Innovation Clusters – a National Strategy to Build Technology Capabilities in
SingaporePauline Tay
Plenary Session 1: Asian Cluster Model: New Perspective and Trends
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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
5-ye
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S&T
Plan
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1991 -1999Technology Intensive
2000 -2014Towards a Knowledge/ Innovation Economy
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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
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Singapore’s R&D Thrusts
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Foundational Capabilities for Future Innovations
Development of Talent
Competitive Funding to Drive Research Excellence
Public-Private Collaborations
Industry Oriented R&D
Foster Commercialisation
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Industry Clusters in Singapore
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• 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
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Innovation Clusters
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• 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
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Innovation Clusters Form Around Singapore
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Cleantech / Energy /Water
Biotech /Medtech
PharmaManufacturing
ICT /Media
EngineeringDesign
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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
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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.
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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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National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)
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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
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Meeting Future Challenges
• National Innovation Challenges• SMART Nation Initiative• Virtual Singapore
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National Innovation Challenges
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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
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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.
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* Including Cybersecurity
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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
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Thank You
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For more info, contact:Pauline [email protected] [email protected]
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BACKUP SLIDES
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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
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Source: MTI 2012 statistics
Manufacturng
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Facilitating Industry-University R&D Collaborations
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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
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Research Centres of Excellence (RCEs)
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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
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Medium-Sized Centre
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• 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)
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Campus for Research and Technological Enterprise (CREATE)
15 Programmes 10 universities
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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