IRC IRENE 2000 A TOOL FOR SMEs TRANSNATIONAL OPERATIONS LARA DIPACE Marketing & International Relations AREA Science Park - Trieste (I)

IRC IRENE 2000A TOOL FOR SMEs

TRANSNATIONAL OPERATIONS

LARA DIPACEMarketing & International RelationsAREA Science Park - Trieste (I)

AREA Science Park

AREA Science ParkBasovizza

AREA Science ParkPadriciano

• 72 PRIs, R&D Centres, and Knowledge-based Companies

• 1600 researchers, technicians and service staff

• Turnover (2002) from development and sale of research, technologies and services: ~ EUR 130 million

•Extent: 55 hectares•Facilites: 68,200 sqm of equipped laboratories, offices and services•Facilities under construction (2003-2005): 11.400 sqm •Future development plans (2006 – 2014): 46.000 sqm

What is an IRC?What is an IRC?

A Regional Centre providing services to local companies and research centres

to support innovation diffusion and technology transfer all over Europe

68 IRCs with almost 250 officesin 31European countries

The current IRC Network (FP5)

AREOSPACE AGROFOOD AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILENANO & MICROTECHNOLOGY

BIOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT FISH TECHNOLOGIES WOODRENEWABLE ENERGY

ICT MARINE MATERIALS MEDICALTECHNOLOGY

IRC network - Thematic GroupsIRC network - Thematic Groups

IRC IRENE 2000

Trieste

Venezia

Ancona

Trento

Bologna

•ENEA•ASTER•Veneto Innovazione•Marche Innovation Training

•Centro Tecnofin Servizi•AREA Science Park

Improve co-operation

between research and

industry exploiting research

resultsMake available to industries

the ‘ready to use’

technologiesRaise industries

competitiveness trough

technology transfer

initiatives

IRC IRENE 2000-The tasks

Signposting

EOIs in external

TT profiles

Meetings with

matches

EOIs in local TT profiles

AssistanceAssistance

Matches

Agreements

Negotiations

Partnership Partnership BuildingBuilding

Technology profiles

publishedContactContact

AwarenessAwarenessRaisingRaising

New clients

Innovation & Technology Transfer Process

The BBS pageThe BBS page

Regional Centre for IP documentation

3 operative offices in the Region AREA Science Park, Trieste; Gorizia; Spilimbergo (UD) 20 PatLib Centres in Italy 150 in Europe

Services The complete documentation of EPO from 1978 to date

(about 2.000 CDROM): State of the art Priorities

Free of charge for the regional companies

PatLib

IRC IRENE 2000

AREA ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2003

Key facts 248 regional clients

97 company visits

47 TO/TR processed

20 TT Matches reached

3 Negotiations reached

2 TTT Agreements reached

Events TriCo Styria Graz 2002 on City Technologies

(Graz, 18.09.2002)

HELECO (Athens, 30.01.2003)

Thematic working table initiative on FP6 (Trieste, 26/27.02.2003)

BIOCASA Innovation Show (Trieste, 11/13.04.2003)

TriCo Trieste 2003 on ICT (Trieste, 15.07.2003)

ENTSORGA (Cologne, 25/26.09.2003)

TTT Success Stories - case 1

Project title: Dynamical thermo photovoltaic systemTechnology sector: renewable energy

Partners: IBE SL, Spain (Developer) LABOR SRL, Italy (Recipient)

IRC involved IRC IRENE 2000

Technology The system allows to capture solar radiation over coverings and walls of buildings, achieving generation of thermal and electrical energy, usable for ambient conditioning and elecricity production when coupled with Silicon PV cells

Agreement Non exclusive right and license to use the Dynamical thermo photovoltaic system inItaly with technical assistance

TTT Success Stories - case 2

Project title: A long-life, ready to use liquid feed for piglets

Technology sector: agro-food

Partners LUSETTI INTEGRATORI Srl, Italy (Developer) EUROTEC’H, France (Recipient)

IRCsinvolved IRC IRENE 2000; IRC ATLANTIQUE/ BRETAGNE

INNOVATION

Agreement Commercial agreement with technical assistance &technical collaboration for product improvement & adaptation to the French market requirements

Technology Special liquid feed for just born piglets ableto ensure a trouble-free weaning,protectingthem from gastro-intestinal deseases

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CONTACT DETAILS

Dott. LARA DIPACEAREA Science Park

Padriciano, 9934012 Trieste (Italy)

ph +39-040-3755245fax +39-040-226698

e-mail: [email protected]