A unit of the CSIR:
- Impact through research, development (R&D) and
Innovation in the information and communication
technology (ICT) and the application thereof
• Established in April 2005 – now the largest
concentration of ICT Researchers in South Africa
- 247 staff and students in two main locations in
Pretoria and Cape Town
- Active international R&D collaboration with partners
in Africa, Europe and Asia
• CSIR Meraka Institute produces:
- Local experts in ICT
- Local ICT technology
- Local innovations
Translating intellectual assets into impact – Building innovation capacity with support from SAFIPA - Nicki Koorbanally
1. Nicki Koorbanally
R&D Outcomes Manager
Meraka Institute
19 October 2011
Translating intellectual assets into impact –
Building innovation capacity with support
from SAFIPA
12. R, D & I Approach
Enabling a healthy and sustainable “pipeline” across the
entire innovation value chain
Idea Generation Conversion Diffusion
In-house Cross External Selection Development Spread
Cutting
Renewal/ Human Capital Intellectual Research Technology Transfer &
Emerging Development Assets Advancement Commercialisation
Research
Adaptation of TATA Innometer model
13. Intellectual Asset Management
An asset is something that needs to be used in order
to be an “asset”
Intellectual Asset Management is the process of
consistently turning knowledge into value…
1 2
Create Secure
4 3
Exploit Protect
15. Better positioning for innovation
• Alignment of TTO, business development and strategic research
management
• Research initiated with a clear purpose of the end-goals and
beneficiaries
• Techniques to promote idea generation and renewed pipeline, eg.
Foresighting
• Continuous awareness about innovation and intellectual asset
management – communication!
• Increasing awareness of exploitation models: open source
software licensing, cross licensing, patenting
• Generating income from open source software
• Introduction of market driven initiatives such as working in Living
Lab environments
• Rewards & recognition to align with the innovation strategy
• CSIR excellence awards
• Reward & recognition scheme
16. The Internet is based on a layered, end-to-
end model that allows people at each level
of the network to innovate free of any
central control.
By placing intelligence at the edges rather
than control in the middle of the network, the
Internet has created a platform for
innovation.
Vinton Cerf - Internet - Innovation
18. Output achievements
• Position paper on how to translate R&D outputs into
socio-economic impact
- Holistic approach to managing intellectual assets, from idea to
impact
- Alignment of Outcomes, Business Development and Strategic
Research Management
- Research initiation with clear end goals and beneficiaries
• Technology Transfer Manual Inventor
Mini invention
disclosure IP rights to inventor IP rights to inventor
• Toolkit
Negotiation of Licensing,
- Templates and guidelines Contract
partner
IP rights IP rights to partner also 3rd party
- Technology readiness tool partner
• IP Models to comply with IPR Act Meraka /
CSIR
IP owner
by contract
terms
CSIR invention
disclosure
Invention
evaluation
IP
decisions
Protection
activities
• Innovation Handbook Meraka/CSIR
- Success stories NIPMO reporting IP rights
- Case studies
- Stimulating creativity and idea generation
- Informally communicating policies
- Awareness creation
21. 'Innovation by definition will not be accepted
at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless
demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals
before innovation can be accepted and
internalized by an organization. This
requires 'courageous patience'. '
Warren Bennis
22. Acknowledgements
- SAFIPA and CSIR
- Meraka SRM (Outcomes) team
- Communications - Biffy van Rooyen
- Technical experts - Dr Kari Leppala and
Stephan Lamprecht
Contact details: Nicki Koorbanally
Telephone +27 12 841 4532
Email nkoorbanally@csir.co.za
Web www.csir.co.za