The LIEU network brings together the Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTOs) of Belgian French-speaking universities and higher education institutions to facilitate collaboration between business and research. It takes a thematic approach focused on areas like micro and nanotechnologies, ICT, materials, energy, environment, agro-food, and biotechnology and health. The network identifies industrial needs and matches them with academic offers, promotes academic competencies and technologies, and enables collaborative projects and technology transfer between companies and researchers. LIEU brings together over 10,000 researchers working on these topics.

1. « connecting business to research »
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2. French-speaking Community
of Belgium & FNRS
Regions (Wallonia & Brussels)
International Public Funds
(European)
Companies (belgian & foreign)
Others
Sources: CReF, 2013
Universities: a high potential of innovation
Research Expenditure: 688 M€ /year (10.000 researchers)

3. The LIEU network brings together the
Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTOs)
of Belgian French-speaking
Universities and Higher Education
Institutions.
Clear policies in institutions to
provide services to society by
contributing to innovation and
regional development.
LIEU, a KTOs Network

4. LIEU, a thematic approach
Micro & Nanotechnologies
ICT
Materials
Energy &
Environment
Agro-
food
Biotechnology & Health
Social & Human Sciences
ACTIVITIES
Collaborative projects and collaborative
technology transfer
Relationship with companies, clusters and
others major actors
Industrial needs identification and matching
with academic offers
Promotion of academic competencies and
technologies
Networking Business/ Research
Working group Composition:
• 1 coordinator, a single contact
• 1 representative per institution
LIEU brings together the
skills of more than 10 000
researchers,
in areas such as:

5. Micro & Nanotechnologies & ICT
Sébastien ADAM
+32 (0)10 47 24 43
sebastien.adam@uclouvain.be
Laurent GALAS
+32 (0)81 72 53 39
laurent.galas@unamur.be
Claudio TRUZZI
+32 (0)2 650 6591
claudio.truzzi@ulb.ac.be
Coordinator
Jérémie FAYS
+32 (0)434 98 521
j.fays@ulg.ac.be
Yves LACCROIX
32 (0)81 41 38 12
laccroix.y@synhera.be
Sandrine BROGNAUX
+32 (0)65 37 47 97
sandrine.brognaux@umons.ac.be

6. 181
Priority patents
filed
509
Applied research Contracts
118
Technology
transfers
15
Created
Spin-offs
10.000
Researchers
191
Invention
disclosures
Achievements 2016

7. 0
40
80
120
160
2002 – 2016
1000 technology transfers
Biotech/Agrofood
Biotech/Health
NICTs
Materials
Engineering
Energy
Electronics
Others
(by sector: 2002-2014)

8. 0
5
10
15
20
1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
1981 – 2016
273 created spin-offs
Biotech/Agrofood
Biotech/Health
NICTs
Materials
Engineering
Energy
Electronics
Others
(by sector: 2002-2014)

9. Thank you
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