1. A new mission for UTIAC Paolo Gurisatti Venice, May 10th 2014

2. Valle del Chiampo: from a “dump” to a “mine”
Bio-chemical technology for beam-house
Technology for sludge inert-isation (and energy
production)
Technology for “separation” and “valorisation”
of waste materials (Zero Waste)

3. Mining? Technical and entrepreneurial challenge
Radical change in perspective

4. Aero - Boat

5. How to meet the challenge?
Boat – New Materials / Speed /
Aerodynamic Components
Leather – Tracing Materials /
Selective Recycling /
Smart Reagents

6. First Picture of the Mine

7. R&D
The solution is “extracted” by organic solvents (first of all CH2Cl2).
After the addition of organic solvent and after extraction four phase emerge.
These phases are probably composed by:
fat/collagen
aqueous phase
emulsion
organic phase (CH2Cl2)

8. Smart Reagents? Chemicals – Rigid / Stupid
Enzymes – Traditionally Rigid / Stupid
What else? What kind of living technology?

9. Is it the right way?

10. No risk at all?

11. New Competences (Research team)
Matteo Chiurato (Chemist, IENI CNR)
Valentina Beghetto (Chemist, Università di Venezia)
Davide De Lucrezia (Biologist, Explora Bio-Technology srl)

12. New Laboratory

13. How is it working?

14. Research Team - Task Force
Laboratory results (“research team”) are discussed with the “task force” (technicians belonging to various links of the value chain)
The evaluation of the most promising extraction technologies leads to the development of prototypes and the simulation of an industrial scale process (costs/effects on the value chain)

15. Investment and Production
Results achieved by the “task force” and “research team” became business plan for UTIAC’s board of directors
Articles, publications and contacts with international circuits ( lead to wider consensus and possible financial / industrial partners

16. Timing and Costs
Reserve judgment on mine exploitation cannot be removed before one year
Extraction technologies will not be available before 3-5 years
Let’s check whether it’s possible to cover sunk costs with H 2020 (LIFE is a good starting point)

17. Fulfilled tasks and to do…
June 2013 / May 2014
Research Team Building
Task Force Meetings
Samples design and analysis
Newsletter and participation to international events
June 2014 / September 2014
Kick off meeting LIFE+
Agreement among UTIAC and research partners

18. UTIAC 2015 Industrial company specialised in the following businesses:
Tracing of components and processes
Slug inert-isation processes / energy
production
Selective separation of organic materials

19. Experts / People A complex social interaction:
Social Task-Force and Storytelling design
Generative relationships / and Dynamic Evaluation of the “happy project” narrative (an others)
Community involvement in monitoring innovation and technology design
Management of the “tension” between technical artefacts and social problems (emerging)