Slide title In CAPITALS 50 pt Slide subtitle 32 pt Ericsson Nikola Tesla’s view of collaboration between academic communities and enterprises Gordana Kovačević, MSc President of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB  Continuous ICT technology evolution in: IP Networks, Multimedia Subsystems, broadband access for fixed and mobile networks  Consolidation and globalization in operations  Growing competition  Operators focused on CAPEX and OPEX  Increasing role of ICT services vs. infrastructure (hardware and software)  New business models Contemporary society Global ICT market trends Dynamics and fast change.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB ICT Industry in Croatia long tradition in ICT industry  Croatia is a country with long tradition in ICT industry  ICT role in national economy  ICT role in national economy: –preparing the society for the digital age –attracting investment –interlocking networks with services  Croatian ICT sector today: –1415 –1415 companies employees –more than employees 5% of total GDP –creates around 5% of total GDP –top class experts and work force –high level of innovativeness

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Foreign investors in Croatia  A large number of global ICT companies has already located their business activity in Croatia

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Ericsson Nikola Tesla – identity card  Croatian company – main owner Ericsson (49 %)  Company formed 1949 th  Ericsson started with owning 1995 th  About 1500 employees –83 % high school education – 8 % master and doctoral degree –About 540 employees younger than 32 years –500 new employees in last three years –600 employees in R&D Centre (one of the biggest R&D Centre in Ericsson – the biggest one outside Sweden)  Structure of company income: –70 % export  22 % knowledge export to the world markets Innovation is key success factor.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Cooperation with Universities: “strategic choice to have the right competence at right time for the Market”

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Cooperation with University  Competence source  Technology experience  Practical problems challenge Universities Research Departments Ericsson Nikola Tesla Research Cooperation students  professionals knowledge  results Started 1963 th – help in forming R&D Unit, continuously until today Projects Teaching support Practical problems 0.5 mil € / year

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Common projects forming First phase –Technology studies for Enterprise (technology trends) Second phase  Agreement about Long term Cooperation (Area) –Yearly Annex (Projects topics)  Project participants from University side (professors, assistants, students – main drivers: PhD students) and Enterprise side (researchers and active/potential PhD students) –Project leader from Enterprise side –Results owner – Enterprise (for full investment) –Follow Enterprise process Projects with result orientation.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Significant Joint Project (1/2)  IP multimedia subsystem  IP multimedia subsystem – enablers and add-ons –Idea and the prototype of the local Croatian company has become an important corporate product: SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) implementation in circuit switching platform, enables whole Ericsson strategic step to play key role inside Voice over IP networks as a ground for step towards IP multimedia networks –Partners:  Ericsson Nikola Tesla  Ericsson Group  Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical and Naval Architecture, University of Split

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Significant Joint Project (2/2)  Croatian GRID project GRID infrastructure –Created the first GRID infrastructure in Croatia –Joint project with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb and local science community  KISEK project –EU Tempus Project – the KISEK Project –EU Tempus Project – the KISEK Project (Collaborative Internationalisation of Software Engineering in Croatia) –Joint project with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb and local and international science community  EU FP6 – MPOWER (IP – 18 partners from EU science and industry domain)  EU FP7 – QIMPRESS (STREP – 8 partners from EU science and industry domain)

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Ericsson Summer Camp  Attraction of best students and their involvement in real case projects –Established before 8 years in Zagreb, Croatia –~ 150 students (telecommunication, computing) –Mentors from Ericsson and professors and assistants from Faculty –Use to be 5 weeks during Summer – July, August, September –In 2008 we have 32 students dealing with IP state of the art system technology  Involvement of PhD students in defining and leading topics of interest for Enterprise

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Financial support for knowledge growth  Enterprise needs continuous innovations and new products –Own research and prototyping  Money & Time & People –Cooperation with Universities  University needs finance and problem space to have practical experience – cooperation with Enterprise  Scholarships program  Partnership program (University – Enterprise) for common growing/long sustain on the market

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Successful cooperation - partnership  Common area of interest (in longer perspective) –Common projects (mixed teams, common goal) –Collaborating in research, developmental and educational activities  Enterprise ready to use achieved results/proposals and people  Education of students in the spirit of creativity, curiosity and desire to attain new knowledge (dynamically adapt towards ongoing industrial trends and needs)  Education system as a part of the concept of Life-long learning  Continuous finance support Two way adaptations towards needs – dynamics is key success factor.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB Instead of conclusion  Ericsson Nikola Tesla in Croatia has a long and successful history in cooperation between enterprise and university communities on local and international level.  University and enterprise with common results orientation, based on modern technologies and innovation, can ensure strengthening of an economy as a prerequisite of its competitiveness on local and global markets.  Networking/partnering the businesses and educational institutions contributes to the development of a modern knowledge society we all strive for.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt © Ericsson AB