Providing Leadership & Space for OPEN INNOVATION UPC Innovation HUB Labs

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech is a public institution of Higher Education and Research specialised in the areas of Architecture, Engineering, Science and Technology.

Committed to excellence, a driver of economic and social change, an institution that's extremely well connected to the productive fabric

31,224

3,015 teaching and research staff

students

205 research groups

21 schools

63 Bachelor’s degrees

275 M€

2016 budget

49 Doctoral

70 Masters’ degrees

programmes

LOGISTICS AND MOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES

URBANISM AND SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES

INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES

UPC

Technologies

Scientific and technical services as installations, laboratories and forefront equipment to support research and innovation

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

www.lab.upc.edu

21 schools + 33 departaments + 45 research and associated institutes

UPC Technology

A network of core

research facilities and nodes that play a prominent role in innovation and development, to turn ideas into

reality

Some of the outcomes

 2300 scientific papers per year  1200 active projects in progress per year  355 PhD thesis per year

 A Position 76-100 at world level and 2a in Spain in the Ranking ARWU (Engineering, Tecnology and Computer Science

 A Top university in Catalunya in number of projects funded through the H2020 program and the second in Spain in return on investment

UPC and

innovation

Created in 1971, one of the UPC missions is… …to put the university research and technological transfer capability at the service of the innovation in business

dealing with their technological needs, providing an integral and multidisciplinary technological service,

thereby supporting the enterprise innovation

Creation of a Technology Transfer Center in 1987

Innova program Created to boost and facilitates the protection, valorization and transfer of research results UPC brings its research and innovation closer to those who need it, executing the most suitable option for each need

1999 Innova Program 2008 Patents Office 2010 Valorization Unit

The Science and Technology Park of the UPC created in 2005

To facilitate knowledge transfer to contribute to the development of innovation ecosystems to foster synergies between research stakeholders and companies and to ensure successful projects and enterprises

The UPC Technology Center (CIT UPC) created in 2010 is a non-profit entity, attached to the UPC but with its own legal personality Dedicated to applying university research capabilities to innovation in business To promote greater business competitiveness by creating, developing and implementing in companies differential technological knowledge generate at UPC To become an international benchmark for excellence in research, technology transfer and innovation

Espai emprèn Created in 2013 offers incubation spaces and boosts entrepreneurship for UPC students, graduates and researchers

Some of the outcomes

 455

Patent licenses (2009-2015)

 291

spin-off and start-up companies created (1998-2015)

 62,507,381 €

Research income (2015)

18,679,000 € from contracts with companies

 2,494 Sponsoring and collaborating companies  ESA Business Incubation Center located in and supported by the UPC

Technology Transfer System, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in UPC NEW STRUCTURE FOR Technology

EXCELENT TECH

Transfer Center

TRANSFER ESPAI

INNOVA 31

(CTT)

Patent Office 1999

1987

EMPRÈN

2010

2013

2005 2008

2001 PROGRAMA INNOVA (CE)

CIT UPC

(in process)

K2M PROGRAM PARC UPC

2016

NEW TOOLS AND VALORITZATION UNIT

PROGRAMMS FOR AN EXCELENT TECH

K2M PROGRAM TechPARC UPC

TRANSFER (in process)

Open Innovation as a new paradigm It’s not suitable (nor possible) to innovate alone

Together, working in a network, risk and reward may be shared and the potential of knowledge may be multiplied Much of the funding for innovation is aimed at promoting cooperation between companies and academic institutions

Changing from the old models of managing innovation Classical University model

New model

Isolated services: Patents Office, Licensing, Contract research, Individual relation with Companies

More complex and network system. Collaborative research and development

Be more proactive

Define strategic sectors and technologies

Define new tools, vehicles and structures

Creating new Partnerships

New structure of UPC INNOVATION Management Spinoff creation unit

INNOVATION HUB Labs

Old Companies Chair model Closed relationship research group

UPC TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

with

Entrepreneurship and Incubation unit

New INNOVATION HUB Labs a

Open, transversal collaboration and new programs

UPC TALENT AND TRAINING

UPC ENTERPRISING UNIVERSITY

UPC TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

Diagnosis Programs of the technological situation of the company and proposals for the improving productivity, encouraging research through the integration of UPC scientific and technological capabilities. Offer of Labs and scientific equipment to promote open innovation.

