kodak focus on the cambridge phenomenon sam weller european research director 18 th april 2007

Kodak focus on the Cambridge Phenomenon

Sam WellerEuropean Research Director

18th April 2007

European Research Cambridge

Kodak is the world's foremost imaging innovator committed to helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work.

Memories

Information

Entertainment


Developing opportunities in digital imaging and new markets while continuing our heritage in photography.

Memories

Entertainment

Information

Today’s Challenge


32,000U.S. Patents

1987

1889 1896

Infoimaging

Imaging

Photography

1942 1982

1900

1975

OLEDOLED

T-Graintechnology

T-Graintechnology

Roll filmRoll film

1935

2005

1963

Digitalcamera

prototype

Digitalcamera

prototype

2007

An Industry Pioneer In Technology


Consumer Digital Imaging

GraphicCommunicationsHealth Film Products

Key Business Areas

Sold in 2007 to Onex Corp.“Carestream Health Inc.”


Digital services (online, mobile)

Digital consumer capture

Printing (kiosks, home, paper)

Image Sensors

Consumer Digital Imaging


Healthcare information systems

Digital output

Digital capture

Services

Film capture & output

Health


Inkjet printing solutions

Digital printing solutions

Workflow and prepress equipment

Prepress consumables

Wide-format

Document and image scanning

ImageSensor

Graphic Communications


Film and traditional capture products

Aerial and industrial imaging

Entertainment imaging products

Film Products Group


OLED

Display materials

Other Businesses


Open Innovation

For over 100 years, Kodak has been a photographic innovator.

Carried out its own research, didn’t need to collaborate much.

The digital transformation in the imaging business has changed all that.

Kodak doesn’t possess all the technologies it needs.

Must collaborate & search for new ideas & technologies.

Traditional research sites were inappropriate.

A European wide search resulted in Cambridge being selected for ……….

The new Kodak European Research Centre


Cambridge

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Kodak European Research (Cambridge)

is the European component of Kodak Research Laboratories

We are… currently 24 permanent staff + ~10 temporary staff

We are… situated on the Cambridge Science Park and we have been there since Jan 06

We have… an open plan office area, and large multi-purpose labs


Technology differentiation

Different science & technology emerging from within European universities, institutes, and industries

Consumer differentiation

The way EAMER consumers choose to use and interact with technology and products is different, different trends in consumer usage and uptake of technology

Proximity to Strategic Partners

Especially where there is a European research centre

Funding Opportunities

Participation in local, national or EU research programmes

To leverage European location tobenefit Kodak

Why does Kodak have Research activities in Europe?


Our research interests

Smart digital imaging

perfect capture, including metadata

semantic understanding & intelligence

ubiquitous access (mutiplatforms)

Extended printing systemsnovel printing platforms

difficult media

Patterning on flexible substratesdisplays

electronics


Mission for Cambridge Lab

• Search out excellent, differentiated and relevant European science, technology & opportunities of relevance to Kodak

• Identify & pursue regional user preferences

• Develop relationships with key centres of excellence – both industrial and academic

• Establish national & EU research collaborations

• Build prototype systems to validate technology in a Kodak environment

• Transfer technology to appropriate landing zones that can create revenues


Criteria important to Kodak for its new Centre

• Maximum ability to extract early stage, new science & technology from the best (quality/stature/alignment/environment) academic centres in Europe

• Attractive for high quality multinational staff (standard of living,education, tax, high tech environment, etc)

• Good access to external partners (start ups & Venture Capital)

• Easy accessibility for visitors (close to international airport, railway, motorway, etc)

• Appropriate infrastructure in place or easy access to (IS, networks,technical skills, prototyping, etc)

• Flexible infrastructure to accommodate fast changing needs

• Low cost structure


An Academic Environment

Cambridge is home to one of the world’s best universities

It has more Nobel Laureates than any other university (81 in 2005)

Research income in 2004 was £246m, comparable with MIT and Yale

Kodak staff are part of the University environment

meetings

discussions

lectures

conferences

» close location to a premier university to maximise the extraction of early stage, new science & technology


Interaction with Universities

Short term projects – MSc, final year projects

Long term projects – PhD, Postdocs

DTI funded projects

EU FP6 – STREPs, IPs, Network of Excellence, Marie Curie

Placement students 3-12 month

Consultancy

Contract work

Spin-out & Start-up companies

Technology Transfer – Licensing, investment, acquisition


Other Companies

Cambridge is attractive to many companies in our field and is a fertile science and technology base for us

Leads to interactions & potential collaborations


Close to start-ups and spin-outs

Cambridge is home to many spin-outs and start-ups in our technical fieldsUniversity people and ideas are at the core of many new technology ventures

Approximately 1000 innovation-based companies are located in Cambridge

Kodak Research can participate & network with these companies, increasing our potential to access new technology early


Venture Capital

In 2003, ~10% of European Venture capital was invested in Cambridge;

a city with ~120k people!

