Innovation Nation David Rawlins

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Innovation NationDavid Rawlins
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What Ministers wanted

• New statement to help define the role of DIUS
• Build on previous successes and Lord
  Sainsburys review
• Not just RD but wider innovation
• Whole economy
• Manufacturing and services
• Public and private sectors
• All Departments not just DIUS

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UK strengths and weaknesses

• Strengths
• Innovation
• Science base
• Technology and non technology sectors
• Competition and regulatory framework
• Finance and business services

• Weaknesses
• Innovation!
• Skills
• Capacity and capability for innovation in public
  and private sectors
• Lack of evidence (services, users, public sector)

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Policy principles

• Broad view of innovation
• New focus on demand side measures
• Strengthen connections with supply side
• Contribute to business and society
• International innovation
• Innovative people
• Innovative places
• Better measurement

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A broad view of innovation

• RD intensive innovation the model we have been
  pushing and investing successfully in.
• Also recognise wider concept of innovation
  successful exploitation of new ideas
• Business models and processes
• Design
• Marketing
• Services and manufacturing
• Public sector
• All supporting and stimulating high value added
  activities across economy
• Critical to link demand pull with supply push

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Key proposals - summary

• Using procurement and regulation as drivers of
  innovation
• Innovation in FE colleges
• Technology Strategy Board leadership role working
  with RDAs and RCs
• FCO SIN network to be tasked by DIUS
• Innovation vouchers from RDAs
• New regional partnerships for innovation
• Public service innovation
• NESTA Innovation Index
• Annual Innovation Report

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Policy proposals
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Demanding Innovation

• Innovative Procurement
• Departmental procurement plans
• Spreading good practice and learning from
  business experts
• Refocusing SBRI to support research on new
  products and services
• Regulation
• Working with BRE to understand how regulation
  can best stimulate innovation
• Learning from independent regulators
• Science and Society strategy to support confident
  users

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Supporting business innovation

• Technology Strategy Board support
• New Innovation Platforms
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Service sector innovation
• Finance for innovation
• Working with BERR/RDAs
• Innovation vouchers
• Standard on management of innovation
• Intellectual Property research and training for
  BL advisers

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A strong and innovative research base

• Maintain investment in the science base and
  delivering on Sainsbury
• Intellectual Property
• Helping universities manage IP - Wellings study
• Measurement of innovation
• NESTA Innovation Index
• Innovation Research Centre

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International innovation

• DIUS to led the FCO Science and Innovation
  Network
• EU innovation
• TSB role to improve business engagement with FP7
  and other EU support and
• Use opportunities from EU regulation
• Working with EUs lead market initiative
• EU patents improved access to European patent
  court

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Innovative people

• Delivering on Leitch review and workforce
  development programme
• Train to Gain
• Reform of Sector Skills Councils
• National Skills Academies
• UK Commission for Employment and Skills
• FE Specialisation and Innovation Fund
• Higher Level Skills
• Strategy
• University Enterprise Networks
• STEM skills including understanding demand

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Public sector innovation

• NAO review of public sector activities
• Capacity in Whitehall Departments
• Whitehall Innovation Hub
• Whitehall Innovation Group
• NESTA Public Services Innovation Laboratory
• Designing Demand for the public sector
• Understanding barriers and incentives from public
  sector regulation

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Innovative places

• Alignment of National and regional activities
• Business Support Simplification Programme
• TSB/RDA budget alignment
• Develop regional innovation indicators
• Regional University Enterprise Network
• New Partnerships for Innovation

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• David Rawlins
• 020 3300 8655
• david.rawlins_at_dius.gsi.gov.uk