UPC Technological Diagnosis Pills Technological needs Diagnosis Program for the improvement of the technological position of the company.

UPC Innovation course for companies Training courses for that companies (SME’s) that wants to know about innovation.

UPC Technological Ramp UP Program for bilateral development and advances in TRL for technology and patents with business interest

Industrial Doctorate Program The industrial doctorate Program focusses in a research project carried out at a company, where doctoral students will further develop their research training (as a doctoral thesis PhD) in collaboration with a university. Therefore, the industrial doctorates act as a bridge for knowledge transfer and encourage closer ties between Catalan industry, universities and research centers.

UPC TALENT AND TRAINING

Internship programs, development of graduate tailor-made courses for companies and programs of identification of talent through real projects of the company.

Internships Attracting talent through educational cooperation agreements through apprenticeships at companies or the development of Bachelor o Master's Thesis in topics of common interest and defined by the company.

Millennial UPC challenges Identification of talent programme through real projects for the company.

Master and Graduate Programmes Participation in Master's degree Programmes and development of graduate tailor-made courses for companies with the possibility of In Company training through qualified teachers and the company own staff.

Talent UPC-Enterprise scholarships Scholarships Programme for students developing part of their Master or Graduate training programme in collaboration with the company and under supervision of an external tutor

Forums of Enterprise UPC offers some forums to connect companies with last-year students and alumni.

UPC ENTERPRISING UNIVERSITY

Program for the development of sector technological entrepreneurship projects, for the incubation and mentoring of new business ideas and innovative projects. Access to a broad portfolio of patents and to investment forums of the best start-ups generated by UPC

LET- Technological Entrepreneurship Lab Program for the UPC-Industry bilateral development of technological entrepreneurship projects in preseed phase of an idea in order to become a company project, developed by Students, Phd candidates, Researchers, external Entrepreneurs with a technological project solving present problems.

Sector Technology Incubation Program Bilateral UPC-Industry development of Corporative Incubation of Technology Entrepreneurship projects in the sector of interest of the company at an advanced stage of development.

UPC Technological Patents Access to a broad portfolio of patents

ACCEL UPC - Investor's Day Investment Readiness Program for high potential industrial projects (UPC environment).

Open hub for industrial and academic partners from the areas of automotive and mobility research & innovation.

CARNET founding members

CARNET Industrial partners

A Cooperation Platform with the mobility industry, universities and institutional partners • Scouting activities on ‘Urban Mobility’ in Barcelona • Strategic contribution to strengthen the automotive sector in Spain / Catalonia • Proactive Recruiting for the Automotive Industry • Networking and international Research Funding

Maturing powertrain technologies

Lightweight materials

Quick advances in connected vehicles

New paradigm for people mobility choices

Emergence of autonomous vehicles

Trying to build up, foster and leader the innovation ecosystem

Thanks for your attention!

Lourdes Reig

Esther Real

Vicerrector for International Relations [email protected]

Vicerrector for Knowledge Transfer [email protected]

Concept: Bridging the transfer gap Project Funding

Technology Transfers

Qualified Training

Qualified Candidates

Academic Research

Product Development

Scouting Creation Feasibility Knowledge

Product Definition Integration Testing Optimisation

Transfer Gap

Senior Researchers

Senior Developers

Industrial PHDs

Junior Employees

Technology Expertise

Product Expertise & Tasks

 CARNET bridges the transfer gap between academic research and industrial product development  Centralised collaboration (project house) with industrial guidance is a key factor for innovation and technology transfer

http://www.carnetbarcelona.com