategy
• Driving entrepreneurship
• Fostering innovation
• Delivering international scale
• Seeding for future growth
Partnering with Irish industry
Impact of State innovation supports
Research and innovation
Focus for today
Government mandate
to drive industry-academia
collaboration and
research
commercialisation activity
Role of Research and Innovation Division in EI
Maximise the economic impact (jobs and export sales) from
the 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
Helping companies of all sizes to engage in Research and Innovation
Technology Centres
industry-led research in emerging technology sectors
EU, H2020 and ESA
access 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
Enterprise Ireland innovation and
R&D supports
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Commercialisation Pipeline
Innovation Partnerships
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.
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 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 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 Centres
1. 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
Business Partners Programme
A co-founders matchmaking programme to
match commercially experienced
entrepreneurs with technically talented cofounders to form investible, commercially
sustainable spin-out companies from Irish
research performing organisations (3rd level)
Programme objectives
• 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
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
www.knowledgetransferireland.com
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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
Research
funding
agencies
RPOs
KTI
Policy
makers
Business
Investors
Gov’t
The impact from KTI – driving business success
Highlights of first cycle of
technology transfer system
support:
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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 You
Kevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,
Research and Innovation Division,
Enterprise Ireland.
Email: kevin.burke@enterprise-ireland.com
Phone: +353 86 9852697