Facilitating Interaction, Creating Cooperation

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1 Facilitating Interaction, Creating Cooperation Brochure 2014

2 Welcome Message Contact University Industry Innovation Network De Wittenstraat 53 Hs 1052AL Amsterdam The Netherlands P: F: In the past years the University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) has undertook a tremendous development. UIIN was founded in 2012 as a resource platform with more than 3000 available resources on university-industry interaction. Not long after the launch of the platform, however, it became clear that the users were looking for a more personal and especially more dynamic network driving the topics of university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial universities and collaborative innovation. Aiming to address these needs, UIIN has grown in the past years from a resource platform to a network that incorporates a wide range of initiatives to stimulate, support and foster university-industry interaction in the broadest sense. As we believe that communication as well as rewarding those making a contribution to the field are key elements of a network, we created the University-Industry Innovation Magazine (UIIM) as well as the UIIN Award as the first two initiatives following the resource platform. In addition, however, we also started with the planning of the first UIIN conference. Acknowledging that university-industry interaction is not only about people and relationships, but also driven by an open exchange of ideas, concepts and thoughts, we hosted our first conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in May The conference was a great success with 338 participants from 48 countries, which made it the largest European event on the interaction between academia and business in Closely linked, but not limited to the outcomes of the conference, we have also extended our publication activities. Besides conference proceedings and the University-Industry Innovation Magazine, we also published more than 40 Good Practice Case Studies, 14 country reports on the state of University-Business Cooperation as well as a video series. More recently, we have also broadened our involvement in European and national funding projects by launching UIIN Gateway, a concept and service portfolio supporting consortia in the challenge of implementing professional dissemination, exploitation and sustainability activities. It has been a great pleasure to build up UIIN in the last years and to see the enormous interest in the network and its activities. We would like to thank all our members, event participants and partners who are so passionate about university-industry interaction for their commitment and contribution to UIIN. This passion drives university-industry interaction and UIIN, and is the basis for our motivation to move forward and broaden our activities to make a true impact. Arno Meerman Chief Executive Officer

3 4 University Industry Innovation Network University Industry Innovation Network 5 Who we are ABOUT UIIN The University Industry Innovation Network, short Our Initiatives Our Values UIIN, is a dynamic network aiming to exploit the full value of collaboration and cooperation, ultimately making an impact to academia, business and society. The network was founded in 2012 as a spin-off of the Science-to-Business Marketing UIIN is driven through various initiatives, such as: University-Industry Interaction Conference series The following core values form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves. Impact We embrace and drive change in our key areas. Research Centre in Germany and brings together academics, practitioners and business professionals focused on establishing and improving Entrepreneurial Universities Good Practice events Excellence We set challenging goals and commit ourselves to relationships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and industry. With more than 170 UIIN Good Practice Series achieve them. New ideas and concepts for successful university-industry interac- members UIIN has advanced to a leading European network dedicated to fostering support structures UIIN Gateway Innovation We create value through going new ways. for university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial universities and collaborative innovation. Members UIIN Award Teamwork and partnerships of UIIN include HEI managers (e.g. rectors, vice chancellors), intermediary representatives (e.g. from technology transfer offices, incubators and UIIN Digital Library We work together to create extraordinary results. Fun science parks), researchers from various fields, business professionals (e.g. innovation managers UIIN Resources Platform We consider joy as a central element in our work and celebrate our achievements. and top management) as well as policy makers. UIIN Blog Main website: UIIN Publishing A welcoming environment for knowledge sharing and networking UIIN is also the publisher of the Our Mission We aim to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for academics, practitioners and UIIN Good Practice Series University-Industry Innovation Magazine ( European University-Business Cooperation business professionals who are passionate about Reports advancing university-industry interaction, entre- UIIN Video Series preneurial universities and collaborative innovation. More information at

4 A network DRIVEN BY ITS MEMBERS Registered members at UIIN 25+ Countries represented in the UIIN members database 300+ Participants at each of the last two annual conferences Unique visitors at the different UIIN websites (since May 2012) Good practice case studies published since December 2013 Resources on universityindustry interaction available at the UIIN Resource Platform Following the philosophy you get tives, such as the magazine or the section of different areas of knowl- out as much as you put in, UIIN is good practice series. This active edge, experiences and cultures. a dynamic network driven by its involvement and passion fosters members, partners and all those new ideas and innovation, as these contributing to the different initia- are primary generated at the inter- 73% 12% 5% 3% 7% Connecting the dots 17% Intermediaries & Public Authorities 64% Higher Education Institutions and Research Organisations 19% Business Organisations

5 8 University Industry Innovation Network University Industry Innovation Network 9 Hosting events UIIN Publishing UIIN regularly organises large scale European and enlarge their knowledge whilst also making UIIN Publishing is the arm of the University UIIN, UIIN Publishing also partners with external events focussed on university-industry interaction, new contacts and generating new projects. In Industry Innovation Network that produces and individuals and organisations and publishes their entrepreneurial universities and collaborative addition to large scale conferences, UIIN also hosts disseminates information in various formats, from content under the umbrella of UIIN Publishing. innovation. Combining multiple concepts (i.e. and organises workshops and smaller events in written reports and magazines to videos and blog with us. track sessions, good practice presentations and the area of entrepreneurship, innovation, and articles. In addition to information generated by networking sessions) attendees develop their skills university-industry interaction University-Industry Interaction Conference May 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands University-Industry Innovation Magazine (UIIM) The University-Industry Innovation Magazine is a bi-annually published magazine focusing on the interaction between Higher Education Institutions and Business. Jointly hosted with VU University Amsterdam and in cooperation with the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre. 338 participants from 48 countries 2013 Triple Helix workshop 7 June 2013 in London, United Kingdom UIIN Good Practice Series (GPS) The UIIN Good Practice Series features case studies targeting various strategies and operational instruments on how to foster universityindustry interaction. The workshop has been organised in cooperation with the Triple Helix Association and the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Henry Etzkowitz and Prof. Thomas Baaken University-Industry Interaction Conference April 2014 in Barcelona, Spain UIIN Conference Proceedings UIIN Conference Proceedings is a collection of scientific and practitioner papers in the area of university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial universities and collaborative innovation. The proceedings are the outcome of UIIN s annual conferences. Jointly hosted with the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) and in cooperation with the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre and EADA Business School. 342 participants from 52 countries University-Business Cooperation Reports Jointly published by the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre, apprimo and UIIN, the reports highlight the status quo of University-Business Cooperation in 14 European countries.

6 OUR Team Our Partners Management Thorsten Kliewe Chairman Arno Meerman CEO Non-executive Directors Professor Thomas Baaken Scientific Director Dr. Christian Theel Director for International Relations Mario Mahr Director for EU Affairs Victoria Galan Muros Director for Communication & Marketing Todd Davey Director for Strategy and Performance John McGuire Director for Business Development We thank our partners for their commitment and continuous support.

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Abbreviations. UBC Country Reports: logic and characteristics

Abbreviations. UBC Country Reports: logic and characteristics Abbreviations EC HEI LLL R&D SME S2BMRC TTO UB UBC UPB European Commission Higher Education Institution Lifelong Learning Research and development Small- and medium-sized company Science-to-Business Marketing