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THE EIT - DELIVERING NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION LANDSCAPE

THE EIT - DELIVERING NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION LANDSCAPE. Szabolcs BORDA, EIT Finance Officer. FINAL CONFERENCE of the FIDIBE PROJECT 1 December 2011, Székesfehérvár. TABLE OF CONTENTS:. General Introduction EIT Mission and Governance KIC Basics + Updates Cross-KIC Agendas

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THE EIT - DELIVERING NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION LANDSCAPE

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  1. THE EIT - DELIVERING NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION LANDSCAPE Szabolcs BORDA, EIT Finance Officer FINAL CONFERENCE of the FIDIBE PROJECT 1 December 2011, Székesfehérvár

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: General Introduction • EIT Mission and Governance • KIC Basics + Updates • Cross-KIC Agendas • EIT Strategy (2014-2020)

  3. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

  4. ABOUT DISCOVERY, INVENTION, TRANSLATION & INNOVATION 2 • Invention: • creating or designing something not existing before 1 Discovery: Finding out something not yet known 3 4 • Innovation: • making changes with societal impact, based on discoveries and/or invention Translation: processing discoveries and/or invention into innovation Science & Research are necessary, but not sufficient for innovation

  5. US: approx. 21% EU: approx. 2% AGE DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIES’ CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION: EUROPE V. US AND OTHERS Bruegel policy brief 2009 Reinhilde Veugelers

  6. BEHRING, NOBEL, CITROEN, SIEMENS, REUTER = = EUROPEAN HISTORY BOYER, GATES AND ZUCKERBERG = U.S. REALITY! HOW to motivate kids to set up garage companies in Europe? WANTED wanted

  7. EARLY PUBLIC SEED MONEY TO LEVERAGE HIGH IMPACT INNOVATION INVESTMENTS

  8. EIT MISSION AND GOVERNANCE

  9. EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT) • EIT 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 corners 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”

  10. THE CORE OF INNOVATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE (KT) Actors in the knowledge triangle are at the core of the innovation web Business Higher Education ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Driver of KT Research & Technology

  11. EIT CURRENT STRATEGIC STRANDS • Further development of each KIC co-location centre as a hotspot driving innovation effectiveness, results and impact; • Consolidation of EIT Budapest as a knowledge pull driving simplification, result orientation and good practice • Further development of entrepreneurship education within KIC higher education institutions, branded by an EIT label; • Continued focus on world-classnew business creation.

  12. EIT STRUCTURE • Governing Board • Executive Committee • EIT Director • Corporate Forum for KICs • KICs • EIT Foundation • EIT Roundtable of Top Entrepreneurs • EIT Annual Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit (Stakeholders Platform)

  13. EIT FOUNDING GOVERNING BOARD (in alphabetical order): JoãoCARAÇA , Manuel CASTELLS, Bertrand COLLOMB, Giovanni COLOMBO (Member of the Executive Committee), Ellen DE BRABANDER, Anders FLODSTRÖM (Vice-Chairman of the Board), Wolfgang HERRMANN , Julia KING, Morten LOKTU, Karen MAEX, Bálint MAGYAR, ErnaMÖLLER, YrjöNEUVO (Member of the Executive Committee), Martin SCHUURMANS, Daria TATAJ (Member of the Executive Committee), Peter TROPSCHUH Peter, Linnar VIIK, Alexander VON GABAIN (Chairman of the Board)

  14. EIT GOVERNANCE • 2. EIT HEADQUARTERS • Director: Jose Manuel Leceta • EIT Headquarters in Budapest, currently 40 members of staff • EIT GOVERNING BOARD • Chairperson: Alexander von Gabain • Governing Board of 22 Members (18 appointed, 4 representative)

  15. KICs GOVERNANCE • Climate-KIC Chairman: Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber CEO: Mary A. Ritter 2. KIC InnoEnergy Chairman: Karl-Friedrich Ziegahn CEO: Diego Pavia 3. EIT ICT Labs Chairman: Henning Kagermann CEO: Willem Jonker

