Skolkovo is a strategic initiative in Russia to grow the economy through innovation and entrepreneurship. It aims to close the "gap" between research and commercialization seen in Russia. The Skolkovo ecosystem drives innovation through the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, five technology clusters in the Innovation Center, and partnerships with international companies. The Institute provides world-class education and research while clusters and partnerships help startups commercialize technologies and bring international best practices to Russia.
Steven Geiger - Skolkovo Innovation Center - November 2011Ishmidt
An overview of the new innovation center being built in Skolkovo, Russia. Describes the strategy, investment and infrastructure of this strategic initiative of the Russian government.
Sources of innovations have considerably changed in the past. How can policy makers react? What are the key desing features of new innovation support schemes. Based on the so called ANIS approach, regional innovation systems can be analysed and appropriate innovation support schemes developed.
Open Innovation: An Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Brand Pioneers - Henry Che...Sustainable Brands
Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal value creation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation. The paradigm assumes that for invention and scientific advancement, firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology. Dr. Henry Chesborough provides a look at the idea of open innovation as a backdrop to this year's launch of GreenXChange, an open sustainable intellectual property platform and coalition launched at Davos in January.
Steven Geiger - Skolkovo Innovation Center - November 2011Ishmidt
An overview of the new innovation center being built in Skolkovo, Russia. Describes the strategy, investment and infrastructure of this strategic initiative of the Russian government.
Sources of innovations have considerably changed in the past. How can policy makers react? What are the key desing features of new innovation support schemes. Based on the so called ANIS approach, regional innovation systems can be analysed and appropriate innovation support schemes developed.
Open Innovation: An Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Brand Pioneers - Henry Che...Sustainable Brands
Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal value creation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation. The paradigm assumes that for invention and scientific advancement, firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology. Dr. Henry Chesborough provides a look at the idea of open innovation as a backdrop to this year's launch of GreenXChange, an open sustainable intellectual property platform and coalition launched at Davos in January.
Mervi Käki — Creating world innovation centres. Skolkovo Summit of Innovation...Renata George
Summit of Innovation Economy Creators.
Mervi Käki.
2001-2008 - различные управляющие должности в компании Technopolis PLC. Создатель технопарка Отаниеми, Хельсинки. Запустила и координировала программы по развитию инноваций в регионе Вантаа. Координировала и реорганизовала технопарк Иннополи. Партнёр, управляющий директор и главный консультант в компании InnoPraxis International Ltd. Известный специалист по инновациям и участник международных конференций.
In the world of the enterprise, innovation must extend from the initial ambitious ideas gathered from R&D labs around the world, all the way through applied R&D with industry partners, and into the development and commercialization of technology products and platforms.
Innovation starts with the spark of the right culture and talent meeting that ambitious and once hidden idea. But it doesn’t stop there. In the world of the enterprise, I see the practice of innovation as encompassing a full lifecycle. It starts with those crazy and ambitious ideas that are then iterated and shepherded through a rigorous process of applied R&D. For the ideas that finally prove their worth, new technology products
and platforms that address significant business problems are created and taken into the marketplace.
I call this multi-phase process: Full Lifecycle Innovation. It is a practical approach to one of the most creative and essential practices in business today:
Transforming Ideas form the Lab Into Marketplace Realities
The practice of Full lifecycle innovation requires a layer of processes, resources and decision criteria – each one a little different for the four phases of the journey:
1. Open Innovation
2. Applied R&D
3. Product and Platform Development
4. Commercialization
At each step, truly powerful events are triggered, explored and nurtured as different players, technologies and ideas enter the mix. All of them are serving the goal of creating something that is substantially bigger and more impactful than the simple sum of its parts. Something that is truly remarkable.
At NTT i3, we believe that Full Lifecycle Innovation is about:
Curating a culture of ambitious ideas
With rebellious talent from around the world
Dedicated to turning hidden opportunities into real products
That make a difference for the enterprise
Open innovation fast forward seminar jg 2013Alan Scrase
Open Innovation Seminar (29th January 2013):
The “Open Innovation” paradigm is being widely proclaimed as the answer to the issues of expediting commercial success from technology and strengthening industrial competitiveness. However, the term can mean different things to different people according to their sector of industry, place in value chain, and company size. Open innovation sounds very attractive in theory, but in practice, unless well planned by all participants, can give rise to some unanticipated logistical and management issues. Different real scenarios from the speaker’s experience are presented and discussed.
Dr. James Green
Director of Intellectual Property, Ilika plc
Dr Green graduated from Bristol University. He has 42 years experience of innovation and IP. Initially, in industry and contract research, he was later appointed Secretary of the CBI Research & Technology Committee. In 1984, he joined Research Corporation’s venture with 3i plc. He then moved to Ohio as Vice President, Competitive Technologies Inc, returning later to Britain at ANGLE Technology. He relocated to the US in 2001, as Director of Development at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. Returning to the UK, he set up Seges Development Company Ltd, and is currently Director of Intellectual Property at Ilika plc.
