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Commercialising Research and how SMEs can get involved BizCamp SOUTHEAST Barry Downes 12/06/2010

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Commercialising Research and how SMEs can get involved

BizCamp SOUTHEAST

Barry Downes12/06/2010

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Background• Centre Started in 2006.

• Focused on Convergence: – Telecoms, Internet and Media.

• Applied Research which is Industry Focused.

• 100% funded by competitive research tenders / industry projects.

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Research Area - Convergence

2010 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000 Present Day

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Some Examples of Our Work

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• Sunday Telegraph, 24th February 2008“It was all a long time ago, but the voices and images

conjured by the new time machine at Culloden linger hauntingly in the memory.”

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Wins Heritage Award

ZolkC wins the UK ‘Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence’

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MUZU.TV

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Headway Wins ‘Jolt Award’

The 'Oscars” of Software Development Industry Honor Innovation & Technological

Achievement

Winner:

Structure101 for Java

JOLT Award San Francisco

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A cloud based solution for enterprise mobility

Build a mobile app once using open standards and deploy everywhere

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FeedHenry

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Developer.feedhenry.com

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3CS/FeedHenry Developer Workshop

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3CS/FeedHenry Developer Workshop

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Services to SMEs / Industry

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Services to SMEs- 1• Collaborative EU R&D• Contract Research• Consulting • Technology Licensing • Corporate Venturing• Innovation Vouchers (Irish companies only)• NGN Test-bed

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Services to SMEs- 2• Collaborative EU R&D:

– Partner with TSSG to access trans-European R&D networks;– Applied R&D looking 3-5 years into the future;– Work as part of a large consortium led by the TSSG;– e.g. T-Systems, Vodafone, Telefonica, Telcom Italia.

• Contract Research – EI Innovation Partners:– TSSG undertake R&D directly for company;– Project part funded by Enterprise Ireland;– e.g. O2 Ireland, Columba Global Systems, Munster Express.

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Services to SMEs - 3• Consulting:

– Contact services and R&D, training and knowledge transfer.– e.g. Eircom – IMS technology evaluation.

• Technology Licensing:– License TSSG based technology directly;– e.g. Hash 6 Ltd licensing of Catch technology.

• Innovation Vouchers (Irish companies only):– Short problem solving projects for Irish companies – supported by EI;– 52 voucher projects completed over the past three years.

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Services to SMEs- 4

• NGN Test Centre:– A production quality NGN Test Centre;– Globally available, with global connectivity;– Includes an IMS Core.

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MetricsMetric 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

Innovation Vouchers 0 5 15 21 11 52

Large scale projects with industry e.g. Innovation Partners

2 2 1 0 2 7

EU Programmes (where local industry invited in)

4 1 1 0 2 8

EI Commercialisation Funding Projects (POCs / CF-TDS)

7 9 3 6 0 21

Spin-outs/Spin-ins (counted from when trading started)

2 3 2 2 1 10

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BARRY DOWNESP: +353 51 302932

Thank You!