Industry-Academy Cooperation Prof Hagit Messer-Yaron President OUI hagitm openu

Industry-Academy Cooperation Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron President, OUI hagitm@openu. ac. il INTER-REGIONAL SEMINAR ON: Economic Issues of Intellectual Property Rights Sept. 11, 2012 HMY 2012

Universities as “Intellectual and Economic Engines” : Calls for Academia-Industry Partnership HMY 2012

University vs. Industry. Contrasting Cultures: University l l l l Corporate Social responsibilities Basic, curiosity driven research Create new knowledge Freedom of research Publications & collaborations Sharing of material Open, global community and sharing of research results l l l l HMY 2012 Shareholders responsibilities Applied research Develop new products Specific objectives, product focused Ownership and secrecy Control of material Aiming to global market

The Death Valley Industry Academia " Death Valley " Products Science HMY 2012

Bridging over the “Death Valley” – WHY? l Better exploitation of knowledge to the benefit of the public (e. g. , new drugs, environmental technologies, alternative energy). l A natural source of innovation. l To foster knowledge-based economy; direct contribution to short term growth. l “Fair” and efficient use of public support. HMY 2012

Bridging over the “Death Valley” – HOW? Modern relations between universities and industries: l New venture formation/Spin-offs l R&D agreements l Licensing deals Traditional: l Teaching and students practice l Individual entrepreneurship HMY 2012

Industry, university, government Researchers (people!), Faculties, Administration, etc. knowledge university Government money Technology/knowledge. Transfer knowledge industry Entrepreneurs VCs Productions Marketing Management Stocks holders HMY 2012 etc. money

The Role of Governments Financial support for academic, basic research. Public support is essential for academic freedom. 2. Intervention programs for “bridging the gap”. 3. Legal infrastructure: intellectual property rights (IPR) laws, Taxations, innovation law, etc. 1. IPR HMY 2012

The case of ISRAEL l ISRAEL is an R&D state - the expenditure on civilian research and development (R&D) as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) is the highest in the world: HMY 2012 Source: ISRAEL CBS

Israel: Recent Nobel Laureates l Dan Shechtman , Chemistry, 2011 Technion l Ada E. Yonath, Chemistry, 2009 Wiezmann Inst. l Robert Aumann, Economics, 2005 HUJI l Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry, 2004 - Technion l Avram Hershko, Chemistry, 2004 Technion l Daniel Kahneman, Economics, 2002 - HUJI HMY 2012

Lessons from IL experience – How to maintain top level Science AND successful High-Tech Industry? HMY 2012

Higher Education in Israel Expanding system l 1989/90: 21 HEI (8 universities + 13 colleagues), 88, 800 students. l 2010/11: 67 HEI, (8 universities + 36 academic colleagues, 23 pedagogical colleagues) 297, 800 students. All HEIs are independent legal entities; All but NBC are heavily supported by the government. HMY 2012

The 7+1 universities: • The Technion • The Hebrew University in Jerusalem • Tel Aviv University • Bar Ilan University • Ben Gurion University in the Negev • Haifa University • The Weizmann Institute • The Open University HMY 2012

University vs. Colleague HEI PRO Research: Grants, Teaching & research: TT, Faculty, Teaching: Facilities, Graduate students Undergrad Research Inst. HMY 2012

Characteristics of TT in Israel: l Government’s involvement mainly by intervention programs. l Each university decides on its own policy and regulations independently. However, they share common principles. l Each university has its own TTC. l TTCs are for-profit companies, own by the universities. l TTCs are handling universities IP and are responsible for commercialization, following the university’s policy. HMY 2012

TTCs in Israel Weizmann Institute Yeda 1959 Hebrew University Yissum 1964 Tel Aviv University Ramot 1973 . . . New initiative – national TTC – 2013? ? ? HMY 2012

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The rules – main common principles: l l l Researchers must disclose to the university any research of commercial potential. Universities own the IP of “institute inventions” (service invention). Institute inventions are discoveries of employees and others, related to the university. Institute inventions are commercialized solely by the TTC. Commercialization revenues are shared by the inventors (4050%) and the university. If the TTC chooses not to file for patent, the inventors can do it at their own expense. HMY 2012

Different Institutional TT strategies, all managed by the TTC l Research and development agreements l Licensing deals l New venture formation / Spin-offs HMY 2012

Institutional TT (1) R&D agreements Industry Academia " Death Valley " Products Science HMY 2012

Institutional TT (2) Licensing deals Industry Academia " Death Valley " Products Science HMY 2012

Institutional TT (3) Spin offs Industry Academia " Death Valley " Products Science HMY 2012

The technology transfer process at TAU “Bridging the Gap” Discovery & Innovation Evaluation Patenting & Marketing Strategy Sponsored Research Business Development IDF Follow Up on Contract Revenues 40 -20 -40 Academic Basic and Applied Research publications HMY 2012 To inventors

Example: the Weizmann Inst. Responsible technology transfer* HMY 2012

Example (cont): the Weizmann Institute - Policy HMY 2012

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Selected TT Success Stories: Yeda, Yissum & Ramot (2009) Copaxone | Teva ® Rebif ® Total sale of Weizmann based products € 6 Bilion/year | Merck Serono Encryption Algorithm | NDS Gene. Cards Nano. Lub TM TM | Xenne. X | Nanomaterials Exelon | Novartis ® Dunaliella | Nikken Sohonsha Doxil Quantomi. X Erbitux TM TM ® | J&J | QX Capsule | Im. Clone Cherry Tomatoes | Bon. Tom Periochip | Dexcel Lipimix | Tubilux HMY 2012

Academic institutions with more than 50 PCTs/year (2004) Univ. of California system Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft CNRS MIT Univ. of Texas California Inst. Tech. Johns Hopkins Univ. of Michigan Columbia Univ. Riken Univ. of Florida Hebrew Univ. Weizmann Institute Stanford HMY 2012 297 182 146 131 96 84 76 74 68 67 67 56 54 54

Licensing Income of top 10 US universities Licensing Income Survey 2006 top 10 Universities * # Institution 1 Univ. of California System 193 2 NYU 157 3 Stanford Univ. 61 4 Wake Forest Univ. 60 5 Univ. of Minnesota 56 6 MIT 43 7 Univ. of Florida 42 8 Univ. of Rochester 38 9 Northwestern Univ. 29 Harvard Univ. 20 10 Licensing Income ($M) * Source: AUTM Licensing Survey 2006 HMY 2012

Government’s involvement in university-industry relations l Under the responsibility of the office of the Chief Scientist at the ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (OCS). l Different intervention programs for university. LOCAL industry collaboration. l Restrictions on internationalization of knowledge created under these programs. HMY 2012

Thank You! hagitm@openu. ac. il HMY 2012