MyRIAD is a research commercialization and consultancy company hosted at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) that aims to exploit academic capabilities and expertise for profitable innovation. It provides services such as consultancy, conferences, contract research, and commercialization to remove burdens from academics and generate additional income for UNMC research. MyRIAD also seeks to capitalize on opportunities not available through traditional means and draw on best practices from other organizations.

1. Commercialisation of Research:
Nottingham MyRIAD Solutions Sdn Bhd
Level 2, Block B,
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus,
Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih,
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
EMAIL: enquiry.myriad@nottingham.edu.my
URL: www.nottingham.edu.my/Myriad
Professor Graham Kendall, Vice-Provost (Research and Knowledge Transfer)
(Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my)
University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
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2. University of Nottingham
• Top 100, global university
• Three (branch) campuses
• Nottingham (30,000 students): 1881
• Malaysia (4,200 students): 2000
• China (5,500 students): 2005
• About 25% of our students are at our international
campuses
• Nottingham campus manages about 23 active spin
out companies
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3. MyRIAD
Malaysia Research, Innovation And Development
• A research commercial and consultancy company
hosted at the University of Nottingham Malaysia
Campus.
• Joint Venture between industry and the university
• Based on Nottingham practises (NUCL, NOTICE and
EMCC) but (we hope) with improvements and
extensions.
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4. Vision
• Vision: Profitable innovation
• To exploit and capitalise on the academic capabilities
and expertise at the University of Nottingham and
seek out other opportunities which are not available
through traditional means.
• Provide an additional research stream to UNMC
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5. Company Structure
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6. Services
1.Consultancy
2.Conferences and Workshops
3.Services Rendered
4.Contract Research
5.Commercialisation
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7. Consultancy
• Seek out consultancy opportunities
• Match make industry/scientists
• Remove the admin load (invoicing, contract negotiation,
insurance)
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8. Conferences and Workshops
• Help and assist academics
• Seek out opportunities to serve the commercial sector
• Provide an event management service
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9. Services Rendered
• Market the facilities and services that UNMC can provide
• Remove the burden from academics
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10. Contract Research
• Carry out research contracted by industrial partners
• Remove the burden from academics
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11. Commercialisation
• Exploit the Intellectual Property in the research carried out at
the University of Nottingham, not just UNMC.
• Facilitate and support the establishment of spin-out companies
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12. Short-Medium Term Goals
• Commercialisation
• High profile projects that cannot be done at the moment
• Prove our expertise and ability to deliver
• Build links with industrial partners
• Develop our skill set and explore service provision in areas
such as business planning, patents, IP exploitation etc.
• Gain the confidence of our academics
• Demonstrate an additional income stream
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13. Short-Medium Term Goals
• ... draw on best practise from Royal Society Enterprise Fund
and Oxford (ISIS)
• .... and whoever else we can
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14. Summary
• One stop shop for all commercial activity at UNMC
• Remove burden from academics
• Exploit Intellectual Property
• Seek out opportunities that would normally be carried out as
part of our day job
• Provide an additional income stream for research at UNMC
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15. Contacts
• EMAIL: enquiry.myriad@nottingham.edu.my
• URL: www.nottingham.edu.my/Myriad
• Graham Kendall: Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my
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