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Welcome to Tyndall Innovation Forum
25-5-2006 Prof. Roger Whatmore CEO
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Irish Imperatives

• Attract PIs and build top quality RD teams in
  Ireland
• Integrate research capability into Irish-based
  companies
• Create culture of partnership research
  collaboration
• Ireland the most IP friendly research
  investment domain
• Resource industry with skilled personnel
• Maintain the momentum of growth

Impact Economic, social and cultural value to
Ireland
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Vision
The Tyndall National Institute will be a Centre
of Excellence in Information and Communications
Technology Research, Development and Graduate
Education, recognised internationally for the
Quality of its outputs and its creation of New
Opportunities for Irelands economic growth
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Mission, Objectives
Tyndall will excel at creating value from
research

• Excellence in science and engineering technology
  
• Research of strategic value to Ireland
• Access to Tyndall National research facilities
• Strong research collaboration with industry
• Stimulate innovation in Ireland with new
  technology companies
• Expand national and international collaborative
  partnerships
• Champion outreach in science and engineering

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Research Focus
PHOTONICS
ELECTRONICS
Systems Integration
Basic Phenomena
Materials
Design
Devices
Research Fabrication Facilities
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Research at Tyndall

• Theory, Design Simulation
• Photonic device theory
• Materials modeling
• Electronic transport device simulation
• Thermal thermomechanical modeling
• MEMS Microsystems simulation

• Microelectronics
• 3-D Wireless sensor networks
• Biomedical microsystems
• Integration packaging
• Power / micromagnetics
• Clinical diagnostics analysis
• Novel Si devices MEMS / ?systems

• Materials
• Interconnect (Pb-free solder, adhesives)
• Semiconductors Si / SiGe / III-IV
• High K materials
• Nanocrystal-based devices
• Photonic nanostructures / crystals
• Molecular optical nanodevices

• Photonics
• Optoelectronic devices
• LEDs lasers
• Optical interconnect
• Non-linear optics for signal processing
• Photonic Systems
• Deep Reach and High Bandwidth

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Research Highlights 2005
10 Gbit/sec Deep Reach Optical Fibre Access
Wireless Sensor Motes
Silicon Microneedles
Photonic Crystals
Simulation of Nanolithography
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Industry Partnerships
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Industry Networks
Enterprise Ireland Industry-Led Research
Programmes - ILRP
PEIG - Power Electronics Industry Group Analog,
Commergy, Convertec, Excelys, Intel MIDAS
Integrated Circuit Design Analog, Cadence,
Cypress, Duolog, Intel, S3, Xilinx WISEN
Wireless Sensor Networks Analog Devices,
Benetel, Connaught Electronics, Cratlon,
Duolog, Innovada, Intel BioIndustry
Micro-analytical diagnostic systems Wyeth,
Elan, Centrecor, Schering, Trinity Bio, Tridelta
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SFI CSETs Centres for Science Engineering
Technology

• Tyndall research partner in
• CTVR - Centre for Telecommunications Value Chain
  Research
• Bell Labs Research Ireland
• CRANN - Centre for Research in Nano Science and
  Technology
• Intel Ireland, HP Ireland
• BDI - Biomedical Diagnostics Institute
• Analog Devices, Becton Dickinson and Co.,
• Hospira Inc, Inverness Medical Innovations Inc,
• Amic AB and Enfer Technology

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postgraduate employment
Betatherm Boston Scientific Medtronic AVE Western
Automation Marine Institute
Eblana HP Intel IBM Loctite S3 Xilinx
Analog Devices Molex Kostal Guidant EI Electronics
Applied Optotec Stocker Yale Firecomms Nanocomms
Optical Metrology Luxcel Bioscience SensL
Cypress Semi Farran Technology Flextronics M/A-COM
Moog
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Added Value Industry Support
RD into Industry
HPSU technology support
Technology transfer to industry
Training transfer of skill-sets
Knowledge Intellectual Property
Strategic Industry Relevant Research
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Tyndall Development Programme

