Enterprise Ireland Presentation

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Creating Value from University Research
Leon Agnew, Senior Executive Innovation
Technology Transfer Enterprise Ireland
Member of IRC Thematic Groups Environment
Renewable Energy
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Enterprise Ireland Mission Statement

• To accelerate the growth of world-class Irish
  companies, bringing better products, services,
  and customer solutions to world markets.
• Irelands future success lies in the research,
  commercialisation,
• production, and sale of higher value-added
  products and
• services.

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Transforming Irish Companies

• Companies that are
• Market Driven
• Innovation Driven
• Five Areas of activity
• Achieving Export Sales
• Investing in Research Innovation
• Competitiveness Productivity
• Start-up and Scale-up
• Driving Regional Expertise

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Industry Led Research and Innovation Targets
2010

• Double to 1050 the number of companies engaged in
  meaningful RD
• Increase three fold, to over 100, the number of
  indigenous enterprises involved in significant
  RD
• Support the creation of 200 new HPSU companies
• (by the end of 2007)
• 3 billion in new export sales (2005 to 2007)

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Industry led Research and Innovation

• In-company RD
• Technology Collaboration
• Technology Centres
• Cluster Based Research
• Regional support for industry
• International Collaboration (EU Framework
  Programme)

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Applied Research Commercialisation - ARC/SFI

• 3 Key Technology Areas
• Biotechnology
• Informatics
• Industrial Technologies

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Commercialisation Programmes

• Academic Research Funding
• Patent Funding
• Commercial Expertise Support
• Academic-Industry RD Collaboration
• Industry-Led Research
• European Research Funding
• Incubation Space

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Academic Research Funding

• Proof of Concept POC
• Technology Development TD
• Commercialisation Plus C
• Commercialisation of RD CORD

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Innovation Partnerships Initiative

• Non-competitive funding
• Leading-Edge RD
• Industry Third Level Research Institute
• Financial Support 55 to 75

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Innovation Dilemma

• In-house research often creates concepts that
  have no fit in the companys business model
• Research institute projects often have no direct
  link to commercial opportunities

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May 2006 30 million boost for Technology
Transfer Offices

• Focus on more direct economic impact
• Enhanced Procedures, Systems, Culture and Skills
• Promoting commercialisation of Funded Research
• Support to hire skilled people
• New science budget (2007 -2013) to focus on
  research
• (Irish Times June 16th)
• Buildings equipment
• PhD Post Doc researchers
• Enterprise Research Base

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Networks, Links

• The Innovation Relay Centre Network
• InterTrade Ireland www.expertiseireland.com
• TechSearch TecNet
• www.enterprise-ireland.com

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The Innovation Relay Centre Network

• IRCs help organisations obtain and exchange the
  technical
• Information they need to continually innovate.
• 34 Countries, 71 Centres / 240 Offices
• 1250 Technology Commercialisation Specialists
• 14 Thematic Groups

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Innovation Relay Network
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www.techsearch.ie
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www.tecnet.ie
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Case Study- Ryland Research Microscience
Technologies

• Technology Request identified for Ryland 2002
• Seeking tests for Crytospiridium and E Coli 0157
• Through the IRC Network Ryland directors
  introduced to Microscience Technologies (Spin-out
  from Napier University (Edinburgh)
• Ryland buys MST
• Intensive RD programme produces
  multi-application microsphere technology,
  diagnostics, coatings, separation technology
• New HPSU Materials Recovery Ireland 2003
• JV with Trelleborg 2006
• JV with Proscon Ireland 2006

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Case Study - NTERA

• Ntera established 1997 to develop
  nanotechnologies
• 2-license agreements UCD and EPFL 4 other
  patented technologies 1998
• Development of Nanochromics Displays (superior to
  LCD gives ink on paper readability)
• 25 million raised in VC for RD and Technology
  Acquisition
• Market in excess of 7 billion

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Case Study - JFC Manufacturing

• New wastewater treatment technology developed at
  University of Galway (funded by EI ARC)
• 2005 pilot test plant Oughterard
• EI client companies invited to evaluate
• JFC Manufacturing acquires licence and now
  markets the system Ireland and U.K.

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Case Study CSA Group Aix-o-Therm

• CSA Group world-class surveyors (Marine, Geology,
  Geophysical, Geothermal)
• Aix-o-Therm (Germany, spin-out from Aachen Univ
  EU funded LIFE/Ministry of NRW Geothermal Deep
  Source Technology)
• Introduced through IRC Network (Matching TO TR)
• Ist Deep Source site in Ireland under evaluation

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Networking

• Networks determine which ideas become
  breakthrough.
• Personal networks promote exceptional individual
  creativity.
• Harvard Business Review 2005

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• Thank you for your attention