Regional and Industry Uptake of University-Led Pilot Projects. Integrated Transport Logistics Workshop

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1 Regional and Industry Uptake of University-Led Pilot Projects. Integrated Transport Logistics Workshop Alan Wells Emeritus Professor University of Leicester 1

2 G-STEP: THE ISSUE: Collaborative Projects:

3 G-STEP. University-Business Partnership Set up in 2010 to assist regional business to access and utilise remote sensing data and services. Regional (ERDF) & University Co-Funded Business Meets Space Events and Business Breakfasts Promoting Space-Based Data and Services Supporting Clients with EO Expertise Graduate Placements Collaborative Programmes 3

4 G-STEP Outputs Output Metrics G-STEP University of Leicester Total Cost 690K: 53% ERDF, 47% Univ. Large Scale Regional Events ~10 Attendees >1000 Companies Assisted 46 Jobs created and saved Start-Ups assisted 23 3 Joint University 4 Industry projects launched Graduates placed 30 ERDF Funding Terminates June 2015 Reduced funding Satellite Applications Catapult Regional Centre of Excellence, in partnership with University of Nottingham and BGS. Transport Catapult University Partnership with University of Nottingham 4

Mission Statement (2011) Traffic, Health, Environment: Application of information and

potential to add value to transport and mobility solutions.

5 Mission Statement (2011) Traffic, Health, Environment: Application of information and communication technologies (ICT) and downstream space data and services for the transport sector in Europe s regions. Caveat (2014) Space services (EGNSS and Copernicus) offer a cross cutting technology with potential to add value to transport and mobility solutions. Identify economic impact that MAY flow down to regional level from use of space services in transport solutions. Global solutions-adapted for regionally purposes. Regionally-specific solutions with global potential.

6 THE ISSUE CONSORTIUM 4 Core Triple Helix Clusters and 8 Associate Regions East Midlands (UK) Northern Ireland (UK) Basque Country (SP) Midi-Pyrénées Aquitaine (FR) Uusimaa (FIN) Mazovia (POL) North-West Region (ROM) Primorje-Gorskie (Croatia) Molise (IT) Andalucia (SP) Calabria (IT) Attica (GRE) 6

7 RTI Road Map Driven by Regional Priorities Intelligent Traffic Management Systems Disruptive innovation for sustainable urban mobility Air quality and greenhouse gas emissions Safety, Security and Health for Urban Communities Urban and regional road networks Urban mobility, intermodality, & interoperabiliy 7

8 THE ISSUE Coordination Outputs Joint Action Plan and Research and Development Road Map focussed on Regional Authority Economic Development Plans and Local Transport Plans. Portfolio of 21 regional priority projects aligning established regional partner expertise and known H2020 Work Programme for the Smart Green Integrated Transport Societal Challenge Collection of Case Studies of Space and ICT Applications supporting Integrated Transport and Urban Mobility. All published and available on request on THE ISSUE website. 8

THE ISSUE: Regional Academic/ Industry/Public Authority Partnerships. R&D database with 200 R&D projects identified across THE ISSUE consortium.

9 THE ISSUE: Regional Academic/ Industry/Public Authority Partnerships. R&D database with 200 R&D projects identified across THE ISSUE consortium. 50% relevant to sustainable transport development objectives of RLAs. 40 Case Studies of applications of Space and ICT technologies. Over 50% are university or university/academic collaborative projects. Most are TRL 3+ 9

10 THE ISSUE Project Outputs 2 proposal funded in response to the EMMIA Call for applications of space technologies in transport and urban mobility. 4 feasibility studies from different teams within THE ISSUE network, used as material for proposals to the first round of H2020. European Special Interest Group for Traffic Health and Environment being set up under a Brussels based holding company to allow THE ISSUE partners to be able to bid directly, (instead of through their host institutes) for future proposal rounds. (underway but not yet consolidated). 10

11 Collaborative Projects:

Integrated Traffic Congestion Management.

12 Integrated Traffic Congestion Management. Broad RTD Objective Innovation in Intelligent Traffic Management through uptake of cross cutting technology from ICT and space technology solutions. Actual or Potential Benefit to Regional Policy Objective matched to regional authority priorities for traffic congestion management and air pollution control. Potential to assist regional authorities to address national and regional traffic management policies RTD State of Art -The Technological Solution itraq pilot trials successfully completed (Leicester & Northampton 2012). Outlook for the Future Full scale urban demonstration by utraq project cofunded by ESA as an IAP Demonstrator led by TRL with industry and university co-funding partners and with two local authority end-user partners supporting the demonstrators. Operational use and market testing to follow.. 12

De-carbonising the freight sector. RTD State of Art -The Technological Solution HGV Urban Route map Innovation through application of ICT and EGNSS. GIS apps for preferred urban freight routing.