• Programme Overview
• Target to double number of 4th level students in
  Ireland over 5 years
• Currently 300 staff and students (Tyndall, UCC,
  CIT)
• Target to reach 500 in 5 years, from
• Institutes of Technology
• Irish Universities
• Industry suites
• Overseas visitors
• Target 16,000 square metres laboratory and office
  space double current facilities

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Tyndall Development Programme
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Tyndall Innovation Mission

• Tyndalls Innovation Mission is to generate value
  from research that will impact enterprise
  development in and from Ireland.
• We generate three key enablers of Innovation
• Over 300 researchers with advanced 4th level
  skill-sets, of which over 80 are post graduates
  completing PhD
• R D infrastructure valued in excess of Euro 100
  million
• Extensive research knowledge intellectal
  property to shape emerging industry roadmaps or
  have potential to be disruptive new technologies
  in themselves
• The KEY challenge is to capitalise these three
  enablers into an Innovation accelerator that
  will drive enterprise development from existing
  or potential new start up companies.

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GEM The Irish Report 2005 recommendations

• GEM is the Global Entrepreneurships Monitor, its
  recommendations
• To achieve the strategic imperative of a fully
  dynamic environment for new start up companies in
  Ireland we need
• A national strategy coordinated policy for
  entrepreneurship
• Education sectors harnessed in a systematic way
  to increase start up activity
• Greater coordination of capability building for
  entrepreneurs
• Measures taken to improve the availability of
  finance, such as the Euro 175 million announced
  by DETE this week for start ups.
• Assistance with indentification accessing
  overseas markets
• New initiatives to assist commercialisation of
  research from third level colleges and research
  institutes
• Increasing number of women involved in early
  stage start up entrepreneurial activity

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Innovation Forum 2006 Rationale

• Create awareness of the potential opportunities
  arising from emerging technologies in three
  Tynall research arenas
• Sharing of knowledge experience of three
  startup companies and the challenges they
  overcame to date
• Outline the investment financial criteria of
  the venture capital
• community for new start-up companies in Ireland
  UK
• 4. Overview the range of enabling incentives
  available from EI
• to generate more high potential start up
  companies in Ireland
• Create a synergistic network of like minded
  people who can help us to generate more start up
  companies thus
• GENERATE VALUE FROM RESEARCH

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Overview of Forum 2006 Programme

• Technology Overviews from Tyndall strategic
  Research
• David Cotter on Photonic Systems
• Michael Morris on Advance Materials in Nano
  technology
• Cian OMathuna on Microtechnologies
• Three start up case studies
• Firecomms - Tom Moriarty
• Sensl Technologies Carl Jackson
• XSIL Corporation - Peter Conlon
• Views from two venture capital companies
• In Ireland from Dermot Berkery of Delta Partners
• In UK from Paul Atherton from Nanoventures
• Summary of EI HPSUs programme from Kevin Sherry
  of EI
• 5. Network of over 50 delegates interested in
  learning how to generate more start up companies
  in Ireland

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Desired Outcomes from Forum 2006

• High potential start up companies from Tyndall
  with high value impact from our research
  investment
• Attraction of people with business experience to
  work with our technology originators and
  promoters to build new venture teams
• We will act as a focal point to help new venture
  teams with the following initiatives
• Transfer of intellectual property and knowhow -
  low barriers
• Transfer of highly trained 4th Level post
  graduates
• Formal access agreements to our research
  facilities
• Provide incubator industry suite facilities as
  we expand
• Support Enterprise Ireland with HPSUs and SMEs
  to encourage enterprise development in Ireland.
• 4. We will continue expand this Innovation
  programme in support of Entrepreneurs as part of
  our new strategic plan

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Information available on new Tyndall website
For up-to-date information and downloadable
brochures log on to our new website www.tyndall.i
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Thank You!

• Any Questions?