2. Agenda
9.30 Arrival and coffee/tea
9.40 Introduction to EIT ICT Labs - Marko Turpeinen,
Director EIT ICT Labs Helsinki
10.10 Business Development Acceleration at EIT ICT Labs
and Aalto University - Antti Aarnio, Head of Business
Development at EIT ICT Labs Helsinki
10.30 From student to entrepreneur - the story of start-up
Sharetribe - Antti Virolainen, Sharetribe
10.50 Tour at the CLC
11.00 Closing
4. Finland = R&D
#1Availability of Scientists and Engineers
in the world. (World Economic Forum
Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012)
3,92%Of GDP
2nd in Europe / 3rd in the World
Total
Expenditure
8 Billion €
Source: Stat.fi /
Eurostat
#1IPR Protection in the world. (World
Economic Forum Global Competitiveness
Report 2011-2012)
5. Harvard Business Review | March 2009
Harvard Business Review| March 2009
Finland = Innovation
Innovation Index report
April 2009
#3IN THE WORLD
#2 INNOVATION HOT SPOT
IN THE WORLD
6. Bangkok 9 h 45 min
Beijing 7 h 40 min
Berlin 1 h 55 min
Brussels 2 h 40 min
Chicago 9 h 35 min
Copenhagen 1 h 40 min
Frankfurt 2 h 40 min
Hong Kong 9 h 50 min
London 3 h 10 min
Moscow 1 h 45 min
Delhi 6 h 45 min
New York 8 h 40 min
Osaka 9 h 35 min
Paris 3 h 05 min
Seoul 8 h 45 min
Shanghai 8 h 55 min
Singapore 11 h 30 min
St Petersburg 1 h
Stockholm 55 min
Tokyo 9 h 40 min
Toronto 8 h 50 min
Finland is Centrally Located
7. Europe is facing a significant
innovation challenge…
Innovation is the key to growth, competitiveness and social well-being
Europe needs a change of mind-set and a more innovative and entrepreneurial
culture
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and its KICs
(Knowledge and Innovation Communities) were established to enhance
Europe’s ability to innovate by:
ADAPTING QUICKLY
PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO RAPIDLY EMERGING SOCIETAL PROBLEMS
MEET THE DEMANDS AND DESIRES OF CONSUMERS
…despite an excellent research base, dynamic
companies and creative talent…good ideas are too
rarely turned into new products or services
8. EIT (European Institute of
Innovation & Technology) was
established as a new EU
instrument for promoting
innovation in Europe
EIT funds Knowledge and
Innovation Communities (KICs)
EIT complements other existing
EU initiatives
EIT is one of the key initiatives of
the Horizon 2020 programme
EIT is planning to launch five new
KICs in Horizon 2020
The EIT and its KICs
KICs
KIC
InnoEnergy
KIC
InnoEnergyEIT ICT LabsEIT ICT LabsClimate KICClimate KIC
9. A European ecosystem reinforcing
ICT Hot Spots
Berlin Eindhoven Helsinki Paris Stockholm Trento
10. EIT Helsinki Co-Location Centre is
Situated in the Open Innovation House
AaltoAalto
Helsinki Institute forHelsinki Institute for
Information TechnologyInformation Technology
NokiaNokia
AppCampusAppCampus
WWäärtsilrtsilää
StartStart--upsups
11. Education, Research and
Business - strong collaboration
is needed to speed up ICT
innovation in Europe
From idea to product, from lab
to market and from student to
entrepreneur
The mission of EIT ICT Labs is
to drive European leadership
in ICT innovation for
economic growth and quality
of life
Bringing ICT Innovations to Life
12. The EIT ICT Labs’ Investment
Model
The so-called "catalyst-carrier model" is a key means to realise the
innovation cycle
The application of a catalyst should create significant added value
towards the European innovation agenda and the goals of EIT
13. Master School
A pan-European 2 year Master
programme in ICT innovation and
Entrepreneurship
19 top-universities to establish a joint
innovative programme of seven
tracks and an integrated I&E module
Doctoral Program in ICT
Doctoral School operating in
Doctoral Training Centres within the
co-location centres
Combines doctoral students,
industrial needs and Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Empowering ICT Top Talents for
the Future
14. To generate knowledge that
leads to new innovative
products, services, and to the
generation of patents by
a mobility program to allow
researchers and engineers to
participate in co-located research
activities
networking such as the
organisation of thematic
workshops and meetings
access to the state-of-the art test
beds and Experience and Living
Labs
Boosting Entrepreneurial Research
15. Our Research & Innovation Areas
Computing in the Cloud
Cyber-Physical Systems
Future Networking Solutions
Future Urban Life and Mobility
Health & Wellbeing
Privacy, Security & Trust
Smart Energy Systems
Smart Spaces
16. Smart Spaces:
Interactive shop displays
Extensive Living Lab experiment proved the customer value
Description of user behavior won Best Paper Award at CHI 2012 conference
Technology has been successfully transferred to Deutsche Telekom and
has been in use in multiple Deutsche Telekom retail shops
Two related start-ups have been created that will focus on diverse market
aspects
17. Health & Well-being:
Stress management
Combining innovative non-intrusive, data mining & analysis leading to
innovative health & wellbeing applications
Developing research prototype to robust certified products
Business modeling resulted in start-up ‘Mirror-Mirror’ in Sweden
Creation of launching customer Human Capital Care company in the
Netherlands
18. Start-ups @ EIT ICT Labs Helsinki
“audience interaction tool”
“HW start-up accelerator” “social jewelry”
“location tracking for sports,
retail and transportation”
“next generation mobile
health devices”
P o l q u
“crowdsourcing wellness” “improving patient-doctor
dialogue in healthcare”
“complete picture
mobile health app”
“open source Power-over-
Ethernet platform”
19. Business Development Accelerator
Funnel with two phases
scouting of innovative SMEs and technologies
coaching the SMEs to become European growth success stories
seventeen companies involved in the program from Finland
20. Education
# eligible applicants for
EIT labelled PhD and
Masters programs
# graduates from EIT
labelled PhD and Masters
programs
# applicants to EIT ICT
Labs branded education
programs
# graduates from EIT ICT
Labs branded education
programs
Business and
Entrepreneurship
# business model
application cases
# start-ups created
# EIT ICT Labs start-ups or
SME’s that expanded their
business in new node
countries
€ 3rd party investments to
EIT ICT Labs start-ups or
SME’s
Research-based Innovation
# identified and defined
innovation opportunities
# new products and
services launched
# knowledge adoptions
# knowledge transfers
# innovations incubated
Co-locations and Ecosystem
# people working daily in CLC’s
# internode visits to CLCs
# funded activities developed at national, regional level
# Europe-wide strategic initiatives created by the KIC
Performance Indicators
