1. Innovation and Industrial Relationships at DESY
The Technology Campus as Innovation Driver
Katja Kroschewski
Head of DESY Technology Transfer
DESY-KEK-Meeting
Hamburg,

2. DESY - Home of Brilliant Light Sources
New High Brilliance X-ray Sources
Research Labs/ Inhouse
Application Labs
PETRA III
FLASH

3. Collaborations on Campus
Centre for Free-Electron Laser Science
Centre for Structural Systems Biology
Centre for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN)
Federal Excellence Initiative
UHH-DESY-EMBL-XFEL
Institut für Experimentalphysik
Centre for Ultrafast Imaging

4. Innovation at DESY Innovation Strategy 2016
Stabsstelle “Innovation and Technology Transfer”
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Innovation Strategy Council (ISC)
Fields of Innovation
Technology challenge leads to pioneering work
Pioneering work happens in cooperation with companies
Can lead to paradigm shifts
DESY`s challenge also encourages companies to develop new techniques and innovative services
Use of the light sources by industry

5. Types of Industrial Partners
Suppliers
From simple components to high-tech developments
Customers
Licence contracts (patents and know-how)
Use of infrastructure (plus optional service)
Range of other services
Spin-offs that sell products

6. DESY Technology Transfer - Application starts here
Sörne Möller
Communication Office, Sponsoring, Services
Lan Fimmen
Patents,
Industrial Service Lightsources
Katja Kroschewski
Group Leader
Dr. Ilka Mahns
Contracts,
Utilisation,
Start-up Office
Christian Mennrich
Marketing
Katharina Kull
Sales, MicroTCA.4

7. Technology Transfer: from Research to Innovation
Return flow to DESY
Licensing income
Know-how profit
New cooperations / research projects
Improvement of DESY-Technologies
Research IP
Know-how
Technologies
Industry
Products
Market requirements
Business volume
Capital
Identify and protect Products
Prepare Products for Market
Distribute Products
Marketing

8. Technology Transfer and Application Examples @ DESY
Beamtime for Industry
Licensing
Spin-offs
DESY Technologies
Validation Projects

9. Technology Transfer Project „MTCA.4 for Industry“
Duration: July 2012 – December 2014
Volume: 4 Mio. EUR (50% by Helmholtz, 50% by DESY & industrial partners)
Goal: Commercialisation of a measurement and control system based on the electronic standard MicroTCA.4 in different fields of industry and research institutes
Benefits for DESY and the companies:
More and intensive cooperation between DESY and industry
Higher visibility of DESY in industry, international research
(FAIR, ESS, ITER) and society
Increase of licence agreements and revenues
Cooperation partners: 13 companies from industry
Helmholtz Validierungsprojekt „MTCA.4 for Industrie“ (HVF-0016)

10. Data Management and Storage Development
Cebit, 2012: DESY/IBM agreement on strategic cooperation for innovative storage development
„Science“, 2012: Researchers from IBM and CFEL (DESY, UHH, MPG) constructed the world‘s smallest magnetic storage
August 2014: DESY/IBM cooperation to develop Big Data solution for research – Goal: processing of up to 20 GB/sec for more than 2000 researchers

11. Materials Research & Nano Technologies
Properties of materials: from toys to kevlar vests, from lotions to chocolate mousse ...
Analysis & optimization of materials and surfaces
Organic solar cell research
Layers for credit cards
Turbine blades
Catalysts

12. Life Sciences
Strong Life Science presence on the DESY campus (e.g. EMBL, CSSB, MPG)
Nobel Prize 2009 for Ada Yonath
Protein Crystallography: Research for tailor made pharmaceuticals

13. Industrial Access Direct and fast access to the beamlines
No scientific peer review required
Access on a cost basis
Maximum of 5% of the user time at PETRA III
All inquiries are treated confidentially
Three types of contract for industrial access:
Feasibility studies
Short-term contracts
Long-term cooperation
Optional: Preparation and execution of measurements & specific data evaluation

14. Development of Industrial Usage of Synchrotrons
25 years ago large, multinational companies had the resources to fund beamlines or have the in-house staff capability to run beamtime
Today: flexible access and support from synchrotron staff empowers even small companies to use synchrotrons
Meet the needs: rapid access for short periods, flexible contractual procedures, competitive pricing and a range of services
Usually, Life Science dominates the usage at the light sources
Collaboration in grant-funded projects

15. The Science Link Network
Large Scale facilities:
Photons, Neutrons
DESY- (DORIS) PETRA
HZB BESSY, BERII
HZG GEMS Materials Science - PETRA
MAX-IV Laboratory, MAX-II and III
9 regional agencies – contact points
7 academic partners
Funding 3.6 Mio EUR
partly financed by BSR programme
66 applications, 39 measurements

16. Technology Transfer and Application Examples @ DESY
Beamtime for Industry
Licensing
Spin-offs
DESY Technologies
Validation Projects

17. DESY-Startup Office – established since 2013
Laser Technologies
Nano Technology
Life Sciences/ Medical Engineering
Services
Consultancy and training for potential spin-offs
Organisation and provision of required services
Coordination of DESY premises for founders
Execution of market analyses in cooperation with external partners
Networking of the spin-offs within DESY as well as the Helmholtz Association

18. Spin-offs @ DESY and University of Hamburg
Currently 6 spin-off projects in the DESY Start-up Office
Fields of research: Detectors, laser systems, electronics, beamline equipment, electron sources
5 spin-off companies succesfully founded
4 Helmholtz Enterprise funding applications submitted and granted

19. Innovation Centre Research-based incubator on the DESY premises
High potential for innovation on the research campus
Funding: 14.6 mio € from State of Hamburg (FHH)
Operation: Innovationszentrum GmbH (DESY, FHH, UHH)
Industrial application and market launch of R&D results through spin-off companies
Establishment of a network of professional contacts and cooperations
Return flow of know-how to R&D work

20. The Technology Campus as Innovation Driver
DESY Campus Hamburg international hub for Excellent Science
Raise awareness for innovation potential
Meet customer needs
Communication between research community, facilities and industry is of utmost importance
We offer industrial companies
Opportunities to benefit from the insights of basic research and to take an active part in the development of new technologies
Access to scientific and technological developments and our globally unique facilities
Opportunities to develop and improve (new) applications and products based on R&D at DESY
Commercialisation of licences, technologies and services

21. Thank you! Katja Kroschewski technologietransfer@desy.de
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