The Open Innovation Model

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The Open Innovation Model and the Poles of
Competitiveness in Wallonia Dr Michel
Morant University of Liege, CEO of the TT
Office Member of the board of LIEU and of ProTon
Europe
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Introduction

• LIEU is the association of University-Industry
  Liaison Offices of the french speaking
  universities in Belgium, member of PROTON, the
  European Association of TTOs
• LIEU is under the head of the CREF, the
  Conference of the Rectors
• Leading universities are 3 the Catholic
  University of Louvain, the University of Brussels
  University of Liege, the others are in
  association with one of the three.
• About 10.000 searchers, all disciplines included
• The UWE is the cross sectorial Federation of
  Entreprises of Wallonie, with 6000 members
• Rem A general lack of IP culture both in
  industry and in academia

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The Linear Innovation System
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The Open Innovation System
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R E S E A R C H
Contracts Entreprises
Public financing
Infrastructure Researchers
RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
I N N O V A T I O N
D E V E L O P M E N T
New Products New Services
The Open Science model
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R E S E A R C H
Contracts Entreprises
Public financing
Infrastructure Researchers
RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
INVENTIONS
I N N O V A T I O N
Public financing
IPR
SEED-CAPITAL
INCUBATORS
COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES
PROOF OF PRINCIPLE
SPIN-OFFS
D E V E L O P M E N T
New Products New Services
Licences Royalties
The Open Innovation model
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R E S E A R C H
Contracts Entreprises
Public financing
Infrastructure Researchers
RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
INVENTIONS
I N N O V A T I O N
IPR
PROOF OF PRINCIPLE
D E V E L O P M E N T
New Products New Services
Licences Royalties
The Open Innovation model (Part I)
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A coordonated IP Policywith a new IP culture

• Law of 1997 giving the IP of public funded
  research to the PROs (Universities, FNRS)
• Clear internal rules for managing the IP
  (ownership, shared return)
• Agreement between FNRS and universities lead to
  the universities
• Support to the TTOs to file patents (IP fund in
  universities)
• Support to the universities to set up
  professional teams
• Set up of TTOs in all universities (including
  affiliated companies like Sopartec, or Gesval)
• Joined actions between universities to implement
  the policy in the laboratories
• Sharing of experience and expertise between
  universities
• New funding of Proof of principle in the TTOs
  (500 k/an)
• Support of the proof of principle in the TTOs

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Patent portfolio 224 applications, 35 a year
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2002-2007 165 Technology Transfers operated
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R E S E A R C H
Contracts Entreprises
Public financing
Infrastructure Researchers
RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
INVENTIONS
I N N O V A T I O N
Public financing
IPR
COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES
PROOF OF PRINCIPLE
D E V E L O P M E N T
Licences Royalties
New Products New Services
The Open Innovation model (University-Industry
Partnership)
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LIEU and the UWE A University Enterprise
Partnership policy

• Common active NCP for FP6 and FP7
• Poles of competitiveness of the Marshall plan
  were launched in 2006
• 5 labelled clusters Biowin, Logistics in
  Wallonia, Mecatech, Skywin, Wagralim
• Shared governance between Large companies, SMEs,
  Technology centers, universities are fully
  involved
• LIEU and the UWE are together in the Economical
  Council of Wallonia (Science Policy area) and in
  the board of the Innovation Agency
• AST Innovation Agency
• Bringing all the partners around the table
  (entreprises, research centers, innovation
  centers, universities, government)
• Fostering cross fertilisation

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The new policy in Walloniato foster cooperation

• Thematic call of research projects, selected by
  an international juries
• Interlab/university cooperation mandatory
• Calls of the Marshall Plan
• At least 2 companies and 1 university, but mainly
  several companies with several universities
• Parallel funding to the university and to the
  companies, with cross licensing
• Mirval Tech tranfer in cooperation between all
  universities a 30 M project for 6 years for
  TT, but with the task to combine actions and
  projects

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LIEU and the UWE Common permanent WGs

• WG IP
• IP guideline similar to FP7 guideline
• Background kept by each owner but granted FOC to
  partners for doing the research
• Shared IP during the project according actual
  contributions (intellectual and financial) to the
  invention
• Cross licencing to each partner willing to go to
  the market in a defined sector
• In progress adaptation of the guidelines
  depending on sectors set up of standard IP
  document kits
• WG Pricing starting now
• Guideline for the methodology of pricing the
  licence

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An exemple The MINT project

• MINT Intelligent Maintenance in Steel Industry
• The Mecatech pole of competitiveness
• Lead Industries CMI (equipment), ArcelorMittal
  (2)
• SMEs ASB (sensors), Indium (sensors),
  Synthesis Metal (process)(3)
• Spin off companies V2i (vibration) , Pepite(dtat
  mining) (2)
• Private lab CRM (1)
• University Lab Ulg (Microsys, Cedia, VIS,
  Hololab, ASMA), ULB (sensors), FPMs (sensors) (7)
• Total of 15 partners
• Total budget of 8,7 M

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R E S E A R C H
Contracts Entreprises
Public financing
Infrastructure Researchers
RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
INVENTIONS
I N N O V A T I O N
IPR
SEED-CAPITAL
INCUBATORS
PROOF OF PRINCIPLE
SPIN-OFFS
D E V E L O P M E N T
Licences Royalties
The Open Innovation model (University-Investors
partnership)
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An entreprenerial Policy

• Government and universities do encourage spin off
  creation
• Cultural change in an old industrial region
• Entrepreneurship programs (with the business
  schools)
• Seed capital funds dedicated to universities as
  soon they set up a joint venture with a local
  invest fund (e.g. Spinventure, Vives, Theodorus,
  ..)
• Incentives for entrepreneurs to start companies
  (12 k)
• Possibility for start ups to get funding for
  feasability study or technical study (100 k), or
  prototypes
• Large possibilities for technology companies to
  get funding for development (grant or refundable)
• WSL, WBC walloon sectorial public incubators

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Growth of a spin-off companyExemple of Liege
system
Going Public / Acquisition
Late Stage
INVESTORS
Expansion
Venture Capital, Investment Funds, Banks, Public
Funding
SRIW Meusinvest
Early Stage
WSL, WBC
Product Development
BAs, Incubators
C O A C H I N G CIDE
Creation of company
Spinventure
Seed Capital ("3F )
Gesva
Valuation (foundations, public funds, TTO)
Gesval
Development / IP/Proof of concept (public funds,
TTO)
Interface
UNIVERSITY
Concept research funds
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186 spin-offs createdAbout 10 a year and 2500
jobs
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Some successful names

• Engineering Samtech, AMOS, Greisch, Open
  Engineering, Occhio
• Instumentation AMOS, Lambda-X,
• Biomedical IBA, Euroscreen, EAT, Eurogentec,
  Zentech, Probiox, Progenosis, Mithra
  Pharmaceuticals, DNA Vision, Henogen, IBt,
  Lucimed
• ICT Telemis, Intopix, Cissoïd, Pepite
• Materials Nanocyl, Kitozyme, IT4IP
• Energy Xylowatt, Green Propulsion
• Ecology Horpi Systems, Viridaxis, Profish
  Technologies
• Services n-Side, Assess group, Pragmagora

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