The Holst Centre is an independent open-innovation research and development centre that generates new Wireless Autonomous Sensor and Flexible Electronics technology platforms. A key feature of Holst Centre is its partnership model with industry and academia based around shared roadmaps and programs. It is the relationships generated through this cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tailor its scientific strategy to industrial needs.
The Holst Centre was set up in 2005 by imec (Flanders, Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands) with support from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Government of Flanders. It is named after Gilles Holst, a Dutch pioneer in Research and Development and first director of Philips Research.
Located on High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Holst Centre benefits from the state-of-the-art on-site facilities. Holst Centre has over 150 employees from around 25 nationalities and a commitment from close to 30 industrial partners.
It has developed technology integration programs which see these technology platforms applied practically to target particular applications. The Holst Centre business model defined for open and collaborative innovation is clear and simple with an exceptional graphic that communicates very effectively how IP for licensing, IP in co-ownership and IP owned exclusively by one of the innovation partners ought to be handled.
The example set by the Holst Centre in using Roadmaps to guide its partnering efforts is one that should be adopted far more widely, both by research centres and by business.
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