1 The Ten-Year Innovation Plan for South Africa: Opportunities for International Partnerships International Conference on Scientific and Technological International Conference on Scientific and Technological Innovation: National Experience and International Innovation: National Experience and International Cooperation Cooperation Novotneho Lavka, 5, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 May 2009 Vuyani Lingela, General Manager, International Cooperation and Research
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The Ten-Year Innovation Plan for South Africa: Opportunities for International Partnerships
International Conference on Scientific and Technological Innovation: International Conference on Scientific and Technological Innovation: National Experience and International CooperationNational Experience and International Cooperation
Novotneho Lavka, 5, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 May 2009
Vuyani Lingela, General Manager,International Cooperation and Research
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Contents
1. Innovation Policy Landscape
2. Economic Transformation – towards a knowledge-based economy
3. SA’s “Grand Challenges”
4. Innovation as a National Imperative Innovation Instruments Human Capital Development S&T Across Government
5. Conclusion
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Policy landscape
S&T WhitePaper
R&D Strategy S&T missions
10Yr InnovationPlan
OECD Reviewof SA NSI
1996 2002 2004 2007
Creationof DST
New public S&T missionsBiotechnologyICTAdvanced manufacturingAstronomy
Knowledge-based economyGrand challengesHuman capital development
NSI SWOTBenchmarked
Developing the NSI
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Towards a Knowledge Economy
RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
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The Knowledge Economy
The Four Pillars of the Knowledge Economy
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Towards a Knowledge Economy
• Knowledge is the basic form of capital for Innovation Knowledge generation, accumulation and
exploitation
• Economic growth is driven by Innovation Key driver for Innovation is “high-end” human
capital: PhD PhD as the key foundation for achieving the
objectives of the National System of Innovation (NSI)
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Economic & Scientific Wealth
Source: DA King, Nature 430 (2004) 311 (15 July 2004)
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The Ten-Year Innovation Plan
Enablers
Farmer to pharma
Human & social science
Global change
EnergySpace science
Technology development and innovation
Human capital - Centres of excellence, South African research chairs initiative, professional development
programme, etc.
Knowledge infrastructure – Science councils, state-owned enterprises, global projects
Cross- cutting enablers
Grand challenges
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Farmer to Pharmaceutical
For South Africa’s biotechnology industry to grow, a number of critical factors need to be satisfied, including:
• Greater networking and collaboration (domestic and international) across all sectors (academia, science councils, industry and government)
• The development of business skills to help identify viable projects• A clearer strategic focus on selected platforms and markets• Improved funding mechanisms to close the gap between basic
research and commercialisation; and shorter turnaround times between application and receipt of funding
• Investment in platforms (including infrastructure) to bridge the gap between research and commercial
• Implementation South Africa has a range of natural
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Societal benefits of space science
• Disasters - Reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced disasters
• Health - Understanding environmental factors affecting human health
• Energy - Managing energy resources• Climate variability and change - Adapting to climate variability and
change• Water - Improving resource management• Weather - Improving forecasting and warning• Protection of ecosystems - Improved management of terrestrial,
coastal, and marine resources• Agriculture - Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating
desertification• Conserving biodiversity - Understanding, monitoring, and
conserving biodiversity
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Space industry
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Energy
• Major R&D ThrustsClean coalNuclear technologies in support Eskom Build
ProgrammeRenewables (Special focus on Solar
technologies)Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
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SAEOSS
Societal benefits of earth observation
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Human and social science
• In today’s world, behaviour, science and technology are deeply intertwined,
• The socioeconomic problems that we face require focused work by teams of cross-disciplinary experts;
• Technologies cannot be developed without giving thought to how they will affect and be received by human beings.
• to increase our ability to anticipate the complex consequences of change;
• to better understand the dynamics of human and social behaviour at all levels;
• to better understand the cognitive and social structures that create and define change; and
• to help people and organisations better manage profound or rapid change.
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Innovation Instruments
TIA
Production &Commercialisation
Development
KnowledgeProduction
Bridging the “Innovation Chasm”
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•Research Chairs
•PGP & HCD instruments
•RISA instruments
COEs
Centres of Competency
Basic Applied Tech Develop Transfer & Proliferation