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Frank Salliau (iMinds): Flanders’ digital Research & Incubation Institute @ NEM Summit 2014, TISP workshop
1. Flanders’ digital Research & Incubation Institute Frank Salliau Sept 30th 2014 – NEM Summit / TISP Workshop
2. iMinds wants to create a lasting and positive impact on society through ICT innovation
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3. iMinds’ vision
Employment
Urbanization
Ageing Society
Globalization
Public health
Environment
Internet
of Things
Big Data
Cloud Security
High Tech
Visualization
Connectivity & Sensor systems
Social & context based IT
Societal challenges
Markets
Technologies
4. The required ecosystem
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Entrepreneurs
Venture Capital
Investors
Professions
Government
Management
Large pools of private capital
Public Stock Markets
Major Corporations
Strategic Investors
R&D Centers
Potential Acquirers
Universities
5. From idea to business: our innovation toolbox
5+ years
…1 year
Time-to-market
Strategic research
Incubation & Entrepreneurship
Applied
Research
Pre-competitive testing
Knowledge- driven Explorative Basics for applied research
Training & coaching Financing Facilities
Networking Internationali- zation
Business-driven
InterdisciplinaryDemand-driven Cooperative
Proof of Concept
Large-scale user trials & living labs Evaluate technical feasibility Simulations
6. From idea to business: our innovation toolbox
5+ years
…1 year
Time-to-market
Strategic research
Incubation & Entrepreneurship
Pre-competitive testing
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Research Agenda
ISBO projects
EU Programs
iBoot iStart iCubes Go Global
Living Labs
iLab.o
Technical
Testbed iLab.t
EU Programs
Applied
Research
Cooperative research ICON program MiX-ICON Art&D Bilateral research
8. iMinds value creation methodology
ICON research program
Interdisciplinary
Exploration of new products & markets
Exploration of new business models
Customer & partner consortia
Proof of Concept demonstrator
Market
Enable companies to address new markets
Product
Absorb new technologies & launch new products
Spin-off
Create new spin-offs & start-ups
2 y
+
Cooperative research
Socio-economic value
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2010
2011
2012
Smart Cities
Manufacturing
Media
ICT
Health
Energy
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ICON and MiX projects approved
Growing & differentiating our ICON portfolio
13. From idea to business: our innovation toolbox
5+ years
…1 year
Time-to-market
Strategic research
Pre-competitive testing
Strategic Partnerships Strategic Research Agenda ISBO projects EU Programs
Living Labs
iLab.o
Technical
Testbed iLab.t
EU Programs
Applied
Research
Cooperative research ICON program
MiX-ICON
Art&D
Bilateral research
EU Programs
Incubation & Entrepreneurship
iBoot iStart iCubes Go Global
14. Research to entrepreneurship: instruments
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(ICON) Research
Opportunity recognition
iStart
iBoot
Discover business opportunities
Launch a startup company
Grow a company
Draft business proposition
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Business
Acceleration & Internationalization
15. iMinds created 12 new companies in 2012
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APPLICATIONS
& FIRST ROUND
INTERVIEWS
SECOND ROUND INTERVIEWS
TokenPKI
12 NEW
COMPANIES
17. Publisher of the future
4 year project funded by IWT
Collaboration with sector federation Boek.be
Research focusing on:
New types of e-books & new ways of reading
New business models for the book publishing industry
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18. Kweetet.be
Educational online gaming platform
In cooperation with educational publisher Die Keure
Focused on primary school (6-12), involving pupils, teachers & parents
Resulting from ICON project Games@School
More info: www.kweetet.be
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19. E-Strips
Development of a digital platform for comic books
New standard for digital representation of comics
Enrichments with textual and audiovisual elements
MIX-ICON project
Collaboration with 2 Flemish publishing companies
Introductory movie: http://vimeo.com/81792939
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380+
1,000+
800+
TOTAL REVENUE
RESEARCHERS
START-UPS from the iMinds incubation programs
PARTNERS in the iMinds ecosystem
PROJECTS with the industry
50+
1,000+
PUBLICATIONS on a yearly basis
21. Thank you for your attention! Frank Salliau Senior Researcher frank.salliau@ugent.be
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