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Centers of R&D Excellence vs. Silos of Excellence

Centers of R&D Excellence vs. Silos of Excellence. Alfred Watkins Executive Chairman Global Innovation Summit Africa Forum On STI For Youth Employment, Human Capital Development, And Inclusive Growth Nairobi, Kenya April 1-3, 2012. Africa’s STI Challenge. S olve. S cience. T ransform.

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Centers of R&D Excellence vs. Silos of Excellence

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  1. Centers of R&D Excellence vs. Silos of Excellence Alfred Watkins Executive Chairman Global Innovation Summit Africa Forum On STI For Youth Employment, Human Capital Development, And Inclusive Growth Nairobi, Kenya April 1-3, 2012

  2. Africa’s STI Challenge Solve Science Transform Technology Impact Innovation Source: R.A. Mashelkar presentation at World Bank Global Forum, “STI Capacity Building for Sustainable Development, Washington, DC, February 2007

  3. THE VISION • Practical solutions to practical problems • Africa in the driver’s seat, setting its own priorities

  4. The Vision: R&D Part of a system -- Not a discrete silo

  5. …so it can become an indispensable tool for achieving Africa’s development objectives Clean, Renewable Off-Grid Energy Food processing and storage Food security Affordable, effective health care Clean drinking water Infrastructure Economic competitiveness, job creation and value addition Etc, etc.

  6. Vision Without Implementation is Hallucination

  7. IMPLEMENTATION

  8. Current Status:R&D Vicious Circle?

  9. More money alone will not solve the problem … without appropriate incentives, improved governance mechanisms, and well-designed incremental funding programs

  10. A modest proposal:From Vicious Circle to Virtuous Cycle

  11. Mechanism: Pan-African Inclusive Innovation R&D Grants Program (IIGP)Pan-African Millennium Science Initiative (MSI)

  12. Multi-disciplinary, pan-African virtual teams of scientists and engineers • working on a specific sustainable development challenge • receive long-term research grants Not bricks and mortar centers

  13. Selection Criteria • relevance of the proposed research program to the defined sustainable development challenge; • quality of the proposed scientific and engineering research; • plans for diffusing the findings to local businesses and communities; and • plans to link research and teaching.

  14. Architecture • Administered by? • Funded by? • Foster pan-African scientific collaboration • Guided by an international scientific advisory board • Proposals evaluated by international peer review panels

  15. Questions • International collaboration • R&D collaboration with private sector • Ownership of IP; commercialization of IP; distribution of licensing proceeds • Success metrics – Patents? Publications? Other? • Laboratory equipment • Role of existing brick and mortar institutions • Smart procurement/ mission oriented R&D

  16. Thank you Alfred Watkins Executive Chairman Global Innovation Summit www.innosummit.com alfred.watkins07@gmail.com

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