Facilitating successful technology transfer in Ireland Alison Campbell OBE PhD RTTP

1. Facilitating successful technology transfer in Ireland Alison Campbell OBE PhD RTTP Director, Knowledge Transfer Ireland NRI Conference 9 May 2016

2. “Knowledge Transfer”(KT) & “Technology Transfer”(TT)

3. “Ireland” 4.6 M population 1.6% GDP spent on R&D Source OECD €732M HERD Source Forfas 2011 €531M RPO research expenditure Source AKTS 2014

4. Innovation ecosystem

5. Ireland’s TT policy & practice timeline

6. KTI role within the innovation ecosystem Department of Jobs Enterprise & Innovation Technology Ireland State agencies Enterprise Ireland Research funders Irish Universities Association Trade associations Industry Advisory Board Professional services KTI Knowledge Transfer Stakeholder Forum Business Investors Entrepreneurs Research Performance Organisations / Higher Education Institutes Technology Transfer Offices

7. Ecosystem funding available to support commercialisation from research

8. KTI’s role: Knowledge Transfer System in Ireland

9. Strengthening the national KT framework National policy and practice Connecting with industry & advisors

10. Builds from the first IP Protocol 2012 • The IP Protocol 2016 comprises two volumes: • The Policy document • National policy • The framework underpinning research collaboration and access to intellectual property from state-funded research • The Resource Guide • National IP management guidelines • Links to the wealth of resources such as Model Agreements, Practical Guides and pro-forma templates

11. Summary of national policy The State’s objectives for the commercialisation of publicly funded research include: The purpose of commercialisation of results and intellectual property (IP) arising from State funding is to maximise the economic and societal benefits and returns to Ireland from its public investment in research. The opportunity shall be taken to commercialise such IP in all possible fields, applications and territories where it is consistent with achieving Ireland’s objectives. All enterprises, from start-ups and small and medium enterprises (‘SMEs’) to multi-national corporations, should be able to access and exploit IP quickly, on terms that provide fair value to all parties, and in ways that are predictable and consistent from one negotiation to the next. Commercialisation shall also benefit the Higher Education Institutes and State Funded Research Organisations (“Research Performing Organisations”, RPOs) and provide incentives to the researchers involved in creating the IP. RPOs shall have published policies and procedures in place that enable them, to the extent that is reasonable, to give industry an acceptable and consistent level of confidence around the management of IP arising from their research. Full policy objectives are in Chapter 1

12. IP benefits from collaboration – a summary

13. Decision Tree to understand IP benefits and help choose the right collaborative research agreement

15. Resources include…………..

17. Supporting the KT infrastructure Capacity & capability Best practice Recognition

18. The EI Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative (TTSI) programme • Direct support for TTOs/KTOs • Programme cycle: • Proposal, evaluation, award • Mid- and end of programme monitoring • Performance against targets • Quarterly & Annual reporting • System KPI Managed by KTI

19. € 30M to develop Ireland’s national technology transfer system 10 Technology Transfer Offices funded Funding for: 32 new posts operational costs Highlights LOA increased 7 fold Spin-outs increased 450% Culture change Skilled profession developed State was able to measure activity €22M to scale the tt system 8 TT consortia of universities and Institute of Technology across Ireland TTSI3 2017-21 €34.5M Core Patent Managed consultancy TTSI1 2007-12 TTSI2 2013-16 TTSI programme development

20. Developing the system: best practice Tony Hickson, Imperial Innovations KTI symposium on spin-out company creation, 2014

21. Professionalism of knowledge transfer • International credentialing • Alliance of TT Professionals • RTTP status has now been awarded to 26 KT professionals in Ireland http://attp.info/

22. Developing the KT system Monitor Report Co-ordinate

23. Monitoring and system KPI

25. International trends

26. KTI commissioned study on KT policy & practice: 7 Small Advanced Economies (Technopolis, 2015) • KT is seen as a public good • There is a case for ongoing public support for KT • Most countries have come to see KT as a valid cost centre • Successful national KT systems develop over time • Most schemes are now in their second or third ‘generation’ • Countries are placing more weight on monitoring and evaluation • The 7 countries have chosen different approaches to supporting KT, reflecting underlying conditions

27. One size does not fit all • Models: At least two distinct types of national approaches have been shown to perform well • A distributed approach in Denmark and Israel universities to drive KT • A coordinated approach in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, where national resources are made available to individual KTOs • Scale: KT is more cost-effective where there is a large research base to draw from. • In some systems, where there are large universities, institutional TTOs dominate; in countries where there are larger numbers of small universities, there is more collaboration and national structures • History and culture: Israel has an established tradition of pursuing knowledge transfer, whereas in other countries, ‘traditional’ academic culture is more entrenched and a KT ‘culture’ needs to be built up

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