A food innovation system based on Competence Centre environment

BioCC is established by Estonian companies and universities in the frame of the Estonian Competence Centre Programme. BioCC is structured, long-term RTDI (Research, technology development, and innovation) collaborations in strategic important areas between academia, industry and the public sector. BioCC aims to bridge the gap between scientific and economic innovation by providing a collective environment for academics, industry and other innovation actors and creating sufficient critical mass (they are working with ca 20 food SME). BioCC is involved in multiple activities: pooling of knowledge, the creation of new knowledge by performing different types of research, training, and dissemination of knowledge and networking.
BioCC will give a detailed overview how commercialization of academic research into marketable product works in every given phase of the process and how to involve and link all stakeholders from scientist to raw material producers to manufacturers for licensing bodies to retailers. Generally different involved parties are aware of the previous and the following link in the product development chain. BioCC has the whole system approach or so-called bird-eye view over the full picture.