Regional Workshop on Creating the Right Ecosystem for Knowledge Valorization: A Case Study of ODTU Teknokent. Draft Agenda

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1 Regional Workshop on Creating the Right Ecosystem for Knowledge Valorization: A Case Study of ODTU Teknokent Draft Agenda June, 2014 ODTU Teknokent, Ankara, Turkey MARSEILLE CENTRE FOR MEDITERRANEAN INTEGRATION ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIQUE AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA TECHNOLOGY CENTER MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY PARK

MEDITERRANEAN INTEGRATION ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIQUE AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION UNITED NATIONS

2 Background Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KT) represents the movement of codified (know what) and tacit knowledge (know how) from one actor to another. The challenge in KT is to create economic value by either building upon and adding to this knowledge (R&D, prototyping etc.) and commercialising it (e.g. through, consultancy, licensing of IPR s, and business creation through enterprises), or by spin-offs, or better employability of graduates for the local industries. Many countries have realised the importance to create an ecosystem where government, educational and scientific institutes, and enterprises -including the financial sector- work hand in hand. They have created Science and Technology Parks to facilitate access for firms to key factors as R&D, human capital, innovation infrastructures, venture capitalists, technological capital and social capital by interaction between these above mentioned actors in a Quadruple Helix model. Objectives Understanding how to create value through Knowledge Transfer within Science and Technology Parks (STPs); Understanding the role of the government, universities, industry and financial enterprises in this process; strengthening mechanisms, and best practices; Topics How to set up knowledge and technology transfer system within STPs and/or universities; Human and institutional capacities to enable Knowledge Transfer within STPs (e.g. policies, functional and operational requirements); Modalities to create value through Knowledge Transfer (IPR, Licensing, spin-offs, business creation, consultancy, contract education); Incentives, financing tools and funds through the Knowledge Transfer value chain.

Many countries have realised the importance to create an ecosystem where government, educational and scientific institutes, and enterprises -including the financial sector- work hand in hand.

3 DRAFT AGENDA Day 1: Monday, June 16, 2014 Registration 8:45 9:10 Opening Remarks Mr. Volkan Atalay, Vice President at Middle East Technical University Mr. Jacques van der Meer, European Investment Bank Ms. Maha Merezak, ISESCO Mr. Fouad Mrad, UN-ESCWA Technology Centre 9:10 9:30 Key Note: Innovation Ecosystem & Science and Technology Parks (STP): The Turkish model, Ufuk Batum, Vice President at ODTU Teknokent Session 1 Knowledge Valorisation within Science & Technology Parks (STPs) 9: STP 1: Istanbul: Turgut Senol, Director General of Teknopark Istanbul STP 2: Ankara: Mustafa I. Kiziltas, President of ODTU Teknokent STP 3: Izmir: Necip Ozbey, President of DEPARK 10:00 11:00 Roundtable discussion with STP managers from the MENA moderated by: Luis Sanz, Director General at the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) 11:00 11:30 Coffee Break/Knowledge café* Session 2 Actors of the Quadruple Helix in the Turkish Innovation Ecosystem: Roles and Modes of Interaction Government: Prof. Dr. Davut Kavranoglu, Deputy Minister at Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology Academia: Prof. Dr. Volkan Atalay, Vice President at Middle East Technical University Private Sector: Erkan Duysal, Director - Electronics BU at ARCELİK Financial Sector: Devrim Ziya Tavil, Director of SME and Agricultural Banking Marketing and Sales at TEB :00 Roundtable discussion with STP managers from the MENA moderated by: Jacques van der Meer, EIB (The panel will also address questions such as: who and how to finance knowledge transfer, and who determines roles of each actor) :00 Lunch Session 3 14:00 14:30 Mechanisms of Knowledge Valorisation and Transfer Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs): Tolga Ozbolat, Director of University Industry Collaboration Department at ODTU Teknokent Spin-offs: Prof. Dr. Tayfun Akin, Director at METU-MEMS Center, Founder and CEO of MicroSens Inc. and Mikro-Tasarim Inc.

Fouad Mrad, UN-ESCWA Technology Centre 9:10 9:30 Key Note: Innovation Ecosystem & Science and Technology Parks (STP): The Turkish model, Ufuk Batum, Vice President at ODTU Teknokent Session 1

