Commercialisation of Research: Nottingham MyRIAD Solutions Sdn Bhd

28th Feb 2012 Symposium on Innovation: Commercialisation of Science

Commercialisation of Research:Nottingham MyRIAD Solutions Sdn Bhd

Level 2, Block B,University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus,Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih,Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

EMAIL: [email protected] URL: www.nottingham.edu.my/Myriad

Professor Graham Kendall, Vice-Provost (Research and Knowledge Transfer)([email protected])

University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus


University of Nottingham• Top 100, global university• Three (branch) campuses

• Nottingham (30,000 students): 1881• Malaysia (4,200 students): 2000• China (5,500 students): 2005

• About 25% of our students are at our international campuses

• Nottingham campus manages about 23 active spin out companies


MyRIADMalaysia Research, Innovation And Development

• A research commercial and consultancy company hosted at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.

• Joint Venture between industry and the university• Based on Nottingham practises (NUCL, NOTICE and

EMCC) but (we hope) with improvements and extensions.


Vision

• Vision: Profitable innovation

• To exploit and capitalise on the academic capabilities and expertise at the University of Nottingham and seek out other opportunities which are not available through traditional means.

• Provide an additional research stream to UNMC


Company Structure


Services

1.Consultancy2.Conferences and Workshops 3.Services Rendered4.Contract Research5.Commercialisation


• Seek out consultancy opportunities

• Match make industry/scientists

• Remove the admin load (invoicing, contract negotiation, insurance)

Consultancy


Conferences and Workshops• Help and assist academics

• Seek out opportunities to serve the commercial sector

• Provide an event management service


Services Rendered• Market the facilities and services that UNMC can provide

• Remove the burden from academics


Contract Research• Carry out research contracted by industrial partners

• Remove the burden from academics


Commercialisation• Exploit the Intellectual Property in the research carried out at

the University of Nottingham, not just UNMC.

• Facilitate and support the establishment of spin-out companies


Short-Medium Term Goals• Commercialisation

• High profile projects that cannot be done at the moment

• Prove our expertise and ability to deliver

• Build links with industrial partners

• Develop our skill set and explore service provision in areas such as business planning, patents, IP exploitation etc.

• Gain the confidence of our academics

• Demonstrate an additional income stream


Short-Medium Term Goals• ... draw on best practise from Royal Society Enterprise Fund

and Oxford (ISIS)

• .... and whoever else we can


Summary• One stop shop for all commercial activity at UNMC

• Remove burden from academics

• Exploit Intellectual Property

• Seek out opportunities that would normally be carried out as part of our day job

• Provide an additional income stream for research at UNMC


Contacts• EMAIL: [email protected] • URL: www.nottingham.edu.my/Myriad• Graham Kendall: [email protected]

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