TCI 2015 Innovation Clusters – a National Strategy to Build Technology Capabilities in Singapore

Innovation Clusters – a National Strategy to Build Technology Capabilities in

SingaporePauline Tay

Plenary Session 1: Asian Cluster Model: New Perspective and Trends

NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE SINGAPORE

Our Vision

Singapore as a vibrant, international science and technology hub



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GDP 1991 S$78.56B2014 S$390.1B

Per Capita at 1991 S$25.06Kcurrent market2014 S$71.3Kprices

Singapore’s Economy from 1991 to 2014

National Technology

Plan (1991-1995)S$2 billion

National Science &

Technology Plan (1996-2000)S$4 billion

Science & Technology Plan 2005

(2001-2005) S$6 billion

Science & Technology Plan 2010

(2006-2010) S$13.9 billion

Research, Innovation & Enterprise Plan

2015(2011-2015)

S$16.1 billion

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1991 -1999Technology Intensive

2000 -2014Towards a Knowledge/ Innovation Economy


NRF works through Key Stakeholders in our Research, Innovation & Enterprise Landscape

PM’s Office

Research, Innovation and Enterprise CouncilSupported by the National Research Foundation

Ministries Trade & Industry Education Health Defence

Corp Labs

Other Labs

A*STAR Research Institutes

Institutes of Higher Learning

Hospitals & Medical Centres

Ministries & Other Govt

Labs

DSO National Laboratories

Industry and Enterprises

Economic Devt Board A*STAR

Academic Research Council

National Medical Research Council

(NMRC)

Defence Science and Technology

Agency

Other Ministries

and Agencies

R&D Funding Bodies

R&D Performers


Singapore’s R&D Thrusts


Foundational Capabilities for Future Innovations

Development of Talent

Competitive Funding to Drive Research Excellence

Public-Private Collaborations

Industry Oriented R&D

Foster Commercialisation


Industry Clusters in Singapore


• Singapore has been built on several key industries and to stay on top of an ever-changing economic landscape

• We have invested heavily in developing industries to keep pace and scale for growth.

• Source: Economic Development Board of Singapore

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

CHEMICALS

LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS AND

SERVICES

HEALTHCARE

LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

MEDIA TECHNOLOGY &

ENTERTAINMENT

CITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE

& INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS

PHARMACEUTICALS AND

BIOTECHNOLOGY

PRECISION ENGINEERING

AUTOMOTIVE

ELECTRONICS

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

CONSUMER BUSINESS

CLEAN ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT AND WATER

SAFETY AND SECURITY

MARINE AND OFFSHORE

ENGINEERING

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

INFOCOMM SERVICES & PRODUCTS

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Initi

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Financing Capability Development

5. Technology Intermediaries support IPI

Technology Development Prototype SEEDS Early

Stage Growth Pre-IPO

7. Pre-competitive grantsTECS POC & POV

8. Rationalized co-financing equity and venture fund schemeTIS, SEEDS, ESVF

6. Technology advisory & expertise (Get-up schemes)

1. Gap Funding (POC, MOE IF)

12. Corporate Labs at AUs

2. Innovation and Enterprise Office support TTO Funding

3. Technology Development Infrastructure • Incubators & Accelerators (Incubator Development Programme & Sector-Specific Accelerators)• COI (Centres of Innovation)• PST (Private Sector Translators)

9. Innovation Clusters

10. Corporate Co-investments

13. Partnerships for Capability Transformation (PACT)

14. Government-Lead Demand Projects

11. Collaborative Projects (public-public)

New

Enhanced

EnhancedNew

Platform

New

Enhanced

4. Step Ladder Funding – IIP/UDPNew

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

Initiatives Encourage Innovation & Enterprise


Innovation Clusters


• In 2013, PM announced a S$200 million fund over five years to build new innovative industry clusters

• Encourages technology organisations and economic agencies to work with industry to develop and execute innovation cluster development plans

• Seeks to strengthen partnerships across companies, universities, research institutes and government to bring ideas quickly to market, raise productivity, create jobs and grow strategic technology areas


