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The ETH Innovation and Entrepreneurship Laboratory
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One of the key tasks of ETH:
technology transfer to exploit research findings
The Mission of ETH
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Vision - Bridging Science and Industry
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Product Development
Industri-alization
Technology-DevelopmentResearch
Value Chain
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Innovationthrough an integrative
approach
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About Rigor and Relevance
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Use‐inspiredbasic research(Louis Pasteur)
Pure basicResearch
(Niels Bohr)
Pure appliedResearch
(Thomas Edison)
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Relevance: Consideration of use
Adopted from Donald Stokes, "Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technology Innovation", 1997
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The ieLab Accelerating Innovation and Translation The ieLab locations gather young and experienced entrepreneurs and
their partners – the ieLabs are melting pots of innovation, exploration and translation.
The ieLab empowers young talents on their pathway to innovation and entrepreneurship.
The ieLab offers an environment, where moving forth and back from science to market happens naturally (serial entrepreneurs)
The ieLab provides individual coaching, sharing of best practices and early partnering/alliance-building with industrial associates and scientific leader.
The ieLab integrates all relevant offers and services for young entrepreneurs into a seamless process for accelerated technology transfer from science to business
The ieLab is an ecosystem where innovation happensSeptember 2012 5ETH Zürich
Science
Market
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Innovation & Entrepreneurs Labs “around” ETH
Melting pots for innovation, exploration and translation.
Empowerment of young talents on their pathway to innovation and entrepreneurship
Coaching and alliance-building with industrial associates and scientific leader
An ecosystem where innovation happens
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General ETH Strategy
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Basic Science
Integrative Approach
“Think Tank”
IndustrySpin-offs
Scie
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Explore – Innovate – Translate
ieLaban ecosystem for
discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship
Discoveries
EntrepreneurialScientists
New Technologies
Indu
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ieLab – Empowering Young Talents
We embrace talented young scientists and engineers with an entrepreneurial spirit and the aspiration and the commitment to create socio-
economic and social value through technology transfer
Empowering Next Generation Entrepreneurs
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Innovation : It’s All About People !
”Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac,
IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how
you're led, and how much you get it”
Steve Jobs, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO Apple Inc
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Science
Market
Innovation – from Science to Market
Through market driven innovation and strong industrial collaboration you can considerably speed up innovation (R&D Venture).
Don’t expect innovation to happen if the market experts are not key partners in your team.
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Techno
logy Perform
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Time
Research MarketPenetration
TechnologyDevelopment
ProductDevelopment Co
urtesy of Steph
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ETH ieLab, the home of …
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Student Entrepreneurs
Pioneer Fellows
Early stage Spin‐offs
Jan Lukas GiesbrechtPlyEx: the ultra‐high performance monolithic composite
… the place where innovation happens
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Sharing (best practices…)
Individual training + coaching Networking + alliance building
Integrated, coherent process
Characteristics of the ETH ieLab
Not just a startup creator – an accelerator for the generation of economic value by empowering young talents and employing alliances
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Networking and Partnership Events
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Event Frequency/SinceInternal Owners / Organizers
Spark Award:Best invention of the yearRecognize / stimulate inventors
VP Research & Corporate RelationsETH transfer 1 / year (2012)
Meet the Pioneers:Fellowship GrantFurther develop promising technologies
VP Research & Corporate RelationsFoundation / Office of Research / ETH transfer 2 / year (2012)
Venture 20XX:Businessplan CompetitionStimulate / celebrate entrepreneurship
ETH Zurich (President / VPFW / ETH transfer)McKinseyCommission for Technology & Innovation (CTI)
Every other year (1998)
Home‐Coming Dinner:Dinner with all ETH Spin‐offs Build Entrepreneur Community
VP Research & Corporate RelationsETH transfer 1 / year (2008)
Industry Days:Industry on ETH CampusPresent ETH Research to Industry (SME)
VP Research & Corporate RelationsIndustrial Relations / Foundation /ETH transfer
1 / year (2010)
«Lokal Termin»:Selected Guests on ETH CampusPresent ETH Research
President / Foundation / HKVP Research & Corporate Relations
2 / year (2008)
Thanks‐Giving Event:Dinner with all ETH Foundation PartnersRecognize support of partners
President / Foundation / HKVP Research & Corporate Relations 1 / year (2009)
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Spin-off’s
Life ScienceICT / Production
Engineering
(Incl. Energy & MedTech)Design/Architecture
ETH Industry Partner
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Focus Project Getting students excited about I&E Experiencing production in other markets
Pioneer Fellowships Feasibility and Market
Coaching Training and experiencing I&E Matching young entrepreneurs
with industrial partners (R&D Venture) Involvement of the partners through
topical Partnership Council Student Entrepreneur Club
Alexander HasserMonolithic Morphing Airfoil
Jan Lukas GiesbrechtPlyEx: the ultra-high performance monolithic composite
Tools and Instruments of the ETH ieLab
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Disney Research Zurich as Role Model
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Founded in Autumn 2008 ETH‐Building in Downtown Zurich Director Prof. Dr. Markus Gross
28 Senior Scientists and Researchers 16 ETH PhD Students 51 ETH Master Projects 90 Research Projects 45 Patents filed (25 joint with ETH) > 50 Scientific Publications (30 Siggraph)
reference 9.2011
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Thank you for your interest !
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