Triple Helix and Collaborative Programs in Sweden

Lund UniversityEDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666

A world-class university with the mission to understand, explain and improve our world

• Founded in 1666• 47 000 students • Almost 3 000 PhD students• 7 000 employees

• 820 professors• Worldwide ranking,

QS – 71, THE – 82• Turnover 1 Billion US $

1/3 education, 2/3 research

My personal perspective• President for Lund University since 2009, largest Swedish university

• Professor in Signal Processing/Telecommunication Theory

• Director General from the start of VINNOVA, the Swedish Agency for Innovation System, 2001 – 2008

• President for Blekinge Institute of Technology from the start, 1989 – 2000

• Started some small companies

• Board member of several companies and organisations

• Some historic remarks about the Swedish system

• From Public Private Partnership to University P P P – Triple Helix

Globalisation and exposure to competition for the mutually dependent groups in the triple helix

Industry – small enterprises with a global market also face global competition

Academia – needs strong research and innovation groups

Policy – exposed to global competition for jobs and skills

Some Triple Helix Programs

• VINNVÄXT WinGrowth Competing Regions

• VINN Excellence Center

• Sectorial Programs

• Strategic Reseach Area Programs

• Strategic Innovation Area Programs

• FIRS, Skåne Region Innovation and Research Council

Ludvika

Falun

Uppsala

Fagersta

Hudiksvall

Sundsvall

Ljusdal

Söderhamn

Härjedalen

Östersund

Kramfors

Umeå

Örnsköldsvik

Vilhelmina

Gävle

Åre

Strömsund

Skövde

Jönköping

Borås

Lidköping

Ljungby

Kristianstad

Karl shamn

Kalmar

Karlskrona

Oskarshamn

Gotland

Västerås

Eskilstuna

Katrineholm

Nyköping

Stockholm

Köping

Örebro

Skellefteå

Norrköping

Växjö

Linköping

Västervik

Nässjö

Vimmerby

Luleå

Överkalix

Kalix

Övertorneå

Gällivare

Pajala

Storuman

Sorsele

Arjeplog

Jokkmokk

Kiruna

Värnamo

Tranås

Älmhult

Avesta

Bollnäs

Lycksele

Arvidsjaur

Mora

Vansbro

Malung

ROBOTICS VALLEY

Steel Sheet Refinement

BIOMEDICINSK UTVECKLING I VÄSTSVERIGE

Strategy for Centres-of-Excellence

Example: Centres-of Excellence in

Biotechnology

Göran Marklund

FIRS Skåne Research and Innovation Council

“A leading innovation region 2020”

12 March 2009Jerker Swanstein, Region SkånePer Eriksson, Lund University

Curiosity driven(Basic) research

(Bohr)

VINNOVA’sCenter of Excellence Target

Needs-driven(Basic) research

(Pasteur)

Applied research(Edison)

YesNo

Yes

No

GoalEconomic or social

use

GoalScientific progress

Curiosity driven and needs-driven research

Knowledge triangle Mutually dependent activities – interaction between areas of activity

Education Research

Innovation: New successful, product, service, process or way of working

Innovation

Lund University’s innovation system converts research into products and services that are of benefit to society

LUIS – Lund University Innovation System

• By ensuring research from Lund University is utilised, LUIS will contribute to increased growth in Sweden.

• Helping researchers with business development, financing, patents, networking, legal issues, etc.

• Utilisation through:

– Patenting and licensing

– Formation of companies

– Knowledge services

Accumulated growth, LUIS’s portfolio companies 1999–2010

An entrepreneurial university• Integration of entrepreneurial

perspectives into Master’s programmes and graduate schools

• All faculties included

• Joint innovation office for all HE institutions in southern Sweden

• Ideon Science Park – 250 companies, the majority of which have their origins in research from Lund University

“Every day Gambro products save, sustain and improve the lives of patients in all parts of the world.”

• Developed 1946• Founded 1964• Kidney and Liver dialysis• 7 500 employees• Turnover ca. € 300 million

Ultrasound in medicine

”On 29 October 1953, it was possible to see a heart beating for the first time.”

• Hellmuth Hertz and Inge Edler• Registers how a diseased

heart behaves using sound waves

• The predecessor to modern echocardiography and modern ultrasound methods

”The nicotine chewing gum has saved the lives of millions of smokers around the world.”

• Developed 1967

• Launched 1978

• 85 countries

• 2,6 billions of chewing gum

• Turnover ca. € 660 million

”Oatly oat drinks are the natural choice for people who want to eat more healthily.”

• Discovery of lactose intolerance at Lund University in 1963

• Founded 1994

• 24 countries

• Turnover ca. € 20 million

“Bluetooth wireless technology is simple, secure and everywhere. It enables wireless connections between a huge variety of devices.”

• Invented in 1994• Used by over 15 000

companies world wide

Thylabisco – spinach pills to combat obesity

• Thylakoids extracted from spinach• Provide a feeling of fullness and a

kick for the brain’s reward centre • In tablet and powder form – or

ingredient in functional food. • Could prevent obesity and weight-

related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and depression.

• Integrated into first-, second- and third-cycle education

MusicalEar – ear training software• Originally developed by

lecturers at the Academy of Music for their own students

• Collaboration with Sibelius sheet music editing program (world leading)

• Major interest from around the world

• Part of a pilot project for a new collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurship students and the innovation system

A LEADING ANNUAL NORDIC INNOVATION EVENT SINCE 2009

”It is paradoxical that as knowledge grows increa-singly specialized, the challenges confronting the world become increasingly complex.”

The point of departure: “is that all innovation begins in the human consciousness and often through cross-boundary meetings between different areas of knowledge, between resources and needs, between questions and answers”

”An arena for cross- boundary meetings at the interfaces between science, industry, the public sector, the cultural life and different fields of knowledge.”

Meet with innovative minds…Scan the horizons…See the connections…Discover new opportunities…

Innovation in Mind 2014Lund/Sweden September 17-19www.innovationinmind.se

A welcoming university in a welcoming region

Triple Helix and Collaborative Programs in Sweden