Innovation Clusters Form Around Singapore


Cleantech / Energy /Water

Biotech /Medtech

PharmaManufacturing

ICT /Media

EngineeringDesign


Water Technologies Innovation ClusterSingapore has been motivated to constantly innovate and develop new water management and treatment technologies such as water reclamation and seawater desalination. Over the last four decades, we established a sustainable water supply4 National Taps - water from local catchment areas, imported water, reclaimed water (NEWater) and desalinated waterToday, Singapore is recognised as a ‘Global Hydrohub’ - 180 water companies in the entire value chain of the water industryAreas for water innovation/test-bedding:-Membrane Technology (Separation Technologies Innovation Cluster)-Intelligent Watershed Management-Network Management-Water and Used water treatment-Water quality and security



Green Buildings Innovation Cluster

The Green Buildings Innovation Cluster programme, launched in September 2014, allocated S$18 million for research and development for green and sustainable buildingsThe Building and Construction Authority (BCA) awarded S$6 million to four research projects on improving the energy efficiency of buildingsThe projects focus on air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systemsBCA will also be launching the smart building technology research and development call, which aims to develop solutions for smart, green and healthy buildings.



Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub

DxD HUB

Regulatory NavigationISO Design Consultation

Talent ManagementCompetency Creation

Clinical ValidationDesign Development

Industry Standardisation

University Polytechnics

A*STAR Medical

Clusters

Entrepreneurial ecosystem

Entrepreneurs Startups

Funding

SPRING Early-stage

VCs

Accelerators TIS

PE Design

Packaging Logistics

Supporting capabilities

SMEs MNCs PSTs

IP Partners and Productisation

Clinical CROs

QMS Angels

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http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/index.html


National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)


NAMIC aims to develop an interconnected network of research performers and industry players to actively develop new AM technologies for industry adoption.

NAMIC@NUS NAMIC@NTU (CLP) NAMIC@SUTD


Meeting Future Challenges

• National Innovation Challenges• SMART Nation Initiative• Virtual Singapore



National Innovation Challenges


Energy National Innovation Challenge • To develop cost-competitive energy

solutions for deployment within 20 years to help Singapore improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and increase energy options

Land & Liveability National Innovation Challenge• To create new space cost-effectively

and optimise the use of space to sustain Singapore’s long-term growth and resilience


SMART Nation Initiative

SMART Nation InitiativeSingapore is building the World's first Smart Nation by harnessing technology to the fullest with the aim of improving the lives of citizens, creating more opportunities, and building stronger communities.The Smart Nation Platform will be one of the anchor initiatives that will enable everyone and everything, everywhere, to be connected all the time in Singapore.


* Including Cybersecurity


Virtual Singapore V3s - Virtualize, Visualize, Venturize

•“Represent the physical Singapore accurately in the virtual space to operate, plan, experiment, take decision for development of infrastructures & deployment of services”

•Collaborative platform for Citizen, Business, Research/Education & Administration

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Fostering Technopreneurship in Innovation

Techventure• Flagship Asian conference/exhibition showcasing entrepreneurial and technology innovation

eco-systems from around the world• Platform to promote exchanges between global tech start-ups and investors• Featuring renowned speakers, investors, corporate ventures, accelerators• We cordially invite all to Techventure 2016 which will showcase multiple international partner

events• Like Us on our Techventure Facebook Page or check out www.techventure.com.sg


http://www.techventure.com.sg/


Thank You


For more info, contact:Pauline [email protected] [email protected]


BACKUP SLIDES


Snapshot of Singapore’s Economy

19%4%4%7%

11%16%

25%14%

GDP Contribution

Infocomm

ConstructionTransport & Storage

Wholesale & Retail

Business Services

Finance & Insurance

Others

33.9%

27.5%

21.3%

9.8%7.5%

Chemicals

Electronics

Precision & Transport Engineering

Biomedical Science

General Manufacturing

Manufacturing


Source: MTI 2012 statistics

Manufacturng


Public Expenditure on R&D

25.2%

9.6%

33.4%

10.4%

21.4%

Electronics

Others (Food sciences, energy, earth & related environmental sciences, etc)

Chemicals

Biomedical Science

Precision & Transport Engineering


Source: A*STAR R&D Survey 2011

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TTOs & Intermediary Businesses

Research Innovation Enterprise

Engineering &

Translational Svcs

GovernmentResearchers

Incubators

An Integrated RIE Strategy



Proof-of-Concept Grants$250K Grants to assist in the development of prototype or proof-of-concept ideas

