Maximizing impact of business engagement Tim Engels tim

Maximizing impact of business engagement Tim Engels, tim. engels@uantwerp. be YERUN staff meeting, September 3 -4 2018, Brunel University London

About the University of Antwerp

Rector team Prof. Herman Van Goethem started his first term as rector on 1 October 2016. Prof. Ronny Blust (Faculty of Science): vicerector and chair of the Research Council. Prof. Ann De Schepper (Faculty of Applied Economics): vice-rector and chair of the Education Council. Prof. Filip Lardon (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences): vice-rector and chair of the Council for Service to Society. Prof. Silvia Lenaerts (Faculty of Science): vicerector Valorisation & Development and Chair of the Council of the Industrial Research Fund 3

UAntwerpen in numbers • • • 4 Middle-sized, research-intensive university 800+ professors & lecturers 2, 800 researchers of which 1, 800 Ph. D students (40% international) 21, 000 students (21% international) Traditionally strong emphasis on curiosity-driven and strategic basic research Since 2013 new faculties and departments (esp. Faculties of Applied Engineering and Design Sciences) give strong impetus to applied research

20 M Private Funding & Competitive Research Funding UAntwerpen 14. 3 M International Funding 140000000 7 M 120000000 Private Funding & 5. 5 M 10000 International funding 80000000 60000000 40000000 20000000 0 2007 2008 2009 BOF/IOF 5 FWO 2010 2011 International funding 2012 2013 Government funding 2014 2015 Private funding 2016 2017

82 actieve patentfamilies & 29 spin-offs

Valorisation vision and mission

Using the knowledge from innovative research for the benefit of the economy and society by means of a product, a process, an organization or a business model. 8

How to valorise? Quadruple helix approach, position the university as open to and seeking collaboration 9

What do we wish to achieve?

Strategy A CLEAR FOCUS ON VALORISATION DOMAINS BUILDING BRIDGES TO PARTNERS INCREASED SUPPORT FOR VALORISATION POTENTIAL STRONGER RECOGNITION OF VALORISATION INITIATIVES REINFORCEMENT OF VALORISATION INITIATIVES EXPANSION OF A HIGH-QUALITY IP PORTFOLIO PROGRAMMES IN ENTERPRISE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRONG INTERACTION WITH INVESTORS 11

Valorisation Consortia • • 12 ADDN: Antwerp Drug Discovery Network EGAMI: Expert Group Antwerp Molecular Imaging Vaxinfectio-PO: Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute - Product Development Enviromics: Environmental solutions and assessment NANOcenter: Advanced materials characterisation and computational modeling NEXOR: Next Generation of Heterogeneous Sensor Networks and Cyber-Physical Systems Sus. Chem. A: Sustainable Chemistry Network Antwerp

Missing link : pre-incubator environments A pre-incubator is : ‘. . . risk-reduced environment where entrepreneurial ideas can be tested for market viability before progressing into the business incubator’ (Dickson, 2004, p. 533). 13

Set up pre-incubation environments for four valorisation domains Materials for sustainable chemistry Logistics & Mobility Health Smart city & Technologies

Challenges • Governance Lean • Flow From research => business idea => project => spin-off From pre-incubation => incubation • Fit Pre-incubator with the ecosystem => identification & fit with stakeholders => attraction of external expertise from business & finance

Example of preincubation hubs

What is the Beacon? The Beacon is a business and innovation hub in Antwerp with office space for leading companies in Internet of Things (Io. T). Technological corporates, innovative start-ups, scale-ups and cutting edge researchers gather at The Beacon to develop strong Io. T-products for industry, logistics and smart cities. 17

What is Blue_App? Blue_App is a unique open innovation hub for materials in sustainable chemistry in a quadruple helix approach with an integration of multidisciplinary disciplines (IT, economics, social sciences, …) in Flanders. Blue_App is a living lab for materials in sustainable chemistry. 18

Unique selling proposition: Why in Antwerp? The largest, integrated chemical cluster of Europe, with the 2 nd largest port of Europe. Quadruple helix approach 19

www. uantwerpen. be/forcompanies 20

Structure Department Research Affairs & Innovation (ADOC) Vice-rector Research Prof. Dr. Ronny Blust Head of the department Tim Engels Research Council Bureau Research Council Vice-rector Valorisation & Development Prof. Dr. Silvia Lenaerts CFO Martin Decancq IOF Council Bureau IOF Council Department Research Affairs & Innovation (ADOC) Antwerp Doctoral School Head: Pieter Spooren Research Affairs Grants Office Valorisation Office Head: Jord Hanus Head: Anne Adams Head: Jurgen Joossens Legal Office Head: Haïté Vanderwaeren

The Valorisation Office connects the academic world to the business world. We help researchers with the ‘transfer’ of knowledge and technologies towards the business world. And this works both ways. 22

Our team IP Steven. Vermeir@uantwerpen. be Experten Office management Market Analysis Events & Marketing Ellen. Bogaert@uantwerpen. be Exact & Applied Ilse. Bockstael@uantwerpen. be svetlana. samsonova@uantwerpen. be Francoise. Wouters@uantwerpen. be Life Sciences Barbara. Tan@uantwerpen. be Port of the Future Data & Quality IOF Social Sci. & Humanities Bram. Verbinnen@uantwerpen. be Britt. Raes@uantwerpen. be Iris. vanaelst@uantwerpen. be tom. bosschaerts@uantwerpen. be Blue_App Valorisatie- managers