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Success factors for innovation andtechnology transfer
Remigio Berruto
CIGR V chair 2015-2018CIGR Logistic WG chairEFITA chair 2015-2017INFITA chair 2015-2016
Professor of Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering
European Federation of Information andCommunication Technologies forAgricolture and Agri-food Industriee
General aspects ofinnovation
How do we make impact in ourresearch?
• Transforming research and tecnology we madeinto innovation
• It’s the technology transfer process
• The gap between research and innovationadoption could be of years
• We should work to shorten this gap
• Mobile apps a good example of knowledgetransfer
Florida Citrus disease:50000 visitors/year on the web9000000 visitors/year w/ mobile app
What is innovation?
• Innovation can be viewed as the application ofbetter solutions that meet new requirements,inarticulated needs, or existing market needs.This is accomplished through moreeffective products, processes, services,tecnologies or ideas that are readily availableto markets, governments, society andenvironment
• But innovation could also come from a newmethodology, new theory (e.g. management)
• Or adoption of same technology in anotherdomain
An example of demand ofinnovation
Needs of a penthat can write inno-gravityenvironment
Vision and innovation – think outof the box
1860
1895
Are we buying horses today?
Innovation adoption rate fortechnology – to reach 1 millionusers
• Radio – 58 years
• TV – 13 years
• Personal computers – 4 years
• Internet – 2 years
• Facebook – 1 year
• Mobile devices
• We live in exponential times
• The top 10 requested jobs in 2010 did notexist in 2004
• Financial return on innovation in ICT should befast
• Innovation in food design – should be fast aswell – innovation, 3d printing could help
Lessons learned
Lessons learned
• Innovation Make change
• Change is not avoidable
• Change is important
• World vision change as well
How do we
react to
technological
challengies?
To successfully implement aninnovation we need:
Adoption
Education
Science and Technology
Institutions
Investment
Visionary Leadership
And sometimesConvergence..
Convergence in education andtechnology innovation methods
Flipped Classroom
1937 2000
Behaviorism
Constructivism
Teachers must learn how toteach… they need only to betaught more effective waysof teachingB.F. Skinner
The role of education and training adoption of innovation
“The Europe 2020 strategy alsoacknowledges that fundamentalinnovation and modernization ofEducation and Training are needed topromote innovation and to transform theEU into a competitive and inclusiveeconomy.”
European Commission (2010) Europe 2020: a strategyfor smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (COM[2010] 2020).
Traditional vs. Flipped Classroom
TraditionalClassroom
Lecture isdelivered by the
instructor
Homework isassigned toreinforce
understanding
FlippedClassroom
Students watchlectures Online
Classroom timedevoted to
higher orderthinking tasks
Any TIME, Any WHERE, Any DEVICE
Student preference andperformance
Credits: P.Busato and R. Berruto
Success factors abouttechnology use
• Clear vision is essential strategy
• Alignment of action to pursue objectives
• Think big
• Pay attention to technology development
• Change can come from anywere dont relytoo much on what you think is best (idea,technology)
• Anticipate it
• Ask questions to yourself:
– Does it improve competitiveness?
– Does it improve sustainability?
– How to market it?
Lessons learned aboutinnovation and technologytransfer
• strategic approach -Stakeholder involvement –
– Management
– Workers
– Marketing, etc.
• Easy to innovate if learned from people thatshare the same level of risk
• Anticipate change – be prepared – simulationcould help
• Now flexibility in innovation is a key more thanperformance
• Not always goodOne over six new foodOne over six new foodproducts stays on themarket more than a year
Tradition is an innovation
that was successful
Technology/Science is only butone component
• Economics
• Risk
– Health
– Environment
• Consumer acceptance
• Education and training
• Technology Convergence
• Regulation/subsidies
• Intellectual property
• Local and global politics
• System approach is required
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Acknowledgement to:
Prof. Fedro Zazueta, CIO,
Academic Technology, University
of Florida, USA
