Presentation given on July 18th 2012 meeting on EU collaboration at the Royal Society. Presenting Technology Strategy Board ICT / Digital activities and Connected Digital Economy Catapult.

1. Driving Innovation
Technology Strategy Board
ICT & Digital strategy & investments
18 July 2012
Dr. Maurizio Pilu
Technology Strategy Board

2. Driving Innovation
What I will cover ....
• The Technology Strategy Board
• Investment framework
• The Digital programme
• The ICT programme
• Catapults
– in particular the Connected Digital Economy

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What is the Technology Strategy Board?
• We are the UK’s Innovation Agency
• A national body set up in 2007 to invest in
business innovation
• We work across business, universities and
government
• We mostly come from business
• We have a budget of over £300m/year (£390m
for 2012/13)

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Some facts and figures
• Invested – with partners - >£2.5b in innovation
• Every £1 invested returns £7 in GVA
• 50 new competitions in 2011/12 (~60 this year)
• Invested in over 3000 projects
• Working with 4000 companies, 110 universities
• ~50% of funding to SMEs this year
• >£60m invested in small business in SBRI
• 50,000 businesses on our _connect innovation platform
• >9000 people participated at TSB events

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Our strategy:
Concept to
Commercialisation

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Our 5 Strategic Focus Areas
• Accelera'ng
the
journey
–
from
concept
to
commercialisa'on
• How
businesses
can
get
to
market
sooner
-­‐
and
more
effec6vely
• Connec'ng
the
innova'on
landscape
• Helping
companies
to
find
the
best
answers,
exper6se
and
help
• Turning
Government
ac'on
into
business
opportunity
• Where
Government
procures,
regulates,
standardises...
• Inves'ng
in
theme
areas
based
on
global
poten'al
• Large
markets
which
the
UK
is
equipped
to
exploit
• Con'nuously
improving
our
organisa'onal
capability
• Impact
assessment,
metrics,
measures,
efficiency,
effec6veness.

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Challenge-led areas
à Led by societal challenges
à Influenced by government and regulation
• Energy
• Built environment
• Food
• Healthcare
• Transport

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Competency areas
à Enable translation of enabling technologies
into products and services
• High value manufacturing
• Digital services
• Satellite applications

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Enabling technologies areas
à build capability in the underpinning areas that
enable a sure and effective response to
market needs
• Advanced materials & nanotech
• Bioscience,
• Electronics, photonics and electrical
systems
• Information and communication
technologies

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The Toolset
Range
of
Tools
with
different
objec6ves
/
characteris6cs
Smart Collabora've
R&D
Launchpad

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Instruments vs scale of impact

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Instruments vs
organization type

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Our delivery plan for 2012-13
Example of action plan
http://www.innovateuk.org/_assets/0511/delivery_plan_2012.pdf

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Investment framework in ICT / Digital

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TSB’s investments in ICT/Digital
• Technology-inspired ICT & EPES programme
• Digital programme
• Other challenge-inspired innovation
– Intelligent transport, Modern built environment
– Innovation Platforms such as Assisted Living
– Application areas such as intelligent transportation
• Catapult centres
• Fostering the innovation climate (KTNs, KTPs)
• Support to EU programmes
• Pre-commercial procurement

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19. Note: size of rectangles for illustration only
Driving Innovation

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Value chain view ....
Supply side Demand side
Transport
Energy
Health
Built env.
Cities
.....
Challenge-inspired,
Sector specific innovation
Digital programme, challenge inspired
Technology innovation (e.g. ICT and “EPES”)

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Digital Programme

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The Technology Strategy Board’s
Digital programme
• Mission:
to help innovative
businesses unlock the
economic potential of
digital technology, by
identifying and
addressing systemic
challenges and resolving
tensions between
people, processes and
technology.

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Trends that fuel digital innovation
Technology: Societal:
+ data generated + ageing
+ demand on networks + environment
+ mobility + inclusion
+ m2m +....
+ openness
+ cloud
+ services
+ user generation
+ crow sourcing
+ ....

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Biggest opportunity? “Internetization”.....

