Transcript Innovation Communities

Innovation Communities:
SmartPort and its ecosystem
Michiel Jak
September 5, 2015
AACSB @ EUR
Overview
WHY?
Challenges Port of Rotterdam area
University-Business Cooperation
HOW?
SmartPort’s goals and working method
Rotterdam: innovation community (eco-system).
WHAT?
Thematic roadmaps
NEXT?
First results&next steps
Opportunities
Something hás to change…
“USPs”:
• High energy prices
• High labor costs (+battle for talent)
• High land lease costs
Context:
• 80% of the assets are economically (and technically) written off
• 50% activities are fossil-fuel based
• Access to 350 million wealthy consumers
• Biggest port of Europe
• High population density
Sense of urgency Rotterdam
• Global Hub: growth #containers
• Europe’s industrial cluster: energy transition
• Sustainable growth: balanced quality of life and prosperity
• 5 challenges:
• Energy&chemistry (fossil to non-fossil)
• Logistics connectivity (growth vs optimal use)
• World Port City (synergy port and city economies)
• Port Strategies (role and positioning Port Authority)
• Maritime infrastructure and Waterways (lifecycle costs/extension and future-proof design)
• Increased speed of change and complexity require collaboration and integral approach
• Use the Power of the Port/ Dynamics of the City/ Ambition of the Region
Research and Innovation are key
Use/functionality
Scientific
research
Scientific
research
Time
5
Drivers of UBC
Drivers (33 countries/6000 responses - academia)
1. Existence of mutual trust
2. Having a shared goal
3. Understanding of common interest by different stakeholders
• Siemens – long-term strategic partnerships with outstanding universities
• Danone – collaboration with universities on strategic issues
http://www.ub-cooperation.eu/pdf/netherlands.pdf and file:///C:/Users/gastdelt/Downloads/1403694894_03pavlinemcosuproject%20(1).pdf
The SmartPort concept
ecosystem
March 2005: Academic Centre
TransPORT
roadmaps
industry
academia
governments
December 2010: SmartPort 1.0
April 2015: SmartPort 2.0
community
The ambition
Founding partners: Port of Rotterdam, Deltalinqs, Municipality of Rotterdam, Delft University of
Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
• central hub for knowledge development, dissemination and application
• demand-driven by the issue-owners, not being contract research
• face and grasp (future) challenges and have a competitive advantage
• shared roadmaps per challenge as leading principle
• concentrate all investments via SmartPort
“A World Class Port needs a world class
knowledge infrastructure in the region”
The organisation
SmartPort is the central organisation that actively invests in port-relevant knowledge development.
• robust organisation with a clear added value and value creation for all partners
• community building per roadmap, incl young potentials and talent exchange
• 10-15 researchers per roadmap community, collaborating with issue-owners
• board represents issue-owners and supporting network
• long-term (>5 years) financial commitment
• director, small staff, own budget of 1,5-2 M€/year (>75% to be invested in roadmaps)
• budget leverage (2-4) via National Science Foundation, Top Sectors, EC and cofinancing
The working principles
• open innovation community for other universities and ports, both national and international (based on
complimentarity and added value)
• embedded in the port’s innovation ecosystem
• conduct and organize the hand-over to implementation i.e., next steps
• an Executive Education Program incl. masterclasses will be developed by the universities, related to the
roadmap
• knowledge transfer is as important as knowledge development
The art of Roadmapping
• It is a compass, not a planning
• It builds coherency
• It is a selection mechanism to bring and keep focus
• It inspires to develop new projects
• It has SMARTI (I=inspiring) impact goals (~challenge)
• 4-5 years time span with sufficient detail
• Define concrete and tangible milestones (1-2 years time span)
• It aligns the dynamics of companies and academics
• Conduct and manage the interfaces and hand-over between projects
• It’s developed together! (pressure cooker – 80% version – 100% version - update)
Roadmap structure
Roadmaps-challenges
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Energy and Chemistry transitions (smart grids):
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towards a biobased and circulair cluster using collective infrastructure and selected production methodologies
Logistics Connectivity (smart logistics):
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towards an optimal effective petrochemical cluster using system integration and maximized integration of sustainable sources
Hinterland connectivity: develop synchromodal network with high efficiency, high quality and sustainability
facilitate step changes: port shift, 20% rail transport in 2020, impact increasing call sizes container vessels, physical internet
World Port City (smart people):
• support conditions to enhance a vital port-related economy (maritime service providers and industry)
• futureproof port area development (incl next generation waterfronts)
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Maritime infrastructure (smart use):
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optimise the use, lifetime and potential of the current maritime infrastructure and waterways
futureproof and adaptive design
Port Strategies (smart support):
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value creation “beyond the landlord”, ambidextrous port
Effective innovation communities and innovation climate
Port of Rotterdam area
roadmaps
community
Skill development
• Toolkit for fire-starters, accelerators and community leaders
• Best practices and lessons-learned
• Leadership
• Ownership
• Social innovation
• Governance
• Coalition building
• Tooling and serious gaming (gain-sharing, chain analyses, transitions)
• Business Model Innovation
• Living labs
• Valorisation
• Coaching of the community leaders and executives on-the-fly
INDEEP structure
Knowledge development
innovation practise
researcher
coach
toolbox
fire starter
roadmap
Use
case
Use
case
Use
case
knowledge development
coalition building
tooling&gaming
BMI
living lab
Valorisation and dissemination
Use
case
accelerator
First results
• 6 proposals granted on Logistics (3,3 M€ cofunding TKI)
• 3 proposals granted for Port Strategies (0,5 M€ cofunding)
• 3 proposals granted World Port City+3 Sustainable Urban Regions of the Future (1,5M€ cofunding)
• 2 proposals on Energy Smart Grids (1M€ cofunding)
• 1 proposal granted INDEEP (Logistics/general, 0,25M€ cofunding)
• 1 talent exchange (“corporate” PhD Maritime Infrastructure)
• MoU with Singapore Management University International Trading Institute
 TOTAL 27 new projects/proposals (11 granted, 16 submitted), all demand-driven, about 25 FTE financed
 Majority initiated by or at least (financially) supported by companies
 Leverage between 2 and 20
Contact
Dr. Michiel Jak
Managing Director
Waalhaven Z.Z. 19,
Portnumber 2235
PortCity II, 4th floor
PO Box 54200
3008 JE Rotterdam
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+31 (0)88 8660971
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[email protected]
www.smart-port.nl