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Netval and its role in exploiting research results in Italy

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Netval general objectives are:

- in the short term: to protect and exploit research results (education, dissemination, patenting, licensing)

- in the medium term: to improve the link between universities and industries(networking, managing research and know how contract tools)

- in the long term: to generate new products and companies from academia (spin-off, infrastructures, money)

Netval mission is to be the “university interface” for Ministries and local administrations, industrial associations and industries, venture capitalists and financial bodies to promote the role of university research in the innovation processes.

Netval is the Italian association for the exploitation of the university research. It has been founded in 2002 and became an association in 2007.

Netval mission

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Netval particular objectives

to connect the Italian portfolio of patents and spin-offs at European level

to organize training sessions, seminars and workshops to raise awareness on IPR tools and TT best practices

to link the “research world” with the “industrial world” promoting the technology transfer processes

to stimulate the exchange of best practices, procedures, tools and contract models for the technology transfer processes

to identify roles and needs of the university about patentability and exploitation of research results

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Netval members (46)

Politecnica delle Marche Università dell’AquilaUniversità di BariUniversità di BergamoUniversità di BolognaLibera Università di BolzanoUniversità di BresciaUniversità di Cagliari Università della CalabriaUniversità di CamerinoUniversità di CataniaUniversità Magna Grecia Università di FerraraUniversità di FoggiaUniversità di GenovaIMT Institute for Advanced StudiesUniversità di MessinaPolitecnico di MilanoUniversità BocconiUniversità di MilanoUniversità di Milano BicoccaUniversità di Modena e ReggioUniversità del Piemonte Orientale

Università di PadovaUniversità di Palermo

Università di PaviaUniversità di Perugia

Scuola Normale Superiore di PisaScuola Superiore S. Anna

Università di PisaUniversità Mediterranea

Università di Roma La SapienzaUniversità di Roma Tor Vergata

Università del SalentoUniversità di SalernoUniversità di Sassari

Università di SienaPolitecnico di TorinoUniversità di TorinoUniversità di Trento

SISSAUniversità di TriesteUniversità di Udine

Università Ca' FoscariUniversità di Verona

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR

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the context (from Netval Survey 2009)

n° universitiestotal (I) 84Netval 45 (53,6%)

n° studentstotal (I) 1.776.999 Netval 1.279.440 (72%)

n° researchers/professorstotal (I) 62.768 Netval 47.264 (75,3%)

n° university patents total (I) 1.949 Netval 1.867 (95,8%)

n° university spin-off total (I) 716Netval 630 (88%)

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March 2010

Netval annual report (March 2010)

Exploitation of public research results grows: the challenge goes on.

Sixth annual report on research exploitation in Italian universities

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Netval annual report 2009

TTO establishing year

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technology transfer policies

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full equivalent staffs working in TTO

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patent applications in 2008

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brevetti presenti in portafoglio al 31 dicembre 2006 patent portfolio at 31th Dec 2008 (average number)

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spin-off and start-up companies portfolio at 31th Dec 2008

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conclusions

Innovation is development of new product/service/technology based on research.

Public research is at the beginning of the innovation line, industry is at the end, a part of the path should be shared in partnership. The tools should be used in agreement.

The different own missions and roles should be seen as opportunities rather than disadvantages.

The efficiency strongly depends on the participation of all of the four actors.