Research and Development for a Global Economy: Integrated Innovation Partnerships

Research and Development for a Global Economy:

Integrated Innovation Partnerships

Acknowledgements:

Adrian Paul and Vince Osgood, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (EPSRC), Matt Schofield, Cambridge Network; Mike Biddle, UK Technology Strategy Board, Teri Wiley, Cambridge

Enterprise and Mark Leadbeater, Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre (CIKC)

IAN WHITE

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional AffairsUniversity of Cambridge

IFEES R&D Panel, October 2010

UKInnovationPriorities

... for growth

Two-thirds of UK private sector productivity growth between 2000 and 2007 was a result of innovation.

Source: The Innovation Index 2009, NESTA

But meeting these challenges is not easy

• The challenges are complicated• The markets are global• There are many barriers to innovation

Source: Dodgson, Gann and Salter 2002

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Dodgson, Gann and Salter 2008The Management of Technological Innovation - OUP

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Regional Innovation –the Changing Role of Clusters

From 1209-1980 Cambridge has been one of the UK’s oldest universities in a small market town, surrounded by agriculture

** 2010/2011 QS World University Ranking 1st

2010 THE World University Ranking 6th

In 2010 Cambridge is ranked in the top 6** of the World’s universities and has:

• 10 Research Institutes incl: Sanger Genome Research Centre, The Welding Institute, Nokia, Toshiba, Microsoft and Unilever Research

• 17 Science Parks incl: Trinity Science Park, Babraham Research Campus, Granta Park, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge Business Park and Adastral Park

• >1,000 Science-based Companies incl: ARM, Autonomy, Abcam, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Cambridge Display Technology, Genzyme, Kodak, Motorola

• >40,000 employees, dominated by life sciences and ICT, followed by materials and a small manufacturing sector

UK Innovation Support: Engineering and Physical Science

Initiation

User requirements/market opportunities

Universities

Understand

Government and business

Exploitation

EPSRC

ETI, TSB and other partners

Discover

Commercialisation

Adapt/Integrate Validate Deploy

EPSRC Research: Industrial Collaboration

Over 2,300 organisations collaborate on EPSRC projects

40% of all research is collaborative with industry – with $1.1B Industrial Contributions

Creating new businesses

•In the period 2003-2007, thirty one university spin outs were launched with an IPO value of £1.5 billion.

•Ten spin out companies were acquired for a total value of £1.9 billion in the same period. •[Source UNICO]

Getting a grip

• Its development was shrouded in secrecy, but nowa new vehicle suspensioncomponent born out of EPSRC research has astounded the world of Formula 1 motor sport

This revolutionarycomponent to improve ‘grip’could find a much wider range of applications throughout the transport sector

Kimi Raikkonen crosses the finish line to take victory for McLaren in Barcelona 2005 in the first car to race the

inerter – a new vehicle suspension component born out of fundamental EPSRC research

EPSRC: Benefits of collaboration

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Keeping abreast of cutting edge research

Access to problem solving capacities from universityresearchers

Access to a network

To undertake highly exploratory research

Access to R&D facilities not available within thecompany

To build up new research areas within yourorganisation

Developing proprietary knowledge (e.g. patent)

Access to potential employees

Outsourcing R&D activities

Other

Training for your personnel

Chart 1: Main benefits expected from collaboration

Looking at all academics in the UK, what constrains their interaction with industry?

Source: Abreu et al., 2009

Important and very important barriers described by actively collaborating firms, 2004 and 2008

Source: AIM IPGC Collaborators Survey

Mechanisms for Support of Innovation

Research

• Partnerships with Technology Strategy Board, industry and others

• Project partners on research grants

• Innovation and Knowledge Centres

Training

Industrial CASE awards (through EPSRC and universities)

Industrial Doctorate Centres

Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer Networks

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Knowledge Transfer Secondments

Industry Fellowships

Knowledge Transfer Accounts

Collaboration Fund

Mechanisms for Support of Innovation

Research

• Partnerships with Technology Strategy Board, industry and others

• Project partners on research grants

• Innovation and Knowledge Centres

Training

Industrial CASE awards (through EPSRC and universities)

Industrial Doctorate Centres

Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer Networks

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Knowledge Transfer Secondments

Industry Fellowships

Knowledge Transfer Accounts

Collaboration Fund

Printed Circuit PhotonicsElectronic Posters

Organic Displays/PVLCOS

Low TemperatureDeposition

Integrated Innovated Partnerships – The Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre

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Pre-prototypeDevelopment

PilotManufacturing

Transfer toFull Production

Top-level Roadmapping

Competitive Analysis

Value ChainAnalysis

Partnering/BusinessDe-risking

RESPONSIVE MODE RESEARCH

Development

IKC – allows EPSRC funding to extend towards exploitation

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Exploitation Approach:“Build Roadmapping into Research Planning”

• Business support for technical teams

• Roadmapping

• Opportunity exploration

• Value network mapping

• Business Development consultants

• Commercialisation Research

• Partnership with industry

• Open exploitation model based on technology platforms

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Platforms and Demonstrators

Maturity

Time

Technology Platform

App 1

App 2

App 3

Demo 1

Demo 2

Demo 3

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CIKC Infrastructure

Infrastructure acquired for

• printing organic electronic devices

• LCOS prototype fabrication

• low temperature deposition of transparent conducting oxides

• LC displays on plastic substrates

Plasma Quest HiTUS sputterdeposition of TCO at low temperature

Roll-to-roll laminators for LC on plastic

Pegasus S200 Semi-Automatic Prober

to test FET arrays

Litrex 120L high resolution ink jet printer for oTFT fabrication

Yasui Seiki Microgravure Coater for printing polymer

films for PV

Wyko NT1100 3D optical profiling

system

Suss Kadett robotic assembly tool for LCOS

assembly

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Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) - PASSBACK

Target: prototype LCOS devices for

• holographic projection systems• add-drop multiplexers• lab-on-chip devices able to manipulate biological entities

Aim:

• To develop in-house LCOS prototype device fabrication processes for high-spec LCOS devices

• To build prototype devices for various applications

Progress:

• Successfully commissioned a 20 step semi-automatic LCOS prototyping process

• Phase-only holographic projection engine prototype built and tested in collaboration with commercial partner, ALPS

• 32 phase levels

• Field sequential colour

• 60 Hz frame rate

• 720 x 720 pixel hologram

• 1920 x 1080 pixels displayed

Concluding Remarks

• Perspectives on UK Innovation

• On the National level – Frameworks, Networks and Clusters all have roles to play in driving Innovation

• On the Local level – Innovation Partnerships can assist the generation and exploitation of new Ideas

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