EU BRIDGE en de rol van RTO’s & Universiteiten

Erik van Seventer

Program Manager Biobased EconomyBusiness Unit Manager Biobased Products

Utrecht, 21 mei 2013

Wageningen UR (University & Research centre)

� Two pillars:

● Wageningen University

● CRO (9 Specialized Contract Research Institutes)

� Annual budget 2012: 650M€

� About 6500 employees (±50/50 WU en CRO)

� 9500 BSc/MSc students

� 1200 PhD (>125 countr.)

Wageningen UR Research & Development

AppliedStrategicFundamental

Application of our knowledge

Inspiration

Co-innovation processesPublic private partnerships

& Bilateral R&D

Biobased Economy programat Wageningen UR

BbE@WageningenUR R&D program:

1. Biobased chemicals

2. Biobased materials

3. Biorefinery and bio-energy

4. Dedicated crops for BbE

5. Socio-economic issues and sustainable chain development

Erik van Seventer, Program Manager Biobased economy

RTOs boost EU annual economic growth byEUR 50 billion [Technolpolis Group, October 27 2010].

� There are around 350 RTOs in Europe, they contribute EUR 50billion to the EU economy

� RTO’s are focussing on applied research, bringing both newand existing knowledge

� RTOs increase the rate of innovation in industry by helpingcompanies to go beyond the limits of their internaltechnological capabilities

� RTO’s are funded by public and industrial income, which allowsthem to exploit their capabilities for the benefit of industry.

� RTOs are also working together with academia

BRIDGE PPP: creates a tipping point inEU’s BbE development

� Developing new value chains, de-risking investment indemonstration projects of innovative processes and in buildingfirst-of-its-kind flagship plants.

� A long term strategic research and innovation agenda jointlyfunded by public and private players will help address thischallenge.

The Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA)

The SIRA includes a balanced combination of:

�Value chain demonstration projects aiming towards integration and

deployment of technologies and R&D results into actual value chains and bringing

technology close to commercial scale through up-scaling in demonstration activities and

flagship projects

�R&D projects focused on technological innovations:dedicated projects on the development of specific technologies and concepts needed to

realise the value chains, and proving the principles in pilot installations

�Supporting projects, addressing the cross-sector challenges and supporting

the value chains to become reality.

RTO/Ac.

RTO/Ac.

To have competitive biobased products in the market

in 2020...

� Each step of the value chains needs to be competitive:

� BRIDGE focuses on developing, optimizing and demonstratingthis competitiveness throughout the five value chains.

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Feedstocksupply

Processing Products &Markets

Technological innovations!

Role of RTO’s & Academia: Add value

to industrial roadmap & support demos

� Advise and inspire BIC membersduring programming phase

� Build dedicated consortia en developspecific technology solutions to realizethe value chain

� Together with industry* R&D projects [cash -> RTO/Acad.]* Participate in demos

RTO/Ac.

1. BIC working groupsprepare multi-annualroadmaps

2. BIC working groupsprepare annual call texts

3. BRIDGE GoverningBoard, assisted byprogramme office andscientific committee,decides the exact text ofthe calls

4. BRIDGE publishes the(openopen) calls

5. BRIDGE organisesevaluation byindependent experts(based on excellenceexcellence)

6. BRIDGE negotiates andsigns contract§ withwinning consortia

Biobased IndustriesConsortium.

Depending on the topics,the working groups will be

composed by industrialpartners and

representatives fromETPs, RTOs, NGOs,

members states andregions.

Biobased IndustriesConsortium.

Depending on the topics,the working groups will be

composed by industrialpartners and

representatives fromETPs, RTOs, NGOs,

members states andregions.

+Scientific Committee

The Deployment Committee will be asked for advice on content(R&D projects) and/or co-financing opportunities and initiatives

(demo projects)

+Scientific Committee

The Deployment Committee will be asked for advice on content(R&D projects) and/or co-financing opportunities and initiatives

(demo projects)

EU BRIDGE; Call procedure

� Programming phase: topics proposed by BIC Working groups andtaskforces; Implementation phase: BRIDGE

� All project+ Value Chain approach

+ Openness and Excellence

+ RTOs/Academia/research SMEs are funded

according to Horizon 2020 rules.

� R&D projects+ Cash or in-kind industry contribution

� Supporting projects

● Cash industry contribution

� Demonstration & flagship projects

● All partners funded according to Horizon 2020 rules

EU BRIDGE sluit heel goed aan bij NL nationale

Biobased Economy initiatieven en PPS programma’s

�Wijze van samenwerken met industrie enkennisinfrastructuur in de “gouden driehoek”

� Topsectoren & TKI Biobased Economy

� PPS-en zoals BE-Basic, CatchBio, BPM, TBSC, etc.

� TTI’s, Coci’s, pilotfaciliteiten

� Kennisinfrastructuur van DLO, TNO, ECN enUniversiteiten

� Centrum voor Biobased Economy

� Sterke EU track-record van NL in KP-7

Bedrijven, RTO’s en academia: sluit aan!

� De kans om samen een grote stap vooruit te zetten in deontwikkeling van een rendabele biobased economy in NLen EU

� Onze samenwerking, kennisinfrastruktuur en bedrijvenversterken binnen en buiten Nederland

� Succesvolle nieuwe bedrijvigheid starten (Demo’s engrootschalige industrie)

� Nieuwe innovatieve wegen inslaan

� Het past zeer goed bij Nederland en bij Europesesamenwerking

Thank you for your attention