uo s world beating 12.06.06
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University of Southampton Presentation at the SETsquared IGNITE yoru event on 12th June 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Innovation and Impact -A Magnet for Wealth Creation
6 June 2012
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The Gateway to the World
• Global Students and Graduates
– 22,000 students
• 3,000 international• 100+ countries
– 5,000 graduates each year
– 250 degree programs
– 200,000 alumni
• World Leading Faculty & Staff
– 5,000 staff
– 200+ research groups
– £100 million – research expenditures
• Top 10 employer in South East England
– £billion to local economy
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A Research Intensive & Enterprising University
• Research Assessment Exercise
– Top 3 in Engineering
– Top 3 in Medical Sciences
– Top 3 in Social Policy, Music, European Studies
• World Leading in Spin-outs & Commercial Engagement
– Top 3 in world for spin-outs
– Top UK university in working with SMEs
– More than 1,000 commercial collaborators
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Research Strengths
Working across the globe on climate change
Optoelectronics Research Centre: Invented the optical amplifier enabling high speed global communications
Web Sciences: at the forefront of developing the World Wide Web
Instrumental in making aircraft & their engines quieter and more efficient
Institute of Developmental Sciences: world leader in linking mothers’ diet and lifestyle and the health of children into adulthood
UK Sport Innovation partner for the Olympics
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An Enterprising University• Accomplishments of the University’s alumni are the greatest form of
Knowledge Transfer.
• Entrepreneurial university – global leader in start-up companies
– Over 50 spin-outs since 1970
– 15 spin-outs since 2000
– 4 floated on AIM - £200M valuation
• 40+% of research programmes have commercial partners.
• Top UK university in working with SMEs.
• 7 consultancy units with 125 dedicated staff for immediate access .
• KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships) - rapidly growing portfolio.
• 1000s class projects & interns in external organisations each year
• National champions (past 2 years) – Student Entrepreneurs
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Why Does Industry Want to Work with
The University?
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Industry’s Reasons for Working with The University
• Mine the University for future employees
• Access to leading edge technology, knowledge, & policy thought
– Industry must innovate to survive & prosper
– Industry desires academia to shape policy & standards to their benefit
• Leverage funding
– Industry partners with academia to get access to government funds
– Do NOT view industry as an open checkbook
• Access and share research facilities
• Outsource skills shortage to world-class experts
• Share risk
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Why Does Industry Hate to Work with The
University?
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Working with The University Is Hard Work
• No sense of urgency!
• Get treated like a cash cow
• Lack of understanding of industry’s needs
• Overvalue of academic contribution
– Too focused on IP
– Do NOT understand what it take to commercialize
• Inflated egos
• Too loose lipped
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Cultural Differences/Prejudices
Business
– Culture of the collective
• Team playing is important
• Collective responsibility
– Want to get things done
– Commercial savvy
– Wants outcome
– High service expectations
– Good influencing skills
Academia
– Culture of the individual
• The University is just a “landlord”
• Personal credibility key
– Want to be right
– Subject expert
– Interested in the problem
– Focus on publications
– In-depth subject knowledge
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Key Methods for Industrial Funding
• Sponsored & Collaborative Research Programmes
• Consultancy
• Knowledge Transfer Secondments
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Sponsored Studentships
• Philanthropy
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Types of Relationships with External Organisations• Research Funding
– Company investment– Co-operative funding in conjunction with RC
and other consortia– In-kind
• Publications with joint authorship
• Consultancy
• Licenses
• Visiting Professorships
• Secondments – both directions– Company to University– University to company
• Seminar/Lectures – both directions– Company employees at the University– University employees at the company
• Events – both directions– University events attended by company
personnel– Company events attended by University
personnel
• Advisory Boards – both directions– University advisory boards – externals on
University boards– External advisory boards – University
representatives on external boards
• Employer Engagement - Curriculum – Undergraduate curriculum– Postgraduate curriculum– CPD
• Employer Engagement - Studentships– KTP– EngD– Interns– Class Projects– Scholarships– Studentships– Prizes– Awards– Mentoring– Work shadowing
• Recruitment of graduates– Career fairs– Employer presentations– Employability skills workshops– Advertising openings to potential
recruits
• Alumni
• Philanthropy
• Students (at University) who are children of key employees of company
• Purchases from company (procurement)
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The Innovation Gap
TheoreticalConceptCreation
FeasibilityDemonstration
Productisation MassMarketing &
VolumeProduction
Rela
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Academic
Commercial
Technology Readiness Levels
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Bridging the Innovation Gap
TheoreticalConceptCreation
FeasibilityDemonstration
Productisation MassMarketing &
VolumeProduction
Rela
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Academic Commercial
Technology Strategy BoardResearch Councils’Multi-disciplinary Themes
Technology Readiness LevelsTechnology Readiness Levels
Spin-out
Catapult Centres
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Photonics & Nanofabrication Cluster
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Aerospace & DefenceBlue Sky Thinking & Doing
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Maritime & Oceanography Centre of Global Excellence
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Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute
University of Southampton
Lloyd’s Register
International academic society
International industry
SouthamptonMarine & Maritime
Institute
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World-Beating University
A culture of Invention, Innovation and Impact pervades, resulting in the most
Entrepreneurial and Enterprising environment –
a magnet for Wealth Creation
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Don SpalingerDirector, Research & Innovation Services
University of Southampton
+44 (0)2380 592392
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Don SpalingerDirector, Research & Innovation Services
• Serial entrepreneur – 5 start-ups – SPI, T3plus, Connexus, ONI, and Kylex
• Executive in large companies – Exxon, Texas Instruments, Gartner Group, Racal, DSC Communications
• 30 years in Silicon Valley
• Track record of converting IP into businesses
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World beating research• Optoelectronics
• Web science
• Sound and vibration
• Maritime research
• Oceanography
• Population research
• Human genetics
• Respiratory diseases
• High performance sports
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Centres of Excellence
• Mountbattan Institute– Nanotechnologies – electronics, photonics, bionics
• Institute for Web Science
• Open Data Institute
• Institute for Sound & Vibration
• Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute
• National Oceanography Centre-Southampton
• Geoscience Advisory Unit - Radioanalytical
• Institute for Population Research
• Centre for High Performance Computing
• Medical School & Teaching Hospital
• Institute for Life Sciences
• nCATS – Tribology
• Centre for Operational Research, Management Science & Information Systems
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University Strategic Research Groups – Multi-disciplinary with Global Impact• Energy
• NanoScience
• Digital Economy
• Ageing & Lifelong Health
• Health Technologies
• Institute for Life Sciences
• Neurosciences
• Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute
• Global Uncertainties & Security
• Sustainability Science at Southampton
• Complexity in Real-World Contexts
• Work Futures Research Centre
• Computational Intensive Imaging
• Population Health
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Centre of Innovation – Focus for business
growth
– Supportive environment
– Flexibility for small companies
Community– Entrepreneurial
– High tech
– Business oriented
– Focus for events
Network– Business clusters
– University links
– Regional focus
– Leading edge IT
University of Southampton Science Park, Chilworth