The role of KICs in a new research strategy for universities

1. KTH Royal Institute of
Technology
On the forefront of Scientific Innovation
EIT
Knowledge and Innovation Communi
Ramon Wyss, Director Energy Platform,
Vice President International Affairs

2. Facts and figures on KTH
• founded in 1827
• 17,000 undergraduate students (4000BSc, 13.000MSc)
• 2,000 PhD students
• 3,300 employees
• approx. >230 PhD degrees issued/year
• ranked among the top ten technical universities in Europe
• annual turnover EUR 410 milj
• “-In service of humanity – for the society of tomorrow.”

3. Funding
Total income 3713 MSEK (410MEuro) 2012: 3948MSeK (440M€)
Industries/private
13,8%
EU 6,6%
Basic funding for
BSc, MSc education
28,4%
Foundations 2,1%
Governmental
authorities
15,5%
Research councils
8,9%
Basic funding for
research and PhD
education 24,7%

4. KTH’s organisation
University Board
University
Administration
President
Faculty
Council
Architecture and the Built Environment
Electrical Engineering
Biotechnology
Engineering Science
Chemical Science and Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Management
Computer Science and Communication
Information and Communication Technology
Education and Communication in
Engineering Science
Technology and Health

5. KTH research platforms
Materials
Medical
and
biomedic
al
engineeri
ng
Transport
KTH
Information
and
Communica
tion
Technology
2013-12-26
Energy
and
Climate
KTH Royal Institute of Technology • www.kth.se
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6. KTH- Machine Design
Capstone courses
Innovation Driven Learning

7. KTH student teams solve Engineering
Product Development and Design Problems
• Open problems from industry are given to student
teams
• Student teams form project teams with leaders
and tasks distributed among students. ~10
students/team
• Industrial mentors
• KTHprofessors supervise student project teams
• Creative mindset of students and team work
generate innovative solutions for societal and
corporate innovation

8. Integrated Product Design
Master´s programme
Integrated
Product
Development
• Complex projects - organisation &
management
• Methods and mindsets for PD work
Product
Innovation
• Innovation processes – management
and development
• Business development, organisation &
strategy, with technical depth
Industrial
Design
Engineering
• Functional design and communicative
aspects, user-product relations

9. Machine Design advanced course 18 cr
• Some project examples !
Steam engine
Head for
waterjetmachine
Haptic devices
Fuel cell
driveline
Adustable CVT
Shell eco
marathon
Electrical vehicle
Magnetic
gearbox
Shell eco

10. Carefully selected standard hardware and
free open source software components
700 kpps
20W
Integrated
power
management
Any 12-20 V
Power source
Power storage
Capex < 1k€
b

11. Challenge Driven (Research) Education
Core of the Knowledge Triangle
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12. European Institute of Innovation &
Technology
MISSION:
EIT to unlock the European innovation landscape
through a new agenda at EU level
To become the catalyst
for a step change in the
European Union’s innovation
capacity and impact
The EIT is
an integral part of
EIT is the first initiative of the EU bringing
together the three corners of the knowledge
triangle with the entrepreneur in the
driver’s seat to form the necessary links
between education, business and research

13. The EIT operates via three
knowledge and innovation Communities
KICs
Climate KIC
EIT ICT Labs
KIC
InnoEnergy

14. Six Co-location Centres of ICT Labs are fully
operational with an expanding ecosystem
Berlin
Eindhoven
Helsinki
Paris
Stockholm
Trento

15. Our Thematic Action Lines bring ICT
innovation to specific markets
Smart Spaces
Smart Energy Systems
 intelligent environments that facilitate everyday practices
 create richer user experiences & enhance the users’ awareness of local
opportunities in a resource and cost efficient way
 increasing energy efficiency via ICT enabled power grids
 energy efficient ICT solutions - green ICT
Health & Wellbeing
 Development of ICT enabled services supporting a cost effective sustainable
healthy lifestyle
 ambient assisted living
Digital Cities of the Future
 ICT enabled solutions in the areas of security, pollution, transportation, and
resource management (e.g. water).
Future Media and Content
Delivery
 Development of powerful and open ICT infrastructure, capable of delivering rich
data-intensive media and content storage services, at competitive costs, across
administrative domains, ensuring quality of service
Intelligent Transportation
Systems
 Services for people using all kinds of transportation systems

16. What is InnoEnergy?
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A company placed in Holland
Turn over 2011: 137M€ (2014 ~200M€)
Run by a CEO – with annual business plan
Business area: solutions for a sustainable
energy system
• Acitivties: Reserach-Education-Innovatoin
• KTH Owns one share (of 29)
KIC InnoEnergy
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17. KIC InnoEnergy is a Company (SE) – Each Partner owns one share
6 Co-location Centers each assigned a Thematic field
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18. InnoEnergy creates a single Highway for
startups and new businesses
InnoEnergy Products are:
Education
Programmes
Innovation
Projects
Business
Creation
M.Sc, Ph.D, Thema
tic &
Entrepreneurial
Products, Services,
Patents, Publicatio
ns
New business,
Start-ups, spinouts
Ideas / Entrepreneurs / SMEs
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19. Regional Innovation Scheme
• New outreach element of the KICs – wider community
accross Europe
• Excellence
• Implemented by the KICs – transparant selection
• No automatic partnership
• Funding primarely from non EIT sources (mobility etc
from EIT – 4.4% of EIT budget for outreach)
• Synergies with smart specialization strategies (RIS3)
utilizing structural funds
2013-12-26
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20. 2013-12-26
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21. Change in share of Top10% papers
in the world (Engineering field)
Share of papers
Share of Top10%papers
(US: right axis)
(US: right axis)
Japan
Japan
UK
China
Korea
Materials： NISTEP, MEXT, Japan
Japan
France
Germany
USA
UK
China
Korea
Japan
France
Germany
USA
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22. US
EIT – KICs
- Asia (China) - Europe
• Addressing the issue of
excellence,
societal impact,
industrial leadership
• Fragmentation
• Entrepreneurship is core
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23. The entrepreneurial University
- Partnership for socio economic impact
• DOES EUROPE LOOSE ON INNOVATION?
• ENGAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR THROUGH
REGIONAL COOPERATION
• BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIAL
SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND DESIGN
• PATHWAYS FOR FRUGAL INNOVATION
• March 19-20 Stockholm
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