4 Start-ups and entrepreneurship schemes: Murat Tortopoglu, Supervisor at Ozyegin University Startup Factory Public private partnership: Mete Çakmakci, Secretary General of TTGV. 14:30 15:30 Roundtable discussion with STP managers from the MENA moderated by: Ahmet Rıza Balim, TEYDEB Technology Transfer Mechanisms Support Group Committee Secretary at TUBITAK Wrap-up Speed-networking session Speed networking is a meeting format designed to accelerate participants contacts for possible business cooperations. There will be roundtables in each of which a representative of institution sit. The participants will change the roundtables in each 3 minutes, while the representatives are fixed Networking Dinner Day 2: Tuesday June 17, :30 Key Note: From ideas to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Key note: Luis Sanz (TBC) Session 4 Business Ideation/ Generation 9:30 10:00 Academia: Doc. Dr. Adil Oran, Director at ODTU GIMER (METU Entrepreneurship Research Center) Government: Muhammet Sinan Kabaloglu, Deputy Head of Supporting and Developing Entrepreneurship Department at Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology Private sector: Çagrı Yuzbasioglu, Founder and President of ISSD Financial sector: Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Partner of REVO Capital 10:00 11:00 Roundtable discussion with delegates from the MENA moderated by Ufuk Batum, ODTU Teknokent 11:00 11:00 Coffee Break/Knowledge café* Session 5 Business Incubation & Acceleration :00 Emin Oktuan, Co-founder of Viveka Incubation Center Elif Bugdaycioglu, Program Manager of ATOM (Animation Technology and Game Center at ODTU Teknokent) Taylan Ozgur Demirkaya, Coordinator of Embriyonix Incubation Center İbrahim Coskuner, Start up Business Banking Senior Manager at TEB 12:00 13: 00 Roundtable discussion with delegates from the MENA moderated by Fouad Mrad,

45 16.15 Speed-networking session Speed networking is a meeting format designed to accelerate participants contacts for possible business cooperations.

5 UN-ESCWA Technology Centre 13:00 14: 00 Lunch Session 6 Commercialization 14:00 14:30 Cem Sosyal, General Manager at Inventram Inc Fazilet Vardar SUKAN, Director at EBILTEM Technology Transfer Office İrem Dikmen Toker, Assistant to the President at Middle East Technical University 14:30-15:30 Roundtable discussion with delegates from the MENA moderated by: Nizar Halasah, UN-ESCWA Technology centre 15:30 16:00 Coffee Break/Knowledge café* Session 7 Internationalization 16:00 16:30 Kazım YALCINOGLU, President of METU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Platform (ODTU GIP) Barkan ULUISIK, Teknojumpp Program Manager at ODTU Teknokent Emrah SAZAK, General Director of Exports at Ministry of Economy Erdogan CESMELI, Executive Director of Strategic Investments in Turkey at GE 16:30 17:30 Roundtable discussion with delegates from the MENA moderated by Adel Danish (TBC) :00 Conclusions & Recommendations Networking Dinner Day 3: Wednesday June 18, ODTU Teknokent visit A guided tour of the facilities including: Technology & Transfer Offices (TTO), Incubators, graduate SMEs, research centres, laboratories.

centre 15:30 16:00 Coffee Break/Knowledge café* Session 7 Internationalization 16:00 16:30 Kazım YALCINOGLU, President of METU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Platform (ODTU GIP) Barkan ULUISIK,

6 *Knowledge Café: these are parallel presentations during the coffee break. 1 st day: Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 TUBITAK The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey. V. Sinan Tandogan, Deputy Head of Strategic Programs at TUBITAK KOSGEB The mission of the KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization) is to advance the effectiveness and expand the reach of SMEs so that they can meet the social and economic needs in Turkey. Headquartered in Ankara, KOSGEB provides its services through 35 Business Development Centers (IGEM), 20 Technology Development Centers (TEKMER) and 76 Synergy Focal Points. Presenter : Mehmet Tezyetis, Director of OSTIM Center at KOSGEB TeknoJumpp For the start-up companies that were successful enough to survive from the incubation phase, one of the advanced incentives provided by ODTÜ Teknokent is the Business Accelerator Program- TeknoJumpp. The main objectives of the program are to shorten the duration from prototyping to mass market and to accelerate the internationalization process of technology based start-ups. Barkan Uluışık, Teknojumpp Program Manager at ODTU Teknokent Index of entrepreneurship and innovation in universities Index of entrepreneurship and innovation in universities is prepared jointly by TÜBİTAK and several other institutions and uses 23 performance indicators to evaluate universities in the following dimensions: "scientific and technological research competence", "intellectual property portfolio", "cooperation and interaction", "entrepreneurship and innovation culture" and "economic contribution and commercialization". TBD (Representative from TUBİTAK or Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology)

TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy

7 *Knowledge Café: these are parallel presentations during the coffee break. 2nd Day: Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 TTGV YOK TIKA METU-TEKPOL The Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) has supported Research and Development and Technological Innovation projects in the private sector since 1991, and has proven to be a successful example to all of Europe as an innovative and dynamic intermediary. TBD The Council of Higher Education (YOK), which is also translated as Higher Education Board is responsible for the supervision of universities in Turkey. TBD The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) is a government department of the Prime Ministry of Turkey which is responsible for organization of the bulk of Turkey's official development assistance to developing countries. Dr. Serdar CAM, TİKA President METU Science and Technology Policy Studies (METU- TEKPOL) is an interdisciplinary research center conducting research on science and technology policy related issues such as innovation, technological change and entrepreneurship. Erkan ERDIL, President of METU- TEKPOL

in the private sector since 1991, and has proven to be a successful example to all of Europe as an innovative and dynamic intermediary.

List of Participants

List of Participants Name Organisation Position Organisation website Country Egypt Ahmed Ellaithy The American University in Cairo Director of Technology Transfer www.aucegypt.edu/research/tt O/ Cairo,