The WIPO EIE Program in Thailand Assisting Universities to Accelerate the Innovation Economy via Commercialization

John Fraser, President of Burnside Development & Assoc. LLC, Washington DC, and Teaching Faculty Member/Consultant to the WIPO EIE Program

GII Workshop Bangkok, Thailand Thursday October 4, 2018.

Who is John Fraser ?   President of Burnside Development, a technology transfer consulting firm.

Clients in Chile, China, Serbia, USA, WIPO-Geneva.

  Entrepreneur-in-Residence, NIST, a national lab in Washington DC.

  President, Chair of the Board of AUTM in 2006-2007, the global association of academic technology transfer professionals.

  Founder/Head of 4 Academic Technology Transfer Offices:

§  2 not-for-profit; 2 for-profit. 2 in US. 2 in Canada.

  Shareholder/Founder of 3 start-up firms. Midwife for another 40+

  Assist. VP of Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida and Director, Office of Commercialization (2014-1996).

  Vice President of TTC, a Venture Capital Investment firm, Toronto.

WIPO Project: Enabling IP Environment (EIE)

This project is supported by WIPO-Japan Funds in Trust (FIT).

PURPOSE:

Assisting Universities to help Accelerate

the National Innovation Economy via Transfer of Knowledge

(called ‘Knowledge Transfer’/’Technology Transfer’/’Commercialization’) in selected South East Asia countries.

Academic Technology Transfer: Definitions

Technology Transfer is the importation of finished products which tends to suppresses local innovation and restricts the economy.

Academic Technology Transfer is the transfer of knowledge from a national lab or campus to the private sector to help solve a problem or create a product which enhances innovation and improves the economy.

Academic Technology Transfer – the Process. Identify research results with commercial potential; evaluate the potential; protect the intellectual property (IP); find a corporate partner; transfer the legal right to attempt to commercialize the IP and research results into a product.

Academic Technology Transfer: Definitions - 2

  Intellectual Property is knowledge which is protectable nationally via government i.e. Patent, Copyright, or simply retained as knowledge called ‘Know-How’.

Focus of EIE Project: q  Innovation system – Policies + Budget + Opportunities.

q  Organizational structure – academic and corporate ‘intrapreneurs’.

q  Competency based capacity building – academic and corporate.

q  IP Commercialization process.

q  Collaborations (Gov-Univ-R&D institutions-Industry)

– Networked community to address societal and corporate challenges.

WIPO Enabling IP Environment (EIE)

Project

Sectorial Industry:

Automobile Agriculture

ICT

Enabling IP Environment WIPO

Participating Institutions

National Steering Committee

Hub: National Anchor

Government Institutions

Spokes

IP Practitioners Science Parks Incubators

Structure of EIE Project

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WIPO EIE Project Team

WIPO ASPAC Bureau Director:

Mr. Andrew Ong

WIPO Project Manager: Mr. David SimmonsLead experts: Dr. Richard Cahoon

Ms. Yumiko HamanoInitial Faculty Members: Mr. John Fraser

Dr. Surya Raghu Dr. Ashley Stevens Mr. Mike Martin

WIPO ASPAC EIE Team: Mr. Fumio Ishitsuka Mrs. Nobue Yazawa Mr. Cyrus Veloo Ms. Chikako Miyazaki

EIE Project Organization in Thailand

© 2018 Yumiko Hamano

Senior Management - WHY DO IT ?

Enhance the Institutional Reputation

Show Engagement with Society

Demonstrate Impact

Types of Industry-University Relationships

  Sponsorship of Research, particularly the IP Terms

  Donations and Gift Funding

  Interdisciplinary Centers & Collaborations

  Industrial Affiliate Programs

  Licensing of University Intellectual Property

  Technology classes or Workshops Classes for Company Employees

  Visiting Scholars from Industry and Company Employees teaching

at University

  University-managed Science Parks/Incubators

  Faculty Consulting

Does it Work?

Examples: Non USA faculty members

  India: Eggplant – Sathguru (India) a private company and Cornell University (US), added a pest inhibitor gene and distributed varieties throughout SE Asia.

  Chile: Pontifical University of Chile, Santiago, invented an earthquake damping device sold widely throughout the Pacific Rim via a private spin-out company.

  Philippines: University of San Carlos, Cebu City, created a process for mango waste (peels and seeds) to be converted into high value products in the form of flour, pectin, antioxidants, polyphenols, briquettes. Scaled up (50T/day) through a spinout company financed by a local entrepreneur who hired former scavengers from the waste dumps operate the processing plant.

Q: Who is the #3 Mango producer globally?

Does it Work?

YES !

WIPO EIE: Targeted Outcomes

Consultations, Identification of Participating Institutions, Steering

Committee membership identified, Charter Agreements signed.

Then Program Implementation with Workshops (Policies +

Commercialization activities for academic and company participants),

Institutional Visits and Regional Conferences for Institutional leadership.

Year 1: OUTCOME 1

EIE Project Implementation

Transaction Metrics prior to EIE Implementation: (Data collected

informally during Workshop #1, June, 2017):

Amongst the 1 HUB + 5 spokes prior to EIE Implementation:

- active in academic licensing: average of 12 years

- existing company licenses signed in 2016: average 14 each

- ‘spinout companies’ licenses in 2016 average ~2 each

- products in the market in 2016: average 6 each

Year 1: OUTCOME 1

EIE Project Implementation

The Hub and Spoke institutions have established and/or strengthened IP

management structures for technology, development, management and

commercialization.

Year 2 to 6 : OUTCOME 2

EIE Project Implementation

Staff members of Hub and Spoke institutions (in charge of technology and

knowledge transfer or techno-entrepreneurship) have the required skills

to effectively manage and commercialize technologies.

By the end of Year 6 : OUTCOME 3

EIE Project Implementation

A community of technology professionals is organized with strong

linkages, networks and collaborations with other stakeholders and actors

in the national innovation ecosystem.

By the end of Year 6 : OUTCOME 4

EIE Project Implementation

THANK YOU

Q & A

John Fraser E: jfraser@burnsidedev.com