Alexander von GabainChairman of the EIT Governing Board

The EIT: addressing societal challenges via the integration of the knowledge triangle

Ministerial Conference on Horizon 2020Copenhagen, 1 February 2012

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIES’ CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION: EUROPE V. US

AND OTHERS

US: approx. 21%EU: approx. 2%

Bruegel policy brief 2009 Reinhilde Veugelers

BEHRING, NOBEL, CITROEN, SIEMENS, REUTER= EU HISTORY

BOYER, GATES AND ZUCKERBERG = U.S. REALITY!

WANTED

HOW to motivate

kids to set up garage

companies in Europe? wanted

Higher Education

Business

Research & Technology

THE CORE OF INNOVATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE (KT)

The EIT is the first initiative of the EU to bring together all three sides of the knowledge triangle

ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

Driver of KT

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

MISSION:

“To become the catalyst for a step change in the

European Union’s innovation

capacity and impact”

EIT to unlock the European innovation landscape through a new agenda

EIT is the first initiative of the EU bringing together the three corners of the knowledge triangle with the entrepreneur in the driver’s seat to form the necessary links between education, business and research

EIT’s INNOVATION FACTORIES: ITS KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION COMMUNITIES

(KICs)KICs

highly integrated, creative and excellence-driven autonomous partnerships under the leadership of a CEO following a business plan; geographically distributed, but thematically convergent partners

KIC partners key actors from the knowledge triangle: research, higher

education and business

KICs’ budget is seed-financed by the EIT with up to 25%

First three KICs Climate KIC (Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation)

EIT ICT Labs (Future Information and Communication Society)

KIC InnoEnergy (Sustainable Energy)

Climate KIC:

Co-location centre

RIC (Regional Implementation and

Innovation Centre)

EIT ICT Labs:

Co-location centre

Associate Partner

KIC InnoEnergy

Co-location centre

KICs EUROPEAN IMPACT AND GOOD PRACTICE

KIC PARTNERS UP TO 2011

EIT ICT Labs 2010 EIT ICT Labs 2011 KIC InnoEnergy 2010 KIC InnoEnergy 2011 Climate KIC 2010 Climate KIC 20110

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Business Research University Other

EIT ICT Labs 41 KIC Partners

Climate-KIC 87 KIC

Partners

KIC InnoEnergy 67 KIC Partners

In 2011, there are over 200 KIC Partners and 3 KIC LEs. In 2010, there were 75 KIC partners and 3 KIC LEs.

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EIT FOSTERS ‘CROSS-KIC AGENDAS’

Education: Promoting entrepreneurship education by high quality EIT labelled degree programmes and fostering EIT Alumni and risk culture in Europe

Entrepreneurship: Recognising the best KIC-driven ventures through an ‘EIT Entrepreneurship Award’ and fostering role models by an ‘Annual EIT Roundtable of Top Entrepreneurs’

Innovation: Developing innovative ecosystems to create and grow world-class, breakthrough innovation exploiting KIC synergies and complementarities

The EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) is part of the Horizon 2020 and its Priorities, but driven by entrepreneurial flexibility

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Investing in KICs:

Consolidation of

the existing 3 KICs

Investing in KICs:

Creating new KICs

Enhance EIT

impact via

knowledge

sharing

Enhance EIT

impact via

simplification &

monitoring

The European Commission adopted the EIT SIA on 30 November 2011, which was then sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption in 2013

Investing in KICs: The integrated EIT approach to meet the societal challenges

Proposed themes:

• 2014: food4future, raw materials and healthy living & active ageing

• 2018: added value manufacturing, smart secure societies & urban mobility

Proposed budget:

• H2020 financial contribution to the EIT: 2.8 billion* € for 2014-2020.

( *3,18 billion € taking into account estimated inflation)