Smart Economy Strategy 2008 – 2016

Smart Economy Strategy 2008 – 2016

• Smart Economy Strategy 2008 – 2016

• combines successful elements of enterprise economy with innovation or ‘ideas’ economy

• key feature is building innovation or ‘ideas’ component of the economy through the utilisation of human capital

• the knowledge, skills and creativity of people
• its ability and effectiveness in translating ideas into valuable processes, products and services

• involves supporting Innovation in Industry and 3rd Level Sectors

Support for Entrepreneurship, R&D, IP Development & Management

• Support for Entrepreneurship, R&D, IP Development & Management

• Continued investment in R&D through 2006 – 2013 STI Programme (Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Focus on commercialisation of research funded through

• Commercialisation Fund
• Incubator Space Scheme
• Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative

• Higher Education Authority will fund Entrepreneurship & Management Training Skills for Science & Engineering Doctoral Programmes

NovaUCD – The Innovation & Technology Transfer Centre at UCD

• NovaUCD – The Innovation & Technology Transfer Centre at UCD

• Graduate Studies Programmes

• Integrating Innovation and IP Training into Science Curricula

• (A new Innovation Alliance)

NovaUCD

• NovaUCD

• The Innovation & Technology Transfer Centre University College Dublin

• Technology Transfer and Industry Collaboration

• Incubation Support for Spin-outs and Start-ups

• Continued Professional Development

• promotes training and awareness programmes on Innovation and IP

Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Training Modules (Post Graduates)

• Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Training Modules (Post Graduates)

• Innovation & Technology Transfer Workshops (Staff, Posdocs, Postgrads)

• Entrepreneurs Live (Undergrads, Staff, Posdocs, Postgrads, Companies)

• Campus Company Development Programme (Staff, Posdocs, Postgrads)

• 6th November 2009

• HeyStaks (a NovaUCD Spin-out company) wins inaugural UNICA

• Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers

• (UNICA a Europe-wide network of 42 universities from European capital cities)

Structured Ph D Programme

• Structured Ph D Programme

• Doctoral Studies Panel

• Research and Professional Development Plan

• Transferable Skills Training

• Credits and Modules

Transferable Skills Training and Credit Modules

• Transferable Skills Training and Credit Modules

• Research Skills & Awareness

• Ethics & Social Understanding

• Communication Skills

• Personal Effectiveness/Development

• Career Management

• Team Working & Leadership

• Entrepreneurship & Innovation

University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin

• University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin

• “A partnership between the two largest universities, the state agencies and the business community to develop a world-class eco-system for innovation that will drive enterprise development and the creation of sustainable high-value jobs”

• Centrepiece of Alliance is the creation of an Innovation Academy

• A collaborative joint venture in Ph.D. education between

• UCD, TCD and Industry

How?

• How?

• Establish innovation alongside research as integral element of Ph.D.

• Combine resources to develop joint Structured Ph.D. Programmes

• Provide Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training

• Select Industry mentored interdisciplinary projects

• Joint UCD-TCD Certificate & Diploma in Innovation & Entrepreneurship

• learn how ideas from primary research can be exploited
• explore research response to identified market needs & opportunities
• guidance on innovation and business development processes
• selected modules made available to undergraduates

Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: 15hrs/6 days + Assignment

• Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: 15hrs/6 days + Assignment

• Introduction to innovation

• The role of the researcher in the innovative process

• IP policy at UCD and national guidelines for management of IP

• The different forms of IP

• Patents and the patent system

• Managing the capture, reporting and protection of IP

• Evaluating and valuing IP

• Developing a business plan (for Spin-out or Licensing)

• Negotiating and licensing IP

• Assignments for Credits

• complete an invention disclosure
• conduct a patent database search
• assess commercial opportunity & estimate finances required

Reluctance at staff level to engage

• Reluctance at staff level to engage

• Reluctance at Ph.D. level (students not showing commercial interest)

• Mentally segregating research from IP/commercial instead of integrating

• Change perceptions of fundamental research as an independent activity

• Embrace innovation as a rationale for engaging in research

• Increase awareness of the relevance of IP to innovation

• Resources

• finance to develop course material and integrate into curricula
• creating initiative & support to begin the process is a greater issue
• engaging specialised staff to deliver courses
• recruiting external presenters to deliver interesting case studies
• many specialised courses available now through EPA and others

Key to IP training is selection of relevant and interesting material

• Key to IP training is selection of relevant and interesting material

• Include case studies from own environment that everyone can relate to

• Show the relevance of IP in every-day commercial activities

• Show how companies rely on IPR to create and defend their business opportunities and ultimately deliver

• economic benefit
• profit and jobs

• Other Third Level Training

• Using sections of Graduate Skills Training Module to deliver ½ -day and

• 1-day training courses/workshops to lecturing staff and researchers in

• other universities, technical institutes and research centres in Ireland

What are the Characteristics of the Mark?

• What are the Characteristics of the Mark?

• Distinguishing Features

• Visual Impact

• Word – arrangement of the characters

• Phonetic Sound

• Style of characters

• Shape & Form

• Colour

METHOD AND MEANS FOR CREATING ANTI-GRAVITY ILLUSION

• METHOD AND MEANS FOR CREATING ANTI-GRAVITY ILLUSION

• Patent Number US5,255,452 I Claim:

• 1. A system for engaging shoes with a hitch means to permit a person standing on a stage surface to lean forwardly beyond his or her center of gravity, comprising: at least one shoe having a heel with a first engagement means, said first engagement means comprising a recess formed in a heel of said shoe covered with a heel slot plane located at a bottom region of said heel, ………….

IP Training on its own is not sufficient to explain the relevance and generate the interest

• IP Training on its own is not sufficient to explain the relevance and generate the interest

• It must be linked to commercialisation of technologies

• Innovation is the Trojan Horse

• it allows you to introduce the importance of IP and to reveal the tools that support and underpin the innovation infrastructure