Frontiers of Research in Global Innovation Dr Günter Clar clar@c3-solutions.eu Growing pressures on HEIs from two fronts Role of donors, e.g. Munk School of Global Affairs Effect change, improve our collective future: i.a. better governance, better public policies (nurturing innovation, enhancing its positive impacts on society) Characterising universities (1300 in 90 countries) in 13 subject areas, according to Research performance Teaching and learning Knowledge transfer International orientation Regional engagement 1
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11 mill inhabitants Area 36.000 km² (4 % of BC, 3,3 % ON, 0,35% Ca) #1 Innovation Region in Europe (EUROSTAT) strong in both R&I input ( 24 bn, 5 % GDP, 26 % DE) & output (133 patents/100.000 pop), and in education (350.000 students in 100 HEI) Baden- Württemberg Technically: integrated systems of sensors, actors, data processors & transmitters in -meter dimensions (10-6 m) Macro-economically: key elements for harnessing the potential of societal challenges as drivers of economic growth Intelligent & autonomous MS, produced in a tailor-made, low-waste and low-cost fashion can be integrated in a broad range of products in diverse application fields Communi -cation Sensors communicate with other systems / machines /humans analyse situations (also complex ones) react autonomously and intelligently Interfaces / Gateways Actors receiving data processing transmitting data Communi data -cation Energy management Energy generation Energy storage are energy-efficient or -autarkic 4
Microsystems technologies (MST) could be used in all industrial sectors for intelligent, resource- and energy-efficient solutions. The integration into complex smart systems can improve also the function of existing products and processes, or make feasible totally new ones ( more than Moore ). The application of MS in products, processes and private & public infrastructures will increasingly impact on practically all areas and all aspects - of our everyday lives. Key enablers for Digitalisation Strategies In some regions, MST are already key drivers of innovation, and decisive factors for competitiveness and sustainability. Huge & diverse potential to contribute considerably to address major socio-economic problems of today s societies, e.g. Health / Nutrition / Ageing Society Mobility Security Environment / Resources Climate / Energy Harnessing this potential does NOT come automatically, ICT: data management & storage (more than Moore) Digitalisation Industry: 4.0 intelligent production, microprocess technology, printed electronics, autonomous and energy-autarkic networked sensor systems, micro-nano integration; Mobility: energy efficient and lower-cost mobility of goods and people, as well as of products, tools & machines inside a factory; Health & Well-Being: preventive health care, innovative diagnostics, faster drug development, 24/7 mobile monitoring, microsurgery, implantology; Environment: more energy-efficient, less resource intensive production, products, processes and solutions enabled by energy-autarkic, mobile, easily adaptable MS (Public and personal) Security... 5
Bringing together a broad spectrum of >300 MST-related S&T partners active in an area of 5-6 million inhabitants Mobilising > CA$ 150 million in a public-private partnership with national + regional + EU funds A comprehensive regional & STI development approach in the form of 25 RTDI and 13 structural projects The Europe 2020 Growth Strategy (all policy areas) EaSI (Employment & Social Inclusion) Youth on the Move, R&I for Smart Specialisation (regional development - local jobs through trans-border cooperations) Horizon 2020 the EU s R&I Framework Program Digital Agenda; Connecting Europe Facility; LIFE (environment financing instrument) Energy Union, SET Plan Cross-cutting EU Health Programme Creative Europe; Erasmus+ Excellence Initiative - structural changes for cuttingedge research at Higher Education Institutions Internationalisation Strategy for Science & Research High-Tech Strategy 2020 o o Assessing R&I support policies and develop new ones Supporting top-level research on key technologies focused on lead markets of the future to develop convincing answers to the Grand Challenges Spitzen -Cluster Competition flagship of the High- Tech Strategy and pillar of the S&R Internationalisation Strategy 6
Every consortium successful in national Spitzencluster competition gets additional funding (ca 8 million CAD) R&I and enterprise support programmes Cluster support programmes BW innovation agencies support Practitioners aim for processes to integrate bottom-up local & strategic top-down knowledge with the objective to achieve results, which are more strategic and better informed, more outward looking and linking, more forward-looking and pro-acting, better involving (p&p) stakeholders, prioritising and focusing (p&p) investments on regional strengths & potential in global value chains (GVC) and on fields/niches with a high and diverse growth / market potential to address societal challenges (e.g. KETs, GPTs). Strong regional base, globally competitive: - 6 % of global MST production, - 15 % of all related patents worldwide - ca. 180.000 employees in 1.500 enterprises ranging from home-grown multinationals to globally competitive SMEs, - approx. CA$ 25 billion annual turnover Large, diverse application potential Embedded in the associational innovation system of BW, with its related variety and highly differentiated knowledge & technology transfer and management systems 7
MicroTEC Südwest Partners covering whole MST value chains Enterprises, from large multinationals to a broad diversity of research-intensive SMEs University institutes, research organizations (public, publicprivate, private) Horizontal research partners (innovation systems & processes, industrial management, teaching, cultural studies,. ) Innovation boosting partners along key phases of the value chains R&I support (in a broad sense) organizations Mechanical engineering, advanced manufacturing & process technologies spanning key industrial sectors ( Smart Make ) Cyber-physical systems for machine tools Efficient production through sensor networks Virtual Factory Life sciences and medical technology (Smart Health) In vitro diagnostics Intelligent implants Intelligent medical devices and instruments Flexible and compact electronics for medical technology and biosensors Broad target markets, and related focus of MicroTEC Südwest, cont. Mobility and sensor systems (smart mobility) SiC-technologies for smart and robust sensors Room temperature far-infrared sensors for low-priced automotive and broad industrial applications Resources, energy, environment (smart energy/energy efficiency) Energy management, e.g. fuel cell on chip, energy harvesting RFID distributed wireless sensor network ; autonomous wake-up technologies Smart systems platform solutions with integrated sensors, actuators and autarkic energy supply 8
