Innovation & ImpactIMPACT

The benefit(s) derived from the innovation.The larger the benefit, the larger the impact.

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Turning ideas into

INVOICES

What are the academic institutionsdoing to drive support & innovation

to put Ireland on the map andsupport / drive industry?

Innovation & ImpactINNOVATION

The successful exploitation of new creations, which when used produce tangible benefits, satisfying needs and wants.

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Innovation & Impact

EXPLOITATION?

Invention Innovation

Invention IS NOT Innovation

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Innovation ManagementEC Definition

“Overall management of all activities related to understanding needs, with the objective of successfully identifying new ideas, and managing them, in order to develop new products and services which satisfy these needs.

Innovation management starts at the point of capturing the creative works and finishes when it, a product or service, is deployed.”

Someone must be responsible for managing all innovation-related activities from capturing, assessing, protecting and managing the IP; through dissemination and exploitation (use) of the IP; to market deployment.

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Typical Management Structure

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Identify

Capture

ReviewRegister

Exploit

Protecting Innovation – How?

Not only must it be difficult for a competitor to reinvent the product,

but also it must be entirely comfortable for a customer to adopt it A product may appear easy to imitate,

but the precise details of how it is put together may be more opaque. Such

key intellectual ingredients are a barrier to entry, along with patents.

What makes a great Innovation?Presenting subtle or explicit “barriers to entry” should be

intrinsic to the investment pitch of any entrepreneur

A team may have specific knowledge or a combination of

interdisciplinary skills and market insights that

competitors may find challenging to assemble.

Not only must the team have a secret sauce to

trip up competitors, but

also a tasty temptation to

attract customers. A

product that is obvious for

customers, and yet opaque to competitors, is real innovation.

A case study of a college driving and supporting innovation

A case study of a college drivingand supporting Innovation

Micra (ITTD) is an Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway

Remit: Deliver commercial viable research and near-to-market solutions

Approach: Micra (ITTD) works with Industry to address unmet needs in the area of bio-diagnostics & rapid detection technologies

Over the past 5-10 years there has been a shift in the nature and typeof research activities being funded by state Institutions in Ireland from:

Fundamental to Applied

Academic collaboration to Industrial Collaboration

Papers to Patents

TTO

Academia Industry

Expertise Experience Competencies Facilities

Product Development Manufacturing Marketing /sales Routes to Market

CONVERGENCE

DIT Hothouse – bringing it ALL together

Communications

‘Bridging the gap’ with Industry

We ensure the selected technology has the backing of a strong and deliverable aware PI and team

We research Irish and International relevant interested companiesWe then commission a feasibility study using an independent consultant

to determine / confirm interested companies We select a company with potential and conclude a licensing agreement

to protect innovation

How do we Harvest Innovation?

We go to industry and ask what are their problemsWe bring these problems back to the relevant research group to

find a solutionWe create a product concept and conclude a licensing agreement

How do we Hunt for Innovation?

Meat Technology Centre:Teagasc as host applicant, and its co-applicants; University College Cork incorporating the Tyndall National Institute (UCC-Tyn), Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), along with the beef and sheep industry partners e.g. Dawn Meats, Kepak, ABP et al, are in contract negotiation mode and hope to develop very shortly an international technology centre of excellence in beef and sheep meat processing.

Academia and Industry driving Innovation

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The Business of Food Conference:The DIT Business of Food Conference November 2015 in association with The Dublin Food Chain and the Local Enterprise Offices and EY strongly attended by entrepreneurs, industry and academia.

Academia and Industry driving Innovation

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CeADAR:DIT School of Computing and specifically the Applied Intelligence Research Centre are members of the National Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research, which is tri-located at UCC, UCD, and DIT, funded by Enterprise Ireland. CeADAR is industry-driven and its initial focus is on research into technology challenges that have been identified by industry representatives and we are working on a number of Innovation Partnership Programmes with industry e.g. PE Services

Responding to industry academic requirements e.g.● New BSc Biomedical and Molecular Diagnostics● New BSc in Brewing and Distilling ● New MSc in Product Development

Academia and Industry driving Innovation

Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

Find your Innovation Ecosystem

An environment (ecosystem) which can support, stimulate and enable innovation.

Can be geographical clusters (e.g. New Frontiers Entrepreneur Development) or specific sectors (e.g. Knowledge Transfer Networks).

The ecosystem does not only include researchers and industry, but access to all the key players that make innovation happen, such as VCs, business angels, entrepreneurs, matchmakers, support groups, users, policy-makers, etc.

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How can Industry work with academic institutions?

Whichever category you belong to, we will provide you with

unparalleled expertise, skills, and resources to help you

achieve your goals

For more information please call and see

us on the DIT Hothouse stand

Methods of Engagemente.g. Innovation Partnerships

e.g. SFI Investigators Programme

DIRECT INDUSTRY SUPPORTS e.g. consultancy

e.g. Horizon 2020

e.g. International Company Engagement

e.g. enabling fundamental research base

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