Fraunhofer - Overview Stefanie Mielert June 2016
THE FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT
Mission Statement The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft promotes and conducts applied research in an international context, to benefit private and public enterprise and is an asset to society as a whole. Fraunhofer Institutes help to reinforce the competitive strength of the economy in their region, throughout Germany and in Europe. As an employer, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft offers a platform that enables its staff to develop both professional and personal skills. Fraunhofer lines
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at a Glance The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society. Financial Volume 2.1 billion 1.8 billion Contract Research Major infrastructure capital expenditure and defense research Almost 30% is contributed by the German federal and Länder Governments. More than 70% is derived from contracts with industry and from publicly financed research projects. 2015
Characteristic of the German Research Landscape Funding from private sector (3rd party) and revenues from IPR Percentage of revenues from IPR to annual research budget Fraunhofer³ Quelle: GWK Monitoringreport 2013 Applied research 6,4 Max-Planck Annual research budget 2012 1,4 Leibniz 1 Billion Basic research 0,3 0,2 Helmholtz 0,7 2,6 4,8 25,1 Public sector funding private sector Percentage of funding from private sector to annual research budget 1 Urheberrecht, Know-how, Patente, Lizenzen, usw. ² ohne Erträge Schutzrechte ³ Abweichend von der Darstellung im Fraunhofer-Jahresbericht wegen anderer Abgrenzungen
Role of Fraunhofer within the innovation system Societal challenge as future markets - being ready for global competition Universities perform excellent scientific research Research cycle RTOs bridge the innovation gap with technological R&D Innovation cycle Intensive exchange with society Innovative companies create new products The Management model of Fraunhofer is driven by the intermediary position between science and industry The Fraunhofer management model needs to foster demand driven thinking (close contact to industry, e.g innovation clusters) ideas and fundamental research (close contact to universities / structural processes) thinking in networks (Fraunhofer internal programmes / spin-off ecosystem) thinking in system approaches (e.g. electro-mobility)
From the origin More Than 8 Billion Devices: to the milestones of the success First mp3 players+ Entwicklung des LC-ATC-Codec Apple itunes store starts using AAC AAC in mobile phones DRM adopts xhe-aac 3GPP adopts EVS Symphoria in Audi A4, TT, Q7, R8 Japanese ISDB-T TV system adops AAC HE-AAC in 3GPP & DVB Apple Facetime starts using AAC-ELD Cingo in Samsung Gear VR & Google Nexus MPEG-H 3D Audio 1987 1998 1998 2001 2001 2003/04 2003 2004 2010 20132010 2015 2013 2015 Fotos: Fraunhofer IIS / Kurt Fuchs; Audi Media Service - 7 -
Fraunhofer Research for Clean Water Supply Drinking Water Technologies Fraunhofer technologies protect the quality of drinking water : Drinking water needs to be free of pathogens and toxic substances as otherwise many people can be harmed very quickly. Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB has developed technologies for a comprehensive monitoring, early warning and emergency management system to ensure high quality standards of drinking water. Lasers offer automated way to test drinking water: To keep drinking water clean, water experts constantly monitor our supply system to check it for contaminants. Now, new laser technology can help: a new system developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF automatically analyzes water samples at the waterworks itself IOSB
Fraunhofer Renewable Energy Research Solar Energy Technology Cost-efficient wafers for solar cells: New production method by Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE Acces to power in developing countries: Technical Components and Assistance for PV System Programs ISE
Fraunhofer Renewable Energy Research Turning Waste into Energy Sources Bio Cold Use of biowaste for cold generation applied in food storage in DCs Concept for a reliable and low-automated energy recovery system for cooling processes in the food sector in India Combines waste-based biogas production with thermal cooling production Within the Bioenergy Innovation Cluster, researcher from Fraunhofer UMSICHT together with universities and industry developed new techniques to efficiently use biomass and biogenic residues to: exploit optimization potential in the entire process chain provide new biogenic intermediates for material and energy recovery such as proteincontaining extract or fuels 1 German, 2 Indian
Thank you for your kind attention. Stefanie Mielert Rechtsanwältin Head Of Legal Corporate Governance Phone: +49(0)89-1205-2800 stefanie.mielert@zv.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.v. Hansastraße 27C 80686 München http://www.fraunhofer.de