Transcript European Business and Technology Center (EBTC)

EU-India Research, Innovation and Business
Research, Innovation & Higher Education, European Roadshow 2014
www.ebtc.eu
Contents
1. About EBTC
2. Connecting & Building Networks
3. EBTC’s Role in Research: Research-Innovation-Business , Clusters &
IPR
4. Ongoing Activities in Research & Innovation
5. Sector Highlights
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Biotechnology
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Energy
Case Study: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
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Environment
Case Study: EBTC Water Partnership
Case Study: Joint research for technology commercialisation
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Transport
6. Exploring New Frontiers
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About EBTC
 4 locations across India: New Delhi (HQ), Mumbai,
Bengaluru and Kolkata.
 4 core sectors: Biotechnology, Energy, Environment
and Transport.
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steps from Visibility to Incubation
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Providing Information and Intelligence.
Supporting the market entry process from scratch.
Providing full service incubation support for R&D
and business.
 Working in partnership:
– Over 30 partners in Europe and India.
Supporting EU-India clean technology collaborations from research to
commercialisation !
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Connecting & Building Networks
 Businesses:
• EU organisations seeking partnerships with Indian counterparts to develop collaborative
projects and business.
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Researchers:
European R&I and S&T institutions seeking to develop programmes with Indian institutions.
EBTC to further:
Increase the EU-India ‘brain-circulation’
Collaboration opportunities
Promoting joint applied research
EBTC strives to create and sustain connections between groups with a
common purpose.
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EBTC’s Role in Research
March 2013
ResearchInnovationBusiness
European
Technology
Experience Centre
Bridging EUIndia businessresearch needs
Facilitation of
projects under
Horizon 2020
EU-India
Coordination
EBTC’s Role in
Research
Demonstration
projects
Cluster
Collaboration
Building
bidding
consortiums
Implementing
Policy Intent
Intellectual
Property
Rights (IPR)
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Research-Innovation-Business (RIB)
EU researchers can leverage
high talent/ lower cost.
Technology Localisation
analysis and strategy planning
India can leverage research
management.
EBTC provides Technology
Management support for EU
technologies to be deployed in
India. Focus on technical and
financial aspects across the
value chain.
EBTC creates networks and
will handhold new partnerships
and mentor on IPR issues.
Commercialisation &
Collaboration
EBTC supports on joint
product development which
can be transitioned to
market.
RIB activities in optical inspection technology, solar, and wave
technology.
Providing services in each of the 3 Stages to commercialisation
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Cluster Collaboration
Collaboration between clusters
 Transport Cluster: developing sustainable mobility solutions for the state
of Karnataka.
 Promote Cluster management models with regional government
institutions, industry groups, university and research institutions etc.
 EBTC has an MoU with the EU Cluster Collaboration platform.
 Capacity building on best practices of cluster management in the EU
 EBTC will be setting up a Cluster Helpdesk.
 Recent cluster event: EU-India cluster matchmaking event on resource
efficiency and clean technologies (Mumbai, October 2013)
EBTC is an inductive platform for clusters
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Addressing Intellectual Property Rights
The IPR Helpdesk addresses:
 IP licensing
 IP enforcement
 IP commercialisation / technology transfer
 Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), Confidentiality
Agreements, (CA)
– Validity and enforcement
– Penalties
 IP management issues related to jointly developed
technologies
– Ownership Issues
 IP issues related to cross-organisation R&D engagements
 Restrictive terms in licensing agreements
 Trademark and copyright challenges
Crucial for collaborative research, IPR issues are
addressed through the EBTC IPR helpdesk!
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IPR Helpdesk
The EBTC IPR helpdesk: providing a range of IPR support services!
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Ongoing Activities in Research & Innovation
March 2013
Identifying EUIndia research
opportunities
Collaborating
with multilateral agencies
Exploring new
frontiers
Demonstration
Projects
A selection
of Research
&
Innovation
Activities
Strategic
Inputs: E.g. EUIndia Clean
Coal Working
Group
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R&I
Roadmap
EBTC
Bengaluru
Research
Group
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Biotechnology R&I Highlights
 Pan-EU delegation
- From Germany, UK, Estonia, Czech Republic and Poland in November 2012
 EBTC Delegation ‘Feeding The Planet: EU Bio Food Clusters’
- Chandigarh; Delhi; Nasik, and Mumbai in May 2013
 EBTC Biotech Collaboration Facilitation:
- Heidelberg Technology Park and Genome Life Sciences, India
- IGEN, Estonia and Genome Life Sciences, India
 EU-India STI Cooperation day focus on affordable health
- EBTC Technology facilitation platform in Paris, October 2013
 Signing of MoU with ETI and KIIT
- At the 6th World Congress of Preventive and Regenerative Medicine in Odisha,
November 2013. To collaborate for all biotech initiatives in the Odisha region.
 EBTC-ACC10 Biotechnology / biopharma delegation
- Bengaluru, November 2013
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Energy R&I Highlights
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Facilitating Energy RIB
Sunfire (Germany) and TCE (Madurai): indigenise SOFC fuel cell technology and
commercialise it in the Indian market.
Connected Blue Rise, a Dutch company, with infrastructure companies and institutions for
commercialising Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion technology.
PSA-CIEMAT (Spain) and IIT (Rajasthan) for joint technology development and advancement
in solar thermal applications.
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Building a bidding consortium for joint research calls
NewIndigo research call on Smart grids where VITO (Belgium) and IIT Delhi were facilitated
to form a bidding research consortium.
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School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University
Conceptualising a workshop in March 2014 involving key decision makers in West Bengal.
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Clean coal technology initiatives
8th EU-India Coal working group meeting: EBTC released a report on the ‘Potential of clean
coal technology in India-An SME perspective’.
