Transcript Name of presentation

Model of a commercial
company founded by
universities and local
self-governments
Mirosław Miller
Research and Innovation Centers at Universities, Warsaw, 12.05.2011
Agenda
• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative
Wroclaw
• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd
• Pracze Campus as a focal point
• Linking research and business: EIT+ models
• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative
Wroclaw
• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd
• Pracze Campus as a focal point
• Linking research and business: EIT+ models
Knowledge Based Economy
Regionally
1. Skilled people
2. Innovation supporting ecosystem incl. open
infrastructure dedicated to innovation projects
3. Effective collaboration between academia –
innovative industry
4. Trust between actors
5. Financing available (from seed to venture)
6. Local and central government support (incl. financial)
7. Transfer of the best practices
Skilled people ?
Net flows (incoming
minus outgoing) in
proportion to people
working in S&T 2002,
4th and 5th Framework
Programmes
Source:Impact Assessment of Marie Curie Actions Fellowships in FP4 and FP5 2005,
by Daphne van de Sande, Helen Louise Ackers, Bryony Gill et al.
Effective collaboration
academia – industry ?
The only way:
an escape forward
The continent’s division
into Europe of two speeds is a fact.
Poland’s chances/
Wroclaw’s chances
1
Poland is a country of studying people:
every 10th EU student comes from Poland
Poland’s chances/
Wroclaw’s chances
2
Re-emigration of educated Poles
to the country (contracts, projects)
Poland’s chances/
Wroclaw’s chances
3
67 billion EURO
from Structural Funds 2008-2013
Poland’s chances/
Wroclaw’s chances
4
No. 1 economy in Europe
during and after the world’s recession
Solution:
 Education + science + business
 Metropolitan strategy
 State support
Wroclaw in nutshell
• Fourth largest city in Poland
• Second highest budget
• 1 million people
• Lower Silesia region: 3 million
• EURO, EXPO, EIT, …
Why Wrocław ?
Regional Strategy for
Lower Silesia 2007 - 2013
The EIT+ programme
Investing substantial portion of the EU-based
structural and cohesion funds into:
 Making Lower Silesia the European Knowledge Creation Region in the
European Research Area (ERA)
 Making material conditions for strong partnership between Higher
Education, Research and Innovative Business & Economy
 Making Lower Silesia a knowledge-based economy region
• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative
Wroclaw
• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd
• Pracze Campus as a focal point
• Linking research and business: EIT+ models
Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+
Shareholders
Wroclaw University of
Technology
Lower Silesia Region
University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw Medical University
Wroclaw University of
Environmental and Life
Sciences
Wroclaw University
of Economics
Concept
The
CityText
of Wroclaw
Your
Key competencies of EIT+
Management
of the
intellectual
capital
Management
of research
projects
Management
of relations
with the
environment
Management
of knowledge
transfer
Research areas:
convergence technologies
Life Sciences
Nanotechnology
Climate and
Energy
ICT technologies
Key EIT+ projects
financed from IE OP
BioMed
27.6 m Euro
NanoMat
31.1 m Euro
Pracze Campus 140 m Euro
City of
Wrocław
Climate EIT
300 T Euro
ICT, 7 FP
2,5 m Euro
IBM
Fraunhofer
EADS
KGHM
Accelerator
spin-off
3 m Euro
Research and technology
projects – role of EIT+
• Initiation of project (identification of real
innovation needs)
• Looking for business partner
• Looking for research partner
• Defining the financial model
• Preparation of project application
• Project management / coordination
• Administration
• Monitoring/reporting
• Commercialization (IP management)
• Research in the own infrastructure after 2013
Key activities of EIT+
Goals for 2013
2011
2012
2013
Public-private Pracze Campus in operational stage
Interdisciplinary research groups created
Realization of R&D projects in partnership with industry
Creation of IP of significant market value
Operation of a unique team for IP commercialization and management
At least 10 spin-off companies with EIT+ shares
Developed relations with international research centres, research
groups, entrepreneurers, governments (local&central)
Wroclaw Research Centre as Corporate Social Responsible company
• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative
Wroclaw
• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd
• Pracze Campus as a focal point
• Linking research and business: EIT+ models
Pracze Campus – focal point
EURO
2012
24
Pracze Campus today…
BLDG 9: BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES
BLDG 7: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND
NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES
BLDG1 B, C: MATERIALS
CHARACTERISATION LABORATORIES
BLDG 9 A: CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND
NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES
EIT+ laboratories
• 34 research and technology laboratories
of the total space over 24,000 m2: materials
science, life sciences, medicine
• 23 laboratories unique for Poland (GLP, GNP,
BLS3 standards).
• Multidisciplinary research centre of unique
infrastructure for Wroclaw
• 89 work places for people of high qualifications
Pracze Campus today…
Pracze Campus in 2013
Pracze Campus in 2020
Wrocław Innovation Hub
• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative
Wroclaw
• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd
• Pracze Campus as a focal point
• Linking research and business: EIT+ models
Commercialisation models
• Spin-off technology companies
• Project implementation in partnership with business
(Academia to Business Forum)
• Licensing
• Financing: own resources and outer capitals
„Innovation funnel”
Creating– investing in spin-off companies
Academia to Business Forum
General rules
• R&D fields: biomedicine, advanced/nano materials
• Initiation of project from industry & business
• Industry partner co-finances and controls project
• Percentage of co-financing negotiable (10-20%)
• Co-ownership of IP (negotiable)
• Milestones and deliverables clearly defined
• After each milestone decision to be undertaken:
- stop the project
- start next milestone
- exit of EIT+ and transfer of 100% IP to business partner (costs defined in
agreement)
- commercialization by both partners
Dropping investment risk
EIT+ role in financing an
early stage of R&D projects
Private
Equity
Stock Exchange
GIZA POLAND VC
Venture
Capital
FORUM A2B
Seed
Capital
Business
Angels
years
Spin off Accelerator
EIT+ faces
EIT+ faces
Prof. dr. hab.
Detlef Hommel
The NanoMat project coordinator
Prof. dr. hab.
Jacek Otlewski
The BioMed project coordinator
EIT+ faces
Dr. Magdalena
Ornatowska
Life Science Department
Dr. Łukasz
Nieradko
Nanotechnology Department
EIT+ faces
Dr. Radosław
Piesiewicz
ICT Department
Cezary
Lejkowski
Climate and Energy Department
A sum-up
Wroclaw has an ambition to join the
European science cities elite.
A sum-up
We want to use structural resources for
creating new qualities in the field of building
the knowledge-based economy in the region.
A sum-up
We want to support the government
in reforming Polish science.
A sum-up
We are building the Pracze Campus,
„the meeting place” for research and
business in the standards of 21st century.
Thank you
www.eitplus.pl