  16. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS DRIVEN BY THE EIT DIRECTOR’S TEAM • Showcase Success Stories emerging from the three KICs • First evidence presented to support institutional dialogue between the Commission and the Parliament through the ‘Friends of EIT’ • Corporate Forum for KICs : 3 KIC CEOs + EIT Director • Develop a strong EIT / KIC corporate identity and culture, including common policies (finance, monitoring, communication management) • Service oriented HQ increasing accountability and added value • Beyond corporate services, Units are aligned with the three Director’s roles: Build an effective team, energize KICs results and implement GB strategies.

  17. II. KICs – BASICS

  18. EIT’s INNOVATION FACTORIES: ITS KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION COMMUNITIES (KICs) • KICs highly integrated, creative and excellence-driven autonomous partnerships under the leadership of a CEO; internationally distributed but thematically convergent partners  driven by societal challenges • KIC partners key actors from the knowledge triangle: research, higher education and business • First three KICs • Climate KIC (Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation) • EIT ICT Labs(Future Information and Communication Society) • KIC InnoEnergy(Sustainable Energy)

  19. KICs EUROPEAN IMPACT AND GOOD PRACTICE Climate KIC: Co-location centre RIC (Regional Implementation and Innovation Centre) EIT ICT Labs: Co-location centre Associate Partner KIC InnoEnergy Co-location centre

  20. INNOVATION FACTORY (KIC) MODEL (1/2) • High degree of integration: each KIC is an independent legal entity, gathering world-class KIC partners from the knowledge triangle. • Effective governance: run by a CEO, supported by a lean management team at central and co-location level. • Long-term strategic approach: each KIC is set up for a minimum of 7 years. • Annual Business Plans presented, evaluated and approved by EIT HQ.

  21. INNOVATION FACTORY (KIC) MODEL (2/2) • Culture: KICs are shaped by strong entrepreneurial mindsets and cultures of their partners, pulling together for common visions and goals. • High degree of commitment of partners/smart funding: EIT funding to KICs is 25% of their total budget over time (75% to be attracted from other sources, public and private). • The co-location model: each KIC consists of typically 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, clear targets, results and high-impact-oriented activities.

  22. THE FIRST 3 KICs Designated in December 2009 by the EIT Governing Board

  23. EIT AND KICs MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS • With a trial and error approach and an ‘can do’ attitude, the EIT selected and signed ground breaking agreements with its first 3 KICs in less than 2 years following the Call for Proposals. • Meanwhile, KICs are producing evidence on entrepreneurship education and business creation (Success Stories). • EIT HQ will foster simplification, results and good practice. What the EIT and KICs have achieved so far has never been achieved on a European scale before! What the EIT and KICs have achieved so far has never been achieved on a European scale before!

  24. SOME EARLY RESULTS FROM THE KICs • Climate-KIC: As a result of a business plan competition, two Climate KIC projects have been awarded seed funding. One group, DeCo! won the International SEED Award 2010 through a business plan competition • EIT ICT Labs: InterneT of ThiNGs (FITTING) project has received € 5.8 million funding from the French national research agency (ANR) to develop new internet technology • KIC InnoEnergy: Its postgraduate degree programmes are hugely popular already in their first year: 850 students applied for 220 available places

  25. KIC PARTNERS UP TO 2011 KIC InnoEnergy 67 KIC Partners Climate-KIC 87 KIC Partners EIT ICT Labs 41 KIC Partners 8 2 In 2011, there are over 200 KIC Partners and 3 KIC LEs. In 2010, there were 75 KIC partners and 3 KIC LEs.

