suzanne emmett: collaboration to innovate
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A copy of the slides used by Suzanne Emmett, Director at Yorkshire Enterprise Partnership, at the Collaborate Cornwall conference.TRANSCRIPT
Collaborate to Innovate
Policy and Best Practice in
University-Business Collaboration
Dr Suzanne Emmett
YTKO Leeds
Summary
• Economic background• UK national and regional policies• European innovation policy • Regional best practice
Vince Cable Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
“One approach is to break down barriers to collaboration. There is already a fair degree of international collaboration between UK and overseas institutions and companies. International collaboration is an important way for us to stay at the cutting edge of research whilst reducing the cost to the UK taxpayer.”
David Willets, Universities and Science Minister: Dept for Business, Innovation and Skills
Universities UK Annual Conference
A strong research base is vital for our future in a global knowledge economy……. Science and research are the life blood of many sectors essential to growth and a rebalanced economy.
9 Sept 2010
Science and innovation key to driving the growth agenda
Major research investments in Cambridge underline the importance of innovation to Britain’s economic recovery….
10 Sept 2010
EU Policy
EU Policy
Innovation Europewww.innovationeu.org
Innovation Europe Publications
University-Business Forum
Support from on high…..
Growing importance of collaboration
Source: Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction Survey 2008-09
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Collaborative researchContract researchConsultancy services
Regional Best Practice
Examples of University offices
York Management School
University of York
Centres of Industrial Collaboration
• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
• Design Futures• Precision Technologies• Particles• Polymer• Pharmaceutical
Technologies
Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation
Yorkshire Enterprise Fellowship (YEF)
YEF: Success in Collaborative Research Commercialisation
2004-2010 (2 tranches)95 projects£3.5m public sector spend over 6 years£7.5m levered to date and risingYorkshire Forward flagship projectInternational model of best practiceKey to project success – collaboration
• Academic researcher• Host university• Funding agency• Commercial partner• Business mentor• Programme management team
YEF Publications [email protected]