Transcript What can the chemical industry contribute to innovation partnerships? Gernot Klotz Member of SusChem Board Cefic Executive Director Research & Innovation [email protected].

What can the chemical industry contribute to
innovation partnerships?
Gernot Klotz
Member of SusChem Board
Cefic Executive Director
Research & Innovation
[email protected]
Strengths of Europe
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1st class research landscape
Network of big companies and SMEs
Well developed markets (common market)
Proximity of knowledge and industrial value chain
Ability to deal with complexity
Democratic regulation
Cultural diversity and pre-disposition to creativity
High-standard economic and social needs
Need for a well-articulated European innovation model that:
 builds on own strengths
 keeps / create / bring back value to Europe
 in a quite short timeframe
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Innovation essentials
What it is:
• Innovation is much more than R&D (not “Research plus”)
• Innovation is a chain that is as strong as the weakest link
• Value chain ≠ innovation chain
• Implementation of ideas into practical value for whole society
• Urgency/speed and competitiveness of EU region
• Double money does not produce double innovation
Given the challenges and the urgency innovation policies
have to address critical elements of the value chain
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SusChem outreach
Drive the European synergies/alignment and National
strength’s and competences
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Others are encouraged to follow
Czech Republic
UK
France
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Poland
EU
Romania
Slovenia
Spain
Links to Member States
Support transnational collaborations
Belgium – FISCH
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Integration and cooperation
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Innovative concepts to address challenges
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Chemical Industry priorities
Water-efficient Europe
Boost innovation in the water sector to ensure sustainable
use and treatment of water as a resource
– Technologies for reduction of water consumption
– Improve public and private water management
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Smart cities
Smart cities
• New concepts and new materials for low carbon technologies
(energy generation/storage and efficiency) in sustainable
construction and urban mobility
• New concepts and new materials for smart living: new
properties, hybrid materials and environmental technologies
– Cooperation with ETP’s along value chain
– Building on track record
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Chemical industry priorities
Raw materials for modern society
• New technologies for more efficient extraction
• Efficient use and recycling in the Chemical industry
– Novel process industry concept optimizing raw materials
efficiency and feedstock
– Efficient process intensification and closed loop recycling
• Substitution and alternative technologies
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Chemical industry priorities
Resource efficiency in the process industries
• Development of an integrated resource efficiency strategy
along value chains within process industries (i.e. optimizing
products and processes)
– process intensification
– significantly improve use of feedstock
– Recycling along value chain
– GHG reduction
REP: Resource and Energy Efficiency Partnership
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Innovation
Innovation means change in
• Public sector
• Private sector
• Society
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Public sector
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Public sector
• Bring public and private “business models” closer together
• Improve “risk taking” as innovation is investment
• Review instruments for fitness towards innovation
• Reduce sole focus on process, focus on output and improve
speed of delivery
• Open to innovative ways of cooperation with specified
responsibilities on all sides
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Bring policy and business models closer together
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Public sector
Significant changes in policies and mindset
needed
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Chemical industry
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Innovation in the chemical industry
• Highly successful so far
• Technology driven
• Limited pre-competitive cooperation in the sector
• Fragmented presentation to society
• Reactive rather than visible leadership
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Broad engagement
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Innovation needs new skills
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Track-record
Input
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Value Chain
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Chemical industry in future
• Recognition of shift from technology support to demonstration of
societal value
• Mindset shift to more pre-competitive cooperation within sector and
open innovation along value chain
• Visible leadership of Chemical Industry in Public-Private Partnership
on societal challenges – “value chain captain”
• Broaden engagement of companies (big + SME’s) in Public Private
Partnerships
• Change way we do things (i.e. more with less, change to
renewables, closed loops, specialisation)
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Chemical industry
Significant mindset change needed
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Society
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Society
Society as a whole will change only very slowly and only if
the other players deliver
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