  26. KIC FUNDING SOURCES Figures in Million Euros

  27. CONCLUSIONS EIT–KIC MODEL 3 KICs were set-up (legal, governance, financial, organisational 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 innovation landscape (see Ernst & Young/CEPS 2011 report) with huge potential to deliver significant results EIT HQ acts as a knowledge pool benefitting Europe through continuous drive in simplification, result orientation (Scoreboard/KPIs) and good practice dissemination

  28. II.1 CLIMATE KIC

  29. Climate-KIC: European leadership in climate change innovation Co-location centre Regional Innovation Centre VISION • Catalyseclimate change innovation • Create a community for climate change innovation • Deliver integrated climate change innovation • TransformEurope’s response to climate change

  30. CLIMATE-KIC: SOME RESULTS IN 2010 • Establish KIC leadership and structures (KIC LE is an Association based in the Netherlands) • Set-up of co-locations • Recruit world leading scientists to head up key innovation areas • Launch first innovation projects • Set up first venture fund • Recruit first class of students (50 Masters and PhD students; 59 participants in Pioneers into Practice Programme) • Launched Summer School (Paris, Zurich and Berlin) and 2 spin-outs www.climate-kic.org Highlight. Click to edit text and resize the circle when needed. Align centered.

  31. II.2 EIT ICT LABS

  32. EIT ICT LABS Complete and complementary world class innovation hotspots Berlin Eindhoven Helsinki Paris Stockholm Highlight. Click to edit text and resize the circle when needed. Align centered. Otaniemi Science Park Pôles de Competitivité + Associate clusters in Budapest, London, Trento Systematic build-up of innovation hotspots outside initial nodes • Each Co-location features at least: • One strong research institute • One major university • One European-based multinational company

  33. EIT ICT LABS: SOME RESULTS IN 2010 • Establish KIC leadership, governance and structures (KIC LE set as an Association based in Belgium) • Set up of co-locations • Develop the concepts of EIT ICT Labs Master and Doctoral Schools • Launch pilot activities in Education, Research and Business (Digital cities of the future; Smart spaces; Internet technologies and architectures; Computing in the cloud; etc) • Organise EIT ICT Labs Summer School and first innovation camp • Develop and implement EIT Innovation Radar • Launch Entrepreneurs club www.ictlabs.eu Highlight. Click to edit text and resize the circle when needed. Align centered.

  34. II.3 KIC INNOENERGY

  35. KIC INNOENERGY: A WORLD CLASS ALLIANCE OF TOP EUROPEAN PLAYERS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD • 13 companies, 10 research institutes, 13 universities • ~50% industry partners (incl. associated partners) • >50% of key research players in Europe • Covering the whole energy mix • Knowledge triangle balanced along all dimensions • Strong connection with VCs and local governments

  36. KIC INNOENERGY: SOME RESULTS IN 2010 • Establish KIC governance and structures (KIC LE set up as a company based in the Netherlands) • Entrepreneurship program “From Science to Business”, with great impact on the 27 PhD students • First Clean Tech Venture Capital Day in Stockholm, with 250 participants (investors, selected start-ups) • Launched 33 innovation projects and 4 Lighthouse Innodrivers • Launched Smart Grid PhD (Lead by KTH); MS on Sustainable Energy; Pilot MS on Nuclear Engineering • Launched “KIC InnoEnergy Highway” business creation services (incubator) www.kic-innoenergy.com

  37. III. CROSS-KIC AGENDAS

  38. EIT FOSTERS ‘CROSS-KIC AGENDAS’ • Education: Promoting entrepreneurship education by high quality EIT labelled degree programmes and fostering EIT Alumni and risk culture in Europe • Entrepreneurship: Recognising the best KIC-driven ventures through an ‘EIT Entrepreneurship Award’ and fostering role models by an ‘Annual EIT Roundtable of Top Entrepreneurs’ • World-Class Innovation: Developing innovative ecosystems to create and grow world-class, breakthrough innovation exploiting KIC synergies and complementarities

  39. EIT’S EDUCATIONAL MISSION AND STRATEGY: fostering a new generation of entrepreneurially minded Europeans • create an entrepreneurial mindset in Europe, including the development of students as the next generation of entrepreneurs • deliver a unique brand of excellent and relevant education responsive to both business and societal demands, focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity  EIT labelled degrees and diplomas at Master and PhD level, awarded by the higher education institutions participating in the KICs, based on four main criteria

