EIT Digital Italy EuroPM - 21 Sept. 2018 Gian Mario MAGGIO EIT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EIT Digital – Italy EuroPM - 21 Sept. 2018 Gian Mario MAGGIO

EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)

EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) • EIT is an independent EU body that empowers innovators and entrepreneurs to develop world-class solutions to societal challenges and creates growth and skilled jobs • The EIT is an integral part of Horizon 2020 • KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) are long-term strategic partnerships bringing together businesses, research centres and universities 3

EIT Digital

EIT Digital European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation 5

EIT Digital – Strategy Innovation & Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Education Pan-European Ecosystem Y 6

Pan-European Ecosystem Ecosystem • 184 partners • 9 Nodes + Silicon Valley Hub • 14 European locations • Serving the whole of Europe through ARISE

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1/2) Innovation Action Lines Digital� Finance • Incubation, market uptake and growth of top European research results • 5 Innovation Action Lines • 50+ Innovation Activities per year • 80+ new products and services commercialy launched every year • 10+ new ventures created per year

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2/2) EIT Digital Accelerator PR O VE N RE S UL TS WO R K ING WITH • Growth support for European tech HUNDRE DS O F VE NTURE S 91% scaleups since 2012 260+ A lumni in operation • Services to secure customers ( Access € 400m+ total supported to Market ) and raise capital ( Access to sc aleups Finance ) total investment 17 raised by the sc aleups • Network of 500+ corporate customers € 90m+ and 300+ investors sc aleup origin c ountries investment fac ilitated • 60+ scaleups supported per year by the A c c elerator

Entrepreneurial Education EIT Digital Academy Summer Schools Professional School Doctoral School Master School 3 Schools delivering technical digital skills and entrepreneurial education at all stages of Blended Education career: Co-Location Centres Online learning Partners • Master School : two-year Masters programme with 8 technical Majors and a Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Industrial Doctoral School : PhD program co- funded by Industry Partners • Professional School: blended learning to keep European professionals at the forefront in today's fast-paced digital world

EIT Digital – Achievements INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION • 9 startups created • 1,350+ Master students – 273 new students in • 96 products & services commercially launched 2017 • 33+ scaleups supported by the EIT Digital • 156 PhD students in the Doctoral School in 5 Accelerator countries • € 90M raised for scaleups • 20 courses launched for professional learners • EIT Digital Accelerator ranked 8th worldwide in • 70,000+ learners have taken EIT Digital’s 18 Global Accelerator Report by Gust MOOCs PAN-EUROPEAN ECOSYSTEM • 2 Nodes created in Budapest & Madrid • 25 new Partners – 15 industrial • New Satellite location in Amsterdam

EIT Digital – Italy 12

EIT Digital Italy – Organisation • Physical locations : - Trento Co-Location Centre [FBK] - Milan Satellite [CEFRIEL] • Common strategy, leveraging on complementarities and synergies: Trento CLC Trento Milan Satellite - Innovation: Digital Cities , Digital Finance - Education: Master School / Doctoral School / / Summer Schools (U. of Trento) - Autonomous Province / stakeholders engagement Milan - Innovation: Digital Industry , Digital Infrastructure - Education: Master/Doctoral School (Poli MI) - Large-scale events (e.g. EXPO) 13

EIT Digital Italy – Partnership (2018) Higher Education Business/SMEs Italian Node Ecosystem Research 14

EIT Digital Italy – Partnership profile Breakdown per partner category #28 partners: #6 Higher Education 7% 21% #2 Research Higher Education 18% Research #13 Industries Business 7% #5 SMEs SMEs #2 Ecosystem Ecosystem 47%

EIT Digital Italy – Evolution of investment Investment (KAVA) evolution per Area Highlights: - Ending of 2 HIIs in 2017 – Investment decrease: - 5M€

EIT Digital Italy – Investment per Action Line (2018) Highlights: - Dominant Action Lines: Digital Industry, Digital Cities - Growing interest on Digital Finance 17

