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Innovation
and creativity
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Innovation objectives
• Driving force for adaptation and
sustainable innovation.
• Internationally outstanding within
research-based innovation and
collaboration with
the private and public sectors.
• Participation throughout
NTNU's academic breadth.
• Well-functioning internal system
for innovation.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
NTNU – Innovation and Creativity
Shares knowledge, expertise and R&D results.
Contributes to improving the business community and society at large.
DISSEMINATION
 innovation
R&D
 new
knowledge
Developing new technology.
International cooperation.
TEACHING
 expertise
Education for academic and
professional purposes.Training.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Innovation and business development
Investors
University
Entrepreneurs
Innovation and change require
interaction between:
• Investors, who
finance new projects.
• Entrepreneurs, who
generate ideas.
• Business and industry,
as the owner and customer.
• Universiteties, with an
active role in developing
Businesses
new business activities.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Innovation – I
• Gløshaugen Innovation Centre
(18 companies in-house, April 2012)
• Several courses related to
entrepreneurship
• Centre for Entrepreneurship
• NTNU Technology Transfer Office AS
– Help and support for people with business ideas
– Search for business ideas among academic groups
• Start NTNU – a student-run
organization for innovation
• NTNU Discovery finances R&D results
with commercial potential
• Cooperation agreements with industry
• Events (Venture Cup; Technoport Awards)
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Innovation – II
NTNU 4th globally as the university
with most interaction with industry.
Results 2011
• 83 business ideas
• 45 patents registered
• 10 spin-off companies formed
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6 licence contracts
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Commercialization of technology
NTNU Technology Transfer AS helps transform
new knowledge into new commercial opportunities.
Results 2004–2011
794
800
600
325
400
76
200
0
Registered
ideas
Patent
applications
Business deals
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Regional activity
• NTNU wants to be a vital contributor to innovation
and business development in the region.
• “Partners for Innovation”:
NTNU, Sintef, SpareBank 1 SMN og NTE.
• The partners are promotors at interaction
between business and research in the region.
• Annual meeting of regional business leaders and
prominent scientists from NTNU and Sintef.
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NÆRINGSLIV
NYSKAPING
INNOVATION
ANDOG
CREATIVITY
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Gløshaugen Innovation Center
• Norway’s first on-campus
incubator for innovation in
business and industry
• Incubator for companies
from NTNU and Sintef
• 18 companies (April 2012)
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
NTNU Technology Transfer AS
• Wholly owned subsidiary of NTNU.
• Creates business activities from research
at NTNU and Central Norway Regional Health
Authority (including St. Olav’s Hospital).
• Establishes spin-off companies
and licenses new technology.
• Win-win cooperation among scientists,
companies and investors.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
NTNU and industry – I
• Approx. 700 major research projects
in cooperation with industry,
the public sector and various funds.
• EUR 27.5 mill. to NTNU from
industry and organizations in 2011.
• Many of NTNU’s ca. 200 adjunct
professors (20 % positions) are
connected to industry.
• Extensive offers in continuing
and professional development,
such as the annual industrial
seminars at NTNU each January.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
NTNU and industry – II
• Student trainee placements
and project work in industry
conveyed through
www.ideportalen.no
• International placement
projects through IAESTE
and EC programmes.
• Formal agreements among
NTNU’s faculties, businesses
and industry to stimulate
cooperation.
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INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
NTNU and Sintef vital R&D
institutions for Norwegian industry
Norwegian companies rank
NTNU and Sintef on top as
providers of R&D.
An impressive 96 % rank NTNU or
Sintef as their main R&D partner.
From an investigation by Federation
of Norwegian Industries among 380
member companies.
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