June 25th 2012

Opportunities for collaboration: AREA Science Park’s Vision

Enzo Moi, Managing Director

Consorzio per l’Area di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

The Friuli Venezia Giulia region

Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trieste: a natural gate towards Eastern Europe

Area Science Park: established 1978

Science and Technology Park

Padriciano Campus Basovizza Campus

National Research Body (Ministry of University & Research)

A First Level National Research BodyOur mission: to provide a reference point for capacity building and technology transfer to enhance economic competitiveness and to exploit research results

A unique role: using Technology Transfer to drive development

Science and Technology Parks

Bridging the gap research-industry

Helping researches to exploit research results

Enabling entrepreneurs to create new, successful products and services

Facilitating the creation of new businesses

Creating high quality, high value employment opportunities

Driving economic growth

Improving the quality of life of citizens by means of innovation

AREA Science and Technology Park’s growth

No. of employees per year No. of tenants per year

What AREA can offer:

•a strong track record of collaborations with Serbia and Eastern European countries

•a platform for technological collaborations with its tenants to face main societal challenges mainly (but not only) in the fields of:

o biomedo agro-foodo energy

AREA Science Park: a door between East and West at the heart of Europe

AREA Science Park’s tenants in the biomedical and life science sector

AREA Science Park’s tenants in the agro-food sector

AREA Science Park’s tenants in the energy and environment sector

Orion Power

Syncrotron Trieste.

Elettra and Fermi Lightsources

• A multidisciplinary international laboratory , specialized in generating high quality synchrotron and Free-Electron Laser light applied in materials science.

• Over 1000 of scientists and industrial users from more than 50 different countries based on scientific merit of their proposal (peer-review) have access Elettra and Fermi beamlines every year.

• Because of its central location in Europe, Elettra is increasingly attracting users from Central and Eastern European countries.

• Next step is to establish a facility for advanced material analysis and device development offering Lab facilities and research competences to industry on contractual basis (Open LAB)

A unique Innovation Management System

Target

Small (and medium) enterprises with some technical “problem” to solve, lacking research capability and a direct channel of communication with Research Centers.

Goal

Increase access to research to facilitate and improve SMEs innovation processes

Methodology

A network of “Competence Centers” working for the most relevant economic clusters in our region. The tasks of our “Competence Centers” are to:

• monitor and assess companies’ innovation needs• match technology and innovation demand with competences and solutions• Provide companies with a reliable and independent support for innovation

sottotitolo presentazione

THE COMPETENCE CENTRES

BUSINESSPROCESSES

WOOD AND FURNITURE

PLASTICS & NEW MATERIALS

AGROFOOD

SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING

ENERGY

Technology cluster in biomedicine

AREA Science Park is the main shareholder of CBM, the regional Technology Cluster in Molecular Biomedicine, hosting the headquarters and main R&TD facilities.

CBM• is the cluster managing company:• is a public-private company; • acts as a bridge between public research and industry• manages a network of science centres, companies, governmental bodies, development agencies and financial partners •promotes research and development activities aimed at understanding molecular mechanisms causing diseases.

Technology Cluster’s activities focus on nano and biotechnologies applied to medicine.

Strategic sectors include genomics, pharmacogenomics, bio-nanotechnologies, molecular imaging and bioinformatics

Target

Researchers from Universities, Public and Private Research Bodies, wanting to increase the market application of their research results.

Goals

Help to develop the market potential of research: scouting, exploitation and transfer of research results to market

Methodology

Our SISTER method is a two-step structured process.

In the first step the research results are checked and validated

In the second step three exploitation alternatives are explored:

1. transfer the findings to an established company

2. create a partnership between research and industry for further development

3. creation of a research spin-off company

TargetResearchers coming out from Academia as well as from private companies wanting to bring to market their “Business dreams”

GoalTo take an idea and turn it into a new and innovative enterprise with a sustainable future

MethodologyWhile incubators usually support companies already established, the distinctive feature of Innovation Factory is to support in the pre-incubation phase ambitious, “would-be” entrepreneurs interested in creating their own business.

Our methodology provides:• Selection of entrepreneurial initiatives to be hosted• Assessment of Needs, Approach, Benefits and Competitors(NABC)• Development support services (mentoring & coaching, managerial, legal, technical, IPR….)• Proof of Concept and prototyping assistance• Financial support• Incubation services • Marketing services and help in searching potential customers• Help to turn a Business Dream into a Business Plan

Target

People working in Technology transfer offices

Goals

Train the futureTechnology Transfer Experts in the application of the unique methodologies developed by AREA.

Methodology

Innovation Campus, located in our Headquarters in Trieste, offers advanced training courses, specialized training in specific areas, summer school, and consulting for operational projects and technology transfer.

Most importantly we place participants in an environment where technology transfer methodologies are not just studied but also developed and applied on a daily basis. This means a “full immersion technology transfer training”!

