From BIK to TIK by academic/industry networking: Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence

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From BIK to TIK by academic/industry networking
Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence
Patrick Navard MINES Paristech/CNRS/Armines Centre
de Mise en Forme des Matériaux CEMEF Sophia
Antipolis - France Coordinator of the NMP
European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence
(EPNOE)
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Outline
I Innovation a missing link between academic
research and industrial exploitation II NMP
Networks of Excellence approaches III Conclusion
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I Innovation a missing link between academic
research and industrial exploitation
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What is innovation ?
Innovation is the implementation of a new or
significantly improved product (good or service),
or process, a new marketing method, or a new
organisational method in business practices,
workplace organisation or external
relation. Firms innovate to improve performances
(new or better products, lower costs,
..). Organising innovation is a pre-condition for
technical innovation. We will focus here on RD
driven innovation coming from academic
institutions but the approach is also valid for
large companies active in different not-connected
sectors.
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The missing link between academia and industry
Academic research More than 1.4 million
researchers in EU-27 Study on mobility patterns
and career paths of EU researchers 2010

• Many tools to perform these tasks
• Legal
• Standardisation
• Technology transfer agencies
• Clusters
• Business nurseries
• Networks
• etc

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Proposal for two new notions Basic
Innovative Knowledge (BIK)
Transferable Innovative Knowledge (TIK)

• Basic Innovative Knowledge (BIK)
• Not simple research results
• Importance of novelty and breakthrough
• Can be fully or empirically understood
• BIK is what scientists are looking for.

• Basic Innovative Knowledge three possibilities
• Not identified or dormant.
• Publication in the best possible journal
• Can be transferred to industry
• as a Transferable Innovative Knowledge

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Basic Innovative Knowledge (BIK)
Transferable Innovative Knowledge (TIK)
Basic Innovative Knowledge three
possibilities 1- Not identified or
dormant. Very common 2- Publication in the
best possible journal The most profitable
attitude for a scientist. 3- Identified as
potentially transferable to industry as a
Transferable Innovative Knowledge Why to
bother doing this??
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Basic Innovative Knowledge (BIK)
Transferable Innovative Knowledge (TIK)
Basic Innovative Knowledge three
possibilities 1- Not identified or
dormant. Very common 2- Publication in the
best possible journal The most profitable
attitude for a scientist. 3- Identified as
potentially transferable to industry as a
Transferable Innovative Knowledge but why to
bother doing this??
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Basic Innovative Knowledge (BIK)
Transferable Innovative Knowledge (TIK)
Basic Innovative Knowledge three
possibilities 1- Not identified or
dormant. Very common 2- Publication in the
best possible journal The most profitable
attitude for a scientist. 3- Identified as
potentially transferable to industry as a
Transferable Innovative Knowledge Why to
bother doing this??
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Transforming (BIK) into (TIK), where are the
blocking points ?
Dormant knowledge to wake up dormant knowledge
needs strong, close connection of the inventors
or a given dormant knowledge with other stake
holders able to identify its interest.
Segmentation of research knowledge, lack of areas
of trustiness are some factors hampering this
wake up. Publications No incentive to use this
potentially Transferable Innovative Knowledge by
lack of evaluation of the obstacles by political
instances. Transferable Innovative Knowledge
all the legal, administrative and technical
aspects are in place in most EU countries for
favoring the transfer of a TIK to a
company. What are the actions taken by NMP
Networks of Excellence for helping innovation ?
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II NMP Networks of Excellence approaches
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Networks of Excellence
Networks of Excellence FP6 instrument aimed at
combating fragmentation in a certain area by
integrating a critical mass of resources and
expertise. Creation of more than one hundred of
such Networks. A few networks manage to survive
by creating a common structure (mainly of
non-profit association type), durable and
financially self-sustained.

• NMP
• EPNOE (polysaccharides)
• PI (piezoelectric materials)
• eCAM (catalysis and magnetic nanomaterials)
• KMM-VIN (knowledge-based multifunctional
  materials)

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Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence
Basic Innovative Knowledge 1- Not identified or
dormant. 2- Publication in the best possible
journal 3- Identified as potentially transferable
to industry as a Transferable Innovative
Knowledge
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Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence
Basic Innovative Knowledge 1- Not identified or
dormant 2- Publication in the best possible
journal 3- Identified as potentially transferable
to industry as a Transferable Innovative
Knowledge

• Strengthening of the area of trustiness
• Innovation correspondent in each partners
  institution
• Listing of knowledge and expertise seen as being
  without interest by authors
• Brain-storming and waking up sessions with
  academic and industrial specialists of specific
  areas

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Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence
Basic Innovative Knowledge 1- Not identified or
dormant 2- Publication in the best possible
journal 3- Identified as potentially transferable
to industry as a Transferable Innovative
Knowledge

• NMP Networks of Expertise are used to work with
  industry (in 2009, EPNOE academic partners had
  270 RD projects with industry for a total budget
  gt 26M)
• But it is not changing the evaluation modes of
  scientists.

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Activities of NMP Networks of Excellence
Basic Innovative Knowledge 1- Not identified or
dormant 2- Publication in the best possible
journal 3- Identified as potentially transferable
to industry as a Transferable Innovative
Knowledge
- Breaking discipline barriers and expanding to
new industrial sectors - Identifying industrial
needs through surveys and visits to companies -
Identification of European and International
companies that might need specific service
(joint projects, consultancy for companies,
focused training courses and dedicated
workshops, patent and IP brokerage,
valorisation of research results) - Communication
on available TIK present in the NoE -
Organization of workshops - Common databases
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III Conclusions
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