Powering Innovation in Europe:the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)Elpida Keravnou-Papailiou, Member of the EIT Governing Board

Lithuania Information Day

Vilnius, May 23rd, 2013

Deficiencies in the European landscape

• Fragmentation of the innovation system• Underuse of existing research strengths to

produce economic or social value• A failure to sustain or renew enterprises• A lack of entrepreneurial culture leading to a

low level of innovative activity• A poor record of developing, attracting and

retaining talented individuals

ABOUT DISCOVERY, INVENTION, TRANSLATION & INNOVATION

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Discovery:Finding out something not yet known

Invention: creating or designing something not existing before

Translation: processing discoveries and/or invention into innovation

Innovation: making changes with societal impact based on discoveries and/or invention

Excellent science & research are necessary yet not sufficient ingredients for innovation

BEHRING, NOBEL, CITROEN, SIEMENS, REUTER = EUROPEAN HISTORY

BOYER, GATES AND ZUCKERBERG = U.S. REALITY!

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THE CORE OF INNOVATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE

Actors within the knowledge triangle are at the core of the innovation web beyond the traditional collaborative R&D consortia

Higher Education

Research & technology

Industry & SMEs

ENTREPRENEURIALLY

DRIVEN INNOVATION

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

• EIT set up in 2008 to unlock the European innovation landscape through a new agenda at EU level

• EIT is the first initiative of the EU bringing together the three sides of the knowledge triangle

• With the entrepreneur in the driver’s seat to form the necessary links between education, business and research

MISSION:

“To become the catalyst for a step

change in the European Union’s

innovation capacity and impact”

EIT CAN CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF

European Research Area (ERA)European Higher Education Area

(EHEA)

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

The EIT’s mission is to facilitate the following transitions:

from idea to product

from lab to market

from student to entrepreneur

by integrating the three sides of the Knowledge Triangle (higher

education, research and business) in areas of high societal need.

THE EIT’s ENGINE: ITS INNOVATION FACTORIES (KICs)

• highly integrated, creative and excellence-driven

autonomous long-term partnerships

• internationally distributed but thematically convergent

partners

• driven by societal challenges and fostering the

emergence of entrepreneurs

THE KIC MODEL (1/2)

• High degree of integration: each KIC is an independent legal entity, gathering world-class KIC partners from the knowledge triangle based on a contractual relationship/partnership with the EIT.

• Long-term strategic approach: each KIC is set up for a minimum of 7 years to eventually become self sustainable.

• Sufficient autonomy and flexibility: to determine organisational structure and activities governed by a Board of KIC partner organisations

• Effective governance: run by a CEO and a lean management team at central and co-location level.

• Smart funding & high degree of commitment of partners: EIT funding to KICs is max. 25% of their total budget over time with 75% to be attracted from other sources, both public and private.

• The co-location model: each KIC consists of 5-6 world class innovation hotspots building and leveraging on existing European capacities.

• Results/High-Impact-oriented activities: KICs implement a Business Plan with measurable deliverables, results and impact

• Culture: KICs are shaped by strong entrepreneurial mindsets and cultures

THE KIC MODEL (2/2)

THE FIRST 3 KICs

Designated in December 2009 by the EIT Governing Board

KIC PARTNERS: 2010-2012

EIT ICT Labs 75 KIC Partners

Climate-KIC 86 KIC

Partners

KIC InnoEnergy 104 KIC Partners

In 2012, the three KIC brought together over 260 KIC Partners

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SOURCES OF KIC FUNDING: 2010-2012

Total KICs Budget per year - Sources of funding (in million €)

2010 2011 2012

KIC InnoEnergy

• Mission: KIC InnoEnergy’s strategic objective is to become the

leading engine of innovation in the field of sustainable energy.

• Thematic Focus Area: energy form chemical fuels, renewables, clean coal technologies, sustainable nuclear and renewable energy convergence, intelligent, energy efficient buildings and cities and european smart electric grid and electric storage

• Governance: CEO - Diego Pavia, Chairman - Karl-Friedrich Ziegahn

• Partners inc. EnBW, Vattenfall, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Grenoble Ecole de Management, CEA, EDF, VITO, ESADE, Gas Natural Fenosa, TNE, K.U. Leuven, ABB, KTH, AGH University of Technology, Central Mining Institute,…

KIC InnoEnergy

With a focused portfolio of activities, KIC InnoEnergy looks for market impact:

• Master of Sciences, PhD Schools or life long learning tailored to the market needs. With a specialization in at least one of the thematic topics, hands on for 4 months experience in industry, tuition in entrepreneurship and new management skills, finalizing with a guided business case on a real industrial need, from its design to launching its execution.