The Coordination of Research Institutions (CER) is the networking initiative of the national and international research centers, universities and scientific and technological parks in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. CER is an initiative of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. AREA Science Park is responsible for coordinating the activities of the centers belonging to the Network. The Coordination promotes science and technology and encourages international collaborations, with an impact on the economic and social fabric of the region.

Goals - Enhancing research and the scientific, economic and of knowledge potential of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region for industrial and social purposes;- Strengthening the role and visibility of national and international research centers located in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region;- Promoting scientific and technological dissemination and spread of Innovation.

Coordination of Research Institutions

Objectives:• The application of a structured methodology to identify and prioritize areas of

scientific and technological research which can have major economic impact in the medium to long term future taking account of global developments in research but also global business and demographic trends and demand factors and the national and regional context and key success factors.

• Using the process of Foresight to foster linkages between the research and business communities as well as to assist policy makers in selecting priorities for public sector investment.

• Using the process and results of Foresight to communicate the potential benefits of scientific discovery and research driven technology based growth.

• AREA Science Park, 5 years ago began collaborating with world class Business Intelligence and Foresight experts in Silicon Valley and to develop its own in-house capabilities. AREA is now ready to share these methodologies.

Foresight

AREA Science Park’s tenants’ collaborations in SerbiaBio

• TBS Group Inc.: TBS SE Doo, with headquarters in Belgrade, a new company established in October 2009 to offer and implement all of the TBS Group’s services – in particular clinical engineering services – throughout the Balkan area

• ICGEB – International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology : member States include Serbia; hosts several Serbian researchers and PhD students

Agrofood

• Dr. Schaer Ltd.: distribution in Serbia of gluten-free products for coeliac people

• Illy Inc.: distribution in Serbia of coffee products

• Euroclone: interested in finding distribution channels and research collaborations for human, agro-food and veterinary diagnostics, food safety

• Tecna: interested in finding distribution channels and research collaborations for immunodiagnostic kits for the agro-food sector, proficiency testing on food contaminants

Energy

•Elimos Ltd.: interested in collaborations to test EESat, a station with two-way satellite connection, powered by solar panels for environmental monitoring of forests

•STP Ltd.: interested in collaborations on energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies developed with AREA, (high temperature heat pump, active insulation system for buildings, energy recovery from waste air exhaust in hospitals

•Synaps Technology Ltd.: interested in promoting their energy saving SiliLIGHT products (Led lighting Systems)

• Participation in institutional, technical-commercial and scientific national and regional missions to Belgrade and Novi Sad (2000-2012)

• Design of a feasibility study proposal for a science and technology park in Nis upon request of the Serbian Ministry of Science and Technology (2001-2003)

• Staff exchange with the Novi Sad development agency “Alma Mons” to share best practices and identify projects of common interest (2006-2007)

• Involvement in innovation projects identification in the framework of the international cooperation agreement between the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Province of Vojvodina (2007-2012)

• MOU with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska (2009) • Co-organisation of “InnoWeek”, the innovation fair in Novi Sad in partnership with

the local university (2010)• Participation in Territorial Cooperation Projects (South East Europe and IPA

Programme, 2011 calls) with partners from Serbia (University of Belgrade and Kragujevac) and Republika Srpska (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Republika Srpska, Agency for SMEs development)

• Participation in the program dedicated to Trieste City of Science realized by the national Serbian television RTS (2012)

Experiences and collaborations of AREA and Innovation Factory with Serbian organisations

AREA Science Park, as member of Enterprise Europe Network, organizes a technology dating on food/biotech technologies to set up new cooperation opportunities in research, technology transfer and business :

• Date and event: September 28 2012, in the frame of TRIESTE NEXT, the first 3day European scientific research exhibition focused on ‘New frontiers in nutrition sector’.

• Goal: introducing European participants from industry and research to AREA Science Park food/biotech cluster as well as to promote competence, technologies and know-how available from university departments, research performers and companies of the North East of Italy

• Main topics: Technologies for the food industry; Food safety; Nutrition and health:

o Food and Beverage Technologies (Additives/ingredients/functional food, Packaging/handling, Supply and transport technologies, Storage echnologies, Process optimization)

o Food and Beverage Quality and Safety (Detection and analysis methods, Microbiology/toxicology methods, Traceability and Safe production methods)

o Nutrition and Health Products (Nutrition and diets, Phytodrugs, Nutraceuticals, Diagnostics)

Trieste Next: collaboration opportunities in the agro-food sector

Enzo MoiManaging DirectorConsorzio per l'AREA di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Padriciano, 99 – 34149 Trieste – Italia/Italy Tel: +39.040.375.5190 Fax: +39.040.226.142 enzo.moi@area.trieste.it www.area.trieste.it

Thank you!

Hope to meet you in Trieste!