Scientific advice Scientific advice is one of DTU’s core activities on equal footing with research, education, and innovation. It involves research-based advisory services to governmental bodies and international institutions, as well as extensive collaboration with industry through public-private partnerships. The collaboration and partnerships are designed to strengthen the development and implementation of sustainable solutions and to enhance the competitiveness of the Danish private and public sectors. The Danish model for scientific advice is unique in Europe, where scientific advice is incorporated in Danish universities' portfolio of activities. Around one fifth of DTU staff is employed within the scientific advice area. The University is one of the main providers of scientific advice and public sector consultancy to government ministries and agencies in Denmark. In 2015, DTU established partnerships within maritime applications, railways, and defense and contributed with advice, monitoring, contingency tasks, development and deployment of new technologies within such diverse areas as satellite-based surveillance, food safety, energy, and climate. At EU level, DTU collaboration partners include the European Space Agency and the European Food Safety Authority. On a more global scale, DTU provides services to multilateral organizations such as NASA, WHO, the World Bank, and the UN Environmental Programme, and other climate-related financing mechanisms. Technology foresight projects DTU conducts technology foresight projects in order to map the technological challenges and opportunities in specific industry sectors and to identify the relevant framework conditions needed to exploit research and business potential. The approach is interdisciplinary and the technology foresight projects are organized across a number of departments at the University, involving trade organizations, private companies, and public authorities (in Denmark and abroad). Innovation networks and clusters Through extensive participation in a wide range of innovation networks and clusters, DTU contributes to fulfilling the Danish government's ambitions to create economic growth and jobs. DTU participates in 17 out of 22 national innovation networks between researchers and industrial partners, and is involved in major clusters in medtech, water, and food technology, for example. Scientific advice to the EU Commission In 2015, the EU established a new Scientific Advice Mechanism to ensure that the Commission has access to the best possible scientific advice—independent of institutional and political interests. Chair of the Scientific Advice Mechanism is Henrik Wegener, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at DTU. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries provides scientific advice to the EU Commission on biological, economic, environmental, social, and technical aspects of fisheries and the EU’s common fisheries policy. Professor Clara Ulrich from DTU chairs the committee. The 300 m2 Experimental Research Facility for Blade Structure can easily accommodate a 30-metre wind turbine blade. 16 >
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