Towards a doctorate linked with innovation and entrepreneurship

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1 Towards a doctorate linked with innovation and entrepreneurship Spain Juan José Moreno-Navarro Universidad Politécnica de Madrid & IMDEA Software Institute

2 European Institute of Technology ICT Labs ICT Labs Madrid Doctoral Training Certer

3 European Institute of Technology

4 EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT) EIT to unlock the European innovation landscape through a new agenda at EU level EIT is the first initiative of the EU bringing together the three corners of the knowledge triangle with the entrepreneur in the driver s seat to form the necessary links between education, business and research MISSION: To become the catalyst for a step change in the European Union s innovation capacity and impact

5 EIT FOSTERS CROSS-KIC AGENDAS Education: Promoting entrepreneurship education by high quality EIT labelled degree programmes and fostering EIT Alumni and risk culture in Europe Entrepreneurship: Recognising the best KIC-driven ventures through an EIT Entrepreneurship Award and fostering role models by an Annual EIT Roundtable of Top Entrepreneurs World-Class Innovation: Developing innovative ecosystems to create and grow world-class, breakthrough innovation exploiting KIC synergies and complementarities ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Driver of KT Higher Education Business Research & Technology

6 THE FIRST 3 KICs Long-lasting cooperation between institutions (companies, universities, research centers, etc.) with distributed location in a unique legal entity In each node, a physical co-location center for organizing the innovation web Yearly Business Plan approved and partially funded (75%) by EIT

7 ICT Labs

8 ICT Labs ICT is drastically changing our lives Europe has strong capabilities on ICT

9 ICT Labs: Nodes and partners Alcatel Lucent, France Telecom, Thales, Deutche Telecom, SAP, Siemens, Eriksson, Nokia, Philips, Engineering, Inria, Fraunhofer, Imperial College, Aalto Univ., Leiden Univ., Trento Univ., Univ.Pierre- Marie Curie, KTH,

10 ICT Labs: Strategy

11 Application-oriented research action lines

12 Business Developer Accelator

13 Doctoral Training Centers (DCT) The purpose of the Doctoral Training Centre, DTC, is to provide a multi-disciplinary and multi-organizational platform aligning with the thematic innovation areas of EIT ICT Labs. It is fully integrated with the technical and business aspects of the doctoral education.

14 DTC Organization I

15 The EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School track Innovation & entrepreneurship learning Introduction to I&E Opportunity Recog. Business Devel. Grow & Harvest Bus. Dev. Experience A 6 months period t o work on an innovation based on research results (*) Leading to a I&E thesis PhD thesis 6 months Post- Doc PhD defense International Mobility (6 months) (funded when in Europe) EIT Certificate (*) at an EIT ICT Labs Colocation Centre, at an industrial partner, or in an incubator

16 Madrid Associate Partner Group

17 Madrid APG: Composition &CLC Top actors on ICT in Spain and Europe Own action plan CLC in the Montegancedo Campus Campus of International Excellence label Ministry of Education Innovation Ecosystems with research centers, incubators, innovation centers, high speed network, etc.

18 Madrid Doctoral Training Center

19 Madrid- DCT The main aim of the DTC of UPM IMDEA is to provide R&D to gain the confidence, convenience, and participation of citizens in order to achieve an extremely wide use and acceleration of ICT applications and open service delivery platforms, the basis for many industrial applications.

20 ICT Labs Doctoral School track PhD Student Funded by ICT Labs Regular PhD Program PhD program activities, Research DTC (ICT Labs doctoral school) Entrepreneurship & business activities Funded by partners Business Development Experience: Institutional mobility (6 months) in a company EIT Certificate DTC geographical mobility (6 months) Ph D Opportunity Recognition (one week) Business Modeling and Development (15 weeks) Growth and Harvest (one to two weeks)

21 DTC Madrid Advisory board General rules International & industrial agreements Annual report Contents Director DTC Manager Management staff Management & enrollment (ICT Labs doctoral school) Student organization:i&e reports, mobility.. Educational/ Doctorate Board Admission Mentoring assignment Follow up students (I&E) Mobility Mentoring (DTC+industry) Associated PhD Program Academic committee Admission Supervisor assignment Follow up students (R&D) Defense organization Students; student board; Alumni Coordinator Supervisor(s) University/Doctoral School PhD committee General rules Admittance PhD Coordination International and doctorate office Enrollment Welcome & lodging Student organization: reports, PhD defense Interaction ICT Labs

22 ICT Labs Business Development Accelerator DTC

23 Benefits for candidates PhD research innovation oriented Industrial co-supervision of PhD thesis Geographical mobility Industrial mobility Explicit ICT Labs certificate after PhD and track completion Quick access to the Business development accelerator activities

24 Wings and roots, but the wings root and the roots fly to new achievements Juan Ramón Jiménez Who is not busy being born is busy dying Bob Dylan Towards a doctorate linked with innovation and entrepreneurship Juan José Moreno-Navarro Universidad Politécnica de Madrid & IMDEA Software Institute