  40. EIT LABELLED DEGREES: a unique brand of excellent education at Master and PhD levels • Robust entrepreneurship education • Highly integrated, innovative "learning-by-doing" curricula • Mobility, European dimension and openness to the world • Outreach strategy and access policy

  41. 1.ROBUST ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION • Entrepreneurship embedded in the curricula to train future entrepreneurs and the use of the co-location centres to engage students in entrepreneurship activities • On-the-job learning and exposure to real life in industry and business. EIT overarching learning outcomes • Open concept innovation and entrepreneurship • Facilitate the acquisition of transferable skills, in particular entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity skills

  42. 2. HIGHLY INTEGRATED, INNOVATIVE, ‘LEARNING BY DOING’ CURRICULA • Cross-disciplinary approach • Active collaboration between universities and engagement of business • Student-centred teaching and learning methods, application of innovative tools and delivery mechanisms • Support for knowledge transfer • Promotion of joint or multiple degrees

  43. 3. MOBILITY, EUROPEAN DIMENSION AND OPENNESS TO THE WORLD • European transparency tools, Qualifications Framework EHEA • Integrated “mobility windows” for international and cross-organisational mobility • Smooth transitions between academia and industry • Quality culture • A strategy for global cooperation – recruitment of international students and staff, cooperation with global innovation hotspots

  44. 4. OUTREACH STRATEGY AND ACCESS POLICY • Joint strategy for knowledge sharing with society involving the different KIC partners • Joint student selection and admisison • Structured links with future "EIT" alumni

  45. KICs EDUCATION – STATE OF PLAY • KICs – currently starting/preparing their EIT-labelled Master and Ph.D programmes to start in 2011/2012 • EIT working together with KICs to implement the quality criteria • EIT HQ to update databases / reporistories of all Master and Ph.D programmes • EIT HQ to facilitate a virtual Alumni community

  46. FIRST ACTIONS 2010/2011 (1/2) Climate-KIC Summer School 2010/2011Young entrepreneurs find their way into European market for climate change innovation KIC InnoEnergy: • 2011: Start of 4 MSc programmes and 5 tracks in PhD school in Energy, Executive programme, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Master: 850 students applied for 220 available places • 2010: From Science to Business Entrepreneurship course

  47. FIRST ACTIONS 2010/2011/2012 Development of EIT ICT Labs Master School The EIT ICT Labs Master School will combine cross-node cutting edge technical and entrepreneurial education with strong industry collaboration. 7 technical majors: EIT Conferences: • Leuven, December 2010 – the role of the EIT in the Education Landscape • Krakow, October 2011 – Youth and Entrepreneurship

  48. EIT’s ENTREPRENEURSHIP MISSION AND STRATEGY AGENDA DEVELOPMENT: • To stimulate, facilitate and oversee the development and effectiveness of new innovation models and KIC business creation activities • To drive and support the development and implementation of the EIT Entrepreneurial Alumni • To add value to KIC-own operations

  49. BUILDING THE EIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGENDA EITCulture “EIT-labelled Business Accelerator” EIT Entrepreneur-ship Charter EIT Entrepreneur-ship Award (incl. Venture Cup, Mentorship Scheme etc.) HOW to motivate kids to set up garage companies in Europe? EIT Entrepreneurship toolbox EIT Round Table of Top Entrepreneurs Community Building

  50. FIRST EIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDSBrussels, February 2012 • To promote a risk taking culture in the KICs and beyond by putting the spotlight on and encouraging entrepreneurial ventures. • Three ventures will be selected for the award in 2012 from among the candidates proposed by the three KICs. • First EIT Entrepreneurship Award Ceremony is scheduled for February 2012 in collaboration with Science Business • The three 2012 Award winners will be granted EIT supported promotional activities, access to the EIT’s network of contacts, opportunities to expose their ventures to global experience, joint participation with the EIT in international trade fairs for a 12-month period. Mentoring with CEOs is also being discussed.

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