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Knowledge Transfer Ireland Alison Campbell OBE PhD RTTP Director, Knowledge Transfer Ireland (Central Technology Transfer Office)
Knowledge Transfer Ireland
Alison Campbell OBE PhD RTTP
Director, Knowledge Transfer Ireland (Central Technology Transfer Office)
Knowledge transfer – why do it?
JOBS
REVENUE
SALES
COMMERCIALISATION
RESEARCH
• A new initiative
• A recommendation from the national IP Protocol
The national IP protocol
• Developed by industry, investors, technology transfer, government
• Lays down a framework for industry to access public research
• Mandated the creation of a central Technology Transfer Office
Having a centralised function
• To take a national perspective on the KT system.
Having one organisation
responsible for this ensures a
system-wide approach for
Ireland.
KT in Ireland
• Central
KTI, national perspective• Local
HEI technology transfer and industrial liaison
offices (TTOs and ILOs)
KTI stakeholders
• Business
• Investors
• Funding agencies
• Government Depts
• Researchers
• HEIs
• RPOs
• TTOs
YOU
KTI…..
• enables business to leverage the commercial potential of Irish
research and innovation through connecting businesses with
cutting-edge research, expertise and opportunities.
• takes guesswork out of knowledge transfer through providing a
predictable knowledge transfer system for Ireland by providing
practical resources and streamlining processes.
• undertakes review and reporting on outcomes and impact from
knowledge transfer in Ireland.
• directly supports the development of Ireland’s knowledge transfer
infrastructure
Connect and leverage
• We make the opportunities that business wants to access from
Ireland’s HEIs and State research organisations more visible and more
accessible.
• Using the KTI website, it’s now possible to search for Irish research
expertise, new technologies and licensing prospects all in one place.
• And to connect direct to the right people in the TTOs in Ireland.
• KTI facilitates business, investors, technology transfer professionals
and researchers to connect to share best practice and thought
leadership through the KTI programme of events.
A more predictable KT system
• We are working with business, investors, research funders and TTOs to
review, recommend and implement changes to the way in which Ireland
approaches managing IP and contracting.
• KTI has produced the first in a series of the KTI Practical Guides and
KTI Model Agreements that can support business as it approaches
working with an HEI.
• Ireland’s research funding agencies are working with KTI to help
simplify contracts that underpin business and research collaboration.
Impact from KT – driving business
success
• Innovation from Irish research is driving success for small and large
companies, national and international.
• KTI undertakes review and reporting on outcomes and impact from
knowledge transfer in Ireland.
• And we publish the Annual Commercialisation Survey that describes
the outputs from Irish research performing organisations.
Supporting Ireland’s KT infrastructure
• KTI directly supports the development of Ireland’s knowledge transfer
infrastructure to provide the capacity and capability to deliver first class
service to business and the research community.
• KTI allocates, manages and evaluates the Technology Transfer
Strengthening Initiative (TTSI) programme from Enterprise Ireland that
directly funds the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in Ireland’s HEIs
and State research organisations.
• TTSI1 resulted in product development, increased turnover and job
creation for and by business
• TTSI2 deployed to 8 consortia across Ireland
Ireland’s innovation policy
• The Action Plan for Jobs takes a whole-of-Government approach to supporting job creation.
• The overall objective is to continue to get the economy back on the right path to sustainable, exporting, innovative and enterprise led growth.
• A key pillar of the Action Plan for Jobs is about using Research and Innovation to Drive Job Creation
• KT objectives through KTI (cTTO)
Knowledge transfer & economic
benefitHEI
Research
Expertise
Knowledge
Resources
Technology
IP
Leveraged funding
JobsSpin-out
company
CompanyR&D
Expertise
Knowledge
Resources
Production
Markets
Finance
Innovation Products Revenue
KT
All sorts of
other factors
Capacity, capability,
suppliers, finance etc
What KTI can offer
• Connections
Directory of expertise
Licensing opportunities
Events• A national KT system
Support for KT infrastructure• Resources
Practical guides
Model agreements• Relevance to business & the economy
Case studies
Publications
