Collaborative platforms for innovation in advanced materials
Advanced materials hold significant potential to create better products and production
processes. Yet realising their promise remains challenging: historically it has taken
15 to 20 years from discovery to deployment of new materials in products. Consequently,
governments have been creating shared digital and physical infrastructures – “collaborative
platforms” – to pool and manage global data, drive the development of nascent industries,
and create hubs of interdisciplinary research, development and training. Based on
evidence from 12 case studies, this report characterises governance mechanisms of
collaborative platforms for advanced materials such as terms of funding, access, and
IP policy and explores how they can create different kinds of value. Technology convergence,
the engagement of society and digitalisation are identified as key trends. The study
describes conditions under which collaborative platforms can align and power value
chains, foster standards, catalyse innovation ecosystems and build education, skills
and social capital.
Published on December 14, 2020
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