EARTO Innovation School2 March 2015

Representation of North Rhine-Westphalia

Brussels

EU RTOs: EARTO In Figures

Agenda

EARTO Innovation School

Module 1: Understanding Innovation

Jean Philippe GouyEuropean Affairs Manager, CEA

Context : EU Innovation PerformanceR&D intensity broken down by sector (2012)

and R&R intensity target (2020)

Context : EU Innovation PerformanceR&D intensity and efficiency scores

What is Innovation ?

One Key word to characterize INNOVATION

What is not innovation ?

One Key word ?

Conversion

Innovation : a “simple” process

COMMERCIALLY

SUCCESSFUL

A process to do business

Innovation: something new somewhere

In the final product, serviceIn the product

realization tool

In people doing the work

Almost / always in a company

Innovation value chain

PrototypePatent Product

Product as “Smart phone battery”

InvestorsBusiness Plan

Service as “Rent a phone number”

Business Plan

Investors

Innovation value chain

Current or new

markets

R&D funding

Market

BOOSTER

Speeding-up the process of innovation

RTO’s

Regulations Directives

FundingPPI

Market PullR&D Push

Strong

value-chains

ecosystems

Strong

Impact of EU RTOs Supporting EU Innovation Performance

Impact of EU RTOs Supporting EU Innovation Performance

Market

Maximize the impact delivered

Not a simple Innovation value chain

Market

Maximize the impact delivered

TRL scale

TRL 3 TRL 7

Matching Output & Input

Matching Output & Input

EARTO Innovation School

Module 2: Understanding the TRLs Scale

Maurits ButtermKPL Scientific Manager

TNO

History of the TRLs Scale & Today’s Discussion on the TRL

Scale

TRLs Origin: NASA

Why?

To improve communication

between science and planning

When? •V1: During the 1970s (7 levels)

•V2: During the 1990s (9 levels)

What?

The space shuttle (an single innovative system)!

Who?

NASA started,

today other US departments followed (DOD, DOE)

What is a TRLs Scale?

• A Method:– to assess maturity of critical product technologies– to create a common understanding of the technology status

• Focused on a single (product) technology• Especially used for space and defense related innovations• Often specialty innovations with single production (systems)

Issues concerning the use of TRLs

• Lack of attention to setbacks• Single technology maturity: multi-

technology process cannot be modelled with a simple linear approach

• Context specific: space as origin• Focus on product development:

Forgetting other “Levels” not in “T”RLs such as– Manufacturing readiness – System readiness– Commercialization readiness– Innovation readiness – Stage gate processes

Why using TRLs Scale?

• Synchronizes communication about innovation processes

• Minimizes risks due to improved communication

• Structures decision making processes by formalizing the progress of innovation

• Formalizes funding mechanisms

Examples of use in 3 domains

U.S DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

High Level Expert Group on Key Enabling Technologies (HLG-KET),

EARTO Reading of the TRLs Scale

incorporating manufacturability and including non-technological aspects in a multi-technology adaptation

Leena SarvarantaVice-President EU Affairs

VTT

The TRLs Scale as an Evaluation Tool

Today’s Many Usage

OECD uses 4 levels for statistics purpose:•Basic research (TRL1-3), •Development (TRL 3-5), •Demonstration (TRL 6-7) •Early deployment (TRL 8-9)

EU policy instruments using different approaches in their RDI funding:•H2020: General Annexes D (Types of Action) and G (TRLs)•ERDF: basic research, technical & applied research, pilot lines/early product validation actions/advanced manufacturing capabilities, and first production

EIB uses 4 levels for investment purpose:•Research (TRL1-3)•Development (TRL 3-6)•Innovation (TRL 6-8) •Production support (TRL 9)

National/regional research and innovation programmes have to bid to State Aid GBER (e.g. Art 25) using:•Fundamental research, •Industrial Research, •Experimental research, •Feasibility studies

TRLs are often grouped… but in

different

ways… depending on the context

H2020 TRL scale

• Focuses on a single technology

• Left open for interpretation• Issues:

Research solutions today generally require various technologies

H2020 has instruments looking at different phases in technology development

TRL scale: The Holy Grail?

• TRLs scale as evaluation tool must be explored, related to the different RD&I funding mechanisms existing today: H2020, ERDF, Member States

• Active learning will help us analysing the drawbacks and bottlenecks, and finding ways for fine-tuning

• Need of evidence-based arguments for the next revision of EU State Aid Rules post-2020

Have a go at using this!

Anne Van den BoschDirector Public R&D Policies and Programs

IMEC

RTOs Bridging the Valley of Death & Active Throughout the TRLs Scale

RTOs Bridging the Valley of Death

Bridging the valley of death is:• a joint effort between Industry and RTOs • also means solving societal challenges

industryResearch institute

RTOs can and are playing a major role

industryResearch institute

health

food

Energy

transport

climate

society

security

RTOs are active in translating basic research into applicable solutions

Tech.Universities

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Lower HigherR&D cost

Industry

RTO

RTOs house research infrastructures benefitting many stakeholders

• SMEs rarely have the funds to invest in extensive R&D infrastructure in terms of equipment, time, and/or personnel

• A research infrastructure can be used for completely new technology piloting for testing changes in an existing product for validating an emerging concept as a collaborative action of

several industrial players

RTOs help develop existing products & processes to better suit industry & consumers

RTOs perform foresight and support policymaking

Technology assessment is an important part of RTOs activities to support policymakers with policy development

RTOs Train & Educate Experts

• Together with universities• On demand of companies• Supported in FP7:

EURO-DOTS Now part of projects itself

Margaret McNameeCTO

SP Technical Institute of Sweden

Examples of RTOs Work Along the TRL Scale

PrintoCent by VTT

LUMBIA by Tecnalia

New Laser Scan by Fraunhofer

Turning wood into Fish food by SP

QuestionIs it possible to make fish food from forest products?

SP’s contributionSP Processum has produced single-cell protein at the SP Biorefinery Demo Plant that can be used in fish food. Micro-organisms are fed with waste from the forest industry … a smart way of converting the forest into food!

ResultSuccessful feed trials are being conducted by a project partner in Iceland.

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Video EARTO Innovation Prizeteaser video

EARTO Reading of

the TRL Scale

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Infrastructures and Resources Sharing between Industry & RTOs in Europe

FOCUS:

• What facilities, tools and services are needed in Europe to align the needs and contributions from industry and RTOs to deliver transferrable co-developed results that are competitive on the world’s stage?

• What is the role of RTOs and Industry in supporting Smart Specialization within European regions, and driving delivery of the Key Enabling Technologies?

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