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Baixaki.com.br Finnish-Brazilian cooperation in science, technology and innovation Dr. Maria Lima Toivanen VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland São Paulo, May 22nd, 2014 Presentation outline . Finnish Innovation system at a glance . Cooperation for innovation (Examples) . Finnish maritime cluster and maritime cluster of Pernambuco . TEKES-FINEP Cooperation . Role of AKA . VTT operations in Brazil . VTT Finland . VTT Brazil 26/05/2014 2 Warm up Finland Brazil 5,4 mi inhabitants in 338,424 km² Helsinki High standard of education, social security and healthcare GDP per capita (2012) 35000,57 euros Exports: Electronics, metal 11299 km products, machinery, transport equipment, wood and paper, SP chemicals Imports: Raw materials, investment 205,7 mi inhabitants in 8,456,511 km² goods, energy, consumer goods GDP (2012 est.): 8845, 82 euros Main industries: Automobile industry, petrochemicals, How these two machinery, electronics, cement and construction, countries cooperate aircraft, textiles, food and beverages, mining, consumer durables, tourism for innovation? 26/05/2014 Map: World-atlas.com3 Finnish Science and Technology System PARLIAMENT Research and Innovation Council Government Ministry of Advisory Board for Ministry of Other Employment and Sectoral Research Education Ministries the Economy AKA TEKES SITRA Universities, Polytechnics and Public Research Institutes Private Enterprises and Private Research Institutes 26/05/2014 4 Performance of Finnish Science and Technology System – Some indicators Source: STI Outlook (OECD 2012) 26/05/2014 5 Ongoing Cooperation 6 Maritime Industry . Extensive and diverse network of technology and equipment suppliers forming the maritime industry in Finland. The cluster forms a neutral platform where companies, universities and other research organizations can get concrete support in networking, increasing their international visibility or preparing publicly funded projects . Business and political cooperation between Brazil and Finland since 2009. 26/05/2014 7 Maritime Industry . FinBraTech project (Turku University of Applied Sciences) - to help, particularly, Finnish SMEs to do business with Brazilian partners. Means of cooperation: . Establishment of a R&D unit specialized in maritime and technology industry Brazil involving Finnish and Brazilian educational institutes companies. Business partnerships and R&D&E cooperation agreements of maritime cluster (hub LOURA) with Pernambuco (LOURA, TURKU AMK; FACEPE, ITEP, CAPES) and Rio de Janeiro (Aalto, COPPE/UFRJ). 17 Companies operating in Brazil (sales, manufacturing, strategic partnerships) . Since 2011, establishment of a cooperative network of organizations in the southwest coast of Brazil. 26/05/2014 8 Research Cooperation – Role of AKA (Academy of Sciences) . AKA –Cooperation agreement signed with National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in May 2008 and with FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) in Feb. 2012. Objectives: . Promote joint research funding cooperation . Support long-term systematic research collaboration between research teams from Brazil and Finland . Promote to promote researcher mobility. Joint scientific seminars and workshops can also be arranged. Research areas supported: Sustainable energy and Photonics and Modern Imagining Techniques (CNPq) Biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources (FAPESP) . Science without Borders Program 26/05/2014 9 Research Cooperation – Role of AKA (Academy of Sciences) . Science without Borders Program Year Aplicants Accepted I 2013 318 58 Flow of Brazilian II 2013 359 20 students to Finland III 2013 136 33 2001 2005 2011 2012 2013 China 78 140 326 334 404 India 24 31 35 26 32 Student mobility Russia 287 318 493 474 492 from BRIC Brazil 9 8 32 54 99 BRIC countries, 398 497 886 888 1 027 countries to total All countries, 5496 7697 9172 9655 9 739 Finland total Share of BRIC 7.2% 6.5% 9.7% 9,2% 10,5% countries of all mobility 26/05/2014 Source: CIMO 10 FINEP – TEKES Cooperation . Agreement for the implementation of joint funding between the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes) and Brazilian FINEP. Objective: support to industrial projects and help to establish cross- border value networks involving companies and research institutes from both countries. Focus areas (MoU signed in 2013): renewable energies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), microeletronics, and naval building technologies. 