University Innovation Fund Funding at the universities to promote innovation & entrepreneurshipTranslational R&D Grants$500K Grant for the polytechnics to translate university IP for the market

Technology IncubatorsTo provide start-up capital, bundled with mentorship & incubation. NRF matches 85% funding (up to a cap of $500K) to an incubator’s 15%

Early Stage Venture Fund

1:1 matching for selected funds (up to S$10M per fund) to invest in S’pore - based early stage companies (up to $3M per company)

Start-up Early GrowthPre-CommercialisationIdea

Complementary SPRING SchemesTECs PoC/PoVStart-ups can apply for this to develop technologies from Proof-of-Concept ($250K) to Proof-of-Value ($500K) SEEDs Capital Financing 1:1 equity co-financing scheme Sector-Specific Accelerators/IP translators eg. Medtech/CleantechIncubator Development ProgrammeFunding operational costs and mentorship programmes at incubators

National Framework for Innovation & Enterprise


Industry Research Partnership SchemeTo encourage industry collaboration with IHLs. To gradually progress companies from smaller projects to larger, more extensive collaborations in companies’ areas of interest. Government-Enterprise Co-funding

Corp Lab@UniversityTo attract companies that can work long-term with universitiesTo provide resources for universities to partner with industry and align university R&D with industry needs


Facilitating Industry-University R&D Collaborations


Autonomous Universities

NRF Corp Lab @ Univ

Foster Greater Public-Private

R&D Collaboration

Corp Labs supported• Rolls-Royce@NTU Corp Lab• Keppel-NUS Corp Lab• ImaginAb@DUKE-NUS Corp

Lab• Fujitsu-SMU Corp Lab• ST Engg-NTU Corp Lab

To support AUs in Public-Private R&D Engagement• To attract companies that can

work long-term with AUs• To provide resources for AUs

in partnership with industry

Projected outcomes• Increase collaboration between

AUs and industry• Aligning AU R&D to industry

needs• Building R&D expertise in AU

Provide exposure for R&D talent to industry• Career options beyond the

academia• Corp Labs may quickly ramp up

with R&D manpower from AUs• Attract Industry R&D spending

Companies

Corporate Labs @ Universities


Research Centres of Excellence (RCEs)



RCEs: Achievements

CQT’s production of the Bose-Einstein condensate promoted Singapore to the premier league of experimental atomic physics

The AXA Research Fund Launches its First Chair in Asia



Medium-Sized Centre


• Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) • Seeks to explore, synthesise and develop new devices based on

a broader class of 2D materials (e.g. graphene, phospherene, transition metal dichalcogenides)

• Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP)• Seeks to be the world leader in 3D printing by attracting leading

researchers, nurturing a skilled talent pool and delivering state of the art and innovative solutions to the industry.

• Focus on 3 key areas of importance to Singapore: Aerospace Defence, Building & Construction and Marine & Offshore

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A*STAR’s Research Entities

2010 and present

2000 1990 1987

A*STAR has more than 2,900 scientific and

technical staff (>50% are international

talent from some 60 countries)

BiopolisPhase I(2003)

Biopolis Phase II(2006)

Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB) 1987

Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) 1989

Institute of Micro-electronics (IME) 1991

Data Storage Institute (DSI) 1992

Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE) 1996

Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) 1998

Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) 2000

BioinformaticsInstitute (BII) 2001

Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) 2002

Institute for Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES) 2002

Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (IBN) 2003

Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) 2003

Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) 2005

Singapore Stem Cell Consortium (SSCC) 2006

Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)2006

Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) 2006

Singapore Consortium for Cohort Studies (SCSC) 2006

Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) 2007

Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC)2008

National Metrology Centre (NMC)2008

Fusionopolis Phase I(2008)


Campus for Research and Technological Enterprise (CREATE)

15 Programmes 10 universities



Cybersecurity R&D Programme

• Establishment of a National Cybersecurity R&D programme, involving key agencies MHA, MINDEF, IDA, EDB, NSCS, CSA and NRF

• The programme will:• Develop R&D expertise in cybersecurity for Singapore;

• Coordinate and prioritise R&D efforts in cybersecurity across agencies (a Whole-of-Government Approach); and

• Provide a common platform for R&D collaboration among agencies, academia, research institutes and industry, locally and internationally.

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Cybersecurity R&D Programme

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