Taking Innovation Abroad– Technology Transfer inGermany
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Dr. Lorenz GranrathWorkshop Digital Medicine of Tohoku University @ Berlin Science Week 2021
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1997 GMD (National IT Research): Liaison Officer2001 Fraunhofer Japan: Representative2014 AIST: Supervisory Innovation Coordinator
2021 Tohoku University-SARC: Project Professor
2022 IXP Institute of Psychophysiology
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*Master of Ceremony: Dr. Lorenz Granrath (Representative, Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan)
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Opening・ Dr. Friederike BOSSE (Secretary General, JDZB)・ Mr. Seiji MURATA (Chairman, NEDO)
・ Prof. Eicke R. WEBER (Director, Fraunhofer ISE)

2018: Industry 4.0 (APO)
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Introduction
Technology Transfer in Germany
Collaboration with Japan

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Technology Transfer (TT)„Research transforms money into knowledge …
technology transfer transforms knowledge into money.”
Geoffrey Nicholson, father of the Post-It *Technology transfer (TT) is the process of transferring
technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it
to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform
inventions and scientific outcomes into new products andservices that benefit society.[*][*] Competence Centre on Technology Transfer. European Commission. 30 January 2020
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Relative proportion of GDP allocated to R&D in 2018
Relative
proportion
GDP allocated to R&D in 2018
by country
andof
sectorby country and sector
IsraelIsrael
South Korea
South Korea
TaiwanTaiwanSwedenSwedenJapan
Japan
Switzerland
Switzerland
Austria
Austria
Germany
Germany
Denmark
Denmark USAUSA
FinlandFinland
Belgium
Belgium
OECDOECD
FranceFrance
China
China
Netherlands
EU-28
Netherlands
NorwayEU-28
Iceland
NorwaySlovenia
IcelandCzechia
Slovenia
Singapore
Czechia

R&D expenditure (in absolute figures)
R&D2018
expenditure(in absolutefigures)1)
by country(in US$ billion)
2018 by country (in US$ billion)1)

USA
607.5
USA
607.5

Japan: more
R&D, more inCompany labs!

China
465.5
China
465.5
Japan
172.8
Japan
172.8
Germany
142.1
Germany
142.1
South Korea
99.0South Korea
99.0
France68.6
France68.6
United Kingdom
54.2
United Kingdom
54.2
Russia41.7
Russia41.7
Taiwan40.4
Taiwan
40.4
Italy
37.0
Italy
37.0

Absolute expenditure in ppp!!!

Singapore012342,3)
ProportionofGDPspentonR&D(inpercent)012345
Proportion of GDP spent on R&D (in percent)2,3)
Private nonHigher education
Non-university research
Private sector
organisatio
institutions
institutions
Private non-profit
Higher education
Non-university research
Private sector
organisations
institutions
institutions

Nominal expenditure, converted to US$ purchasing power parities.
Includes provisional data and OECD estimates.
Nominal expenditure, converted to US$ purchasing power parities.
This reporting sample is restricted to countries whose expenditure on R&D was equivalent to or greater than 1.8 percent of their GDP in 2018.
Includes provisional data and OECD estimates.
3)
This reporting
sampletoisAbbildung
restricted to2-1
countries
whoseexpenditure
on R&D was equivalent to or greater than 1.8 percent of their GDP in 2018.
Note:Correspondsof the DFG
Förderatlas
2021.
1)

(Source: DFG Funding Atlas 2021

Source: DFG Funding Atlas 2021

2)
1)
3)
2)

Note:to Abbildung 2-1 of the DFG Förderatlas 2021.
DataCorresponds
basis and source:

6Economic Uniqueness Germany
Hidden Champion: Mennekes• Germany”Mittelstand”: strong SME sector (< 1000 staff)”Hidden Champions”: niche-market leader, owner
SME no own R&D labs, need R&D with high TRL• JapanBig industrial groups, traditionally with own
research, Hitachi CRL opened 1943!
=> few collaborations with public R&D

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Horizontal Keiretsu
Vertical Keiretsu:

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one on its continent.

HiddenChampionsin Germany(Prof. HermannSimons)Hidden champions by country

SIMON KUCHER & PARTNERSTaking Innovation Abroad - Technology Transfer in Germany

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The Secrets of Germany’s Most Successful Exporters

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Piilot plants,
prototypes, design
Development

Germany
R&D
LandscapeApplied researchFederaland state
research
institutes

Helmholtz
research
centers 1
WGL research
institutes 2others (e.g. AiF)

Industry

Max-PlanckGesellschaft

Applic.-oriented
basic researchFraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Basic research

Universities/Institutes at univ.
Basic funding

FinancingThird party funding/Industry

1 Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
2 Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (WGL)
3 Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen 'Otto von Guericke' e.V.
Source: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
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Transfer
done

Transfer done by:• Universities / Research Institutes / Industry• Public support organisations• Technology Clusters• Private TT companies/consultants
Transfer through:• R&D projects with industry or academia• heads: researcher starts to work for industry• licensing of patents• Start-up by the researcher• teaching technology to professionals
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is primarily fundedthrough commissioned research. Approx. 70 percent of the assignments come from industrial andservice-sector companies, though publicly funded
research projects are also covered. The basic funding is provided by the federal and state (Länder)
governments.

