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Strengthening the innovative power of Switzerland with the CTI

November 12, 2014

Alain Dietrich

Deputy Head of R&D project promotion,

KTT-Support and

international relationships

CTI

Russian Media Tour to Switzerland

on Education, Research and Innovation

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Content

CTI in Switzerland's innovation environment

Snapshot of CTI

R&D Funding

Start-up and entrepreneurship

KTT-Support

Opportunities in international co-operation.

Media Delegation from Russia

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CTI in Switzerland's innovation environment


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Value chain from research to innovation

Public research Economy

State is financing research knowledge

CTI is a small, but important catalyst for Swiss innovation system

• needs • experiences

people

Start-ups

projects

600 bn

18 bn

Economy is utilizing knowledge

SNSF Basic

financing 68%

25%

5%

CTI Cantons

1% < 1%

130 m 900 m 4.5 bn

EU

2%

400 m 12 bn


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Snapshot of CTI


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innov.

mentors

Ressources

Commission

Secretariat

«Field Force»

25 persons

Erich Bloch Andreas Reuter Vital Meyer

deciding about instruments and submissions

preparing and connecting with federal administration

working with Start-ups and SMEs

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54

coaches

Organisation of CTI: 150 people with strong experiences in business and sciences

Walter Steinlin

R&D projects KTT-

Support

Lutz Nolte Myriam Meyer Martin Riediker Beda Stadler Martina

Hirayama Martin Müller

Engineering Sciences

Life Science

Micro/ Nano

Enabling Sciences

9 experts

5 experts

12 experts

14 experts

10 experts

12 experts

president

Start-up

72 persons

R&D and KTT Promotion Start-up

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CTI’s mission: to strengthen the innovative power of the Swiss economy

CTI provides funding for joint projects of industry and research institutions

→ competitive leading edge technology products

CTI supports start-up companies → new jobs for highly qualified employees and novel products

CTI fosters the knowledge and technology transfer between research

institutions and companies → efficient translation of research results into innovative products CTI supports the Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research → discovery and development of sustainable energy solutions


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CTI funding areas in 2013

Total

federal funding 2013:

CHF 124.9 m

R&D Promotion 110.8

KTT Support 3.6

Start-up and

Entrepreneurship 10.5


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Experts with strong experiences and know-how

from public research, industry and Start-up scene

Fast promotion decisions

Not only decisions but also “support”

“Bottom-up"-principle

focusing on quality of applications, not on topics

trustworthy for industry

reliable for public research institutions.

Success factors of CTI


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R&D Project

Promotion

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Principles and guiding rules

Primarily promoting innovation for Swiss national economy

Selection of topics bottom-up from industry partners

Promotion is subsidiary

Keep in mind the special character of Swiss Economy

99.7% of all firms are SMEs; 67% of all employees

88% are micro firms (less than 9 FTA)

Almost 90% of all SMEs are family business

Efficient promotion without cost-intensive

preliminary work for firms.


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Applications are possible at any time !


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The four research promotion areas


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Focus on SMEs and Universities of applied sciences

Large companies 31%

> 250 employees

Total no of projects by company approved in 2013: 331

SMEs 69%

< 250 employees

Total federal funding 2013: CHF 109.6 m

ETH Domain 33.5

CSEM 6.5

Universities 14

Other 4.4

Universities of

applied sciences 51.1


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Typical project framework

• Time to author project application: 1 to 6 months

• Time to get funding decision: 3 to 8 weeks

• Percentage of projects approved: 45 to 55%

• Duration of project: 0.5 to 3 years

• CTI funding of research partner: 0.5 to >1000 k CHF


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Success story: Ahead – Advanced Hybrid Electric Autobus

Title of presentation

Place, date

Start project

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Tests with

first real bus

• The project is a cooperation of Hess AG (implementation

partner) and ETH Zurich (research partner)

• Project goals:

– optimizing the powertrain of a serial hybrid electric bus

for public transportation

– implement a predictive energy management strategy

that takes into account the altitude profile of the line

• 25% less fuel consumption and CO2

emissions compared to a conventional,

combustion-engine based vehicle

• Increase in bus sales (Hess AG)

