Technology Transfer activities (2003 – 2012) Dott. Giuseppe Rossi Technical coordinator rossi.lio@unical.it 1
LiO - the Liaison Office The Technology Transfer Office of the University of Calabria First organized activities in 2001 Formally constituted in 2003 together with University IPR and spin-off regulations Rector’s delegate for TT Coordinated by a civil servant Staffed with 3 (part-time) external collaborators Constantly growing 7 permanent staff + 3 collaborators (<5 yrs exp)
Functions and activities Diffusion of innovation culture Communication Networking Development of a university-industry interface Joint project development and mgmt Valorisation of research results Patents and IP management Mentoring and Services for Spin Off and Start Up companies
Diffusion of innovation Communication LiO Newsletter active weekly for 10 years, 3000 subscriptions new service “for startuppers only” Web sites, FB www.lio.unical.it technest.unical.it Seminars and workshops fundraising, IPR, company creation
Networking NetVal - Italian Association of Universities with a TTO (52 univ + 3 R&D) Unical is founder and board member Proton - European Association of Universities with TT activities Board member for 5 years APRE – Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea MiTo Tech srl Founder and board member
Fundraising and industrial research – recent results National projects PON R&C (Call 01/Ric 2010) 22 + 5 projects approved PON R&C (Call 03/Ric 2011) 2 large R&D infrastructures funded (20 M€) EU projects FP7 2007-2013 projects 25 funded projects + 1 under negotiation Overall budget (Dec. 2011) 52 M€
Intellectual Property University patents 2003: No patents in portfolio 2012: 61 patents / 18 agreements 43 national, 9 EU, 6 International patents (PCT), 3 US. 15 licensed patents, 3 assignments. IPR services Preliminary analysis, Patent mgmt Brokerage, Licensing Accredited for IP evaluation with MiSE 7
Spin-off and start-up creation Start-up accelerator programs with scouting, training, mentoring, prizes 2004: ORACOLO, coaching 10 ideas 2006: ORACOLO2, coaching 10 ideas 2007-11: CRESCITA 1 accelerator program for 21 ideas 1 start-up program for 18 companies TechNest, the Academic Business Incubator 2009-12: 4 Start Cup Calabria editions
Spin-off and start-up creation 24 Research spin-off ICT EXEURA SRL PLATONET SRL ECHOPRESS SRL ITACA SRL UNICLUST SRL DLVSystem SRL DIGICAL SRL ITHEA SRL IDUM SRL QUALITY OF LIFE CHT SRL MACROFARM SRL SENSYSCAL SRL TIFQLab SRL NEW MATERIALS CALCTEC SRL DELTAE SRL ELCHROM SRL DIARCO RESTAURO SRL ENERGY CRETA"ENERGIE SPECIALI" SRL ECO4CLOUD ENGINEERING 3D RESEARCH SRL META INSTRUMENTS SRL SISMLAB SRL IES CONSULTING SRL APPLICON SRL
Spin-off and start-up creation 15 high-tech start-up companies ICT Altilia srl Artemat srl DLV System srl Ithea srl Open knowledge technologies srl Spintel srl NEW MATERIALS Notredame srl ENERGY Sintenergy srl Eco4Cloud srl Quality of life & Health Biomicroshear srl Calabrian Biomedical Research srl Easyanalysis srl Macrofarm srl Naturextra srl R&DCal srl SensysCal srl
TechNest the nest of technologies Facilities 2000 m2, 20 offices, meeting space, IT Priority areas ICT, materials & nanotech, quality of life & health Policy Access based on competitive selection 3 years incubation program Training and networking services
Current economic impact Licensing Limited but increasing Spin-off and start-up 50 highly qualified jobs 1.5 M€ turnover 2 M€ from VC funds (2011-12) Industrial research About 60 post-doc and young researchers Settlement of external companies
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