Transcript Battelle Pancake Breakfast

Accelerating Talent Development and
R&D Partnerships at Aberdeen Proving
Ground: Establishing the Business Case
Project Overview for Discussion with NEMD URP
Battelle Technology Partnership Practice
March 8, 2012
BUSINESS SENSITIVE
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Battelle
Who is Battelle?
• The world’s largest non-profit
independent R&D organization
($6+ billion in revenues)
• Worldwide leader in development,
commercialization, and transfer
of technology
• Conducts thousands of projects
for government and industrial
clients each year
• Manages or co-manages six
national laboratories for the U.S.
Department of Energy and two
international laboratories
• Over 20,000 employees worldwide
Technology Partnership
Practice is the economic
development consulting
organization for Battelle
TPP Areas of Expertise:
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Core Competency
Cluster Analysis
Benchmarking
Strategic Planning
Workforce Development
Program Design and
Implementation
• Impact Assessment and
Evaluation
• Entrepreneurial Development/
Venture Financing
• Technical Assistance and
Problem Solving
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Battelle’s Technology Partnership Practice
Demonstrated track record in translating technology
strengths into development strategies and designing and
evaluating key initiatives from research parks to incubators
to research centers
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Talent & Workforce
Experience
Connecticut Career Choices
and Talent Based Strategy
Maricopa Community Colleges
– Arizona Bioscience
Workforce Strategy & High
Tech Manufacturing’s Future in
Greater Phoenix
Oregon Future Workforce
Needs Assessment
Key dimension of technology
roadmaps – e.g. Pittsburgh
Life Science Greenhouse,
Nebraska Competitive
Advantage, etc.
Technology Assessment
and R&D
Partnerships
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Ohio Third Frontier
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Pennsylvania Ben Franklin
Partnership
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Massachusetts Technology
Roadmap & Strategic
Alliances
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Connecticut SBIR
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NAVSEA & HBCU
Engineering Schools
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Work with many universities
… USC, Umass, University
of Pittsburgh, Arizona
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Maryland Experience
Maryland Bio2020
East Baltimore Life Science
& Technology Park
UMAB Research Park
Prince George’s County
Workforce Development and
Economic Generators Study
Allegheny
Ventures/Friendship
Technology Park
TEDCO Policy Development
Former Technology Advisor
for Maryland Economic
Development
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Battelle TPP Also Brings Extensive Experience
in Translating Technology Strengths and
Opportunities into Research Park and
Commercialization Centers
Examples of Research Park
Assignments
• Rutgers University
• WV Education, Research &
Technology Park
• DuPage County Research Park, IL
• University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center/Biosciences Park in Aurora
• The East Baltimore/Johns Hopkins
University Life Sciences and
Technology Park
• USC Biomedical Technology Park
• Pittsburgh Regional Technology Space
Demand and Site Development
Assessment
• AURP Study of Characteristics and
Trends of North American Research
Parks
Examples of Commercialization
Centers & Initiative
Assignments
• Carilion Biomedical Institute
• Connecticut SBIR Office
• Open Innovation Models at Penn
State
• Technology Commercialization
Approaches for Cleveland Clinic
• Bio-Generator in St. Louis
• Iowa Entrepreneurial Support System
Assessment & Recommended
Actions
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Project Objective
• Fully maximize the opportunity for Aberdeen
Proving Grounds to thrive and be a world class
technology hub for Maryland and the nation.
• Establish the “business case” for universityrelated talent and R&D partnerships with APG.
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The Project Focus
• Fact based assessment for aligning APG talent and R&D
partnership opportunities with Maryland universities and
colleges, as well as other leading universities.