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Priority strategic objectives
• Moving towards a world of pervasive digital services
• Building the case for investment in emerging digital
infrastructure and platforms
• Enabling new business models and opportunities in a world of
connected objects
• Increasing trust and resilience in a rapidly changing, connected
world
• Improving people’s lives and experiences in the digital world
• Harnessing the economic value of information and content
• Enabling and creating business opportunities in and across
new digital value networks and communities

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What we tackle: “Digital” challenges
Digital Strategic Update, Oct 2010
Examples:
• Internet of Things Convergence
• Trusted Services
• Better value chains driven by metadata

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Digital: some priorities for this year
• Connected Digital Economy Catapult centre
• Innovating in the Cloud competition
(Competition)
• Internet of Things Convergence Demonstrator
(integrated programme + competition)
• Media convergence (competition)
• More info on
http://www.innovateuk.org/_assets/0511/
delivery_plan_2012.pdf

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ICT Programme

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Software Enabling Technology Innovation
Data Exploration
4 Themes
User Experience Confidence in
Distributed ICT

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Software Engineering sub-themes
Software exploitation
Multi-disciplinary Incentivising
of H/W developments
software creation software skills
Energy efficient
Ensuring software
Designing for autonomy software
quality despite low
and intelligence barriers to entry

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Catapults &
Connected Digital Economy
catapult

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Catapults (technology and Innovation centres)

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Announcement (David Cameron)
• Following the Hauser review and Dyson report
• Over £200m will be invested in a network of elite
technology and innovation centres
• To be established and overseen by the
Technology Strategy Board
• Ramping up to £80m pa steady state (tbc)
• Working assumption: 6 to 8 Centres across the
UK

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What is a Catapult
Business-focused centre that makes world-leading technical
capability available to businesses to solve their technical
challenges. Provides access to world-leading technical
expertise, infrastructure, skills and equipment
• Access to world-leading technology & expertise
• Reach into the knowledge base for world-class science
• Capability to undertake collaborative R&D projects with business
• Capability to undertake contract research for business
• Strongly business focused with a professional delivery ethos
• Create a critical mass of activity
• Skills development at all levels

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UK Landscape & Context
TRL:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Universities
TIC / Institutes
Industry
Research
Centre
Industry
Catapult/
Institute
(Large & SME’s)
University
Map the landscape from Research through to Challenge Areas
for each key technology & application areas:
Research Research Centres Technology & Innovation RTOs, PSREs etc Industrial Industry Commitment UK Priorities
excellence Centres R&D Centres
RCUK to RCUK , charity & RDA/DA centres, etc. Other Major R&D - Opportunities for UK - Low Carbon
identify other centres and - Existing organisations in centres & - Willingness to - Digital Economy
institutes (IMRC’s - Proposed the area. incubators co-invest - Energy
IKC’s EIT’s etc) - Potential - Health/Medicine

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Impact & Scale
• A critical mass to anchor globally mobile
companies & reflecting the UK context
• Funding Model:
⅓ = business funded contracts = competitive
⅓ = CR&D projects = competitive
⅓ = Core public investment
• Large measure of autonomy for individual centres
“subject to satisfactory performance...”
• Total revenue ~£20-30m pa equates to 100-200
staff; £10-15m pa from businesses

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Catapults announced
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Cell Therapy
• Offshore renewable
• Satellite applications
• Connected Digital Economy ICT intensive
• Future Cities
• Integrated Transport

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Connected Digital Economy Catapult
To
make
the
UK
the
best
place
in
the
world
to
develop
and
launch
new
digital
plaMorms,
systems,
services
and
products
powering
the
“internet
economy”.
Facili'es
&
pilots
Demonstra'on/test
beds
“Big
data”
Strategic
R&D
User
centricity
and
experience
Trusted
internet
Closeness
to
market
Infrastructure
&
mobile
Areas
of
exper'se
Strategic
objec'ves

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Connected Digital Economy Catapult
Opening in spring 2013 and configured to:
– become a world-class centre of applied R&D
– support the journey “research” ßà “application”
– collaborate widely and openly
– support innovation & business in many “sectors”
– build communities within and between sectors
– provide test-beds, expertise and networks to SMEs
– help UK be the place to innovate in the Internet
Economy

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Role of Catapult in EU/H2020:
What businesses told us....

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http://www.innovateuk.org
Dr. Maurizio Pilu
twitter: maurizio_tsb
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