Dr. José Pablo ZAMORANO RODRIGUEZ Head of Technical Section

1. Technology transfer between Universities and Industry in Spain - Challenges and opportunities under the Innovation Union Dr. José Pablo ZAMORANO RODRIGUEZ Head of Technical Section Deputy Directorate for Technology Transfer Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) Workshop on Innovation Union Ankara, 12-13 March 2013

2. Competitiveness and Development of Enterprises Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) Technology Transfer Public – Private Collaboration Support to Innovation in Enterprises Scientific and Technological Infrastructures Financial Management of Grants to Innovation Deputy Directorates

3. Science, Technology and Innovation Act (2011) Mandatory for R+D results largely funded by public grants ≥ 33% in PROs 50-60% (average) in Universities

4. Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy 2013-2020

5. Spanish National Scientific and Technical R & I Work Programme 2013-2016 Objectives of the R&D&I WP 2013-2016

6. KT in Spain under the focus of the EC recommendation (2008) EC recommendation on the management of IP in KT activities and Code of Practice for universities and other PROs (2008) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7. Now, let’s get to the real Spanish McCoy… Authored by Alejandro Ramos; Reproduced under a Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 licence

8. Lessons learnt from the implementation of the EC recommendation (2008) • IP and KT Strategy • Have each institution defining IP+KT strategy • Mandate its dissemination - Website • Link to R+D funding • IP policies and procedures • Define common guides (nation, region, sectors) • Disseminate • Mandate definition by each institution • KT capacities and skills • Do not mess KT with other functions • Have KTO represented at high-level • Develop a professional career for KT managers

9. Lessons learnt from the implementation of the EC recommendation (2008) • Design specific policy aspects – e.g. choice of law • Translate into English (at least) • Refer to international standards (e.g. EU FP’s) • Mandate Open Access for publicly funded R+D • Network institutional archives • Cross-border collaboration and KT • Open Access • Monitoring and reviewing • Implement a national monitoring scheme • Nominate dedicated officers

10. The lineal innovation model… yet? • Results RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT • Results Improving the offer Increasing the demand INNOVATION

11. Improving the offer IMPROVING the OFFER WILL MEAN REDUCING the NUMBER of RESULTS PLACED in the TT MARKET At least until the RDI system is re-structured

12. Improving the technology offer by valorising through IP protection What – Helps identifying the market • Focus on what the results do and how – not why • Objective evaluation by third parties (the IP registers) • Databases on IPR titles are freely accessible • IP titles follow a common structure • IP titles are perceived as proof of reliability • IP is an industrial instrument How – Helps defining the product or process With no particular interest in accepting the application With search and follow-up functionalities Easier comparisons Even if surrounded by a lot of misconceptions Never forget this!

13. Improving the technology offer by valorising through IP protection • Documents are generated • Reports from the IP offices help assessing research originality and inventiveness • Follow-up in the long term is easier (zillions of journals vs. a few IP offices) Good for a CV!

14. Valorisation by advancing into the commercial value chain • Validation • Proof of Concept • Up-scaling • Prototyping • Demonstration • Standardisation • We shall ask ourselves • Are this activities to be publicly funded? • Selection - How and who? • Performed by the same research groups / institutions?

15. Improving the technology offer by selecting research results “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said: a faster horse” Henry Ford, automotive industrialist (may be apocryphal) Build trust in a relationship before asking to see the skeletons in the closet

16. Improving the technology offer by selecting research results Programmes supporting “Market studies”, “Business plans”, “Plans for exploitation”… must ensure that these will address the real customers in KT: investors and companies Investors’ and companies’ needs and expectations are highly different from those of the end users A celiac wants gluten-free food, the food company wants a method to ensure it can meet a legal standard to label the food as gluten-free

17. Increasing the demand EC Recommendation 1 3 21

18. Increasing the demand Spanish national programmes directly funding KTOs Initial indicators Patents Number of Spin-off Number of licenses and royalties Collaborative research – number of contracts and income • ~ 50% not permanent staff • Junior positions Indicators after 2010 Resources from the institution aimed at KT Stable positions fully dedicated to KT Budget for training KT managers Number of researchers involved in KT

19. Increasing the demand < 10% staff – marketing and promotion Report on Research and KT survey 2011 – Spanish Universities Red OTRI Universidades - CRUE

20. Contract models 21 • Contract models may help • Creating a reliable market • Shortening negotiations • Administrative management • Support to develop KT capacities and skills • Contract models may hinder • Case by case approach • Appropriate KT focus • Building long-term trust

21. Knowledge market 22 The EC should not establish or support the IPR Financial Market before the underlying IPR Asset Market in Europe has not been substantially improved and the rules of this underlying market are clear to the actors Creating a financial market for IPR (Dec. 2011) Final report for EU Tender No 3/PP/ENT/CIP/10/A/NO2S003 UniversitätSt.Gallen – Fraunhofer MOEZ