Kevin is an Executive Director at Enterprise Ireland with responsibility for Global Business Development. In this role he is responsible for Enterprise Ireland’s activities with all sectors both in Ireland and Overseas. He is a member of Enterprise Ireland’s Executive Committee, Investment Fund Committee, Industrial & Research Commercialisation Committee and is Chairman of EI’s Seed & Venture Capital Committee. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a BSC in Engineering and a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at Wharton University, USA.

1. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Launch
- A Dublin City Council and Enterprise Ireland partnership -
March 8th 2016
Kevin Sherry
Executive Director
Global Business

2. Today- Launching a new Smart Dublin initiative
• Dublin City Council / Enterprise Ireland Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) new collaborative project
- Smart Dublin Cycle Challenge -
• Enterprise Ireland congratulates Dublin City Council for
- Vision in recognising the significant SBIR benefits
- Outreach to innovative Irish companies

3. Smart City – A major opportunity
Smart City - Focused on sustainability, economic development and high quality of
life, to be achieved through infrastructure, human capital, social capital and ICT
infrastructure.
Estimated market
value 2020:
€ 1,25 trillion
Source: Frost&Sullivan Report

4. What is SBIR?
• Process designed to drive innovation into the public sector
• Facilitates new type of engagement between procurers & innovative SMEs
• Involves different suppliers & is competitive through 2 phases of development
1) Technical Feasibility Stage and 2) Prototype Stage
• Involves sharing of the risks & benefits by the Procurers & Suppliers

5. SBIR – The Benefits
• Helps the Public Sector address some key challenges by
- Using Innovation to achieve step function improvement
- Sourcing external solutions to challenges
• Supports the development of innovative companies by
- Providing a lead customer/R&D customer
- Providing a route to market
- Providing funding & credibility for fund raising

6. SBIR - Key Features
Development contracts
• 100% funded R&D – not a grant!
• SBIR Ireland operates under EU Pre-Commercial Procurement rules
• Deliverable based rather than hours worked/costs incurred
IP rests with Supplier
• Co.'s own IP
• Certain usage rights with Public Sector
• Co.'s encouraged to exploit IP

7. SBIR Ireland – Example 1
• Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solution for Shared Parking Areas
• Tri-partite collaboration – Enterprise Ireland, ESB eCars, SEAI
• Phase 1 - €25k per company for technical feasibility - completed
• Phase 2 - up to €100k approx. for a demonstration phase - starting

8. SBIR Ireland Example 2
• SBIR Smart Technology Solution for Homeowner Utilisation,
Presentation, or Interpretation of BER datasets
• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Building Energy Rating (BER)
• Evaluation completed for Phase 1 February 2016
• Phase 1 Commencement date April 2016

9. SBIR Ireland – An opportunity
Calling on Contracting Authorities (CAs);
• Interested in seeking innovative solutions
• Open to defining their “Unmet Needs”
• Open to engaging with SME’s
• Increase understanding of process driven innovation

10. SBIR Contact
Maria Gavin
Enterprise Ireland
maria.gavin@enterprise-Ireland.com