EuCARD-2 is co-funded by the partners and the European Commission under Capacities 7th Framework Programme, Grant Agreement WP2: Catalysing Innovation Task 2.2. Transferring Innovation to Society/Industry Focused promotional initiatives and entrepreneurship schemes to support the dissemination of EuCARD-2 innovation Enrico Chesta Head of CERN Technology Transfer and IP Management Section Knowledge Transfer Group, FP Department (FP/KT/IP)
Summary Promotion of selected technologies to industry through thematic science-business workshops and brokerage events – e.g. WAMAS – Nov Support of entrepreneurship initiatives and spin- off/start-up companies – e.g. CERN BIA concept, NTNU-CERN Screening Week, STFC-CERN BIC Technology promotion and spin-off company support through participation to large industrial fairs – ex. CERN-ESA stand at Hannover Messe – April 2014
WAMAS Very successful event, first in his kind: EIROforum TWG-IMKTT framework EEN brokerage event in parallel Industrial sponsors/exhibitors >160 participants, (1/3 CERN, 1/3 Industry, 1/3 Labs) >70 technology profiles (offers/requests) >300 B2B meetings requested >200 pages catalogue (also book of abstracts) “HiRadMat Facility” “Advanced composite materials for thermal management” November 19-20, 2013
CERN Business Ideas Accelerator (BIA) Concept Pre-incubation structure Technologies University 1 – N NTNU-CERN SW Seed/PoC funds National incubator 1- UK STFC-CERN BIC Projects flow National incubator n Investors VC Funds Spin-off companies National incubator 2 National Innovation Funds Partner University n IP support Professional entrepreneurs
5 NTNU-CERN Screening Week Students spin-off companies Tind Technologies: Installation and customization services around Invenio SW -Company created after 1 year in CERN “pre-incubator” -Spin-off agreement with CERN signed earlier this year -Received 1.5 million NOK in soft funding from NTNU Discovery GEM Radon Detectors: Development and commercialization of radon detectors based on GEM technology -Business plan finalization stage Success entrepreneurship stories:
STFC-CERN Business Incubation Centre (BIC) The STFC-CERN BIC Initiative Offer: From STFC; £40k, incubation space in dedicated centre, business mentoring From CERN; 40 hours of technical support, favourable access to CERN IPRs, use of CERN branding/labels Progress to Date: First round opened in 2013; 10 candidates chosen 8 company visits to CERN, 5 BIC applications received 3 companies successfully chosen to enter BIC 2 companies now resident: Croft Additive Manufacturing 2D Heat Company Visits to CERN 2013 CompanyIndustry E-EnergyElectricity generation from waste heat Croft Additive Manufacturing3D metal filter printing 2D HeatInnovative electric heating elements Manchester University spin-offSoftware for large, complex and multi-variable datasets BIC TechnologyRadioisotope contamination testing ProtiumLaser isotope ratiometry systems Uni of Leicester spin-offHigh time-resolution cameras Arcostrate VenturesCollaboration and cluster identification in big data Next round of applications scheduled summer 2014, contact for more information
Hannover Messe 2014 April 7-11, 2014 Some key figures: visitors to the Fair (93% professionals), many VIPs visitors to R&D Hall -160 monitored media reports about CERN-ESA
CERN presence on the stand: Technologies/ Technology Domains: -Advanced materials -Superconducting technologies and cryogenics -RF technologies and surface treatments -Vacuum technologies -Detector technologies -Microelectronics -Rad-hard electronics -Software and ICT tools Spin-Off companies: -Amsterdam Scientific Instruments -IJSPEERT Innovative Technologies -SRB Energy -Tind Technologies -WIDEPIX -X-ray Imaging Europe -X-Ray Imatek Very positive and promising preliminary feedback collected from co-exhibitors Recent CERN-ESA bilateral cooperation agreement => Limelight on technologies with potential double application to particle physics and space
EuCARD-2 WP11 Advanced Materials (Mo-Gr) - dedicated thermal conductivity demonstration set-up: “Official” movie with interviews available for download from: