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How do Research and Technology Organizations work?

Panel Discussion – CRIQ, INO, SRC

I-Can innovation school, October 2011

Mission statement CRIQ’s mission is to contribute to the competitiveness of Quebec’s industrial sectors by supporting innovation in companies.

WHAT: CRIQ (Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec) supplies strategic intelligence, expertise and services to companies for them to:

Excel in the development of distinctive, high value-added products; Integrate new technologies and know-how to increase productivity on global

marketplace; Innovate by integrating eco-efficiency principles to both their new products

and new process deployments.

HOW: CRIQ encourages the mobilization of sector-based and corporate organizations, while forming the key partnerships needed to improve the innovation solutions it offers to companies.

CRIQ’s innovation ecosystem

•Applied development collaborators

• Front end technology source and collaborators

• Distributors, licensees, partners

• Innovation lead users or first users

Industry Market developers

Other research centers

Universities

CRIQ’s business model

• Expertise in most science and engineering fields as well as information gathering and knowledge networking.

•Open innovation approach.

•Better meet customer requirements by joining forces with the right partners at the right time.

•Our market is the Québec industry. We provide services to innovative enterprises seeking to gain productivity through innovation on new products or processes.

•Identifying tendencies and needs to generate innovation (services, products or processes) aiming niche markets.

•Adapting each solution on a customer-based approach.

Customer approach

Strategic orientation

Internal competencies

Our network a dynamic

force

CRIQ’s value proposition

Providing solutions and services to the global Quebec industrial sector;

Solutions developed for one market niche may be transferred to others, provided the challenges are similar… TRIZZ fundamental: Humidity detection at high speed on heterogeneous mater:

• wood chips: well developed; • Minerals: under development; • Food: being pursued.

CRIQ’s value proposition (Cont’d)

Supporting the industry at every step of their new product development process: Ideation – strategic intelligence; Feasibility- technology and exportation requirements; Development - technology and manufacturing process; Testing – qualifying and certifying products; Manufacturing - automating production, managing and

valorizing waste, minimizing energy consumption; Life cycle management – insuring minimal impact of

new product and industrial activity to the environment.

Funding structure

55% •Government funding

40% •External funding

5% •Major project funding

Investment decision making in innovation Technology development : primarily CRIQ, CRIQ and

development partner or co-investment with lead / first user;

Service development: primarily CRIQ or co-investment with lead user or development partner;

Product / Process generic development: lead user, lead distributor and partial contribution from CRIQ under the following considerations: Product / Process will have a value for other industry in the identified niche; Product / Process will have a value for niche value chain; Product / Process will have a value for adjacent markets and niches.

A chain of processes

• Sales & Marketing sectorial approach: – Figuring out then needs by linking with industrial sectors;

• Managing portfolio of exploratory projects (technology based) that could resolve industrial issues: – Sustainable productivity, environmental impact, sustainable

competitiveness; • innovation development process, or managing RISKS:

– project validity, expected outcomes, value development…

• Licensing platform applications or technology to insure solution long term viability;

• Deploying Open Innovation practices;

CRIQ innovation development process Strategic planning

Technology tendencies

Market analysis

Opportunity definition OBJECTIVE: Identify innovation opportunity.

Technology evaluation OBJECTIVE: • Understand

upcoming technologies that may result in customer applications.

• Technology value for specific application

Opportunity evaluation OBJECTIVE: Detail customer requirements (WHAT); Define project (HOW) and identify risks and value (T,$,Q); Insure that solution meets customer expected results.

Proof of concept OBJECTIVE: Understand critical parameters of technology, allowing realization of future solution development.

Feasibility study OBJECTIVE: Understand and control market requirements and performances, development costs and time frame.

Laboratory development OBJECTIVE: Design, execute and validate performances of developed solution.

Industrial development OBJECTIVE: First full scale application under actual operating conditions

Final Validation OBJECTIVE: Confirm performances under industrial conditions following sustainable development principles.

OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: Potential applications

PRODUCT (PODUCT / SERVICE / PROCESS) DEVELOPMENT: Targeted and derived applications

Stakes: CRIQ mission and strategic planning, following sustainable development principles.

Stakes: Maintain technology leadership and confirm skills and knowledge to exploit upcoming technologies

Stakes: Deliver innovation meeting customer and global sector requirements

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6 Phase 7 Phase 8

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Some principles

• IP Management: needs to allow flexibility and provide access to support a broad spectrum of industry;

• Sustainable Development integrated in our global strategic plan as well on our daily activity;

• Collaboration needs to become part of our DNA; • The 3 rules of housing investment may be: location, location,

location… but for us, it would translate to:

Value, Value, Value…

CRIQ and I-CAN, resemblances and differences…

Aiming to support the industry : CRIQ for the province of Quebec; I-CAN globally for Canada.

Open innovation’s prime directive – CO-llaboration: Creating bigger value by bringing the best talent to the table

and insuring respect, synergy, SOLUTION… I-CAN exist and will evolve through the collaboration of its members,

even with others…; CRIQ will continue to offer its services and talents to its customer but

when the potential for a bigger/better/faster solutions through external collaboration is identified, CRIQ will aim for collaboration.