Prof. Henry Chesbrough's speech at the Open Innovation Seminar 2008, the first event about the subject in Brazil, promoted by Allagi. The event took place at the World Trade Center São Paulo in June 16, 2008.
Entrepreneurship 101: Commercializing University / Hospital TechnologiesMaRS Discovery District
Speaker: Tom Corr, DBA, MBA, ADipC, Director of Commercialization, IT and Communications, at Innovations at the University of Toronto
An audio presentation can be accessed by going to
http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
and clicking on the October 17, 2006 session:
"Entrepreneurship 101 - An Introduction to Commercializing University/Hospital Technologies"
Sometimes it seems that nearly every large company on the planet is establishing some sort of innovation presence in Silicon Valley – be it a full-blown center, lab or a fledgling outpost. Tech and non-tech companies are here. They’re committing time, dollars and talent in the hope of leveraging
the concentrated startup and academic ecosystems to some varied definitions of success. They’re betting that being close to the epicenter of others’ ideas and success automatically conveys a benefit.
That’s dangerous and lazy thinking.
What’s the rush and what does an innovation presence really contribute to the business and the marketplace as a whole? Is all of the recent frenzied activity the result of some kind of corporate FOMO (“fear of missing out”) around the next big thing? Or is there really something special and unpredictable that comes out of a well-curated and geographically well- situated set of relationships,talent and ideas?
It’s not easy to be ‘innovative,’ and we could quickly drift into the territory of clichéd term if we are not careful.
So what does innovation mean today? Can you create a culture and learn the skills that can serve as the spark and kindling for the pursuit of something that really matters? Or is it ever so easy to commit one of the transgressions of innovation and either think too far out into the future without any purpose, or merely get involved in projects of short-term incremental improvement?
Part of the MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 series.
An outline of various technology business structures
Speaker: Tony Redpath
Download the audio presentation and post questions on the MaRS Blog:
http://blog.marsdd.com/2006/11/02/entrepreneurship-101-debt-vs-equity/
Mervi Käki — Creating world innovation centres. Skolkovo Summit of Innovation...Renata George
Summit of Innovation Economy Creators.
Mervi Käki.
2001-2008 - различные управляющие должности в компании Technopolis PLC. Создатель технопарка Отаниеми, Хельсинки. Запустила и координировала программы по развитию инноваций в регионе Вантаа. Координировала и реорганизовала технопарк Иннополи. Партнёр, управляющий директор и главный консультант в компании InnoPraxis International Ltd. Известный специалист по инновациям и участник международных конференций.
In the world of the enterprise, innovation must extend from the initial ambitious ideas gathered from R&D labs around the world, all the way through applied R&D with industry partners, and into the development and commercialization of technology products and platforms.
Innovation starts with the spark of the right culture and talent meeting that ambitious and once hidden idea. But it doesn’t stop there. In the world of the enterprise, I see the practice of innovation as encompassing a full lifecycle. It starts with those crazy and ambitious ideas that are then iterated and shepherded through a rigorous process of applied R&D. For the ideas that finally prove their worth, new technology products
and platforms that address significant business problems are created and taken into the marketplace.
I call this multi-phase process: Full Lifecycle Innovation. It is a practical approach to one of the most creative and essential practices in business today:
Transforming Ideas form the Lab Into Marketplace Realities
The practice of Full lifecycle innovation requires a layer of processes, resources and decision criteria – each one a little different for the four phases of the journey:
1. Open Innovation
2. Applied R&D
3. Product and Platform Development
4. Commercialization
At each step, truly powerful events are triggered, explored and nurtured as different players, technologies and ideas enter the mix. All of them are serving the goal of creating something that is substantially bigger and more impactful than the simple sum of its parts. Something that is truly remarkable.
At NTT i3, we believe that Full Lifecycle Innovation is about:
Curating a culture of ambitious ideas
With rebellious talent from around the world
Dedicated to turning hidden opportunities into real products
That make a difference for the enterprise
Open innovation fast forward seminar jg 2013Alan Scrase
Open Innovation Seminar (29th January 2013):
The “Open Innovation” paradigm is being widely proclaimed as the answer to the issues of expediting commercial success from technology and strengthening industrial competitiveness. However, the term can mean different things to different people according to their sector of industry, place in value chain, and company size. Open innovation sounds very attractive in theory, but in practice, unless well planned by all participants, can give rise to some unanticipated logistical and management issues. Different real scenarios from the speaker’s experience are presented and discussed.
