FIIF Management BoardTechnology Transfer

Status May 2012

A. Kellner, May23rd, 2012

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Technology Transfer Phases

The long time-to-maturity of the development of the fusion power planttechnologies and the related engineering know-how leads to 2 transfer phases

Phase 1: • transfer of technologies for spin-off generation in non-fusion applications• to startups and SMEs

Phase 2: • transfer of technologies and engineering, integration and ops know-how to build power plants• to potential power plant builders

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Phase 1: Transfer Organisation and Processes

Set up a

Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) coordinating:

a Technology Transfer Network (TTN) of technology brokers which get EU

contracts (basic reimbursement and incentives) to pro-actively foster the

knowledge dissemination

opportunities announced on a web-based Technology Market Place matching

technology push and business pull

Business Incubation Centers helping start-ups technologically and legally

funding support for start-ups, e.g. outsourced to Venture Capital companies

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Phase 2: Transfer Organisation and Processes

Extend the

Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) to coordinate:

the short-term establishment of a knowledge management system to capture the

knowledge (*)acquired during the JET and ITER construction in configuration-managed,

structured formats easily retrievable in later times

in the long run the placement of a contract to a consortium of potential power plant builders

with the relevant associations as subcontractors for the pre-competitive transfer of know-

how on technologies, engineering, integration, and operations

(*) Comprising, apart from explicitly documented knowledge, in particular the implicit knowledge in the minds of staff w.r.t. best practices, lessons learned on mishaps, experience gained in manufacturing, integration and operations, etc.

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Current Status

Phase 1: 2-years pilot project piggy-back „on top“ of the ESA process and institutions Basic agreement with ESA reached Currently under EC-internal preparation

Phase 2: Pilot of a Lessons Learned System currently under development in F4E contract

and procurement unit Focused on knowledge sharing w.r.t. handling procurement procedures