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AREA RESULTS AND FIGURES
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Technology Transfer: the figures* |
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2599
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Businesses involved |
** Feedback provided as of 31/05/08 from 153 companies
after innovation actions performed by AREA
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1492
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Innovation interventions performed |
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91 |
Patents filed by companies** |
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+ 4,14% |
Turnover growth** |
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+ 5,36% |
Employment growth** |
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Technology Transfer: the projects
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In 2007
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- Launch of the Domotica FVG Project in
collaboration with other regional technology centres (Agemont, Friuli Innovazione and the Pordenone
technology centre) with 362 innovations and 714 companies contacted as of today. |
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- Agreements with the Stanford Research Institute Consulting – Business Intelligence (SRIC-BI)
of Palo Alto, California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Boston 2008
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In 2008
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- Preliminary analysis for the Porto Vecchio
Initiative in Trieste (establishment of craft businesses and technology development in the nautical
sector);
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- Launch of the 144 Project with the MIT/Entrepreneurship Center in Boston (an ambitious
project to guide 12 selected FVG regional companies with annual turnover of about € 3/4M over 3
years to increase their revenue to at least €12M). Financing by regional law number 4 of 2005 for
productive activities.
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- LIDEA, the creation of an innovative system using integrated cogeneration technologies in a
photovoltaic system in AREA Science Park, as well as a collaboration with the University of Trieste
to launch the relevant experimental laboratory for cogeneration technologies with alternative power
sources.
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- Launch of a collaboration with the Ohio Case University to develop new technology transfer
strategies.
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Last
5 years
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11.000 |
training hours provided |
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over 300 |
participants per year |
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Since 2006 |
over 400 |
entrepreneurial and local training projects |
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(regional, national and European projects) |
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In 2008
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- Project planning for the “International
House, in
collaboration with Sincrotrone Elettra, ICTP, ICGEB, OGS, SISSA and the University of Trieste
(more
info) |
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- Establishment of the International School of Trieste in AREA |
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Development of collaboration networks
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in FVG
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- Since 2003 in the FVG region with the “Innovation
Network” project:7 AREA units deployed throughout the region for FVG’s 7 primary industrial
sectors (more
info) |
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in Italy
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- Speeding up interregional collaborations with
regions bordering Italy and the EU (more
info) |
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- Transfer of Best Practices to Southern Italy (today including the
agreement with the Confindustria - Confederation of Italian Industry - of Reggio Calabria for
the development of the local Innovation Network, preliminary analysis of a Basilicata branch of
AREA for technology transfer and entrepreneurial training....). |
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in the world
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335 relationships and partnerships in 33 nations, in particular:
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- USA: MIT and SRIC-BI |
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- Qatar: research partnership activities in the field of biomedicine |
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- China: representative office in Beijing in collaboration with the Torino
Wireless district for establishment and collaborations with regional SMB (since 2006)
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- Euroregion: involvement through EU projects
and "International House" |
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Currently |
83
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companies operate on the Park’s 2 campuses,
including |
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- 62 highly innovative companies
- 21 research centres (with some centres of international relevance, such as
Sincrotrone ELETTRA, ICGEB, ICS...) |
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over 2.400
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members of staff working in the Park |
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over 150
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million Euro overall annual revenue |
In the fields of Technology Transfer and Training Management, AREA has developed strategies
that stand out in the national panorama, and are attracting interest and requests for transfer in
Italy and from abroad.
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More info
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The Intellectual Capital Report
This report describes the intangible assets of Universities, Research Bodies and
Companies. The application of this tool has been significantly slow in Italy, compared to its use
in other industrialized countries. As of today, only half a dozen national organisations make use
of it.
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info)
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Dynamic Activity Profile
An innovative instrument, crucial for the implementation of research, innovation
and training policies and strategies. The Dynamic Activity Profile analyses the commitment to
training and research for the production of knowledge and to research for the generation of
competitiveness
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