Dr. James Green
Director of Intellectual Property, Ilika plc
Dr Green graduated from Bristol University. He has 42 years experience of innovation and IP. Initially, in industry and contract research, he was later appointed Secretary of the CBI Research & Technology Committee. In 1984, he joined Research Corporation’s venture with 3i plc. He then moved to Ohio as Vice President, Competitive Technologies Inc, returning later to Britain at ANGLE Technology. He relocated to the US in 2001, as Director of Development at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. Returning to the UK, he set up Seges Development Company Ltd, and is currently Director of Intellectual Property at Ilika plc.
Prof. Henry Chesbrough's speech at the Open Innovation Seminar 2008, the first event about the subject in Brazil, promoted by Allagi. The event took place at the World Trade Center São Paulo in June 16, 2008.
Entrepreneurship 101: Commercializing University / Hospital TechnologiesMaRS Discovery District
Speaker: Tom Corr, DBA, MBA, ADipC, Director of Commercialization, IT and Communications, at Innovations at the University of Toronto
An audio presentation can be accessed by going to
http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
and clicking on the October 17, 2006 session:
"Entrepreneurship 101 - An Introduction to Commercializing University/Hospital Technologies"
Sometimes it seems that nearly every large company on the planet is establishing some sort of innovation presence in Silicon Valley – be it a full-blown center, lab or a fledgling outpost. Tech and non-tech companies are here. They’re committing time, dollars and talent in the hope of leveraging
the concentrated startup and academic ecosystems to some varied definitions of success. They’re betting that being close to the epicenter of others’ ideas and success automatically conveys a benefit.
That’s dangerous and lazy thinking.
What’s the rush and what does an innovation presence really contribute to the business and the marketplace as a whole? Is all of the recent frenzied activity the result of some kind of corporate FOMO (“fear of missing out”) around the next big thing? Or is there really something special and unpredictable that comes out of a well-curated and geographically well- situated set of relationships,talent and ideas?
It’s not easy to be ‘innovative,’ and we could quickly drift into the territory of clichéd term if we are not careful.
So what does innovation mean today? Can you create a culture and learn the skills that can serve as the spark and kindling for the pursuit of something that really matters? Or is it ever so easy to commit one of the transgressions of innovation and either think too far out into the future without any purpose, or merely get involved in projects of short-term incremental improvement?
Part of the MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 series.
An outline of various technology business structures
Speaker: Tony Redpath
Download the audio presentation and post questions on the MaRS Blog:
http://blog.marsdd.com/2006/11/02/entrepreneurship-101-debt-vs-equity/
Learn the fundamental of innovation concepts and foundation for value creation.
Learn Concurrent, reverse, value engineering concept and tools to facilitate successful innovation.
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IT Executive MBA - Leading Innovation in a Digital WorldHadrienDucAdelit
Telecom Ecole de Management and the Institut Mines-Télécom launch its IT Executive
MBA untitled Leading Innovation in a Digital World.
This innovative program targets managers (three years working experience minimum) who
seek the necessary skills to ensure their career will evolve inside their companies to become
the leaders they want to be.
This IT Executive MBA goes back to the origins of the great American MBAs that grew
out of the technological universities. Like these great institutions, Telecom Ecole de
Managemnet, benefits from its unique position in France as THE management school in
Institut Mines-Telecom. Marc Picornell, CTO at HP France, explains: “to boost my career, I
looked for an Executive MBA that combines management and innovation. Unfortunately, the
only MBA programs having this approach are available in the United States, which was not
really convenient for me. I finally found the gem I wanted with the EMBA at Telecom Ecole
de Management”.
Leadership, Management Competencies, Strategic Capabilities and Innovation are the
leitmotivs of this international program (seminars in India, Finland and the USA are an
integral part of the program). The courses will be given in English in Paris, starting in
September 2012.
The CIP’s measures for SMEs- the support for a sustainable growthimpulse.brussels
The European Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) provides three kind of tailor-made measures adapted to SMEs' needs, whatever their activity sectors are.
1.This programme contains several funding schemes supporting market-oriented, sustainable and eco-innovative products, process and services.
2.The CIP also proposes financial tools to reduce the risk for the start-up or to expand the innovative businesses
3. It promotes the internationalisation of SMEs, with the Enterprise Europe Network services portfolios.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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Steven Geiger - Skolkovo - International Best Practices in Innovation Management
1. INTERNATIONAL
BEST PRACTICES IN
INNOVATION
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTATION AT SKOLKOVO
BUSINESS SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 2011
STEVEN GEIGER, COO, SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
2. SOME BACKGROUND ON SKOLKOVO
Skolkovo is a strategic development initiative to:
• Diversify and grow Russia’s economy
through innovation and entrepreneurship
• Develop human capital through world-
class research and education
• Fully-integrate Russian technology
into the global economy
• Create globally-competitive
knowledge-based companies
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3. SKOLKOVO’S RECIPE FOR INNOVATION
Open, transparent, and fair: essential to
attract world-class talent, institutions and
businesses
International standards
Maximum private sector participation
Self-sustaining over time
Physical and virtual layers
3
4. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM IN RUSSIA?