Kodak can benefit by interactions with VCs

reality checks

knowledge of what’s emerging


Our European Base in Cambridge

Easy access to rest of Europe

Train & plane works well

European Workforce

Positive diversity strategy

Pushing the boundaries

Working within existing European networks (IRC Network, etc)

Actively seeking technology & market opportunities across Europe

Structured approach to Technical Intelligence

Use our continental European staff

Prepare databases on each country

Visit in organised way


Permanent staff are supplemented by temporary student interns and academic secondments

We have many students who have recently joined us from all over Europe other than UK ….... students from Portugal, Serbia, Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine…

FR CZ

UKPL CH

HU


ICELAND

SPAIN

FRANCE

UKIRELAND

FINLANDSWEDEN

NORWAY

PORTUGAL

SWITZERLAND

BELGIUM

ITALY

GERMANY

HOLLAND

DENMARK

CZECHREPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

POLAND

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

HUNGARY

CROATIA

BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA

SERBIA

ALBANIA

GREECE

TURKEY

BULGARIA

ROMANIA

MOLDOVA

UKRAINE

BELARUS

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

MACADONIA

RUSSIA

TUNISIAALGERIA

MOROCCO

Existing Collaborations

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ICELAND

SPAIN

FRANCE

UKIRELAND

FINLANDSWEDEN

NORWAY

PORTUGAL

SWITZERLAND

BELGIUM

ITALY

GERMANY

HOLLAND

DENMARK

CZECHREPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

POLAND

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

HUNGARY

CROATIA

BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA

SERBIA

ALBANIA

GREECE

TURKEY

BULGARIA

ROMANIA

MOLDOVA

UKRAINE

BELARUS

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

MACADONIA

RUSSIA

TUNISIAALGERIA

MOROCCO

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Innovation Relay Centre Network- 230 local offices in 33 countries

Increasing our collaboration opportunities…. by leveraging existing European networks

IAESTE Student placementProgramme-organised by the British Council

Students ~ 4yrs experience

3 or 12 month placement


ICELAND

SPAIN

FRANCE

UKIRELAND

FINLANDSWEDEN

NORWAY

PORTUGAL

SWITZERLAND

BELGIUM

ITALY

GERMANY

HOLLAND

DENMARK

CZECHREPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

POLAND

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

HUNGARY

CROATIA

BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA

SERBIA

ALBANIA

GREECE

TURKEY

BULGARIA

ROMANIA

MOLDOVA

UKRAINE

BELARUS

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

MACADONIA

RUSSIA

TUNISIAALGERIA

MOROCCO

European Intelligence

Overview Country reports complete/planned

IAESTE Student placementProgramme-organised by the British Council

Students ~ 4yrs experience

3 or 12 month placement

Visits / planned visits

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Innovation Relay Centre Network- 230 local offices in 33 countries


Other Mechanisms

Innovation Relay Centre Network (www.innovationrelay.net) weekly keyword updates

Connect-2-Ideas

University Technology transfer offices: e.g. Cambridge Enterprise, ISIS

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs): EEDA, Grenoble

Venture Capitalists: NW Brown, Create Partners, NESTA….

Conferences: IPTEC

Existing networks: KTNs, EU FP6/7, DTI ….

Personal contacts: Cardscan software

Commercial options: Yet2.com (10k), Nine sigma (?), Strategic Allies (20k), Oakland (6k), Evalueserve (2k), Cambridge Resolution (2k)


The Cambridge Phenomenon

The “Cambridge phenomenon” is strong and self perpetuating!

Everyone wants it to be a success.

University

Companies

City

etc

But, it can’t stand still and needs to continue to develop its leadership position!

kodak focus on the cambridge phenomenon sam weller european research director 18 th april 2007

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