Daria Tataj Executive Committee, Governing Board EIT

1. Towards a European vision of Innovation Daria TatajExecutive Committee, Governing Board EIT Oxford Summit of Leaders, 15 March, 2010

2. Innovation is urgently needed and new innovation models are emerging • Innovation = economic growth • Innovation = entrepreneurship • BUT: • Emerging new global competitive value chains/webs and business models • Innovation: a shift from science and technology to non-technological/neglected/cost innovations • Emerging open (≠ free) innovation models • Challenges = opportunities we cannot afford to miss

3. Innovation requires an integrated knowledge triangle • Actors in the knowledge triangle, Education, Research + Technology, Business + Entrepreneurship are at the core of the innovation web  Enhanced capacities + high degree of integration + leadership are prerequisites for scaling up Europe’s innovation performance • European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): • - thrives on synergies with other EU and national actions • - simultaneously addresses all 3 sides of the knowledge triangle • - addresses leadership in the business sense

4. EIT mission „To be the catalyst for a step change in the European Community’s innovation capacity and impact.”

5. EIT – basic facts • Established by Regulation (EC)294/2008 of 11 March 2008 • An independent Community Body • Addresses all 3 sides of the knowledge triangle in the innovation web: higher education, research and business/innovation • Has a light two-level structure: • Strategic decision making: Independent EIT Governing Board supported by EIT Headquarters in Budapest with director Gerard DeNazelle • Operational implementation: Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs); first 2-3 KICs to be designated by December 2009

6. EIT approach • Simple and light structures and processes • A CAN DO attitude, stipulating empowerment and enabling people • The involvement of key Industries, leading Universities andresearch centresin Europe • Leadership and output orientation

7. Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) • EIT through KICs is creating a new European way to deliver essential economic growth through innovation by • challenging vital few tough challenges towards European world-class innovation impact in the knowledge triangle KICs as innovation test beds addressing critical questions: • What makes people and teams innovative? • What makes an innovative place? • What builds entrepreneurship? • How do we educate and train entrepreneurs? • How can open innovation work for advanced industry? • How can we measure innovation?

8. KICs – testing the knowledge triangle in practice • KICs = collaborative partnerships, legally and financially structured entity of internationally distributed but thematically convergent partners • KIC partners = key actors from the knowledge triangle: research, education, and innovation-entrepreneurship-business • KIC co-location = people from diverse backgrounds (industry, SMEs, academia, nationality, gender, discipline…) working together across the innovation web  KICs build innovative webs of excellence across the knowledge triangle: Innovation can start at any place in the web

9. New Business Creation For existing industry For new endeavours Education and development of entrepreneurial people Job creation, brain gain and other societal impact Current focus Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Sustainable Energy Future Information andCommunication Society KIC deliverables and focus

10. Our vision: KIC ‘challenges/impact’ • Excellence in a web of innovation leading to KICs competitive on a world scale • Contribute to ongoing developments in higher education and acting as a catalyst for improvements in curricula and learning and teaching methods • Entrepreneurship education delivering top entrepreneurial people • Exploiting entrepreneurship through new and existing private companies, SMEs, start ups, and new business models/ approaches leading to new business creation

11. KIC ‘challenges/ impact’ (2) • Technical and non-technical research and technology leading to full exploitation of innovation opportunities • Bridging local capabilities to Europe wide opportunities • Working in co-location centres encompassing the larger part of the innovation web with face-to-face contact, thus leading to greatmobility of knowledge and underpinning the bridging • With an IPR policy motivating for the stakeholders allowing broad usage of IPR in and outside Europe • With a strong EIT brand restoring pride in Europe’s innovation and international recognition

12. KICs-essential challenges for impact • CEO type leadership leading to drive and focus • A monitored business plan around deliverables with targeted investment returns and drivers identified upfront leading to relentless focus on results/deliverables

