1. 1 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Innova’s headquarters are in Rome (2 offices) and branches are in:  Italy (Trieste, Gorizia, Bologna and Lecce)  Luxembourg  France (Paris)  Poland (Warsaw)  USA (Boston, Massachusetts ) Innova consists in a team of 80 professional consultants and experts with a long standing knowledge in R&D and marketing activities THE ORIGIN Set up in 1993 in response to a demand by business for technological innovation and by research institutes for industrial applications. THE PROFESSION Technologies transfer from the world of research to industry. THE STRATEGY Establish an international network for technology transfer and the promotion of innovation

2. 2 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Design, coordination and technical assistance for the training on R&D and TT TRAINING Plan innovation in terms of international partnerships and R&D projects R&D PROJECTS DESIGN Help companies in technical/fiancial managing national and international R&D Projects PROJECT MANAGEMENT Identify clients’ technologies needs / commercial exploitation of new technologies TECHNOLOGY AUDIT Help companies in identify funding schemes and in applying for financing R&D PROJECT FINANCING Promote and support to high-tech start-ups as spin- offs for technical and financial point of view TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR

3. 3 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey WE-MENTOR Innova role: WP 1 - Leader Responsible for mentoring activities in India (supporetd by BEA) Support to Steinbeis for mentoring activities in Romania Team Antonella Vulcano (a.vulcano@innova-eu.net) Alberto Sciuto (a.sciuto@innova-eu.net) Beatrice Ghioca (b.ghioca@innova-eu.net) Innova S.p.A. Via G. Peroni, 386, 00131 Rome Tel. +39 06 40040359-9 Fax +39 06 40040364 www.innova-eu.net