Ομιλία: Stephen Seiler, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway Τίτλος παρουσίασης: “Respecting big differences to solve hard problems: Universities and private sector companies as valued partners!”

1. Breaking through the
academia/private sector
barrier
Stephen Seiler
Vice Rector for Research and Innovation
University of Agder
Kristiansand and Grimsad, Norway

2. Kristiansand
Grimstad

4. 1994
2007
2019

5. Unchanging
Solid
Authoritative
Changing
Dynamic
Challenging

6. Open/ Academic Freedom
New Knowledge
Safe jobs/
Risky experiments
Focus on validity, not time
Federal Funding
Proprietary/ IP
ROI (€ € €)
Safe experiments/
Vulnerable jobs
Time to Market
Self-Funded

7. Wicked
Problems
Multiple stakeholders…
Problems caused
by those tasked to
solve them
Solutions require big
investments….
Solutions create
new problems!
Solutions are hard to
test without
implementation…..
No Stop point…..

8. Government
Industry
Universities
“Hub” when I grew up
“Hub” Today

9. Triple Helix Cooperation-
Examples in practice
1. Top-Down- National research-based innovation centers
2. Regional Cooperation (that earns national attention)
3. Bottom-up – Supporting individual initiatives

10. Nationally Funded Partnership

11. Vision
Towards autonomous
offshore operations

12. Work Packages- Pre-competitive technology development

13. Trust Creates Trust
But having lawyers to codify the
rules of engagement
was critical !!

14. Ocean Motion Lab
World Class laboratory infrastructure-
Shared by Partners
PhD student cooperation
across universities

15. Need dependable
remote condition
monitoring techniques
Computer vision
Acoustic emissions
Thermography

16. Regionally initiated Partnership

17. Regional partnership for industrial
competitiveness

18. MIL- Organizational Highlights
• Organized as a separate business
• University owns MIL, but buys 25% of capacity for
research
• 75% of capacity is leased to private sector companies
on project basis
• Building financed as a public-private partnership
• One-time equipment funding from national budget

20. 3D printing & additive manufacturing
Carbon fiber
Kevlar
Fiberglass
HSHT fiberglass
Aluminium alloys
Titanium alloys
Nickel alloys
Cobalt alloys
Cobber alloys
Stainless Steel and other metal alloys
5D post-print milling

21. Industrial Robotics

22. Motors, Drives, and
Winches
High Force Testing
1000 Ton force tolerance
reinforced floor

23. Remote manufacturing
Machine Vision
VR/AR 3D scanning
Climate Chamber

24. Massive Computational Power
Artificial Intelligence

25. Do these situations have a common
denominator??
Condition Based Maintenance!

26. 4.4
Norway
2018

27. Idea
Involvemen
Innovation
Implementation

28. Health Services Innovation Industrial Innovation
Innovation crossover!

29. Supporting Individual Initiatives

32. Student Master degree projects-
Mechatronics
• 2 students working together
• Academic advisor assures theoretical rigour
• R&D problem from regional company

33. Keys to success
1. National, Regional, and Institutional ALIGNMENT
around shared challenge(s)
2. Infrastructure designed BY and FOR all
stakeholders
3. «Translators» that understand both sectors
4. Communication, Communication, Communication
5. TRUST