Technology.Transfer.Application. Danube Transfer Centers and their Role in the Regional Development Dr. Jonathan Loeffler Managing Director Steinbeis-Europa- Zentrum Bucarest 08.03.2013 2012 Steinbeis Technology. Transfer. Application. www.stw.de istockphoto/pei Ling Hoo
Headquarters Location Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart Headquarters location of the Steinbeis Foundation and the Steinbeis Network 133551-2012-04 2012 Steinbeis Technology. Transfer. Application. www.stw.de 2
Steinbeis Network Founded in 1971 as a non-profit foundation (under civic order) Transfer Network Decentralized Steinbeis Enterprises and subsidiary companies as well as cooperation and project partners worldwide Centralized brand Steinbeis with an organisational and legal framework Customers more than 10,000 per year; companies, organizations of all sizes and areas of business, individuals 133551-2012-04 2012 Steinbeis Technology. Transfer. Application. www.stw.de 3
Facts & Figures (As of December 31, 2011) The following facts provide a snapshot of the expertise and resources we were able to make available to and with our clients in the year 2011: 697 professors, 1.462 employees, 3.631 contractors 855 Steinbeis Enterprises worldwide 134 Mio. EUR total turnover 133551-2012-04 2012 Steinbeis Technology. Transfer. Application. www.stw.de 4
Steinbeis Services Consulting Research and development Evaluation and expert reports Training and employee development 133551-2012-04 At every stage of the value chain Fostering successful transfer Forming the basis for decision making As a key competitive factor 2012 Steinbeis Technology. Transfer. Application. www.stw.de 8
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Your partner for innovation in Europe Office of the Commissioner for Europe of the Minister of Economics and Financial Affairs in Baden-Württemberg Economically independent transfer centre within the Steinbeis Network Budget >4,5 Mio. EUR, financed to 80% by projects; Project clients: EU, national und regional SEZ funding sources in 2010: 11
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Your partner for innovation in Europe Our success factor: a dedicated team 50 members of staff in 2 locations (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe) Highly trained: 45 staff members have a university degree, 14 have a doctorate Multidisciplined (natural sciences, economic and social sciences, humanities, law) Multicultural (BE, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, MA, MX, PL, RU, SK) 12
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About KIC InnoEnergy Key Facts Financed by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) since 2010. Each of the Co-Location Centers (CC) coordinates one important energy topic for all partners Objective: boosting the European competitiveness in the field of energy. Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) based on the need for new technologies of sustainable energy and a climate-neutral Europe. A commercial company, incorporated as Societas Europea, with 29 shareholders, all of them key players in the energy field, with top rank industries, research centres and universities. As a partner of KIC InnoEnergy, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum is supporting industry, small and medium size enterprises & research institutions as funding consultant, business enabler and innovation driver. 14
Business Creation Services EU-funded programme to transform ideas into a business World class alliance of top European players with a proven track record SEZ: innovation partner for German enterprises Building a platform of branch specific expertise Business Creation Enabling technology transfer between KIC stakeholders, project partners and start-ups. Boosting innovation and delivering newest technologies to energy markets Identifying markets & business cases for products & services Involving female entrepreneurs & researchers in innovation projects and energy businesses Education Innovation Projects The KIC InnoEnergy knowledge triangle 15
Innovation Projects Innovation Projects Location Projects European Smart Electric Grids & Electric Storage Renewable Energies & Energy Efficiency Energy from Chemical Fuels Sustainable Nuclear & Renewable Energy Convergence Intelligent, Energy-efficient Buildings and Cities CC Sweden 5 CC Iberia 5 CC Germany CC Alps Valley 7 4 CC Benelux 3 Facts: Each CC coordinates activities focused on a specific topic Innovation projects are funded by EIT (12.5 Mio. in 2011) Objective: output oriented projects (marketable product or service, patents) Supporting the last mile to market Requirement of innovation projects: Industry participation Highly innovative projects Partners from at least two CC involved Resulting in marketable products or services Clean Coal Technologies CC Poland Plus 4 Business Creation Output-oriented towards marketable products and services Education Innovation Projects 16
