The IRE Knowledge Transfer Working Group

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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER governance and finance
The IRE Knowledge Transfer Working Group
Région ALSACE DREST Direction de la Recherche,
de lEnseignement Supérieur et du Transfert de
technologie Directorate for Research, Higher
Education and Technology Transfer
Jean-Luc TOURMANN, Head of Innovation and
Technology Department jean-luc.tourmann_at_region-al
sace.eu
19-20 February 2007 Madrid
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How regional knowledge transfer process is
governed in ALSACE

• Main actors in charge of the KT strategy design
• Region ALSACE Territorial community created on
  behalf
• of French decentralization laws
  (1982/83 and 2004)
• Supporting Research? Out of legal competences of
  French Regions
• Regions have a leadership position as
  coordinators for ITT policy
• (on behalf legal competences to promote
  local economic development)
• ITT budget of Region ALSACE 15
  M/year
• DREST 10 M/year (Public Labs COs
  oriented actions)
• DECO 5 M/year (COs oriented actions
  of the Economical Development Directorate
• FRI (i.e. Regional Innovation Fund)
  RD call for projects
• Note DREST Budget incl. Research
  Higher Education 24 M/year
• Global budget of Region ALSACE
  867 M/year
• ITT budget of other actors
• French State 17 M/year (National RD Tax
  Credit 220 COs)
• French State regional directorates 1 M/year
  (Research Industry Min.)

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Knowledge transfer governance key issues /
challenges
BUSINESS TO SCIENCE
B2S
Skills Technology Transfer
Patent
Proof of Concept Technology Demonstrator
Prototype
BUS INESS
Technological Services
SCIENCE
Research
Development
Start-Up
SCIENCE TO BUSINESS S2B
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How regional knowledge transfer process is
governed in ALSACE main actors in charge of KT
strategy design implementation
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Knowledge transfer governance main actors in
charge of KT strategy design implementation

• Main actors in charge of the KT strategy
  implementation
• TT offices at the Universities / Public Research
  Centres CONECTUS
• Technology parks and incubators SEMIA Incubator,
  CEEI (European Centre for Enterprises Inovation
  )
• Clusters 3 COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS (Therapeutic
  Innovations, Vehicle for the Future, Natural
  Fibres) Regional Poles of Competences (Textile,
  Energy, )
• Trinational biocluster BIOVALLEY
• Commercialisation offices/centres, public or
  private intermediaries and TT advisors
• ARI (Regional Innovation Agency) and its
  Alsatian Technological Network RTA
• RTA 80 members prospectors
• with GENERALISTS (Chambers of Trade and
  Industry, )
• and SECTORIAL AGENCIES
• - Alsace Biovalley (Life Sciences
  Biotechnologies), ICONOVAL (Imaging
  Technologies), NEUREX (Neurosciences),
  RHENAPHOTONICS (Optics Photonics)
• - 6 Regional Resource Centres for ITT (CRITT)
  4 Technological Platforms (PFT)
• 150 persons (Global budget 10.5 M/year) 80
  to 90 for KT

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Knowledge transfer governance human ressources

• Evaluation of the number of persons involved in
  the regional KT process (fully dedicated)

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Knowledge transfer governance key issus /
challenges

• Professionalisation of TT staff (recruitment,
  competences, teaching..)
• Mainly Engineers, PhD technicians (and mainly
  Jurists for ULP-TTs Office)
• ARI-RTA Training sessions (value analysis,
  project management, )
• Since October 2006 Training for Innovating
  Projects Engineering for Engineers and PhD
• Motivation (creation of favourable culture and
  climate, appropriate incentive schemes like
  equity in new business, performance rewards and
  royalties)
• NONE for equity and royalties (but expected ROI
  for CONECTUS)
• Regional Awards for Innovating Technological
  Start-Up, Valorization Award 2007,
• November 2006 9 full information days on FP7 and
  CIP framework programs (300 participants)
• April 2007 Innovation Forum of the ARIs
  YEAR of INNOVATION

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Knowledge transfer governance management tools

• Policy tools (regional promotion programs -
  capacity building, knowledge production,
  facilitation of collaboration Research
  Organisation - Company)
• - RD Call for projects Mainly PPP (July
  2006 February 2007 13 projects with a
• regional support of 3.15 M )
• - FRI (Regional Innovation Fund) PPP or
  Private projects
• Portfolio of KT services management
• Spin-off assistance SEMIA Incubator, CEEI
• Contract research 600 contracts/year (30
  M/year) for CONECTUS
• Technology licensing Patenting assistance
• No direct services, but
• IEEPI (European Institute for Enterprises IP)
  30 trainees in 2005
• IP Pre-diagnostics for SMEs (collaboration with
  the National Institute of Industrial
  Property-INPI) Since 2005 120
  pre-diagnostics
• Next Regional IP Fund for Public Research
  Organizations ??

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Knowledge transfer governance how to evaluate
the efficiency ?

• Ideas of the regional KT indicators / outputs
  /targets
• Number of customers for KT
• - ARI a data base of 3700 COs (RTA 1470
  visits of COs/year)
• - OSEO innovation a data base of 1500 COs (
  200 Gazelles)
• - BIOVALLEY 300 COs (tri-national) with 130
  Alsatian COs
• (90 biotech/pharma COs 40 medical
  devices COs)
• Number of start-ups created
• SEMIA Incubator (2000 - 2006)
• 350 prospects and contacts / 45 incubated
  projects
• 35 creations of COs (31 still alive!) i.e.
  155 new jobs

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Regional knowledge transfer How is it financed ?

• Budget enveloppe for governance tools (eg.
  structures/actors)
• 70 90 (mainly personal costs)
• Budget for operational tools (activities)
• 10 - 30 (Very rough evaluation ! Depending on
  the structure !!)
• Types of financing Mainly public expected PPP
  for CONECTUS in the future PPP with banks for
  financing of start-ups and their development
  (seed money Alsace Amorcage venture capital
  AIRFI development capital Alsace Creation)
• Source of financing CPER (State-Region Project
  Contract 2007-2013) and out of CPER, FP7 CIP
  Framework Programs, Structural Funds 2007-2013,
  Interreg
• Revenue generation activities ULP-TT Office
  (Budget 0.48 M/year)
• 7.0 M/yr (100 Public contracts)
• 4.5 M/yr (129 Private contracts)
• 0.9 M/yr (105 Public Private services
  contracts)
• Key issues for financing Low private RD
  expenditures

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Recommendations

• Summary of lessons learnt
• Roles of interactions between actors of
  networking
• Time, transparency people its all about them!
• Suggested good practices
• ARI CONECTUS
• Issues for the future
• Indicators and evaluation of KT policy
• Foresight exercise
• Role of investors

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• Thank you for your attention !
• jean-luc.tourmann_at_region-alsace.eu