Choose your scientific partners

Webinar 25th February 2014www.expernova.com

Identifying Scientific Partners

]Webinar Overview[

How expernova.com can help youIdentify and Choose future Scientific Partners

Build Scientific Collaborations How to work with public research Get advice and feedback Precisely identify the most relevant actors Establish criteria for selection Recognise challenges faced State-of-the-art partner identification A scientific mapping technology

In practice:

3 major needs from our clients-> 3 example business cases of use of expernova.com

Questions & Answers

]Why build Scientific Collaborations?[

To maintain a high level of expertise and stay ahead in the marketTo acquire scientific noteriety and international recognition

To integrate new functions and technologies for your product developmentTo overcome technological obstacles and resolve specific problems

To share risk and cost of R&DTo access public funding

]How to work with public research[

Implement a bilateral contract focused on exploratory research projects

Implement a bilateral contract focused on an R&D service

Create a consortium focused on calls for collaborative projects(Horizon2020, Eurostar,,ANR, CONAHEC…)

Operate a commercial licence on patents or software

Integrate students or young researchers into internal R&D projects(Training Programs, Scholarships, Apprenticeships…)

]Advice and feedback[

Have an in-house project manager able to understand the field

Do not assume that the laboratory will provide a finished product

Do not hesitate to reorientate or reorganize the project you are working on

Solicit public actors to help you build a project

Anticipate the management of intellectual property between partners and be accompanied and assisted as soon as it becomes complex

Do not underestimate the workload

]Difficulties identifying the most relevant actors[

Follow an increasingly complexscientific environment !

An explosion in volume of scientific data (publications, articles, patents,…)Multiple sources of information The emergence of new and dynamic countries / actors The interconnection of multiple scientific fields

It is very time consuming for highly skilledpeople to do these tasks

10 million researchersworldwide

(20 million expected by 2020)

1,7 million researchers publish90% of worldwide publications

]Criteria for selection depending on you obstacles[

Specific issues Criteria of choice

Academic Excellence Geographical Location Applied REsearch vs Fundamental Research Originality of the work International dimension (influencial networks) Experience in collaborative projects Experience in projects with industrial groups Individual expert vs a team of experts Other skils within the laboratory Existence of patented technologies …

Maintaining leadership in your scientific field

Overcoming a technological issue

Increasing your skills and comptences

Adapting and evolving your products

Optimizing R&D resources

…

For each issue there is specific criteria!

]Identify partners & state of the art analysis[

Type your key-words into the expernova.com search bar

Browse their collaborative networks (internal / external , public / private….)

Consult scientific profiles for a researchcenter and their experts

Map out your scientific environment

Access a comprehensive overview of Experts, Companies, Research centers, Start-Ups,

Universities and Clusters

« Expernova.com is a search enginedesigned to assist you

with the identification of R&D partners

and to work easily on State of the art analysis »

Identify actors organised by category

Specially designed for the new professions in Innovation

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Data Analysis & indexingof data & extraction

of concepts

Scientific Mapping:• Expert profiles• R&D Centers’ works• Scientific works, patents…

A scientific mapping technology

]Live Demo[

]Case 1 : Maintain a scientific advantage[

• The Context :

Sector: EnergyMy Research: « Solar Cell »Stay the world-leader Finance mid-long term projectsWork with the very best research centres worlwide

• Search Criteria and Selection :

Scientific excellence Core business International scope Dynamic scientific collborations

Without geographical contraints

]Case 2 : Adapt to a new market[

• The Context :

Sector: HealthMy research : « Hearing Aid » Adapt my product for the Asiatic MarketWork with Local specialists

• Search Criteria and Selection

Expert on my subject Actors specifically from Eastern Asia Dynamic and open to collaborations

]Case 3 : Identify technology partners[

• The Context :

Sector: Electronics and Telco Product : « Fibre Optic » Overcome a technological obstacleApplied Research Projects

• Search Criteria and Selection :

Applied work -> Patents Close proximity geographically Open to Licensing

]Tangible benefits for our users[

Structure internal processes

• Map your R&D ecosystem• Compare experts, companies and orginisations• Provide and present identified actors

Accelerate productivity

• Generate an overview of your research topic, in minutes • On average, save 5 days on partner research and indentification (customer feedback)

Identify new opportunities

• Identify new concepts and competences within the profiles• Sources and types of works which are currently unexplored• Simplify data navigation

More than 50 large groups, leaders in innovation, use expernova.com worldwide (France, UK, USA, Suisse, Chine, Japon,…)

]Questions & Answers[

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