From Research to Industry and Market

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From Research to Industry and Market

• Professor Andrew Slade
• University of Sunderland
• UK

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Road Map
Research
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More realistically
Research
Industry
Market
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Case studies from 4 countries Latvia - an IS
cluster Armenia - a case study in
agriculture Turkey - Technology Development
Zones Ukraine - Technopark
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Latvia

• Moving from an industrial base to a knowledge
  based economy
• Clustering works but only if everyone shares the
  vision
• The forestry and IS clusters had this, two others
  did not
• Relatively weak links in the connections between
  Industry and Universities.

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Armenia

• Example of a single case
• Difficult to generalise but this one works
• Very defined target area and a well defined
  research approach

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Turkey

• Technology Development Zones
• Provides an excellent way of combining academic
  expertise with industry
• Supports incubators for very small companies
  associated with TDZ
• Specific tax incentives, but only to a small
  percentage of the community

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Ukraine

• Paton Electric Welding Institute
• Technopark developed for specific and controlled
  range of developments relevant to the main goals
  of the founding institute
• Highly developed links with large scale
  industrial concerns from around the world
• Friendly environment for similar developments

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Common Points

• In general there is a problem with the
  relationship between universities and industry
• In some cases little is known of the expertise
  base in universities
• Universities are in general still focussed on
  traditional academic objectives, not on support
  for the economy

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Orchestra Model

• The full set model rather than the single
  instrument.
• Support for innovation is really support for the
  entrepreneur or innovator
• individual
• group
• company

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Innovation in universities

• Do students receive training and education in
  innovation
• Are the subjects and the methods of teaching
  relevant to the demands of industry and society
  today
• Incentives for staff and students

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Clusters

• These essentially look backwards
• They are a means to and end, defining the current
  position and focussing current plans
• Need other means of finding ways forward for
  example technology foresight planning

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University or Industry

• Universities feel they have the monopoly on
  research
• Industry feels it has the monopoly on innovation
• The truth is that we both have a responsibility
  to both research and to innovate

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Questions

• Corrections from the participants