KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyOn the forefront of Scientific Innovation

Ramon Wyss, Director Energy Platform,Vice President International Affairs

EITKnowledge and Innovation Communities

Facts and figures on KTH

• founded in 1827• 17,000 undergraduate students (4000BSc, 13.000MSc)• 2,000 PhD students• 3,300 employees• approx. >230 PhD degrees issued/year• ranked among the top ten technical universities in Europe• annual turnover EUR 410 milj • “‑In service of humanity – for the society of tomorrow.”

FundingTotal income 3713 MSEK (410MEuro) 2012: 3948MSeK (440M€)

Basic funding for BSc, MSc education 28,4%

Basic funding for research and PhD education 24,7%

Research councils 8,9%

Governmental authorities 15,5%

Foundations 2,1%

EU 6,6%

Industries/private 13,8%

KTH’s organisation

University Administration

Faculty Council

University Board

Architecture and the Built Environment

Biotechnology

Chemical Science and Engineering

Computer Science and Communication

Education and Communication in Engineering Science

Electrical Engineering

Engineering Science

Information and Communication Technology

Industrial Engineering and Management

Technology and Health

President

KTH research platforms

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KTH

Materials

Transport

Energy and

Climate

Information and

Communication

Technology

Medical and

biomedical

engineering

KTH- Machine DesignCapstone coursesInnovation Driven Learning

KTH student teams solve Engineering Product Development and Design Problems

• Open problems from industry are given to student teams

• Student teams form project teams with leaders and tasks distributed among students. ~10 students/team

• Industrial mentors• KTHprofessors supervise student project teams• Creative mindset of students and team work

generate innovative solutions for societal and corporate innovation

• Complex projects - organisation & management

• Methods and mindsets for PD work

Integrated Product

Development

• Innovation processes – management and development

• Business development, organisation & strategy, with technical depth

Product Innovation

• Functional design and communicative aspects, user-product relations

Industrial Design

Engineering

Integrated Product Design Master´s programme

Machine Design advanced course 18 cr • Some project examples !

Steam engine

Shell eco marathon

Head for waterjetmachine

Adustable CVT

Haptic devices

Magnetic gearbox

Shell eco marathon

Fuel cell driveline

Electrical vehicle

Carefully selected standard hardware and free open source software components

700 kpps

20W

Integrated power management

Any 12-20 V Power source

Power storage

Capex < 1k€

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Challenge Driven (Research) EducationCore of the Knowledge Triangle

The EIT is

an integral part of

European Institute of Innovation & Technology

MISSION:

To become the catalyst

for a step change in the

European Union’s innovation

capacity and impact

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

EIT to unlock the European innovation landscape through a new agenda at EU

level

The EIT operates via three knowledge and innovation Communities

KICs

KIC InnoEnergy

EIT ICT LabsClimate KIC

Six Co-location Centres of ICT Labs are fully operational with an expanding ecosystem

Berlin Eindhoven Helsinki Paris Stockholm Trento

Our Thematic Action Lines bring ICT innovation to specific markets

Smart Energy Systems increasing energy efficiency via ICT enabled power grids energy efficient ICT solutions - green ICT

Health & Wellbeing Development of ICT enabled services supporting a cost effective sustainable

healthy lifestyle ambient assisted living

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Services for people using all kinds of transportation systems

Digital Cities of the Future ICT enabled solutions in the areas of security, pollution, transportation, and

resource management (e.g. water).

Future Media and Content Delivery

Development of powerful and open ICT infrastructure, capable of delivering rich data-intensive media and content storage services, at competitive costs, across administrative domains, ensuring quality of service

Smart Spaces intelligent environments that facilitate everyday practices create richer user experiences & enhance the users’ awareness of local

opportunities in a resource and cost efficient way

KIC InnoEnergy

What is InnoEnergy?

• A company placed in Holland• Turn over 2011: 137M€ (2014 ~200M€)• Run by a CEO – with annual business plan• Business area: solutions for a sustainable

energy system• Acitivties: Reserach-Education-Innovatoin• KTH Owns one share (of 29)

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Smart Citie

s

Smart Grids

Energy Storage

Clean Coal

Chemical Fuels

Renewables

Sustain

able

Nuclear

KIC InnoEnergy is a Company (SE) – Each Partner owns one share6 Co-location Centers each assigned a Thematic field

Innovation

Projects

Education Programmes

BusinessCreation

M.Sc, Ph.D, Thematic &

Entrepreneurial

Products, Services, Patents,

Publications

New business, Start-ups, spin-

outs

InnoEnergy Products are:

InnoEnergy creates a single Highway for startups and new businesses

Ideas / Entrepreneurs / SMEs

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Regional Innovation Scheme

• New outreach element of the KICs – wider community accross Europe

• Excellence• Implemented by the KICs – transparant selection• No automatic partnership• Funding primarely from non EIT sources (mobility etc

from EIT – 4.4% of EIT budget for outreach)

• Synergies with smart specialization strategies (RIS3) utilizing structural funds

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Share of papers(US: right axis)

Share of Top10%papers(US: right axis)

Change in share of Top10% papers in the world (Engineering field)

UKChinaKorea

JapanFrance

GermanyUSA

UKChinaKorea

JapanFrance

GermanyUSA

Japan

Japan

EIT – KICsUS - Asia (China) - Europe

• Addressing the issue of excellence, societal impact, industrial leadership

• Fragmentation

• Entrepreneurship is core

ÅÅÅÅ-MM-DD

The entrepreneurial University - Partnership for socio economic impact

• DOES EUROPE LOOSE ON INNOVATION?

• ENGAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION

• BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND DESIGN

• PATHWAYS FOR FRUGAL INNOVATION

• March 19-20 Stockholm

Thank You