Normal Technology Life Cycle
Technology maturity / market acceptance
Private Large Corporates
Equity
IPOs Commoditization of
Technology
Entrepreneurs
Early
Late
Mid
Basic Applied
ResearchResearch
VC
Time
4
5. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM IN RUSSIA?
Current Russian Situation
The “Gap”:
• Research not linked to market
Technology maturity / market acceptance
• Little early-stage financing or services
• Result: weak commercialization
Private Large Corporates
Equity
IPOs Commoditization of
Technology
Entrepreneurs
Early
Late
Mid
Basic Applied
ResearchResearch
VC
Time 5
6. WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
Close this gap with tools for innovation and commercialization
Technology maturity / market acceptance
Skolkovo “Ecosystem”
Skolkovo Institute
Large Corporates
Innovation Center
• 5 clusters
Commoditization of
• Technopark
Technology
• Key partners
Entrepreneurs
VC
Virtual Skolkovo
Early
Mid
Late
Basic Applied
Research ResearchCity Infrastructure
Time
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7. LET’S SEE HOW THESE DRIVE INNOVATION
1. THE INSTITUTE
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8. SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
World’s first graduate
university to fully-
integrate research,
education, innovation
and entrepreneurship
• Core of Skolkovo ecosystem Strategic partner:
• Source of high-caliber talent
• 1200 graduate students and 300
faculty/post-docs by 2018
• 5 programs, 15 research centers
(each with 3-4 labs)
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9. UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL COLLABORATION
Research Centers SIST
MIT
Energy
Program
Russian &
IT international
Program institutions
Biomed
Program
Space
Program
Nuclear
Program
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10. SO HOW DOES THIS DRIVE INNOVATION IN RUSSIA?
1. World-class R&D
2. Open platform = fresh ideas
3. Program-based = cross-disciplinary innovation
4. CEI ensures innovation is in the organization’s DNA
5. Contract research: new for Russia, change corporate
mentality
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13. 5 TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS
Energy: efficiency, saving, new energy technology
IT: software, engineering, devices
Biomed: biotech, drugs, devices
Space: telecoms, navigation,
Reflecting 5
imaging, life systems
modernization
priorities of the
Russian Nuclear: medicine, energy,
government materials
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14. HOW DO CLUSTERS DRIVE INNOVATION?
1. Find innovative startups
2. Pair with international experts
3. Challenge strategy
4. Provide VC interface
5. Conduct international roadshows, force companies
to measure themselves against the best
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16. HOW DOES TECHNOPARK DRIVE INNOVATION?
1. “Nurtures” startups & spinoffs
2. Collaborative environment
3. Services (IP management, international access)
4. Interface with VCs and SIST
5. Turnover management = create sense of urgency
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18. HOW DO KEY PARTNERS DRIVE INNOVATION?
1. Create and operate R&D centers in Skolkovo
2. Bring best international practices in R&D and
commercialization
3. Co-invest in promising Skolkovo start-ups
4. Provide early commercialization opportunities for
Skolkovo startups
5. Fund research at SIST
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19. SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DRIVING OTHER
WORLD-CLASS INNOVATION
Challenge:
Turn a tiny country (400,000 citizens) with few scientific or
technological resources into a world leader in innovative
“green” technologies
Results achieved: (2006-2010)
• Dominant investor in “green” technology ($15 billion)
• World’s first zero-carbon city under construction
• Awarded UN Headquarters for Renewable Energy
• World’s largest offshore wind farm (London Array)
• World’s largest CSP plant (Shams 1)
• World’s first 24-hour solar power plant (Gemasolar)
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20. SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DRIVING OTHER
WORLD-CLASS INNOVATION
Case study of Masdar PV: innovative thin-film photovoltaics
Masdar PV
August 2008 December 2008 August 2009
• Required simultaneously innovating the technology and the
production process
• Speed was critical: 12 months from groundbreak to first production
• Intensely international: American supplier, European management,
Middle East financing, German R&D, global market
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21. LESSONS LEARNED
• Innovation is intensive global collaboration
• Incremental innovation vs. step-change: which are you,
does your industry accommodate, is your time-to-
market realistic?
• Excessive attempts to limit risk inherently limit chances
of success
• There is no alternative to innovation, learn to live with it
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22. THANK YOU
For more information, please contact:
Steven Geiger
COO
sgeiger@corp-i-gorod.com
Or visit our website:
www.i-gorod.com
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