26/05/2014 11 Prospects for Cooperation . Focus on cleantech - next strong cluster between Finland and Brazil. Investments in cleantech R&D projects (about 1 Bi annually): . Government: 200 M euros . Companies: 800 M euros . Finnish competencies: waste management and knowhow on waste utilization (waste to energy, recycling, disposal, low emissions). There are around 50 Finnish companies producing in Brazil and another 200 through sales or representative office. Turnover: 3,6 billion euro and employment of 18.000 people in Brazil . Consider also impact of scientific cooperation 26/05/2014 12 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and VTT Brasil LTDA Biggest multitechnological applied research organisation in Northern Europe OF MOST DEMANDING INNOVATIONS Services and the way of work in Finland include VTT expertise. * • Cross-disciplinary technological and business expertise • A not-for-profit and impartial research centre Resources Customers • Finnish and international companies as well as public sector . Turnover 310 M€, organisations personnel 2,900 . Unique research Business areas and VTT companies and testing • Knowledge intensive products and services infrastructure • Smart industry and energy systems . Wide national and • Solutions for natural resources and environment international cooperation network • VTT Expert Services Ltd (incl. Labtium Ltd) • VTT Ventures Ltd • VTT International Ltd (incl. VTT Brasil LTDA) • VTT Memsfab Ltd 26/05/2014 14 *Source: Roles, effectiveness, and impact of VTT, VTT & Technopolis Group, 2013. Strategic policy intelligence for managing innovation systems Socio-economic Development Innovation System Foresight Innovation, • Performance of innovation systems • Technology and market foresight • Industrial renewal • Technology assessment • Commercialization and immaterial • Future scenarios Economy rights • Technology roadmaps • Globalization of R&D • Trend analyses and Policy • National and regional innovation environments Studies Strategic Past Future Decision-making Evaluation • Innovation and competitiveness Innovation Policy indicators • Policy options • Impact assessment of R&D • Policy instruments • Programme evaluation • Future-oriented impact • Impacts of public research assessment organisations • Innovation policy governance • Developmental impact evaluation • Action plans and implementation of research groups and Innovation roadmaps programmes Policy 15 VTT’s role as performer of R&D work Basic research UNIVERSITIES A L L I Applied research VTT A N C E Development INDUSTRY S 26/05/2014 16 VTT Group on the map 26/05/2014 17 VTT Participation in STI Political Dialogue and Projects with LAC (Include Brazilian partners) . SOM - Senior Officials in STI – co-coordination ICT WG (Finland - Ministry of Education and Culture and VTT and Chile – Conicyt) . Alcue-Net – Latin America, Caribbean and European Union Network on Research and Innovation . NMP-DeLA – Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies Deployment in Latin American Countries . PodiTrodi – Point-of-care Diagnóstics for Tropical Diseases (EU-Brazil R&D cooperation) . Capacity building for emission measurements in Uruguay (VTT and LATU) . Leadership – Latin America-Europe Advanced Dialogues to Enhance ICT Research and Innovation Partnership 26/05/2014 18 VTT Brasil - Centro de Pesquisas Técnicas / Technical Research Centre of Finland – Alphaville 26/05/2014 19 Services • Technology and market foresight Strategic research • Product and service development • IPR and licensing • Assessments, testing, inspection, certification • Technology and innovation management • Technology partnership VTT services for biorefining, energy and cleantech WOOD AND FIBER BIOTECHNICAL ENERGY PRODUCTION PROCESSING PROCESSING ● Pulping, fiber engineering, ● Release of sugars from ● Bioenergy technologies papermaking and surface biomass (including mastering for industry (e.g. PPI) treatment enzyme technology and enzyme discovery) ● Heat and power ● Characterization of fiber ● Metabolic engineering of production components and structural microbes features ● Production of ● Construction and liquid biofuels ● fiber-based materials and new improvement of fungal biopolymers and bio-based strains barriers for packages ● Refining of natural polymers ●Specialized wood product or products from cell factories. 26/05/2014concepts 21 ● Simulation tools for production VTT services for mining sector PROCESS MINE WASTE WATER MINE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT ● Leaching and ● Recovery of scarce ● Material management for recovery metals from mine ● Optimization of extreme conditions waste water use, recycling ● Precipitation, ● Safe closure extraction and ● Waste ● Water treatment electrochemical characterization technologies e.g. ● Sustainability methods membranes, assessment and tools ● Safe utilization and biological and ● Bioleaching of low disposal of waste chemical ● Risk and asset grade ores and residues management wastes ● AMD treatment with sulfate reducing ● Sustainable energy ● Microbiology and bacteria corrosion ● Societal impacts 26/05/2014 ● On-line monitoring 22 Contact info VTT Finland [email protected] [email protected] VTT Brasil [email protected] [email protected] 26/05/2014 23 TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS.