How science meets industry

Challenges for universities

education

researchcuriositydiscoverysurprise

Challenges for industry

competitiveness

continuityefficiency

sustainabilityinnovation

Barriers Industry has little interest in basic research.

Scientists lack knowledge of the needs of industry.

Lack of public awareness of the importance of the university-industry link.

Communication between universities and industry difficult.

Industry not always convinced that they get what they pay for.

How to turn knowledge into value for industry

Two cases:

Europic Delft Patents

Europic

European platform

Knowledge & technology transfer

“owned” by industry through membership

Founded and managed by 3 universities

Europicmission statement

Europic’s mission is knowledge & technology transfer in the area of Process Intensification.

Aiming to support and integrate the entire value chain Europic actively connects science and business in innovative, application driven research and creates interfaces between end users, engineering companies and technology providers.

Europic mission statement

Paying special attention to the quality and

reliability of supplied information Europic performs technology scouting, benchmarking and trend analyses and provides its members with worldwide consulting services as well as specialized courses and trainings.

Europicorganisation

Strategic Advisory Board Members assembly

Executive Board Management

Accredited world experts

Europicservices

Website & databases

Technology scouting Technology reports Patents Position papers Technology providers

Workshops & trainings Consultancy

Delft Patents

DP is new company concentrating on commercialisation of protected technological knowledge.

DP provides a bridge between market and

knowledge and between manufacturer and knowledge provider.

Delft Patents

DP is founded by 2 former TNO employees

TNO owns 80% of DP

DP has the right to claim the commercial rights of patents owned by TNO

DP has an independent Supervisory Board

Delft Patentsmission

DP mission is to create value by bringing patents, developed and owned by TNO, to the market.

Delft Patentsmethod

DP operates in 4 stages:

1. Investigation phase2. Feasibility study3. Development phase4. Marketing phase

Each stage has its own fee. After each stage the process can be stopped.

Lessons learned

create a dialoque with industry (platform)

analyse the needs of industry

involve the total value-chain

seek advice from senior executives from industry

commit alumnies from the universities

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