Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 GlaCERCo-ITN Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications Industry- Academia collaboration Milena SALVO Politecnico di Torino GA ; February, January, 2015 Total budget: 3,887,077.09

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 GlaCERCo-ITN project at a glance HOW industry completes training within the network HOW Industry-Academia collaboration is possible WHAT are the benefits for the fellows WHAT are the benefits for the academic institutions Outline

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, Early Stage Researchers, 6 Experienced Researchers 5 Academic Partners 5 Companies Coordinator: Politecnico di Torino GlaCERCo-ITN Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications 8 Full Partners 2 Associate Partners

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 Politecnico di Torino & University of Padova WP1Vitrification and reuse of waste WP1 Vitrification and reuse of waste ELEMENT WP2Advanced composites WP2 Advanced composites WP3Glasses for photonics and thermoelectrics WP3 Glasses for photonics and thermoelectrics CNRS Innovative, cost-competitive and environmentally acceptable MATERIALS and PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES WP4 Glasses suitable for medical applications SiC Politecnico di Torino NANOFORCE WP5 Joining and coating

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 HOW industry completes training within the network The GlaCERCo project is based on specific needs expressed by industries: o the industrial partners are members of the Supervisory and Educational Boards o some individual ESR and ER research projects have been modified according to new interests of the GlaCERCo companies Industrial training sessions provide trained researchers with the necessary skills to work in industry: o conducting R&D in a commercial environment: the business process – enquiry, proposal, contract, work, report, feedback, invoice, payment/debt collection o improving early stage researchers’ awareness on exploiting R&D skills learnt in the academic environment Colorobbia

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 Learning to work in a Company  Work to Quality Standards ISO9001  Working honestly, ethically, accurately, safely, quickly.  Important to respect deadlines  Being part of a project team. Routine: reliably, punctually, flexibly,...  Ambition management – induction, career plan, 1 year/5 year targets, reviews (disappointments)  Understanding who does what and why – Chain of command  Commercial excellence alongside scientific/technical excellence  Publications is not a major performance metric  The job must be done within budget  Clients’ expectations must be managed ……

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 HOW Industry-Academia collaboration is possible Mutual trust, commitment and respect are the most important relationship drivers. Inter-sectorial co-operation between partners is a win-win situation because each partner understands the constraints of the other: o Companies are ready to share their commercial research interests. They need a quick return on technology development and co-operation to maintain their competitiveness over their competitors. o Academic institutions are often more long term oriented but provide tools to solve industrial demands based on the work of researchers in fundamental and applied sciences and engineering (SoA research, NEW IDEAS, …)

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 HOW Industry-Academia collaboration is possible Inter-sectorial secondments  co-supervision of researchers Two-way staff exchanges, workshops, lectures or seminars, visits to productive plants  bring both sides together, spark conversations and lead to new relationships Organisation of specific courses to approach private sector counterparts, identify business opportunities to make research more market relevant: o Project management o Researcher Vs. Entrepreneur: mindset, background and aims o From Research to Innovation: understanding the market relevance of scientific research o Business planning and IPR Coordinator’s role: continuous “mediation” between academia and industry needs and “language” GlaCERCo School 3 Network workshops International project management workshop Workshop on entrepreneurship Visit to Colorobbia research centre and productive plant (Vinci, Florence) Nov 2012, Turin 9-10 Feb 2012, Brno; Nov 2012, Turin; 8-9 Oct 2013, Erlangen July 2012, Turin June 2013, Turin 14 th June 2013 Colorobbia June, 2013

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 WHAT are the benefits for the fellows The GlaCERCo industry-academia collaboration improves the fellows’ career prospects  broad interdisciplinary and complimentary skills  necessary skills to work both in industry and academia. NANOFORCECOLOROBBIA At the end of their GlaCERCo training 3 ESRs/ERs (out of 5) have been employed in companies 2 ESRs (out of 5) have been employed in academia 1 possible spin-off

Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence – November 27 th, 2013 WHAT are the benefits for the academic institutions The GlaCERCo industry-academia collaboration helps up to date teaching and learning by fostering an exchange of ideas to produce academic staff who can o think and act across the cultural gap, o connect with the key research interests of a company and work harmoniously to define common strategic goals Academics who understand industry  The key to developing future collaborations beyond the lifetime of GlaCERCo (i.e. Horizon 2020)  Financial support for applied research CNRS – Univ. of Rennes 1

Thanks for your attention! The training through research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme managed by REA-Research Executive Agency and it participates in a Marie Curie Action (GlaCERCo GA ).