Innovation Activities – Highlights (2018) 18

EIT Digital – Opportunities 19

Partnership Membership fees How to become partner? • Partners / Linked Third Party (with a legal link) • Connect with Node Director - € 25,000 for large enterprises, research • Approval by Node Strategy Committee institutes and universities • Documents required by the Supervisory - € 10,000 for mid-size SMEs Board: - € 5,000 for other SMEs - Membership criteria - Letter of Interest expressing possible • External Partners contribution - € 12,500 for large enterprises, research - Letter of recommendation by Node Strategy institutes and universities Committee - € 5,000 for mid-size SMEs - € 2,500 for other SMEs 20

Innovation Activities • EIT Digital invests in strategic Action Lines to accelerate the market uptake of digital technologies • Clear business case , carried out in an agile way of working with an open innovation mindset • Typically 1-year activity involving 3-5 partners from at least 2 different Nodes • Create new ventures ( startup creation ) or launch specific products or services ( product/service launch ) • Contribute to the financial sustainability of EIT Digital either through equity (for startup) or financial return mechanisms (for product/service launch) 21

Accelerator Proven results working with hundreds of ventures

Industrial Doctoral School PhD programme features: Benefits for companies: • Ph.D. project aligned to specific industry • Access to top research expertise on innovation challenges Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) • Ph.D. activities carried out together with • Carry out an innovative project and go to the leading universities and research institutes market • Ph.D. co-funded by EIT Digital (50% partner, • Become more competitive in a worldwide 25% non-partner) market • Broader perspective gained in the context of • Note: EIT Digital does not claim any EIT Digital environment international network Intellectual Property Rights (IPR are exploitable by the company in agreements with doctoral students, Universities and Research Institutes) 23

Professional School 24

DeepHack Results-driven innovation acceleration • an EIT Digital branded hackathon , leveraging the Ultrahack methodology and expertise as well as the EIT Digital ecosystem and infrastructure • a service for corporations and SMEs to solve challenges, meet experts and talent and proliferate their brand, platforms and products • Berlin, 2 - 4 Nov 2018, EIT Digital CLC o Challenges themed around Mass Customization and Mass Why DeepHack ? Personalization , as the next frontiers of supply chain • Sponsors tap into the EIT Digital ecosystem of disruption (AL: Digital Industries). students, entrepreneurs and experts • Paris, 16 – 18 Nov 2018, EIT Digital CLC • Leverage the Ultrahack methodology and platform to o Challenges themed around the Olympic Games in Paris drive for results that can be developed in sponsors’ 2024 , improve transportation, safety and information flow products and solutions with digital disruption technology and methodology (AL: • The “hackathon -in-a- box” service allows sponsors to Digital Cities). focus on the challenge results, rather than the • Silicon Valley, 14 – 16 Dec 2018, tba execution of the hackathon o Action Line and challenge themes to be announced. 25

Startup Connector 1. Identify disruptive trends that become relevant for your industry (database scouting – e.g. 50 startups) 2. Gather intelligence or get connected to most promising startups and technology players (expert-driven scouting) 3. Build concrete business proposals for your company (workshop - only in combination with 2.) 26

SAVE-THE-DATE: Italian Innovation Day (2018) • When: 29 November 2018 • Where: Trento • What: Digital Transformation and the Future of Jobs • Who: Keynote Talk – President F. Profumo (FBK) 27

EIT Digital – What’s in it for me? • Research & Innovation - Pan-European network - https://www.eitdigital.eu/about-us/locations/ - World-class partners - https://www.eitdigital.eu/about-us/partners/ - Portfolio of Action Lines - https://www.eitdigital.eu/about-us/action-lines/ • Education Academy - Master School - https://masterschool.eitdigital.eu/ - Doctoral School - https://doctoralschool.eitdigital.eu/ - Professional School - https://professionalschool.eitdigital.eu/ - Summer Schools - https://www.eitdigital.eu/eit-digital-academy/summer-schools/ - US-EU Internship programme - https://www.eitdigital.eu/eit-digital-academy/us-eu- internship-programme/ • Business/Entrepreneurship: - EIT Digital Accelerator - https://www.eitdigital.eu/accelerator/ - EIT Digital Challenge - https://www.eitdigital.eu/challenge/ - Access to finance - https://www.eitdigital.eu/accelerator/access-to-finance/ - DeepHack - https://www.eitdigital.eu/deephack/ 28