• Dedicated Research, Development & Innovation teams compiled from the key technicians of our top rank shareholders better fit to solve the singular energy requirements with disruptive market impact

• Business Creation Services or the KIC InnoEnergy Highway, with which we transform an idea into a business or help to create the workflow of “innovation to business” in existing institutions

Climate-KIC:

Co-location centre

RIC (Regional Implementation and

Innovation Centre)

EIT ICT Labs:

Co-location centre

Associate Partner

KIC InnoEnergy

Co-location centre

KICs’ EUROPEAN IMPACT & GOOD PRACTICE

KICs’ AchievementsFrom 2010 to end of 2012 (foreseen)

No of Education Programmes (MSc / PhD) = 20No of Students = 1070No of Innovation Projects = 100No of Start-ups = 27No of Products/Services = 100No of Patents = 35No of Publications = 86

3 KICs were set-up (legal, governance, financial,

organizational and operational), are up and running and

delivering in record time

Until now, over 200 KIC partners; total investment

exceeding 400 MEUR (EIT contribution of 85 MEUR in

2010 and 2011)

KICs are unique entities in EU/global landscape with huge

potential to deliver results and innovation

models

CONCLUSIONS KIC MODEL

EIT EDUCATION

Skills that Industry wants

1.The ability to apply theoretical knowledge to real industrial problems

2.Theoretical understanding

3.Creativity and innovation

4.Team working

5.Technical breadth and business skills

6.In summary industry wants graduates who have “practical experience of real industrial environments”

Experience-led teaching designed and delivered mainly in partnership with industry and business

EIT Education forCreativity, Innovation and

EntrepreneurshipEducate students to know, but also to know what to do and how to solve real life problems, within an entrepreneurial mindset.

EIT-labelled educational programmes at Master and PhD levels foster students to become more creative, innovative and entrepreneurs.

EIT-specific quality criteria and EIT overarching learning outcomes are applied.

EIT-specific quality criteria for EIT-labelled degree programmes

• Robust entrepreneurship education• Highly integrated, innovative learning-by-doing

curricula• International and cross-organizational mobility,

the European Dimension and openness to the world

• Access policy and joint outreach strategy

EIT-labelled programmes ensure that students demonstrate skills and competences in the

following areas:

CreativityInnovationEntrepreneurshipResearchLeadership

KIC Educational Programmes

KIC INNOENERGYMaster programmes

• 7 Master programmes (120 ECTS)

1. MSc Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT) 2. MSc in Innovation in Nuclear Energy3. MSc Smart Cities 4. MSc Renewable Energy 5. MSc Clean Coal Technologies 6. MSc Smart Electrical Networks and Systems – SENSE 7. MSc in Energy Technologies - ENTECH

• 2 Executive Master Programmes1. Executive MSc in Energy Engineering and Management (90 ECTS)2. Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (60 ECTS)

• Post Master in Smart Energy Buildings and Cities (120

ECTS)

http://www.kic-innoenergy.com/education/our-master-school-in-sustainable-energy/

 

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KIC INNOENERGYPhD school

Full PhD education + industrial internships/experiences + insight into the entrepreneurial aspects of modern and future energy technology

Organised in 6 tracks, each covering a specialty of a co-location centre

1. Sustainable Nuclear and Converging Technologies" 2. Smart Cities3. Energy from Chemical Fuels4. Sustainable Energy Systems for Renewables5. Smart Electric Grids and Storage6. Clean Coal Technologies" (yet to be opened)

http://www.kic-innoenergy.com/education/phd-school/

EIT ICT LabsMaster school

7 technical Majors:

120 ECTS - Technical major (90 ECTS) and Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor (30 ECTS)

Mobility: 1st year co-location X, 2nd year co-location Y Recognized double degrees (Master of Science) Summer & Winter Schools and Camps Internships in Industry/business

http://eitictlabs.masterschool.eu/ Promotional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjEKk6NsyU4

EIT ICT LabsDoctoral School on ICT Innovation

• Combining industrial needs with Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E)

• Offering students practical training and experience in a business development environment

• Providing students with the experience of starting up a new venture or new business activity

• Geographical and organizational mobility included

• Based on 2 concepts:

(1)Industrial Doctoral Training Centres

(2) Integrating Ph.D. studies with MBA like studies in ICT innovation and entrepreneurship

http://doctoralschool.eitictlabs.eu/about-doctoral-school/

Climate-KICMasters Education

Climate Innovation programme, as integral component of specific existing

Master programmes offered by Climate-KIC academic partners institutions at

the co-location centres. Students will: - participate in “TheJourney”, a five-week intensive climate innovation summer school

and “SPARKS” Inspirational lectures - develop and deliver a Climate-Innovation project