Project Objectives
APG
Talent &
Research
Needs
Building a
Unique
Consortium &
Partnership
Maryland
Universities &
Colleges
Capabilities
• Identify specific technology
focus areas at APG requiring
university and college
collaborations
• Assess the capabilities and
alignment of Maryland
universities and colleges, as
well as other leading
universities
• Set out the business case with
identified strategic
opportunities for collaboration
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Project Methodology
Assessment of APG
Talent and R&D
Requirements for
University
Partnerships
Map
Opportunities
for APGUniversity
Collaboration
Business
Case
Statement
Benchmarking
Leading
Universities
Collaborating with
APG
Assess Capabilities of
Maryland Universities &
Colleges
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Linkage of this Effort to Addressing the
Advancement of a Research Park
This Study will Address:
• What are the likely targets of opportunity for the research park?
– What potential anchor developments will best position a future research park for
university development and partnerships?
Other Key Questions
– How can activities be staged and phased based on market development and
economic viability and sustainability?
– How can the research park be structured – organizationally and physically - to
ensure availability of industry space and to ensure that development momentum
translates into new facility development and economic impact?
- What will be an effective governance and organizational structure to manage the
research park?
- What key functions are needed to ensure the success of the research park in
building industry relationships leveraging the presence of research drivers?
– What should be the approach for collaborating with private developers?
- Should you seek a master developer relationship or phase by phase approach?
- How should land leases and other terms be structured to work with private
developers?
- What other incentives and business arrangements will be needed to work with
private developers?
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Status: Assessment of APG Talent and R&D
Requirements for University Partnerships
• Continuing to
conduct interviews
with APG
Organizations and
Contractors
 Completed 13
interviews with
staff at contractor
organizations
 Completed 4
interviews with
APG
Organizations …
many still in the
works
• Developing a technology framework focused
around key areas of talent and R&D
requirements, such as:
 Electronics, Sensors and Sensor Networks
 Information & Communications Technology
 Human Systems Integration
 Testing and Evaluation
 Materials Research
 Infectious agents & detection and other medical
research
 Vehicle Technology
 Power Systems
• Identify specific technology capabilities that can
be cross-walked to university setting to better
assess alignment and potential partners
• Extent of ongoing university collaborations
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Status: Insights to Date on Assessment of
APG Talent and R&D Requirements for
University Partnerships
 Broad Issues:
 Uncertainty of DoD funding colors current environment, with few new hires in
current environment, but recognized talent issues and “cliff” coming with many
retirees in the years ahead.
 Hard to aggregate demand across organizations at APG as well as across
contractor organizations
 Desire for more hands-on learning environment not just stand-alone courses –
find ways to couple advanced education with ongoing project demands and
applications development
 Mixed opinions on importance of university co-location to address R&D
requirements
Examples of Initial Identification of Opportunity Areas:
 Network science/systems engineering significant opportunity area – major area of
collaboration with universities + major talent driver across many areas of APG
 Unique requirements for cybersecurity/information assurance – go beyond simply
computer science approach to integrating with devices and embedded systems
 Growing demand for computational sciences to make use of High Performance
Computing capabilities at APG … from materials research to testing and
evaluation to mapping of networks
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Status: Approach on Benchmarking
• Community-wide benchmarking
– Possible benchmarks:
• University benchmarking
– Possible benchmarks:
- Dayton region – Interactions of
Wright Patterson with University of
Dayton
- Active Collaborative Technology
Alliances with APG such as Network
Sciences
- Huntsville region – Interactions of
Redstone Arsenal with University of
Alabama, Huntsville
- University of Maryland
– Focus of benchmark case
studies:
- Development of university research
activities related to DoD presence
- JHU
- University of Delaware
- Georgia Tech
– Focus of benchmark case
studies:
- Specific talent interactions
- R&D activities with APG
- Role of specialized facilities,
incubators and research parks in
furthering collaborations with DoD
and industry
- Talent activities with APG
- Key success factors
- Lessons learned
- Possible ways to improve
interactions
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Contact Information
Mitch Horowitz
Vice-President & Managing Director
Battelle Technology Partnership
Practice
Voice: (240) 462-5456
E-mail: [email protected]
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