Demonstration Projects A market-oriented approach for SMEs: realization phase for innovation projects: 6-12 months reduced bureaucracy (2-3 project partners) budget around 100.000 Market-pull - orientation of demo projects a most suitable frame for a participation of local SME in a KIC- funded project support of SME research efforts by providing funding to outsource research activities realization of e.g. a pilot installation or demonstrator, technology enhancement projects (e.g. scale-ups) SEZ: supporting German SME & enterprises to cooperate in KIC Technology Scouting of KIC relevant topics in Germany Consulting companies about the different funding options in KIC InnoEnergy Preliminary assessment of project ideas with regards to funding criteria and technology state-of-the-art Support in recruiting suitable project partners from research and industry Supporting companies during the application process for projects at KIC InnoEnergy Accompanying the review process by Executive Board and the Technology Working Group at CC Germany SEZ accompanies approved projects during project realization (e.g. technology watch, market study, exploitation plan) 17
Building prosperity in the Danube Region: THE DANUBE TRANSFER CENTREs An initiative from Baden-Württemberg to support the competitiveness of enterprises and clusters Dr. Jonathan Loeffler, Jürgen Raizner Director Steinbeis Europa Zentrum & Steinbeis Danube Centre Cluj-Napoca, 06.03.2013 23
The Mission is... to promote Innovation... to enhance Research and... to facilitate Competitiveness in an efficient manner. This will fill the gap between research and innovation: by creating new products and services by advancing knowledge by fostering inter-regional cooperations.
Technology Transfer RTD Institutes Universities, Polytechnics Companies, Inventors Information Knowledge Knowhow Companies Sender (Technology Donor) Transfer (Technology Mediator) Receiver (Technology User)
Objectives The main objective of the project will be the implementation of Danube Transfer Centres (DTCs). The cooperation will demonstrate how knowledge and technology transfer can be conducted esp. for the benefit of companies with focus on supporting SMEs!
The overall aim is to foster the competitiveness of the Danubian industry by supporting innovation and technology transfer. In this respect, they have a bridging function between industry and research
Services Identifying technology needs of industry, particularly of SMEs (Innovation audits). Identifying marketable technologies and service offers from the universities and research institutes (Technology scouting). Fostering an active dialogue between industry and science. Organising an efficient knowledge and technology transfer from universities to enterprises. Initiating joint research projects between industry and academia
Services (2) Advisory and support services for accessing European research and technology transfer programmes Assistance in preparing European projects Developing technology oriented partnerships at regional, national and European level. Trainings (Management, Technology Transfer, Intercultural Aspects )
The network of DTCs links existing stakeholders and networks in order to bundle efforts, to create synergies among existing projects and to prepare a Joint Action Plan for Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Danube Region for the period 2014 2020. Collaboration with DTCs in individual projects allows enterprises to strengthen their competitiveness and innovative power. Universities benefit from DTC services by getting access to demand-driven projects as well as to the knowledge about the market.
The cooperation-partners of these Danube Transfer Centres are located in: Romania Technical University and Babes-Bolay-University Cluj-Napoca Slovakia Technical University Bratislava and Agriculture-University Nitra Serbia Technical University Novi Sad. Germany/Baden-Württemberg Steinbeis Innovation ggmbh with its departments Steinbeis-Donau-Zentrum and Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum The cooperation agreements have been signed in November This is a pilote-action which can be transferred to ALL Danubian Regions! It is operating in close cooperation with the PAC8!
B A D E N - W Ü R T T E M B E R G BRATISLAVA NOVI SAD CLUJ NAPOCA
Duration This initiative received a start-up funding by the ministry of state of Baden-Württemberg The overall-aim for the 18 months period (01.09.12 28.02.14) of this pilot-action is to set up several European funding applications (structural fonds, INCO-programm, Horizon2020 etc.) These project proposals will assure the financing of the annual DTCrunning-costs for hopefully a long continously period in sustainability and in order to find additional cooperation-partners which leads perspectivly to the founding of new DTCs in all Danubian-Regions.
The Initiators from Baden-Württemberg: Steinbeis-Danube-Center Jürgen Raizner www.donaustrategie.eu Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Dr. Jonathan Loeffler www.steinbeis-europa.de Haus der Wirtschaft Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19 D-70174 Stuttgart Tel.: +49-711-1839-816 Fax: +49-711-1839-700 Haus der Wirtschaft Erbprinzenstr. 4-12 D-76113 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49-721-935 190 Fax: +49-721-395 1920 THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!