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Technology Strategy Board
Developing UK capability
and creating wealth
Graham Spittle
Chairman
Technology Strategy Board
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Technology Strategy Board Vision
‘For the UK to be seen as a global leader in
innovation and a magnet for technology-intensive
companies, where new technology is applied rapidly
and effectively to create wealth’.
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Government targets
• The Government has set a target of increasing
total R&D as a share of GDP to 2.5% by 2014.
• The target for business investment in R&D is 1.7%
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Business expenditure on R&D as a proportion of GDP, G7
2.5
Business expenditure on R&D as a
proportion of GDP, %
Japan
2
US
Germany
OECD average
1.5
France
UK
1
Canada
Italy
0.5
0
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1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
Year
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
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What do the figures show?
• Total R&D as a proportion of GDP was 1.78% in 2004
against an OECD average of 2.26%
• Business R&D as a proportion of GDP was 1.15%
well below the OECD average of 1.51%
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What do the figures show?
In 2004
• R&D performed by the Government increased by 0.5%
on 2003 in real terms.
• R&D performed within universities and other higher
education institutes increased by 4% on 2003 in real terms.
• R&D performed by the business sector fell 3% on 2003 in
real terms.
We need to improve
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What do the figures show?
Latest Innovation Survey shows UK moving in the right
direction in terms of firms developing novel products and
processes • 29% of businesses say they have introduced new products
up from 18%.
• 19% of businesses say they have introduced new
processes up from 15%.
• 66% of businesses were engaged in some form of
innovation activity up from 61%.
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Number of factors influencing business
Main factors influencing the business environment:
• Relentless pace of technological development.
• Globalisation of the world economy.
• Restructuring of the UK economy in favour of high value,
knowledge-based design, manufacturing and services.
To respond to these challenges companies must:
• Constantly strengthen their capabilities.
• Embrace technological innovation.
• Find innovative ways to satisfy customer demand.
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Focus of the TSB
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The Government’s 10-Year Science and Innovation
Investment Framework is aimed at ensuring the UK
remains internationally competitive.
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TSB role is to drive business R&D as part of a
National Technology Strategy
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Operates across Government helping to create
engagement between business and Government in
specific areas of opportunity
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Selection Criteria
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UK Capacity to Develop and Exploit the Technology
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Potential for Impact and Timescale
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The Size of the Global Market Opportunity
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A Clear Technology Strategy Board Role
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What are we funding already?
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What are we funding already?
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Over 360 projects already approved for funding
Represents over £580m of R&D activity,
Over £270m provided in Government support
Programme has undertaken
over 9,000 Outline assessments
 700 Full stage assessments
 from over 10,000 applicants
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20 Knowledge Transfer Networks
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Nanotechnology for sustainable water purification
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Using sunlight to treat dirty water and create electricity
simultaneously
Key Benefits
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Solar powered catalyst purifies
contaminated water
Able to generate electrical current
More cost effective and environmentally
friendly than existing technology
Can treat both chemical and biological contaminates
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Therapeutic products from human stem cells
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Viable therapeutic stem cell treatments for serious diseases
Key Benefits
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develop treatments for patients
with diseases such as Parkinson’s
disease and stroke
dramatically reduce the demand for and
cost of long-term nursing care
the creation of generic processes will make future cellbased medicines easier to develop and more affordable
across the industry
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3D scalable integrated displays
Cost effective and scaleable 3D display system that could revolutionise
the way we are taught, the way we work and maybe even the way we
relax in front of the TV.
Key Benefits
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three-dimensional images that can be
viewed on a flat TV screen with the
naked eye
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improves the quality and realism of flight
and other visual training simulators
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revolutionises the visual media and entertainment
industries
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Other examples
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World’s first fully environmentally clean sports car based on a
Morgan sports car
Converting mixed waste plastics back to basic refinery and
petrochemical products
Grid-computing infrastructure to share data between
geographically dispersed computers
Acoustically advanced materials that reduce noise in the working
environment
Faster and more efficient optimisation model to deliver substantial
performance improvement in 3G networks
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Changes to the competitions
Listening to your feedback
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Fast Track for projects seeking £250k or less support
- faster/lighter single-stage process
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Large Projects seeking support above £8m
- provides opportunities for larger projects without
being constrained by indicative levels for each
technology area
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Focus of the TSB
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Development of key technologies
to underpin the high value added areas of the UK economy
► to generate new streams of economic activity in their own right
► strong market focus
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Development of “innovation platforms”
the integration of a range of technologies
► combined with better co-ordination of policy and procurement
instruments
► to deliver in a step change in UK performance
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Key Emerging Technologies
Approach
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Seven key technology areas selected
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Develop medium term strategies for each application area
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Validate the seven areas with business and government
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Determine the appropriate support
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Energy strategy to be published post Energy Review
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Key Technology Areas
Electronics and Photonics
Advanced Materials
Information and Communication Technologies
Bioscience and Healthcare Technologies
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
Emerging Energy Technologies
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Developing UK Capability
– published today
We want your input
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Key Technology Areas
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Input from 600 businesses already to
help shape initial documents
Want wider input by end May
Detailed discussion documents on the
key technology areas can be found on
the Technology Strategy website –
www.dti.gov.uk/technologystrategy
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Focus of the TSB
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Development of key technologies
to underpin the high value added areas of the UK economy
► to generate new streams of economic activity in their own right
► strong market focus
►
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Development of “innovation platforms”
the integration of a range of technologies
► combined with better co-ordination of policy and procurement
instruments
► to deliver in a step change in UK performance
►
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Innovation Platforms
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Innovation Platform
A societal challenge bringing together a range of technologies and
policy levers to deliver innovative new products and services for
which there are real customers in a potentially large global market
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Brings together government stakeholders/funders
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Engages with business and the research community
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Identifies the appropriate levers to use
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Links research to market through procurement
opportunities
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Innovation Platform pilots
• Two pilot Innovation Platforms
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Network Security
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Intelligent Transport Systems & Services
• Initial investment of £10 million for each Platform
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Innovation Platform update
Network Security
• Steering Group established including representatives from the
TSB, Home Office, Cabinet Office, MoD, DTI and the Cyber
Security KTN.
• Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network leads the Platform’s
community of business interest with 350 businesses engaged.
• A summary of challenges is currently being drawn together as
the basis for an action plan.
• Business challenges have been identified and several working
groups established to identify how to take these forward from the
business perspective.
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Innovation Platform update
Intelligent Transport Systems & Services
• DTI has committed £6.5m over the next five years to support the
innovITS business-led network.
• Business challenges are being identified through engaging with
business
• Transport Innovation fund launched by Department for Transport in
July 2005 supports the development of transport schemes that
feature demand management. Funding of £290m will be available
in 2008/9, increasing to £2.5bn by 2014/15.
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Challenges
• Creating a step change in UK innovation –
2.5% target
• Joining up activities across Government
• Giving business headline indications of future
Government procurement activity
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Opportunities
• UK a global leader in key technologies & markets
and in challenges facing society
• Provide a common agenda and focus for activities
across government
• Maximise government impact by creating a visible
route from blue skies research to procurement
opportunity
• Changing economy – supporting the service sector/
creative media
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We cannot do this alone
• We need • Government Departments to provide the challenge and
support the opportunity with funds and expertise
• Regional Development Agencies and Devolved
Administrations to stimulate the demand and create
the conditions for success, and……
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We cannot do this alone
• We need -
business to play its part –
• engaging with the work of the Board
• providing input
• putting innovation at the centre of their
strategies
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Developing UK capability
and creating wealth