1. Miguel A. González Ballester, DPhil (Oxon.) ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

4. ALMA CLOUD PLATFORM HOSPITALS RADIOLOGY CENTRES HIS - RIS - PACS MEDICAL SPECIALISTSMOBILE DISPLAYSTELE-DIAGNOSTICNETWORK

5. www.alma3d.com · info@alma3d.com · (+34) 93 238 05 92 Alma is active in over 22 countries with qualified partners and currently holds an installed base of 5.000 licenses. GLOBAL MARKET

6. www.alma3d.com · info@alma3d.com · (+34) 93 238 05 92 Highly skilled workforce: 77% of personnel are senior engineers. 18% of personnel holds a PhD. All Alma software is developed internally and therefore proprietary. Close collaboration with national and international research centers. Private company founded in 2005 by three associates. No external financing to date. Alma is a profitable company.

7. www.alma3d.com · info@alma3d.com · (+34) 93 238 05 92 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

8. HEAR-EU Project FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-2 Topic: “Technological approaches to combating sensory impairments” HEAR-EU: High-resolution image-based computational inner ear modelling for surgical planning of cochlear implantation

9. Consortium XXX From Noemí? XXX PPT CIMNE? XXX meetings? ALMA (ES): Image analysis, surgical planning ALMA MED-EL (AT): Cochlear implant manufacturer MED-EL SCANCO (CH): MicroCT scanners SCANCO Univ. Bern (CH): Clinical user, surgical navigation Univ. Bern DTU (DK): Image analysis, statistical shape models DTU UPF (ES): Physiological modelling and simulation UPF UPF (leader UNI)

10. Project overview

11. www.alma3d.com · info@alma3d.com · (+34) 93 238 05 92 Too much paperwork and administrative workload? - Need for dedicated project management staff + Fast and efficient support from EC + Clear rules + Reasonable requirements and procedures Preparing a proposal is very difficult… - It does requires time, effort and serious thinking - Most likely, it will be rejected + Great push for an SME! + Networking, new business lines, funding… + SMEs are “hot” (many opportunities to participate) SMEs in EU research projects

12. www.alma3d.com · info@alma3d.com · (+34) 93 238 05 92 Compact consortium: + Complementary roles + Focused tasks and deliverables SMEs have a leading role: + Most funding is managed by SMEs + Technology transfer, exploitation + Real impact! HEALTH-INNOVATION-2 projects

13. ma.gonzalez@upf.edu www.alma3d.com www.hear-eu.eu