Regional Smart specialization realities from an Issues stand point Anna Ntididou

Cluster lab: Competence driven vs. issue driven smart specialization and impact result

4 september 2013

@16th TCI Annual Global Conference

3-6 September 2013, Kolding, Denmark

Regional Smart specialization realities from an Issues stand point

How can open Innovation processes speed up impact & results?

Skåne• Area: 10 939 km2 • Population: 1 243 329• Density: 112.8/km2

Knowledge Key to Innovation :To increase the impact of university research and knowledge

Joint initiative between the higher education institutions in the counties of Skåne and Blekinge (2011–2013)

Catalyst for cooperation in the Regional Innovation System

Effectiveness and coordination of efforts Synergistic effect in interdisciplinary cooperation Focus

Challenges – needs driven innovation Open Innovation principles & processes

“smart specialisation” - launched at EU level to emphasise the importance of basing prioritisations in innovation strategies and subsequent initiatives on a fundamental analysis of the requirements for future competitiveness at all political levels. Focus is also on regional players’ participation in strategy development.

Open Arena 5 : Synergy with and contribution to STRATEGY 2020: An International Innovation Strategy for Skåne ‘smart personal health’, ‘smart sustainable cities’, ‘smart materials’ Developing new innovative areas and creative environments Sub-strategy

: From cluster initiatives to the development of open innovation arenas in Skåne

Aims To increase the impact of university research and

knowledge To strengthen the innovative capacity in the region through

the increase of utilisation of university research To develop and test new methods and tools to this end To establish an open collaboration arena/platform in the

region between academia-society-business Thematic areas

Smart Cities Food Environment Personal Health ICT as a catalyst

Sustainability as a horizontal thematic

Implementation: Project Leader: LU Open

Joint Learning and capturing of lessons learned

Pilots - interdisciplinary innovation arenas to test new methods and tools-new methodologies for collaboration models1. Green Development - ORIGO (SLU Alnarp)2. Food, Environment & Health - Open Innovation Arena (HKR)3. Prototyping the Future - ICT Tools for Innovation (MAH)4. IT and Internet-based solutions within Health & Smart Cities (BTH) 5. Bridging Academia & Knowledge (LU Innovation System)

one unique team

Academic intrapreneur

SME/Public sectorTeamleader

Business advisor

Expert

Scentific researcher

Academic intrapreneur

An innovation model

SME/Public sectorScentific researcher

Proof of concept Proof of development

Research result Product/service

one team - # milestones

Risk management as a particularly crucial aspect Milestones focused on commercial product development Time to market effectiveness Increased potential to involve SMEs

University Researcher

Origo modelPhD Intrapreneur

Risk managementResearch based product development

Academic material

Research results

Market potential Commercial product development

Innovation

Origo 2012/ SLU; Kristina Santén, Patrik Stolt, LU;Helena Ljusberg

Industry

Public sector

Proof of developmentProof of concept

Risk management as a particularly crucial aspect Time to market effectiveness Increased competitiveness Commercial product development Increased potential to involve SMEs

Project formulated by challenges and needs Project created and changed according to needs

Project that fails

Project that achieves commercialisation or implementation in a business environment

iterative processes

Challenge

Challenge

External/Internal Knowledge and Insight

Collaborative Methods & Tools

OPEN INNOVATION PROCESS

HKR & KRINOVA Open Innovation Arena

Model key aspects: nature in challenge driven innovation interdisciplinary teamwork and knowledge complementarity triple-helix collaborative effort and insight, including participatory processes early fail aspect, crucial for level of investment efficiency and time to implementation

WORKSHOPS- Coopetitions

WORKSHOPSIdentification and definition of challenge and problem

WHAT EXISTS? INSIGHTS? Current knowledge level and competence Available solutions and companies Research,

Project result and Societal Challenges

Insight

AssignmentFormulation

Invitation to researchers,

companies,public sector

identified project-embryo

DESIGNPROCESSES- Translation and metaphors - Team prototyping

Testbed-Assignme

ntformulatio

n

CROWD SOURCING- Development

From Challenge to Idea to InnovationAn iterativ innovation process

Support from innovation actors in ecosystem

From Challenge to Idea to InnovationAn iterativ innovation process

Prof ofConcept

INNOVATION- Commercialisation- Beta launch

PITCH

Unique and valuable new:- Process- Concept - Product/service

BTH ModelCases coming from researchers (push)

and the industry (pull)

Students

Pilot Leader

Workshops: Researchers fertilize the

industry ideas

Academy

Students: Product/prototype

tests

The link between the industry and the academy, identifying cases, creating workshops, business development,

attract commercial partners

Proof of Concept

Proof of Concept: Business

development & prototyping

Industry

Workshops: The industry fertilizes the researchers

ideas

.

Modell 2:

Prototyping the Future Model

Key aspects: Fast failure IPR not crucial

LU Innovation System Pilot: Bridging Academia & KnowledgeMaking knowledge available to business in life science

• MAX lab infrastructure mostly used by university researchers

• Goal: To make infrastructure available to life science industry To stimulate increased usage of facilities

• Effect: Competence development together with industy Facilities as a resource for product development Increase of international attractiveness of the region

• Key aspect: Facilitator function

Lessons learned until now• Systems innovation is a top to bottom attitude for policy makers, ‐ ‐ ‐

universities, industry, customers and users. This is the spirit of Open Innovation Arenas in theory.

Reality: It takes time and bottom-up efforts to change processes but challenge driven processes speed up impact

• Regional “smart specialisation” priorities are successful in streamlining regional efforts between innovation players since these are based in the analysis of the cluster realities and competencies in the region.

• Open Arena 5 avoided dread-lock through a bottom-up approach that respected the needs of the actors in the innovation system and moved slowly towards new open innovation models as a first step toward integration of university efforts in the region.

• Key aspect: Intermediary function • Issues and challenge driven open innovation processes speed up impact

& results since they showcase reality and success & failure stories, contribute therefore in changing established practices.