Achieved

benefits

Readiness for

market (planned in

2014)

Design

software

Tests in the

laboratory

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Presentation

CTI Start-up &

Entrepreneurship

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CTI Start-up: Turns students into CEOs and ideas into firms

Business Idea

Profess. Evaluation

Coaching 1-2 years

Post Label

Support

Regis- tration

Coaching Acceptance Label

Business development

Business creation

Semester course

Motivation event

Entrepreneurship Courses

Start-up Coaching

Students

Firms

Support activities

• CTI-Invest (Connection to investors)

• Business Angels Support

• Corporate Programm

• Incubator Programm

• startupticker

• startup Monitor

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Internat. Camps

170

2500/year

500

CEO


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Four-stage, goal-oriented coaching


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Survival rate of companies with CTI Start-up label is 90%

High chances of survival


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Knowlegde and

Technology Transfer-

Support

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Three pillars of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) support

• Support of SME’s in the innovation process and identifying the best

research partner.

• Promote knowledge and technology transfer between research

institutions and companies.

• Increase transparency of information along Swiss funding (and

support) opportunities.

Innovation

mentors

(IM)

National

thematic

networks

(NTN)

Thematic

Platforms


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Pillar 1 – CTI Innovation Mentors

• IMs facilitate the interactions between companies and research institutes and catalyze grant applications by

Identifying the needs and challenges of SMEs

Proposing the optimal research partner for enterprises

Providing an overview on funding opportunites

Supporting the authoring of grant applications


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Regional activities of the 13 innovation mentors

A pool of expertise in

• finances and business administration

• electrical engineering

• mechanical engineering

• information and communication technology

• micro and nano technology

• biotechnology

• diagnostics

• ecology Media Delegation from Russia

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Pillar 2: National thematic networks (NTN)

Represent topics with high innovation potential.

Actively contribute to strengthen the innovation power of

the Swiss economy by

facilitating the access to scientific research

(infrastructure)

catalyzing joint projects and cooperations among

industrial partners.


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National thematic networks as nucleus of

national KTT-support

Swiss companies,

particularly SMEs Research institutes

1. Carbon Composites

2. Inartis (focus on Life

Sciences)

3. Innovative Surfaces

(Nanomaterials)

4. Swiss Biotech

5. Swiss Food Research

6. Swiss Wood

Innovation Network

7. Swissphotonics

(Photovoltaic and

Optoelectronics)

8. Network Logistics (IT

based).


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Pillar 3: Thematic Platforms

Physical Platforms

Recurrent professional events linked to a specific innovation theme, complementary to the NTN-themes.

Platform for interaction between science and SMEs.

Possibility of face-to-face meetings / speed datings.

Web-based Platform: «Innovation map»

First overview about know-how and competencies on innovative themes in science and industry in Switzerland.

Overview of federal innovation promotion instruments for SMEs/Start-ups.


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Pillar 3: The Innovation Map

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CTI’s new opportunities in international cooperation


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New opportunities for international

R&D-projects since 2014

Whole range from big program to single

R&D project is possible.

Big programs must be based on a

common agreement of both parties.


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Project Partners: International cooperation for R&D projects

Foreign research partners allowed only in cooperation with a Swiss research institution.

Any time – no Call! Requires coordination with foreign innovation agencies. Clear evidence of a win-win situation:

Swiss implementation partner and Swiss research partner Complement with foreign research competencies Majority of research in Switzerland (>50% of funding amount)

All CTI funding will be assigned to Swiss research partner: Swiss main research partner is in charge Seperate agreement between foreign and Swiss Research partners No direct funding to implementation partner(s)


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Commission for Technology and Innovation CTI

Innovation Promotion Agency

Effingerstrasse 27

CH-3003 Bern

www.kti.admin.ch

Conclusion Knowledge and technology transfer foster

innovations in Russia and in Switzerland.

Both countries have a excellent basis in applied

research, firms are willing to engage in innovation.

Both countries promote science-based innovation

with complementary instruments and networks.

Let‘s do it together with powerful pilot projects!

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