Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT conditions-pilot projects

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Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT
conditions-pilot projects

• F. Pühringer-Oppermann, P. Bele, R. Bussar and U.
  StimmingAKE Springmeeting within the 73rd
  Annual Meeting of DPGE2.-6.3. 2009 Hamburg

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European Institute of Innovation and Technology
(EIT)
If Europe wants to remain competitive, then we
must ensure that we improve the relationship
inside the knowledge triangle education,
research and innovation Jose Manuel Barroso
Ideal MIT (USA)
Virtual organisation with headquarter
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EIT-Milestones

• 17.10.08 The Governing Board elects the four
  members of the Executive Committee
• 15.09.08 The EIT marks the launch of its
  activities in Budapest with the first meeting of
  its recently appointed Governing Board, and
  unanimously elects Dr. Martin Schuurmans as its
  Chairman.
• 30.07.08 The EIT's first Governing Board is
  officially appointed following a selection
  process which began in February 2008. The
  18-strong Board provides a collective balance of
  expertise and experience from the worlds of
  higher education, research, business and
  innovation in Europe.
• 18.06.08 EU Member States decide unanimously
  that the European Institute of Innovation and
  Technology (EIT) will have its headquarters in
  Budapest.

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Knowledge and intelligence communities (KIC)
ObjectivesThe KICs will promote the production,
dissemination and exploitation of new knowledge
products and best practices in the innovation
sector, transforming the results of higher
education and research activities into
commercially exploitable innovation
Set-upseven-fifteen years, at least three
partners (two from EU) 308MEUR (for first three
KICS)
TimeplanFirst two or three KICs selected January
20102009 dialogue with the stakeholders through
seminars
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Focus

• Sustainable energy
• Mitigation and adaption of climate change
• Future information society
• Next topic most probably healthcare

Four pilot projects advise the EC how to select
the ideal collaboration structure for a KIC
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Pilot projects (2006/2007-11.2009)

• BRIDGEsolving real world problems with high
  commercial value in nanomedicine
• COMPLEX-EIT embraces the complexity from nano to
  large electronic systems
• SUCCESSSearching unpredecented cooperations on
  climate and energy to ensure sustainability
• GASTgreen and safe road transportation

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Objectives/Main deliverables
Collect and analyse practices in order to
identify good practices for a cooperation model
within the knowledge triangle
Create a pan European collaborations model
Test and validate some of the components of this
new model
Disseminate the results of the projects to the
wider innovation community
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Specific Objectives
BRIDGEDesign and test of an elite doctorate
programme(Winter course on entrepreneurship with
15 students)Implementation of joint pilot
research projects(need for administrativeproject
management)
COMPLEX-EITEducation/Research/Industry/Territorie
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GASTsustainability
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COMPLEX-EIT
Ignorance of other territories-competition-coopeti
tion-coherent employment strategy
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Complex-EIT-Territorial Integration Center
INNOVATIONacess to and capitalise knowledge
(design tools)coinnovate betweenpartners and
customers knowledge transferfrom university to
industry demonstration tocustomers Setup pilot
fabrication services
EDUCATION Acquire excellencelocal and
globaltrain studentson the state-of-the-artlife
long learningduring projectseducation of
citizenson technologies
TIC(director)
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Complex EIT Management -Structure
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Complex-EIT (also SUCCESS)
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SUCCESS
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WP1 Transversal analysis of 66 European
collaborations (CBS/ESADE)

• Basic information (member organisations)
• Operational level (IPR, FP7,legal entity, joint
  venture)
• Motivation and outcomes
• Topics related to governance and management
• Barriers?
• Experience, plans and learning
• Universitys side (incl. Education)
• Industry side (incl. Education)

Findings from an intensive literature review as
benchmarks against which the survey findings are
evaluated and analysed
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Literature Antagonisms

• Large
• Horizontal
• Diversity
• Autonomy
• Openess
• Knowledge sharing
• Management of networks

• Small Networks
• Vertical integration
• Unity
• Control
• Protection
• Knowledge Expropriation
• Management in networks

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Empirical findings

• Wind, wave, hydrogen energy, sun cells, bio fuel
  cell and biogas, CCS, adjusting of motors
• 1-4 until more than 20 participants
• 20 collab are initiated less than 3 years ago,
  some with aim of project not yet fulfilled
• 8 of 10 the large collaborations funded by FP (EU
  prescribes size?), one third are national, EU
  funds about 58 of the projects
• Only one third legal entity and only one third
  shared physical space
• Industry wants to gain access to complementary
  resources
• 5 without leadership
• 7 joint ventures, 10 might form spin-off

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WP3.1 Objectives (CEA, Polito)
Identification and analysis of the weaknesses of
the case studies in terms of effective governance
Focus on
Links between edges of the knowledge triangle
between research and innovationinvolvement of
education in the innovation process
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Accomplishment
State-of-the-art of three selected topics
1.Energy efficiencyand CO2 reduction2.
Energy storage and grids3. Climate and new
developments in energy4. SUCCESS analysis
Two network cases chosen/topic with development
of a thorough description
SWOT-Analysis
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Selected collaborations
TENERRDIS Industrial and research competivity pole for renewable energies in Rhone-Alpe region
EAWE European Academy of wind energy
CLUSTER Consortium linking universities of science and technology for education and research
ETSAP IEA Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program assisting decision-makers in the assessment of new energy technologies and policies
ENES European Consortium with 45 institutions to foster the development of Earth system models for climate studies
BIGCO2 A research council of Norway project for developing sustainable power generation technologies based on CCS
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SWOT-Analysis (e.g. Cluster)
Analysis of strength and weaknessesout of the
project descriptionAnalysis of opportunities and
threats out of the State-of-the-art

1. How can the network exploit each opportunity
   using its strengths?
2. How can the network exploit new opportunity by
   stopping its weaknesses?(e.g. One of the best
   strategies to realize partnerships with major
   European enterprises is to include in the network
   an industrial board)
3. How can the network defend against each threat
   using its strengths?
4. How can the network defend against each threat by
   stopping ist weaknesses?

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WP3.2-3.3 Experiments (CEA,TU/e, CBS, TUM)
Improve weaknesses of the selected projects
Combine (Cluster education program together
with industry)
Test the governance structure developed in
WP2-the MODEL (ESADE)
Involve the ten issues of the EC
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