DST Technology Roadmapping Project

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DST Technology Roadmapping Project

• Christelle du Preez
• Project Assistant

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DST Technology Roadmapping Project

• Foresight Study ? Technology Roadmaps
• New/ Advanced Materials
• Information Communication Technology
• Biotechnology
• Appoint lead organisations
• CSIR
• MRC (for Biotechnology)
• Appoint Project Co-ordinators Project
  Assistants

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What is Technology Roadmapping?

• A needs-driven technology planning process
• It brings together a group of experts to develop
  a framework to allow appropriate technology
  investment decisions
• It identifies future products and technology
  needs as well as alternative products and
  technologies
• It enhances competitive advantage

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What is a Technology Roadmap

• A document generated by the technology
  roadmapping process
• It identifies alternative technology paths or
  roads to meet defined performance objectives

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Uses and Benefits of Technology Roadmapping

• Used by industry, organisations and government
  (policy makers)
• It provides information to help make better
  technology investment decisions
• common vision about a set of needs and technology
  requirements to meet those needs
• human resources, infrastructure and funding
  requirements for RD to deliver the products and
  technologies required
• strategic planning and co-ordinated RD

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Methodology

• The Technology Roadmap is not an extrapolation
  of the existing products and/or processes, but it
  is the process that is driven by national needs
  over a 5- 10 year period

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The Process

• 1. Initialisation of the project
• Final agreements between parties, t.o.r., project
  plan and contracts in place, etc.
• 2. Prelimenary activity
• Identify focus areas Woking Groups
• Identify key stakeholders (chairpersons and
  working group members)

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The Process cont.

• 3. Development of the Technology Roadmap
• Working groups in action
• 4. Finalisation of project
• Stakeholder inputs to critique, review
• Roll out

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The Stakeholders

• Government
• Industry Business sectors
• Research Scientific community
• Key / expert stakeholders identified to
  participate in working groups
• 1st draft of Roadmap report - phase 2 3
• All other stakeholders
• invited to provide input during - phase 3
• critique, review and validate draft roadmap -
  phase 4

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Roadmapping Tools

• Technoscan tool on disc - developed for DST by
  AMI
• Biotechnology Strategy
• Background documents on roadmapping methodology,
  biotechnology research, markets trends, etc.
• Key experts expertise experiences

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Biotechnology Roadmapping Project Focus Areas
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Working Group Objectives and Reporting

• 1. Identification of area (describe the tools
  used)
• 2. Description of area
• 3. Current status of area (technology trends,
  markets etc)
• 4. Identified new and existing technology
  clusters and platforms to be developed
• 5. Describe opportunities and potential
  breakthrough technological innovations
• 6. Description of the sustainable competitive
  advantage
• 7. Links with government policy and priorities
  (poverty alleviation, improvement of public
  health)
• 8. Available human resources, infrastructure,
  funding
• 9. Research and development strengths

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Objectives and report (cont.)

• 10. Shortcomings, barriers and gaps in resources
• 11. Other critical factors (show-stoppers) that
  if not met, will cause the roadmap to fail
• 12. Performance targets (outcomes)
• 13. Outputs and activities to achieve the
  outcomes (tasks and actions required)
• 14. Logical, prioritised sequence of technology
  acquisition/diffusion (requires an assessment of
  the ability of stakeholders to adapt to
  technologies)
• 15. Areas not addressed
• 16. Potential role of public and private partners
• 17. Recommendations (evaluation, implementation
  technical)

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Finalisation of the project and rollout of the
Roadmap

• Working group reports to be consolidated for 1st
  draft Roadmap Report
• Report to be distributed to all stakeholders
  followed by a round of feedback,
• The feedback is incorporated into the Roadmap
• Final draft report submitted to DST (Convergence
  Report).
• Identify key strategic areas that will require
  intervention,
• Ministers breakfast to initiate the rollout of
  the Roadmap

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Finalisation of the Project
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DST ROADMAP Final Product