Academic institutions in Ireland are driving support and innovation in several ways: 1) Through technology transfer offices and innovation centers that work directly with industry to identify needs and fund applied research projects to develop solutions. 2) By establishing research centers organized around key industry sectors like food and agriculture that are jointly funded and driven by partnerships between academia and industry. 3) By offering degree programs, facilities, expertise and other resources to support industry-identified priorities and challenges in areas like biomedical technologies and brewing/distilling.

1. What are the academic institutions
doing to drive support & innovation
to put Ireland on the map and
support / drive industry?

2. Innovation & Impact
INNOVATION
The successful exploitation of new creations, which when
used produce tangible benefits, satisfying needs and wants.
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

3. Innovation & Impact
EXPLOITATION
?
Invention Innovation
Invention IS NOT Innovation
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

4. Innovation & Impact
IMPACT
The benefit(s) derived from the innovation.
The larger the benefit, the larger the impact.
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

5. Innovation Management
EC Definition
“Overall management of all activities related to understanding needs, with
the objective of successfully identifying new ideas, and managing them, in
order to develop new products and services which satisfy these needs.
Innovation management starts at the point of capturing the creative works
and finishes when it, a product or service, is deployed.”
Someone must be responsible for managing all innovation-related activities
from capturing, assessing, protecting and managing the IP; through
dissemination and exploitation (use) of the IP; to market deployment.
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

6. Typical Management Structure
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

7. THE GAP
Innovation Development and Commercialisation
Reference: Technology from Ideas 2010
CommercialisationFocus
Timescale
Experimental
Development
Applied
Research
Basic
Research
Academia
Product
Development
Manufacture
Marketing
Distribution
SalesIndustry
Technology
Push
Market
Pull
Technology
Development
Research Develop Produce SellSTAGE
RISK Low High
DRIVER Technology Market

8. The Innovation Process is complex

9. Identify
Capture
ReviewRegister
Exploit
Protecting Innovation – How?

10. Not only must it be
difficult for a competitor
to reinvent the product,
but also it must be
entirely comfortable for
a customer to adopt it
What makes a great Innovation?
Not only must
the team have a
secret sauce to
trip up
competitors, but
also a tasty
temptation to
attract
customers. A
product that is
obvious for
customers, and
yet opaque to
competitors, is
real innovation.

11. A case study of a college driving and supporting innovation
A case study of a college driving
and supporting Innovation
Micra (ITTD) is an Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway
Remit: Deliver commercial viable research and near-to-market solutions
Approach: Micra (ITTD) works with Industry to address unmet needs in the
area of bio-diagnostics & rapid detection technologies
Over the past 5-10 years there has been a shift in the nature and type
of research activities being funded by state Institutions in Ireland from:
 Fundamental to Applied
 Academic collaboration to Industrial Collaboration
 Papers to Patents

12. TTO
Academia Industry
 Expertise
 Experience
 Competencies
 Facilities
 Product Development
 Manufacturing
 Marketing /sales
 Routes to Market
CONVERGENCE
DIT Hothouse – bringing it ALL together

13. Communications
‘Bridging the gap’ with Industry

14.  We ensure the selected technology has the backing of a strong and
deliverable aware PI and team
 We research Irish and International relevant interested companies
 We then commission a feasibility study using an independent consultant
to determine / confirm interested companies
 We select a company with potential and conclude a licensing agreement
to protect innovation
How do we Harvest Innovation?

15.  We go to industry and ask what are their problems
 We bring these problems back to the relevant research group to
find a solution
 We create a product concept and conclude a licensing agreement
How do we Hunt for Innovation?

16. Meat Technology Centre:
Teagasc as host applicant, and its co-applicants; University College
Cork incorporating the Tyndall National Institute (UCC-Tyn), Dublin
Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation
(ICBF), along with the beef and sheep industry partners e.g. Dawn
Meats, Kepak, ABP et al, are in contract negotiation mode and hope
to develop very shortly an international technology centre of
excellence in beef and sheep meat processing.
Academia and Industry driving Innovation
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

17. The Business of Food Conference:
The DIT Business of Food Conference November 2015 in association
with The Dublin Food Chain and the Local Enterprise Offices and EY
strongly attended by entrepreneurs, industry and academia.
Academia and Industry driving Innovation
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

18. CeADAR:
CeADAR is industry-driven and its initial focus is on research into technology
challenges that have been identified by industry representatives and we are
working on a number of Innovation Partnership Programmes with industry e.g.
PE Services
Responding to industry academic requirements e.g.
● New BSc Biomedical and Molecular Diagnostics
● New BSc in Brewing and Distilling
● New MSc in Product Development
Academia and Industry driving Innovation
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

19. Find your Innovation Ecosystem
An environment (ecosystem) which can support, stimulate
and enable innovation.
Can be geographical clusters (e.g. New Frontiers Entrepreneur
Development) or specific sectors (e.g. Knowledge Transfer
Networks).
The ecosystem does not only include researchers and industry,
but access to all the key players that make innovation happen,
such as VCs, business angels, entrepreneurs, matchmakers, support
groups, users, policy-makers, etc.
Reference: European IPR Helpdesk 2016

20. How can Industry work with academic institutions?
Whichever category you belong
to, we will provide you with
unparalleled expertise, skills,
and resources to help you
achieve your goals
For more information
please call and see
us on the DIT
Hothouse stand
Methods of Engagement
e.g. Innovation Partnerships
e.g. SFI Investigators Programme
DIRECT INDUSTRY SUPPORTS e.g. consultancy
e.g. Horizon 2020
e.g. International Company Engagement
e.g. enabling fundamental research base

21. Thank You