AARHUS UNIVERSITY 14. NOVEMBER 2013 EXCHANGE YOUR KNOWLEDGE KURT NIELSEN - VICE DEAN INNOVATION COLLABORATION AT AU WHY AND HOW? knowledge.

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1 - VICE DEAN INNOVATION COLLABORATION AT AU WHY AND HOW? knowledge Exchange

2 THE PLATFORM

3 WHY KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE?

4 SOCIETAL DIRECTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS Horizon 2020 EU Horizon 2020 Three priorities: Excellent science ~24 Billion Euro Industrial leadership ~17 Societal challenges ~31 20% of the Societal Challenges budget go to SMEs Partnering ( and agenda setting!) through: Joint Technology Initiatives ERA-Nets Joint programmes between member states Joint Programming Initiatives European Innovation Partnerships Responding to the economic crisis Addressing peoples concerns Strengthening EU position in research, Innovation and technology Expectations from our ministry: ~2,5% (= 1,5 billion DKK annually) to Denmark ~ 3500 Danish research Institutions and enterprises expected to participate Invest 26 mio DKK annually in support/help Operational from January 2014

5 PRIORITY III SOCIETAL CHALLENGES Why: Concerns of citizens and society/eu policy objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport etc.) cannot be achieved without innovation Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled up 5

6 PRIORITY II INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP Why: Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs 6

7 ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT? Aarhus University performance in industrial collaboration:

8 ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT? Aarhus University performance in EU FP7- research programme Source: Ministry of Science

9 ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT? Aarhus University performance in inventions and patenting:

10 TWO APPROACHES Strategic priority to increase collaboration with industry

11 DILEMMA 1 Bottom-up vs. top-down?

12 DILEMMA 2 High innovation capacity- low innovation efficiency.

13 DILEMMA 3 Do researchers have an innovation mind-set?

14 DISCUSSION What are the most important actions needed to improve innovation at AU? Incentives to enter into a collaboration with society? What are the main barriers? How can you contribute? Where do you/we start tomorrow to improve our performance?

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16 AU KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE SUPPORT

17 AU KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE SUPPORT FROM INSTITUTES AND FACULTY

18 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION Aarhus University will contribute to value creation, innovation capacity and increased competiveness in society! How can we meet this ambition successfully? What are the barriers? Where do we find the solutions? Where do we start?

19 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION What is in your opinion the major barriers for more AU engagement in research based innovation collaboration? Crediting of collaboration? Incentives to enter into a collaboration? Maintenance of research integrity? Bridge-building between the research community and society? Value creation of knowledge exchange? AND What is in your opinion the solution?

20 RESEARCH, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE, TALENT INTERLINKED ELEMENTS? Education Education Talent development Top- Research Knowledge exchange Credits Incentives? Talent Development Multi-talented Top-Research Knowledge exchange Added value Research Integration Support level Research Research Modified from Strategy , Aarhus University

21 COLLABORATION CONTINUUM VARIOUS DEMAND FOR SUPPORT Developed by Binnerup & Frølund on basis of five elements of a successful Twenty-First Century University Corporate Relations Program See