Fraunhofer Technology Transfer: Contract Research
RESEARCH AIMED AT
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONSWhen science becomes practical, it translates
into business. This works particularly well when
Fraunhofer researchers found their own companies. The Fraunhofer Venture department supports this and is dedicated exclusively to company
foundations, start-ups, investors and the participating Fraunhofer Institutes. In 2019 alone, Fraunhofer Venture supported 69 new spin-off projects,
26 of which came directly from within the ranksof the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The focus here ison technology transfer to business.

BUDGET
30% Federaland Länder
70% Project
revenue
2019; source: Fraunhofer

https://www.fraunhofer.de/en/for-customers-and-partners.html
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Fraunhofer: Technology Transfer Support / Ventures / FTTF

FTTF - Fraunhofer
Technologie
Transfer Fonds GmbHhttps://www.fraunhofer.de/en/research/range-of-services/technology-transfer.html

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Fraunhofer Technology Transfer: Living Labs
20 High-Performance Centers

German Research Fab Microelectronics

https://www.fraunhofer.de/en/institutes/cooperation/high-performance-centers.html

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Fraunhofer Technology Transfer: Education

https://www.academy.fraunhofer.de/en/continuing-education.html

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RWTH Aachen University TT: AI Summit

26.9.: presentation
AI in Japan
Source: RWTH Aachen webpage

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Source: RWTH Aachen webpage
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RWTH Aachen: 5G Industry Campus Europe

Lighthouse project: eGo

Source: RWTH Aachen webpage

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RWTH Aachen University-WZL: Consulting
Visit 9/2023
Das WZL in Zahlen
Eine zukunftsorientierte Ausbildung von Fachkräften ist nur möglich, wenn diese Ausbildung durch umfangreicheund praxisnahe Forschungsarbeiten fundiert und begleitet wird. Mit 917 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern,
darunter 313 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, werden am WZL seit mehr als 100 Jahren praxisgerechte
Systemlösungen für die Produktion von morgen erarbeitet. Um dabei nicht den Bezug zu aktuellen Themen zu
verlieren, entwickeln wir uns stetig weiter und etablieren neue Forschungsschwerpunkte.
Die fundierte Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses beginnt aber schon im Maschinenbaustudium.
Nachdem wir uns 2020 über einen Anstieg der Studienanfängerinnen und -anfänger freuen konnten, hatten wir
auch 2022, bedingt durch die Corona-Pandemie, einen leichten Rückgang zu verzeichnen. Neben den theore-Finanzierung

1100
25,2%Industrie, Arbeitskreise
3,1%
EU

9,3%
RWTH Aachen

12,0%
DFG

Die Erkenntnisse der im WZL durchgefü
arbeit der verschiedenen Disziplinen deausgewogene Mischung von Grundlage
natürlich auch unmittelbar in die univers

Personalentwicklung

Funding
7,5%
AiF

tischen Inhalten bieten wir den Studierereichen Forschungsprojekte des WZL z409 studentischen Hilfskräften, die eine

1000
900
800

43,0%
Bund, Land,Exzellenzcluster

400392403

700
600500Source: RWTH Aachen webpage

Staff: 1.000400

198

300

19200241

214

202

Die Finanzierung des Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen bestand auch 2022 aus sechs Komponenten.

Mit 25,2 % privatwirtschaftlicher Förderung konnte das Institut einen Aufwärtstrend bei diesen Projekten verzeichnen.
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RWTH Aachen: Start-ups

Source: RWTH Aachen webpage

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Public Technology Transfer: Cluster
Life Science Nordrs

WAB 8

5Hamburg Aviation

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Silicon Saxony

Forum Organic
Electronics

472

EMN European
Medical Valley

MAI Carbon

Source: https://www.clusterplattform.de/3

Silicon Saxony –4

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Public: DATI
DeutscheAgentur fur
Transfer undInnovation=> Strengthening TT at Applied and Small/Medium Universities
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Private TT Organisations
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More Collaboration EU-JapanMoU AIST with DFKI / DLR @ CEBIT 2017

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Joint AI Workshops
G R EAT STA RT, F INA L
O NE IN 2022 BU T NOWR ESTA RT IN 2024!!

1st J-G-F AI Symposium 2019

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Fraunhofer in Sendai Workshop, 21.11.2023

14th Fraunhofer in Sendai Workshop, 21.11.2023

First: 2005

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EU-Japan Digital Partnership

Roundtable in July on the occasion of Commisioner Breton’svisit to Japan for the Digital Partnership
Source: own pictures
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