13 Managing Freight Logistics in the Urban Environment: Urban freight routing. Broad RTD Objective ICT and space technology impacts on urban freight management Benefit to Regional Policy Improved efficiency of freight transport driving regional economic growth. De-carbonising the freight sector. RTD State of Art -The Technological Solution HGV Urban Route map Innovation through application of ICT and EGNSS. GIS apps for preferred urban freight routing. Pilot trials for Leicester City Council and Road Haulage Association Selected as a demonstrator for the EMMIA SATURN project ( led by Aerospace Valley). Demonstrator to be tested with separate urban authorities Outlook for the Future Full scale development with industry lead for Horizon Phone App : GIS/GNSS RT routing 13

Regional Application: SATURN: Heavy Good Vehicle

data Local Authority Data ROUTE PLANNER Mobile

destination Real-time Weather Real-time traffic

Appropriate routes for HGVs Weight, Height and

14 Regional Application: SATURN: Heavy Good Vehicle Urban Route Planner Demonstrator Satellite and GNSS data Local Authority Data ROUTE PLANNER Mobile Device Estimated Time of Arrival Distance to destination Real-time Weather Real-time traffic information Digital Map SERVICES Parking facilities Appropriate routes for HGVs Weight, Height and Width Safety margins Near fuel stations Raventos and Lawrence, Leicester 14

Air Quality Mapping Space and in situ monitoring of urban air quality.

AQ dispersion modelling coupled with met data provides street level AQ

Space for Smart Government pilot Overlay of AQ data on to multiple urban

15 Air Quality Mapping Space and in situ monitoring of urban air quality. Space and in situ AQ data added to urban digital models. AQ dispersion modelling coupled with met data provides street level AQ distributions. Daily forecasts; NRT local variations. Space for Smart Government pilot Overlay of AQ data on to multiple urban GIS layers. Urban planning, street inventories, transport and industry emission hotspots, AQ hotspots, etc. 15

16 Air Quality Mapping An instrument and service development partnership. 16

17 R&D Life Cycle and Valleys of Death Private Equity Micro Finance Grants Develop ment Funding Trade Buyer 17

18 Valley of Death or New Approach? 18

19 TRL Type Budget Duration (years) 1-3 Concept Study 50K - 200K up to 1 University R&D lead 3-6 Feasibility and Pilot Studies 300K 1M 1 to 2 Academic-Industry or Catapult partnership. Knowledge Exchange 6-8 Operational Demonstration 2M - 6M 2 to 3 Industry lead. University roles: evaluation,validation New knowledge, new opportunities. 19

Lessons Learned from the G-STEP Model Academic-Industry Partnerships effective for growth and ROI and for launching new solutions through pilot projects-in the UK and less so in the EU Licencing of

20 Lessons Learned from the G-STEP Model Academic-Industry Partnerships effective for growth and ROI and for launching new solutions through pilot projects-in the UK and less so in the EU Licencing of technology transfer is more efficient and more cost effective than Universities obsession protection of marginal IPR. Links to Catapult should be able to assist with user engagement for scaled-up technology demonstrators. University role continues in validation and evaluation. Industry lead essential for operational validation and market roll-out. 20

21 Output Metrics G-STEP Outputs G-STEP University of Leicester Cost 690K 53% ERDF, 47% Univ. Companies Assisted 46 Regional Investment leveraged 982,000 GVA 995,000 Grant income leveraged 7,000,000 ROI (Grant Return/Univ Spend)=10:1 GVA return (ERDF)=1.4 Grant Income 7M New Partnership Opportunities arising out of track record and network connections from G-STEP and THE ISSUE. Jobs created and saved Start-Ups assisted Joint University Industry projects launched 23 3 Graduates placed 30 6 Termination of ERDF funding threatens loss of the momentum created by G-STEP 21

22 Barriers to Industry Uptake THE ISSUE provided plenty of evidence of substantial regionally based R&D into use of space services for transport solutions-with attendant growth in jobs and GDP. R&D not responsive to the User Requirements. Vital to establish User needs and find relevant technological solutions-not impose preconceived science/technology on users. They know their own business better than we do. Contractual delays. Agencies, University Business Offices. IPR issues. Engaging with public sector. Difficult to achieve uptake of R&D by local authority clients: R&D often too removed from RLAs immediate needs Alternative political priorities. Low budgets for technology change 22

23 . Lessons Learned from H2020 Large Scale Operational Demonstrators are needed to derive the economic benefits from the R&D and Pilot projects, whether national or regional. THE ISSUE submitted 4 proposals to the first H2020 Call for Research and Innovation Demonstrators, sadly without success. Competition is intense (success rates of 5-7% for large scale logistics R&I projects were typical in round 1). Evaluation standards are erratic so proposals need to adhere closely to the call objectives. Our de-briefing and feedback indicated that large scale demonstrators projects were deemed to be beyond the scope of THE ISSUE network and its present resources. Bigger scale partners, with recognised EU track records (like ELUPEG) fared better. Major industry support is needed to convince the EU assessors of project viability whilst R&I projects need to justify outstanding innovation and ambitious objectives. 23

24 Innovation Funding for pilots? Academic Business Partnerships? Spin Outs? Catapults? Private Sector/Catapult Delivery Re-investment in R&D Sector? 24

THE ISSUE PROGRAMME OF INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND INTELLIGENT MOBILITY:

THE ISSUE PROGRAMME OF INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND INTELLIGENT MOBILITY: This project has received funding from the European Union s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 2011-287088 THE ISSUE PROGRAMME