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Industrial R&D as a Growth Engine Dr. Eli Opper - Chief Scientist Head of Innovation and Industrial R&D Administration Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor The Herzliya Conference, 3rd February 2009 Some Facts About Our World Population: 6.6 billion Forecast for 2050: 9.4 billion people 900 million people are hungry 33 million people are infected with HIV 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water 5.2 billion people do not have access to internet 3 billion are not using cell phones Barrel of oil $40 → $147 →$40 And now what? “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" Lord Kelvin, 1895 “640 K Ought to be enough for anybody " Bill Gates, 1981 “It’s not the strongest of the ecies that survives, nor the most telligent; it is the one that is most adaptable to change” Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Expenditure on Civilian R&D as a percent of the GDP in Israel and in OECD Countries 5 4.6 4 3.6 3.2 3 2 1 0 3.0 2.7 2.42.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.61.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.70.7 Strategy: Quality of Service to the Customer Academia International Activities BUDGET Industry Preferred Sectors Activities of the O.C.S. Activities in Israel Support of Research Institutes Tnufa Support of Traditional Industry Seed Fund Chief Scientist Dr. Eli Opper International Activities Bi-National Funds Matimop Bi-National Agreements Technological Incubators Eureka R&D Centers in Universities EU R&D Program FP-7 Evaluating Magnet Magneton, Nofar Global Enterprise R&D Cooperation Framework R&D Fund US-Israel Science & Technology Commission No. Of Applications: ~2000 Projects Requested Budget: ~6.5 Billion NIS Total Grants: ~1.65 Billion NIS OCS Annual Budgets (Billion NIS) 3.00 ? 1.35 1.42 1.43 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.65 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Requested Budget 2009 Targeted Formation for R&D Case Study: Traditional Industry as a preferred sector • 2006 – 2008: M 180 NIS in 200 projects • Strategic consultation • Guidance and evaluation services Encouraging Innovation While Embracing Tradition source: The Economist Preferred Sector: Nanotechnology 6 R&D Centers (Telem) $300M/5 Years NOFAR Program Infrastructure (Telem) Global Network for Transfer of Knowledge OECD International Cooperation Foundations: BIRDF-with U.S.A. USISTC/F SIIRD-with Singapore CIIRDF - with Canada KORIL-RDF - With S. Korea BRITECH–with the UK International Cooperation Bi-National Support Agreements: France China Italy India Taiwan Finland Portugal Germany Holland Hungary Sweden Turkey Belgium Uruguay Brazil Argentina Denmark Greece Maryland, Victoria, Ontario International Cooperation Total Figures for 2006-2008: $M210 in 520 Projects source: OCS Data Government Academia Industry Small Enterprises – 520 Projects in R&D Fund Incubators – 100 projects MAGNET - 13 Consortia Magneton – 24 Projects Nofar – 14 Projects Katamon – 3 Projects Nataf – 9 Projects Some Dilemmas, January 2009 Encouragement of Researchers What will stay in Israel? Should the OCS declare preferred sectors? TTO’s objective What will stay in Israel? Big Companies Small Companies? And what about the ‘Tsunami’? There is always room also for the small ones Before… There is always room also for the small ones Excellence is a Key Success Factor Excellence is a Key Success Factor