13. Funding of a KIC 50-100 M Euro total spending per year • EIT 25% • Existing programs and funding: about 25%-50%, maybe more ... • Partners the remainder being about 50%-25% • So for the coming 4 years the 3 KICs will spend • about 1B Euro’s

14. State of Play EIT Governing Board started work on 15 September 2008 Call for KICs closed on August 27th 2009 First 3 KICs are chosen on December 16 2009 KICs with 7 year simple framework contracts on the way in Q2 2010  All of this is ahead of schedule

15. Climate KIC: European leadership in climate change innovation Co-location Centre • Vision • Catalyse climate change innovation • Create a community for climate change innovation • Deliver integrated climate change innovation • Transform Europe’s response to climate change Regional Innovation Centre

16. Climate KIC : From programme to innovation • Example – The 40 M ha Project • Zero Carbon Production Systems Programme • Targeting0.3 G tonnes of Carbon per year • Leadership from the Dutch co-location centre • Partnershipacross 5 corporations, 9 academic institutions and 2 regional innovation centres • Integrated across disciplines: from plant biology to systems engineering and from climate modelling to economics and policy development • Community of young researchers and innovators, experienced scientists and policy makers and entrepreneurs and implementers • Open innovation via free movement of IP within the KIC • Designing the entrepreneurial spacethrough the synergies between research and innovation activities • Catalysing implementationthrough piloting: crop and integrated biorefinery trials and demonstrations

17. 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 WHO HOW WHY WHAT WHEN

18. KIC InnoEnergy will bring innovation to the whole energy-mix coherent with the SET Plan WHO HOW WHY WHAT WHEN

19. ICT-Labs: Co-locations for open innovation 1 Goals 2 Co-locations Innovation instruments 3 Management & governance 4 5 Business plan 6 Impact 7 Support Complete and complementary world class innovation hotspots Berlin Eindhoven Helsinki Paris Stockholm Otaniemi Science Park Pôles de Competitivité + Associate clusters in Budapest, London, Trento Systematic build-up of innovation hot-spots outside our initial nodes • Each Co-location features at least: • One strong research institute • One major university • One European-based multinational company • Active regional network of SME • Full national and regional support

20. ICT-Labs Integration across the knowledge triangle 1 Goals 2 Co-locations Innovation instruments 3 Management & governance 4 5 Business plan 6 Impact 7 Support EIT graduate andmaster schools Creating a new breed of entrepreneurs Enabling excellent individuals and multidisciplinary teams to develop breakthrough ideas EIT code, design, andbusiness camps Education Research Big joint idea projects Business development lab Common test bedsand joint experiments Innovation University & industry crossover program EIT innovationradar Supporting innovators all the way to the market • KPIs • EIT labeled graduates and PhDs • Mobility of students and researchers • ERC grants • Patents granted • Scientific impact • Awards • Start-ups • Cross-licensing • Value created by transfer projects

21. The Way Forward • Consolidation and learning from KICs • Building a culture of performance oriented innovation and new business creation through • highly interactive physical and virtual communication • recognition of exceptional performance • an entrepreneurship academy • Help universities build innovative new curricula and education • targeting strong multi-disciplinary and entrepreneurship skills • branding through EIT labeled degrees and diplomas • an entrepreneurship award

22. The Way Forward (2) Foster new business creation through New business and innovation models New ways of financing: business buy-in and EIT Foundation Bringing in best practices through the Entrepreneurship Academy Deliver world-class impact measured through Simple benchmarking on a world scale (‘reference’) Simple performance balanced score cards (‘output’) Shape the EIT agenda and KICs for the future (SIA of EIT)  for all actions: EIT will work with all actors of the knowledge triangle and in a context of other EU and national initiatives

23. The knowledge triangleshaping the future of Europe  The knowledge triangle will shape the future of Europe, if • we recognise and accept challenges • we build entrepreneurship as the ‘glue’ of the triangle • we act and deliver for education, research and business

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