1. Turku Future Technologies
TFT

2. Agenda Team and Starting Point Turku Future Technologies
TFT Universities and Map of Skills
Benefits for Companies osaamiskärjet

3. Team and Starting Point

4. Universities:
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5. TFT Office (3+1) R&D Manager Account Manager Network Coordinator
A head of TFT team is D.Sc (Tech) Karri Mikkonen and his responsibilities are planning and execution of TFT stategy and a business plan. He also develops and manages relations to the universities and a steering group of the network.
MSc. Sofia Tuominen is responsible for combining business needs & university professionals towards co-operation.
BBA Marianne Leistén is responsible for a general network coordination, relying strongly with TFT team and entire network of high level researchers and business actors.
TFT Rauma
In the Rauma region TFT collaborates with Heikki M. Nurmi, Head of Business Services

6. Starting Point
One of the Turku region’s and Southwest Finland’s strongest business sectors are the maritime, metal and mechanical engineering industries.
The research and teaching of universities form a basis for the growth of the region’s diverse business structure and the strengthening of its expertise and international competitiveness.
For SMEs in particular, strengthening cooperation with universities is a central challenge and presents an opportunity for growth and development.
The shortage of university level engineering education and highly educated experts are causing a bottleneck in the development of the region’s manufacturing technology industry

7. Number of employed Masters of Science in Engineering and architects by city in 2014
Source: Statistics Finland

8. LAUNCH OF TURKU FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Measures in three different domains
Development of education and training
Production of technical training and degrees that achieve a higher level of expertise
Strengthening attractiveness
Strengthening of the Turku region’s reputation and attractiveness at universities of technology and campuses
Strengthening of universities’ RDI activities that serve companies
LAUNCH OF TURKU FUTURE TECHNOLOGY

9. TURKU FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

10. Partner Companies

11. Map of Skills in TFT Network*
University of Turku
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Åbo Akademi
Novia University of Applied Sciences
Aalto University
Lappeenranta University of Technologies
University of Oulu
Tampere University of Technology
Entrepreneurship
Marine Industry
Bioenergy Technology
Seafaring Simulations
New Ship Concepts
Energy and Environmental Technology
Materials Engineering
Mechatronics
Network Business
Circular Economy
Biomass Valorization
Vibration Spectroscopy
Safety and Security
Smart Grid
Molding and Manufacturing Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Company Growth and Venturing Models
Sales
Process and System Engineering
Data Analysis
Advanced Structures and Materials
Clean Water
Machine Design and Manufacturing
Automation
Business and Innovation Management
Digitalization
Business Logic in Energy and Transport
Energy Efficiency
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Occupational Well-being and Safety
Robotics
Materials Research
Machine Technology Centre Turku
Materials and Surface Technology
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Management
Smart Machines and Manufacturing Competence Center
Computer Science and Information Systems
Manufacturing and Testing Services
Technology Management
Arctic Technology
VTT
Co-operation
Microelectronics and Embedded Systems
Industrial Development Services
* Based on a research conducted in

12. Turku Future Technologies - TFT
TFT is an accessible and agile co-operational network that
Tailors a broad-based research excellence to improve competitiveness and growth in technology companies in South-West Finland
Supports a strategic development project of a company by speeding up know- how development – a product, production, business related – as well as market entries.
Provides a seamless model of co-operation for researchers and companies which leads company-driven, multidisciplinary and profitable innovation collaboration.

13. Improved Competitiveness Improved Competitiveness
Technology Know-how and Research
Product Development
Resources and Skills
Business Research and Developments
Practical Knowledge
Mapping
Technology
Business
Univer-sities Co
Compile Know-how
Top Publications
Multi-disciplinary Innovations
Multidiscipline Innovations
Coordinate
Business Develop-ment
Co-operation with Companies
Inter-nationalisation
Communicate and Consult
Improved Competitiveness
Improved Competitiveness

14. TFT Services for Companies
TFT brings one network channel that provides research and development resources in fields of product, production, technology and business management
Offered services are
Top people for research target specifications
RDI projects (TEKES option)
Professional services and training
Projects
Master Thesis and internship
Global data search and summaries
TFT also provides an extensive recruitment network of professionals: there are approximately 2300 students graduating from the network universities every year

15. Company-research. docx
TFT Process
TFT Sales
Company-research. docx
University mapping
TFT Summary
Meeting
Decision
Finance
Project
Phase 1
Project Phase 2
Project
Phase X
Conclusions
TFT DB for Projects
TFT Customer DB
Check Point 1
Check Point X

16. Benefits for Companies

17. Multidisclipinary Challenges
For companies there is a great continuous need to apply faster, more complicated and efficient means to gain competitiviness and higher level of expertise
A modern innovation prosess requires multidiscliplinary research for real-life challenges
It is quite often so that RDI resources of a company cannot meet demands of complex challenges
A recruitment process of top specialists is time consuming and an offering is limited

18. Multidisclipinary Research Challenges
COMPANY Strategic Development Project
UNIVERSITIES Technology Research
UNIVERSITIES Legal Challenges
UNIVERSITIES Business and Innovation Management

19. Company and TFT
Company’s competitiveness and development of know-how require faster, more complicated and efficient means
New innovations need multidisciplinary expertise and top researches which are targeted to the real world challenges
RDI resources of a company may not be able to meet all of multidisciplinary challenges  technical – commercial - legal
A recruitment process of talents is time consuming and difficult

20. TFT – Benefits for Top Management
One accessible and agile co-operational network for a broad-based research excellence
A main target to support a company’s strategic growth and competitiveness
Mapping – coordination – mutually agreed targets and reports
A company can easily multiply research resources
Faster RDI cycles and launches for new innovations
IPR
Also sales & marketing and legal consultation can be aqcuired
Competitive services
A recruitment channel

21. TFT – Benefits for RDI Management
New technologies (trends, new opps, showcases)
Map of Skills
Fast matching with specialists
Benefits of the network can be seen during the mapping
Comprehensive, dynamic and flexible – A customer centric
R&D-seminars (e.g. FIMECC)
TFT newsletters for RDI

22. Questions supporting discussion
Do we have a problem?
What is the problem?
How can I describe the problem?
Who can help?
How this help can be realized?

23. Turku Future Technologies
Case 1
A customer has an urgent strategic need to develop a major product portfolio
Demand of the portfolio is changing due to new trends and technical standards
There is a development requirement of a new basic material and this has brought up a following set of research questions:
A totally new material vs development of the existing material
Manufacturing and materials technologies
Business models and competitiveness
More than 30 multidiscipline research questions have risen

24. Turku Future Technologies
Case 1
TFT network provides with following research resources
Koneteknologiakeskus can also offer expertise, training and a testing environment for the chosen materials and related technologies
University of Turku
Tampere University of Technology
LUT
University of Oulu
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Novia University of Applied Sciences
Turku KTK Oy

25. Kiitos!

26. TFT Value Proposition
To offer your company multidiscipline research power of a network of 8 leading universities fast and efficiently
A research project executed by the network offers versatile and advanced solutions for real world problems and challenges
To tailor a competitive research project to accurately meet your company’s strategic needs.