Students will:- discover how the latest climate change science is being transformed into new

products and services- examine market drivers of climate innovation, including policy, legal and financial

incentives or constraints- explore the potential for launching their start-up business venture with support from

Climate-KIC business coaches and our Greenhouse

http://www.climate-kic.org/education/programmes-degrees/masters-education/

Climate-KICPhD education

Climate-KIC offers PhD students from their academic partner institutions a

climate innovation programme, which enables students to: - discover how the latest climate change science is being transformed into new

products and services- explore the potential for commercialising their research or launching a start-up

business venture with support from Climate-KIC business coaches and our Greenhouse- access mobility to enhance their research through collaboration with Climate-KIC

partners and the wider world- be an integral part of the Climate-KIC community

http://www.climate-kic.org/education/programmes-degrees/phd-educa

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The EIT STRATEGIC INNOVATION AGENDA (2014 – 2020)

Horizon 2020 and the EIT

EIT is an integral part of

Horizon 2020

• EIT contribution to H2020:

address societal challenges via the

integration of the knowledge triangle

• EIT contribution to H2020 overall policy objectives

Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) and its Priorities :

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Investing in KICs:

Consolidation of

the existing 3 KICs

Investing in KICs:

Creating new KICs

(2014 to 2020)

Enhance EIT

impact via

knowledge

sharing

Enhance EIT

impact via

simplification &

monitoring

The European Commission presented a proposal for the EIT SIA and the amended EIT Regulation the European Parliament and Council on 30 November 2011

Investing in the KICs

Proposed themes for future KICs:

• 2014: food4future, raw materials and healthy living & active ageing

• 2018: added value manufacturing, smart secure societies & urban mobility

Proposed Budget:

• H2020 financial contribution to the EIT: 3.18 billion € for 2014-2020.

THE EIT’s ROLE IN THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION LANDSCAPE

The EIT will play a

distinctive role within

Horizon 2020 while

maintaining a strong

link with the European

Higher Education Area

(EHEA)

The EIT as an INSTITUTE for EUROPE

EIT DRIVING CROSS-KIC AGENDAS

EDUCATIONPromoting excellent

education for creativity, innovation and

entrepreneurship by high quality EIT labelled degree programmes, fostering a

vibrant EIT student & alumni community.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Promoting a risk taking mindset and culture by

creating more favourable environments for passionate entrepreneurial talent and entrepreneurship driven innovation to flourish.

WORLD-CLASS INNOVATIONDeveloping innovative ecosystems to create and grow world-class,

breakthrough innovations by exploiting KIC synergies and complementarities at European level (cross-border).

EIT ADDED VALUE AGENDAS

MONITORING SIMPLIFICATIONSimplification is a dynamic

process, embedded in the EIT operation and an integral part of its supporting function towards the KICs. The EIT will deliver a

simplification agenda in key areas such as contractual agreements, simplified reporting, lumps sums

and flat rates.

DISSEMINATIONThe EIT must deliver platforms for the knowledge exchange

and dissemination of its results and impact via outreach activities such as exchange of good practice, stakeholders platform and the EIT fellowship

programme

Development of an internal mechanism that allows the

monitoring of the EIT and KICs’ performance and objectives

achieved, focusing on achievements, outputs and generation of both economic and societal impact

benchmarked against best international practices.

EIT’s VISION OF AN “ENTREPRENEURSHIP-DRIVEN IMPACT

INVESTMENT INSTITUTE”• Direct deliverables: Breakthrough Innovations & People for

Europe ! contributing to European excellence, competitiveness and cohesion:

– KICs’ CLCs as world-class innovation hubs working across borders.

– leveraging entrepreneurship-driven innovation, from local to global,

• Induced deliverables: Reinforce EIT as an Institute for Europe overall , scaling up its operations in 2014-2020 to secure critical mass and impact:

- EIT Budapest as a knowledge pool and intelligent investor in KICs,

- including wide dissemination of KIC novel practice across Europe.

OUTREACH & DISSEMINATION1st Illustrations

First example of dissemination of its results and impact via outreach activities via the exchange of good practice

EIT Publication: Catalysing Innovation in the Knowledge Triangle: Practices from the EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities

publication compiled to showcase the approach - the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ - taken by the EIT to catalyse the knowledge triangle (business, higher education and research) in Europe.

... Research on the move! … … Innovation powered by EIT! … … Entrepreneurs in the making! …

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