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EIT ICT Labs
Patrik Floréen
HIIT
European Institute of Innovation and Technology EIT
EIT regulation: “The EIT should primarily have the objective of contributing to the development of the Community’s and the Member States’ innovation capacity, by involving higher education, research and innovation activities at the highest standards”
To solve the European dilemma: How to transform excellent research results to innovations and business?
Brings together research, education and innovation activities to build Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) in selected strategic areas
A KIC is a tight network of 4-6 co-locations (nodes) where universities, research institutions and companies co-operate in open innovation
In December 2009, EIT selected three KIC’s Climate-KIC: Climate change mitigation and adaptation KIC Inno Energy: Sustainable energy EIT ICT Labs: Future information and communication society (the only one with
Finnish partners)
EIT ICT Labs
http://eitictlabs.eu
Legal structure: An association under Belgian law
Five nodes: Helsinki, Berlin, Eindhoven, Paris, Stockholm
Core Finnish partners: Aalto, Nokia and VTT
University of Helsinki is an affiliated partner
Helsinki Node Director is Prof. Marko Turpeinen
Co-location centre in Otaniemi, TUAS-building
EIT provides 25% of the funding
Catalysts and co-funding
Integration across the knowledge triangle