Key technologies offered by MicroTEC Südwest Semiconductor-based MEMS processes Polymer based production of microsystems Ultrathin sensor production Roll-to-roll MID technologies Integration technologies for autonomous sensor systems Printing technologies Micro-assembly Measurements and testing technologies The consortium s integrated approach : Structural (enabling / support) projects Goal Expand innov. & value chains (focus on HR, start ups, SMEs) Improve links basic research development of internationally competitive technologies MT SW offers support platforms for Strategy development (coordinator SEZ Steinbeis Europa) Internationalisation / market penetration Education, (re)training, recruiting Methodological & process competence R&I speeding up & support Joint system development, system integration Pilot & small scale series production SSI: (small system) integration, e.g. chip-integrated, fuell-cell powered energy, electronic & sensor platform - standardisation of system integr. to accelerate innovations - self-organising, autonomous, adaptive systems - Wireless, environment-tolerant communication in embedded systems, with energy transforming, harvesting and storage devices, sensors, etc. PRONTO: production platform, e.g. micro-cameras, ultra-thin flexible chips, etc. - producing zero- and small series of complex, hybrid MS - support to SME: prototype development, small series on platform, transfer to normal production in enterprises - support to larger enterprises: flexible prototype production - support to universities/res. org.: prototypes, spin-offs 9
Aim: enlarge existing & develop new markets worldwide through, in addition to the normal SME-support, scaling etc. International benchmarking Increasing international visibility and attractiveness Developing strategic alliances between different actors, consortia, parts of clusters Deepening and developing new research cooperations Exchanging staff, training and recruiting technical and scientific personnel from abroad Approach: integral part of all activities as well as specific actions A strategy process involving actively a broad spectrum of public and private stakeholders, o both communicating strategic knowledge from global sources, and integrating actor /region specific knowledge, o elaborating on this basis optimised and preferred development paths in/for global value chains for the cluster & actor groups, o thus creating synergies AND committment for implementation reduces the risks of S&T&I investments o for the participating actors o and for external investors. for better informed, broadly accepted, and less risky R&I investments Cluster Foresight Perspectives & Scenarios Impact Assessment, ex ante Evaluation Agenda with Priorities Strategic Learning Cycle Roadmapping Cluster & R&I Roadmaps Cluster Audit, Initial Position International Benchmarking Action & Implementation Monitoring, Controlling Operational Learning Cycle 10
Application oriented Fields (national priorities) Health Mobility Energy Communication Security Production R&I related Priority Fields for smart systems based solutions Businesss & Cross Industry Innovation Innovation Human Technology Interaction Providing Meaningful & Usable Smart Systems System of Systems (CPS, ) Operating Increasing Complexity. Research & Micro Energy from Environment Development Energy Transducers & Self Sustaining Systems Prosumer 2.0 Micro Systems for (mass )customized Products. Cradle 2 Cradle Resource Efficient Production & Consumption Education & Training Refining strategic intelligence, detailing agendas, developing joint actions relevant for markets for Smart systems Energy efficiency Energy supply for microsystems Surface-related topics Printing technologies Intelligent tools Intelligent implants In-vitro-diagnostic Cooperative innovation processes influencing programm focus and design mobilising financial and infrastructural resources, and new partners and networks (p & p at various governance levels - local, regional, national, EU, international) Developing capacities and competences 11
Trans policy fields (broad policy mix - Knowledge Triangle +.(SEDEC), trans-institutional (KEP - Knowledge Exchange Platform), trans governance levels (MLG) Trans and intra programmes synergies Trans application areas (KETs, GPTs) Quadruple Helix cooperation Wide concept of innovation & innov. support incl. a broad Human Capital Agenda (also strengthening strategic, method. & management competences) Trans borders (Global Value Chains) Frontiers of Research in Global Innovation Dr Günter Clar clar@c3-solutions.eu Clar/Hafner-Zimmermann: (Strategic competences for increased innovativeness and competitiveness) Strategiekompetenz für mehr Innovations- & Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (ISBN 978-3-95663-003-3, 2014) Clar/Sautter: Research Driven Clusters at the Heart of Regional Learning & Priority-Setting Processes. J. of the Knowledge Economy (DOI 10.1007/s13132-014-0180-0, 2014) Sautter/Clar: Strategic Guidance.. for Sustainable Business Success in Future Markets. Internat. J. of Business & Systems Research, Special Issue "Innovation Processes in Business (2016) Clar et al.: Perspectives for RIS3 (R&I strategies for Smart Specialisation) in the wider context of the Europe 2020 Strategy (report of the EC Expert Group to assess (EU28-wide) the contributions of RIS3 in the context of other policies (ec.europa.eu/research/regions/documents/publications /ris3_report-082015.pdf) Clar et al. (together with colleagues of the S3-platform): RIS3 beyond Cohesion Policies (hopefully to be published soon) 12