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Innovation Partnerships ­China Hubei Trade & Investment Seminar

October 30 2006 HelsinkiJorma Rytkönen,  Vice­President, Transport & Logistics

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Content

§ VTT in Brief§ Main Business Areas§ VTT's Service Portfolio§ Co­operation with VTT§ VTT's Innovation Partnership§ Case I: Transport, ICT & Telematics§ Case II: Other Selected Examples

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VTT

INDUSTRY

UNIVERSITIES

VTT’S STATUS AS PERFORMER OF R&D WORK

Basicresearch

Appliedresearch

Developmentwork

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VTT IN BRIEF 2006

7 Knowledge Clusters§ Digital Information Systems§ Telecommunications§ Microtechnologies and Sensors§ Materials and Building§ Industrial Systems§ Biotechnology§ Energy and Pulp&Paper

45 Knowledge Centres2 700 employees233 M€turnover (est. 2006)

9 Key Customer Sectors§ Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and foods§ Electronics§ Energy§ ICT§ Real estate and construction§ Machines and vehicles§ Transport and logistics§ Pulp and paper§ Process industry and environment

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THE OPERATING MODEL AND THE STRUCTURE

VENTURES

Commercialisation ofresearch output,venture activities

and spin­offs

EXPERTSERVICES

Consulting services,testing, certification

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STRATEGICRESEARCH

Management of theself­financed and

jointly­fundedresearch

BUSINESSSOLUTIONS

Managementof the contract

research

Advisory boards

C U S T O M E R S

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTProjects

Competence management

(7 knowledge clusters and45 knowledge centres)

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VTT’S SERVICE PORTFOLIO

§ Extensive R&D services for the most importantstages of the customer’s innovation process:

•Strategic research and new businessopportunities

•Planning of new concepts to create newopportunities and innovations

•Transfer of best know­how and practicesand commercialisation in co­operation withthe customer.

§ Integration of VTT and partner resources to meetcustomer needs.

§ Business Solutions: content, financing modelsand commercial applications.

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CO­OPERATION WITH VTT

§ VTT carries out three types of activities: commercialactivities, joint projects and self­financed projects.

•Commercial activities are performedaccording to direct demand from customers.

•Joint projects are initiated on the basis ofneed and typically jointly funded by VTT,companies, research financers (*) and/orother research parties.

•Self­financed research consists oftechnology­based strategic researchprojects aimed at developingcompetitiveness and acquiring knowledgeand expertise to meet the future needs ofcustomers.

(*) R&D funding possibilities for example§ TEKES (The National Technology Agency)§ EU Programmes

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CONTRACT RESEARCH

§ All results of contract research are the customer’sproperty.§ A matter of essential importance in our contract R&D

is commitment to strict confidentiality. We have noright to reveal the assignment nor the results to athird party without the written permission of thecustomer.§ Contracts are processed by lawyers and  include e.g.

schedule, cost, payment, confidentiality, ownership,right of use, documents and test materials, rights andobligations of VTT/the customer, publication ofresults, VTT’s liabilities, termination of contract§ All details of the assingment are usually agreed upon

in a separate commission contract and its annexescomposed of VTT’s general terms of contract and theproject plan.

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VTTInnovation

Management

VTT’S INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP MODEL

Business and HTIcompetence

Technologycompetence

Global markets andBusiness environment

Integration of differentR&D competencies

(Partnerships)

Management andfostering of technology­based innovations

Integration ofcompetencies

VTT’scustomers

R&Dfinanciers

Customer’scustomers

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R&D Services on ITS

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Transport informationin digital television

Study commissioned by Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, Digita Ltd. and VTT

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Study commissioned by Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland

The Finnish national system architecturefor transport telematics –TelemArk

consumer

serviceprovider

traffic infocontentprovider

public transportinfo contentprovider

road networkinfo contentprovider

Roadnetwork datamaintenance

Roadnetwork datamaintenance

dataprocessing

dataprocessing

informationsearch/

receiving

informationsearch/

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route andtimetable datamaintenance

route andtimetable datamaintenance

traffic datamaintenancetraffic data

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Data Contents ofElectronic WaybillNeeds, priorities and possibilities forelectronic transport documents andtheir implementation, using electronicwaybill as use case.

The StandardisedTransport LabelNational recommendations for thestandard form and content of transportlabels.

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KOLLIOSOITELAPPU

Studies commissioned by Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland and a group of Finnish logistics companies

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Inductiveloop detector

Camerastation

Inductiveloop detector

Study commissioned by Finnish Road Administration and Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland

Real timeinformation

On­line forecasts oftravel time

On­line forecasts of highway travel time

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APOLLO ­ Intelligent Tyre for Accident­free traffic

Tyre/Road­Monitoring

VehicleDynamics

Chassis/Vehicle­Control

DriverInformation

SensorExternal users

& services

♦ Developingsensors, wireless

communication andharvesting energy

from tyre vibrationsto sense tyre road

contact and feedingthis information to

vehicle controlsystems and the

driver

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Study commissioned by the EC IST 5 FP

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Study commissioned jointly by the Finnish and Swedish Maritime Administrations

Fleet management system for icebreakers

§ Map based distributed decision supportsystem IBNet presenting ship trafficsituation, ice condition and weatherprognoses§ Real­time positions from AIS (Automatic

Identification System) data§ Special version (ViewIce) available  for

merchant ships

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Wireless data transmissionimproves efficiency in road construction

§ Driver acknowledges loading and uploadingoperations either with a mobile phone or onboardPC§ Messages are transmitted over the public operator

network and saved on the server§ The system enables online transaction monitoring

(materials, quantities, kilometres, hours worked byindividual, vehicle and task)

The system provides up­to­date data on what is going on at asite and greatly improves efficiency and productivity in roadconstruction and civil engineering projects.

Lapin Kansa / Ilkka Koskinen

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§ Sensation IP funded underthe EC IST 6§ health, safety and quality of

life§ hypovigilance detection,

prediction and management§ diagnosis, treatment and

remote monitoring of sleepdisorders

Advanced Sensor Development forAttention, Stress, Vigilance &

Sleep/Wakefulness Monitoring

http://www.sensation­eu.org/index.html

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eCall communications Test Bench

PSAP

DTMFMDS (minimumdata set)

XML (HTTP POST)

FDS (full data set)Service centre

In­vehicleterminal

The test bench 2005 commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland

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Tag (Androdat) Reader

Automatic identification of vehiclesActive RFIDPassive RFID

8 different active RFIDsystems tested inlaboratory and 2 in harshharbour conditions,1 passive system testedin railyard

Study commissioned by Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland, Tekes and a group of Finnish logistics companies

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Mobile technology and new services for mobileusers

Technology for decentralisedproduction of bioethanol

Biotechnology formedicine production

Sensor and detector technologyfor satellites

Environmentally­friendly wood­plasticcomposite materials

For more examples see: www.vtt.fi

High­speedlaser welding

Intelligent packages on a conventionalprinting machine

EXAMPLES OF RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THIS!

§ Finland’s future is in innovations (open networking ­ global markets ­ services).

§ New competitiveness based on innovations is the key to our customers’success.

§ VTT’s objective is to boost continuously the competitiveness of the customer byutilising its expertise, innovations and networks.

§ Our new operating model and new structure will help us to achieve this goal!

Business from technology!Business from technology!