Από την Έρευνα στη Καινοτομία – Η εμπειρία του ΣΕΒ

From Research to Innovation: The experience of SEV

Costas Troulos Project Manager Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

Μεταφορά Τεχνολογίας από την Έρευνα στη Βιομηχανία 3 June 2015

Business pre-acceleration and acceleration – research commercialization

Brings entrepreneurship closer to the scientific community

Support for 150 entrepreneurial teams and startups

Established in 2013, a ΣΕΒ initiative

Has currently 4 offices

Athens (2), Volos (1), Crete (1)

About Ekinisi Lab


Observation 1: The Greek Research - Industry Gap

Significant body of research -publications, scientific papers, participation in EU funded projects

Few exploitation plans, fewer patents, even fewer startups

Researchers do not solve the real problems of the industry and the market

Industry imports technology and innovation


Observation 2: Innovation is a tough nut to crack Innovation can be viewed as the application of better solutions that

meet new requirements, inarticulated needs, or existing market needs. The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as a

consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society.

Wikipedia

Innovation is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought

Albert Szent-Gyorgi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Source: TEDX talks - Ernesto Sirolli Case Study: The Isolator


Challenge 1: Define your product and service well

Source: Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs by Larry Keeley

Customer Profiles Features

Service Delivery Research &

Development Production

Technical Support Business

Case

Make the product simple and intuitive

Ensure that the product addresses well defined market needs

Be ahead of your time but not too much

Work the numbers

Money Technology Market Product


Challenge 2: Protect your intellectual rights

Patents, trademarks and copyright

Patents are not scientific papers – they are expensive

– You need to have an exploitation plan before you apply for a patent

– Think about the timing of the patent: It is a critical element for the ultimate success

You can’t talk money with someone if you don’t have a patent for something patentable

Mask out critical information when talking to outsiders


Conclusions

Policy makers should bring closer the worlds of industry and the academia – Technology driven research + Market driven applications = Innovation

Innovators should maintain proximity between the two worlds (industry and academia) – Blend the best from the two worlds

Before trying to do breakthrough innovation start with the basics first – Align innovation with the business strategy

Venturing researchers have the courage; they only need to find the strength


Questions and Answers

Costas Troulos, Project Manager

Entrepreneurship Unit, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

[email protected]

211 500 61 34

210 650 32 87

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