Brazil:Ireland Science Week 2015Kevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,

Research and Innovation Division.

Contact me: kevin.burke@enterprise-ireland.com +353 86 9852697

Our mission

We help innovative Irish companies become leading global players in markets worldwide

Enterprise Ireland’s role

•Driving entrepreneurship

•Fostering innovation

•Delivering international scale

•Seeding for future growth

Enterprise Ireland strategy

Partnering with Irish industry

Research and innovation

Focus for today

Government mandateto drive industry-academia collaboration and research commercialisation activity

Impact of State innovation supports

Role of Research and Innovation Division in EI

Maximise the economic impact (jobs and export sales) fromthe state’s investment in 3rd level research and institutions:

• Supporting Industry to Collaborate with Academic Institutions and Commercialise the Outputs (“Technology Pull”)

• Drive Academic Research Outputs into the Commercial World (“Technology Push”)

• Drive In-Company R&D

R&D Support

EU, H2020 and ESAaccess funding and research partners across Europe

Technology Gateways collaborate in clusters of companies and access equipment and technology in Institutes of Technology

Innovation Partnerships up to €400,000 available for collaborative projects between companies and research teams in Higher Education

The R&D Fund grants for inhouse R&D projects, small and large, and collaboration bonuses for company-to-company collaboration

Innovation Vouchers €5,000 for small companies to get innovative solutions to technical and business challenges

Technology Centresindustry-led research in emerging technology sectors

Helping companies of all sizes to engage in Research and Innovation

Enterprise Ireland innovation and R&D supports

Commercialisation Pipeline

Commercialisation Pipeline

Commercialisation Pipeline

Commercialisation Pipeline

Support collaboration between companies and research teams in Higher Education Institutes.

Independent evaluation shows that for every €1 invested by Enterprise Ireland, the participating company’s turnover increased by €6.69.

Innovation Partnerships

What? • Market-driven, rapid response

and collaborative development centres • Established & led by industry for the benefit

of companies, sector and wider economy • EI and IDA supported initiative

Why?• Need for companies to capitalise on near term technology opportunities to

compete• Problems/opportunities in every sector/technology area that are larger than

any single company can tackle alone• Technology Centres provide an ideal vehicle to achieve this

• Focus on near term technology requirements• Leverage state investment in research skills, knowhow &

infrastructure• Drive company-company-college collaborations• Focus on economic impact of job creation

Benefits to the StateBenefits to the State• Helps groups of companies to become more innovative leading to increased

employment• Increases the attractiveness & usage of the national knowledge

infrastructure to existing companies, new start-ups and foreign investors “sweat the assets”

• Differentiates Ireland as a leading location for commercialisation (accelerating core commercialisation process – Knowledge Transfer Ireland)

• Develops licences and new spinouts in key sectors • Sustains existing business sectors and positions for medium term growth • Increases attractiveness of Ireland as an FDI location - Further embeds

existing FDI• Researchers become more immersed in industry problems – better research

system• Increases linkages between SMEs and MNCs (more clustering)• Punches above the weight of individual investments – economies of scale

achieved by investing in collaborative centres

Benefits to IndustryBenefits to Industry• Solutions to challenges & opportunities that companies cannot readily

achieve on their own• Enables companies to develop deeper, more sophisticated technology

roadmaps• Accelerates and increases the scale and ambition of company R&D• Platform for business to business linkages (SMEs/MNCs/ Overseas)• Supply of trained people• Encouraged to do related company specific collaborative projects• Ultimately leading to improved business competitiveness e.g.:

– Retention/Increased turnover– New processes, products– Spinouts– Access to new markets– Cost savings

• Signal of Ireland’s commitment to the sector

Current Status

• 16 Technology Centres established in Ireland• Led by industry• Agile, responsive, rapid

• 333 companies engaged - (Market Focused):• ICT – Microelectronics, Cloud, Analytics & eLearning • Manufacturing & Materials• Food & Health• Energy• Business Process & Financial Services

16 Current Technology Centres1. Biorefining and Bioenergy [http://www.tcbb.ie] 2. IT Innovation [http://ivi.nuim.ie/] 3. Applied Nanotechnology [http://www.ccan.ie] 4. Composite Materials [http://www.ul.ie/icomp/] 5. Microelectronics [http://www.mcci.ie] 6. Food for Health Ireland [http://www.fhi.ie]7. Manufacturing Research [http://www.icmr.ie]8. Energy Efficiency [http://www.i2e2.ie]9. International Energy Research Centre [http://www.ierc.ie]10.Learnovate Centre [www.learnovatecentre.org]11.Cloud Computing [http://www.IC4.ie/]12.Financial Services Governance, Risk and Compliance

[http://www.grctc.com/]13.Connected Health – ARCH – [http://www.arch.ie/]14.Data Analytics – CeADAR – [www.ceadar.ie]15.Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – [http://www.ul.ie/pmtc]16.Dairy Processing

Commercialisation Pipeline

Drive Academic Research Outputs into the Commercial World (“Technology Push”)

SFI TIDA: develop technical proof of principle (12 months: €100k to €200k)

EI Commercial case feasibility:• €15K – 3 months• Commercialisation consultancy assistance to validate the market opportunity • Develop “commercial proof of principle” before state funds the technical development aspects of any resulting comm fund project

EI Commercialisation Fund• €100K to €400k: 9 months to 3 years• Fund the development of innovation at all stages of the commercial pipeline to the point where they can be commercialised as new products, services and companies. • Technical development, prototypes, demonstrators, pilot trials, commercial validation, business model, founding team formation and business plan

Outputs: • Licenses to industry • Spin out companies

A co-founders matchmaking programme to

match commercially experienced

entrepreneurs with technically talented co-

founders to form investible, commercially

sustainable spin-out companies from Irish

research performing organisations (3rd level)

Business Partners Programme

• Further increase the quality and quantity of spin-out companies (“HPSUs”)

arising from the state’s investment in commercialisation of research

• Match commercial experience (entrepreneurs) with technical talent

(PIs/Researchers) to reduce management and execution risk and accelerate

time to external equity investment and commercial traction in 3rd level spin

out companies

• High Potential Start Up (HPSU); within 3 to 4 years:

• Capable of employing 10 employees or more

• €1m + in sales (largely exports)

• HQ in Ireland

• New Innovative products/services (defensible IP) on international markets

Programme objectives

Some success stories to date

Future of the Irish research and innovation system:

-Development and implementation of best practice-Consistent approach to licensing and technology transfer-Company and entrepreneur friendly

The National IP Protocol in Ireland

• Framework for industry to access public research - published 2012

• Developed by industry, investors, technology transfer, government

• Mandated the creation of a central Technology Transfer Office – Established September 2013– Formally launched as KTI May 2014

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A centralised function

• KTI takes a national perspective on the knowledge transfer system

• One organisation ensures a system-wide approach for Ireland

KTI stakeholders

State agencies

TTOs/KTOs

Policymakers

Gov’t

Investors

Business

RPOs

Researchfunding agencies

KTI

The impact from KTI – driving business success

Highlights of first cycle of technology transfer system support:

• LOA increased 7 fold• Spin-outs increased 450%• Culture change• Skilled profession developed• State was able to measure activity

Impact of State innovation supports

Technology transfer outputs 2007-2013

Thank YouKevin Burke, ICT Commercialisation Team,

Research and Innovation Division,

Enterprise Ireland.

Email: kevin.burke@enterprise-ireland.com

Phone: +353 86 9852697