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Technology Transfer In The Context of EU-EECA Relations
Giles Brandon
Principal Consultant
Intelligentsia Consultants Ltd
What is Technology Transfer?
“Technology transfer is the process by which a developer of technology (e.g. university, research
institution or company) makes its technology available to a commercial partner that will exploit
the technology.”*
*Based on WIPO definition
Tech-Transfer Is Not Easy!
• Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC)
• Founded 1970 on Stanford University campus
• Xerox invested $150m during first 14 years
• Developed 1st PC, mouse, laser printing & LAN
• Tech-transfer barriers:– Company only in the business of office copiers– No effective mechanisms to transfer to manufacturing and marketing– Culture clash between Xerox PARC and Xerox headquarters
• “Only” laser printing was commercialised
Why Is Tech-Transfer Important?
Licensing income per university (€k)“Is Europe lagging behind the US in university technology licensing?”, Conti & Gaulé, 2009
Tech-Transfer At Oxford University
• Isis Innovation Ltd• Helps Oxford University commercialise its Intellectual Property• Turnover: £7.5m (2010)• Manages 368 patents• Signed 250 technology licence and consulting deals (2010)
Isis Innovation Annual Report 2010
Moscow Institute Of Electronic Technology (MIET) Innovation Complex
Indicator 1999 2002 2004 2006 Number of small high tech firms 10 40 70 160 Volume of sales (€m) 2.2 14.6 35.7 72.1 Volume of investments (€m) 1.5 9.1 14.3 23.1 Number of MIET professors working at small firms
2 8 30 60
Number of students trained at small firms
35 150 260 440
Number of graduates hired by high tech companies located in the cluster
30 120 220 470
INNO Policy TrendChart – Russia - 2007
EU-EECA Transnational Techology-Transfer
• Enterprise Europe Network (Armenia & Russia members)
• Gate to Russian Business and Innovation Networks (Gate2RuBIN)
• Russian Technology Transfer Network
• Franco-Russian Technology Network
• Centre of Engineering and Technology Transfer, Kazakhstan
• Republican Centre for Technology Transfer, Belarus
• Technology Transfer Agency, Uzbekistan
• Agrobaltika Ltd, Kaliningrad• Design software for polder systems • Signed agreement (2009)
– Silute Polders
– Silute District Administration
• Technical cooperation– Tested new software applications
– Adapted software to local needs
– Analysed Silute polder systems
• Plan to reconstruct Silute polders
Russia-Lithuania Tech-Transfer
EastLink Parallel Session: Technology Transfer In The Context Of EU-EECA
Relations
• Practical examples of EU-EECA technology transfer
• Practical advice on “what to do” and “what not to do!”
• New opportunities for EU-EECA technology transfer