Conclusion of the 7th EU-India working group meetings for Clean Coal Technologies: “EBTC
together with the European Commission will facilitate partnerships between the EU and the
Indian institutions as well as industries with special focus on SME to accelerate the
deployment of innovative, clean and efficient and finally affordable coal technologies.”
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Energy Case Studies:
Renewable energy & Energy Efficiency
March 2013
Facilitating Collaborations
Floating
Solar
Ciel & Terre
(France)
Hydrelio© -allows
standard PV panels to
be installed on large
bodies of water
C&T has signed
agreements with
Enzen Water Solutions
and Tech Sub in South
India, and Klystron
Electronics in East and
North-East India.
Hydrelio© is
currently on display
at the Enzen Global
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Office in Bengaluru.
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NewEn Ltd.
(Italy)
A software tool to
monitor, model and
optimise the energy
consumption of an
industry or a building.
Energy
Efficiency
Software
To design, implement,
test and commercialise
with Kolkata based
Enfragy Solutions
India Pvt Ltd.
This will start from
‘RACE,’ a software
tool already
implemented by
NewEn.
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Environment R&I Highlights
 The EBTC Water Partnership
- A platform for EU businesses, clusters, research institutes and other
organisations to collaborate and innovate in India’s water and wastewater
sectors.
- EBTC is a strategic partner of India Water Development Programme (IWDP)
for the EU.
 Disseminating research to detect Arsenic in water
- EBTC has been selected as disseminating partner for research conducted by
German SME Solarspring, Fraunhofer- ISE in India.
 International Conference on Membranes & Application
- EBTC actively partnered in conference organised by CSIR-CGCRI in Kolkata,
November 2013. European delegates that were introduced by EBTC, and that
participated in the event were Aqua-Q AB (Sweden) and VITO NV (Belgium).
 In progress
- Exploring opportunities for technology demonstration with the State Water
Investigation Directorate(SWID), Government of West Bengal.
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Environment Case Study:
EBTC Water Partnership (EWP)
March 2013
Research on the Indian River Ecosystem
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ETI Dynamics has already catalysed a research project vital for the
restoration of the river Ganga (and other water bodies).
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River Ecosystem – Decision Support System for the Ganges
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A state of the art database that captures water quality and quantity related data and develops
a comprehensive decision support system.
Indian universities: IIT – Kanpur, Kharagpur, Indore, Roorkee, Madras, Gandhinagar.
UK universities: Universities of Oxford, Southampton, Durham, Dundee and the London
School of Economics.
Lead manager: ReserWaterInnovation Foundation and ETI Dynamics €30mn over 4 years.
EU Nodal Partner: EBTC
EU Institutions should express an interest to participate in this project to EBTC.
EBTC & ETI Dynamics are working to solicit further European
participation in the extension of the decision support system to
other rivers in India!
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Environment Case Study:
Joint research for technology commercialisation
Real-time Water Quality Monitoring
Amongst other agreements, Aqua-Q AB (Sweden)
signed an MoU with a premiere council for
research in India - the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) - Central Glass and
Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI).
Aqua-Q AB is working to secure a demo site with CSIR-CGCRI.
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Transport R&I Highlights
RECENT ACTIVITIES
 Clean Transport in Karnataka with partner CEIPIEMONTE:
– A high-level strategic planning discussion and two proposals for the State.
– Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Dual-Fuel Hybridisation of Buses.
– IISc-Bangalore nodal institution and provides expert consultation.
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Indian Market For Clean Transport - An Insight:
– Focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Alternative Vehicles (EVs,
Hybrids).
– Collaborative report of EBTC with Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and Fraunhofer
Institute-IFF (Germany).
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Energy Used By Indian Transport Systems And Consequent Emissions:
– Report summarising results of collaborative research by Politecnico di Torino
and IIT-Mumbai and workshop held as part of EBTC Workplan 2012.
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Transport R&I Highlights (cont’d)
 Webinar: A Study of Mobility Trends in Indian Cities
– Provided dissemination of research results of research performed by Indian
Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
– Initiated by Institute for Mobility Research (IFMO), Germany - a research
facility of the BMW
– Aims to provide a systematic and comparative bottom-up analysis of the
future prospects for mobility from the perspective of the study countries.
– Make information meaningful through collaborative and comparative
interpretation based around detailed knowledge of local contexts.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
 European Electric Vehicle Congress 2014 – 2nd to 5th Dec, 2014
– Develop synergies in the field of eMobility (Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell)
– Steering Committee at the conference
– Shape an India Session; showcase Indian market and researchers
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Exploring new frontiers
Facilitating EU-India business and R&D collaborations in the
aerospace sector
 Collaboration with European Association of Remote Sensing Companies.
 Collaboration with Fraunhofer IFF.
 Collaboration with Steinbeis GmbH .
Initiatives with Climate-KIC
 Climate KIC is Europe's largest public-private innovation partnership focused on
mitigating and adapting to climate change.
 Creating opportunities for brain circulation between the EU and India with
EBTC.
 Localising solutions to the Indian context through a Living Lab: A user-centric
eco-system consisting of EBTC and a team of India based organisations or early
adopters, which can provide feedback on suitability of technology in India,
potential for adaptation, etc.
Green IT solutions:
 Based on interest generated from IT companies in Bengaluru, EBTC is exploring
initiatives in the Green-IT space with Swedish based institutions.
Have an idea? EBTC will explore opportunities with you!
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Thank You!
Contact us at [email protected]
EBTC New Delhi (Head Office)
DLTA Complex, South Block, 1st Floor
1, Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110 029, INDIA
Tel: +91 11 3352 1500
Fax: +91 11 3352 1501
[email protected]
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