FPS - INFN Frascati, 22 Marzo 2006
New Businesses from High-Tech Projects and Technology transfer
The Key role of Filas Spa
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Filas
Filas, the Financial Investment Agency of the Regione Lazio, was founded in 1974 promotes development and innovation within the local economic network.Filas manages funds aimed at promoting technologically advanced services in SMEs and identifies standards, solutions and common technological platforms to devise programs for specific sectors.Filas sustains and strengthens new initiatives capable of creating added value and new employment through financial support and managerial know-how.Filas participates in the definition of new services for citizens and enterprises by bringing local authorities, research institutions and enterprises closer together.
Company Profile
Business Lab
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Research Invention
Research Invention
Research Invention
Project proposal
Approval and Lab kick-off
YES
Scientific Entities /Firms
NO
Grants for production engineering
Managerial training
Market research
Patenting
Business plan
Selection Bizlab Working Site Start-up
Business LabThe model
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Business Lab
• grants to each student (up to 3)• management and scientific tutorship• tools and resources related to the preparation
of market analysis, patents’ research and business plans
• partial reimbursement of costs related to travels, bibliographies, research material
• dissemination through international workshops, events, meetings with key players
How FILAS supports it
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Business LabAreas
% composition per tematic area
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4,44%
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Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology forhealth
ICT
Nanotechnologies and nanosciences
Aeronautics and Space
Food quality and safetySustainable development, global change,
ecosystemsCitizens and governance in a knowledge-based
society
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90 business ideas received and assessed44 projects approved36 working groups started108 grants assignedTo date, for 23 projects concluded 10 start-ups created
Success Rate: 43%
Business LabResults
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Business Lab Janus
The Janus Project was conceived in order to promote international business labs with the aim of inducing research groups in Italy and abroad to cooperate.The objective is to create start-ups with mixed capital and technology.Each group consist of an Italian Project Leader, a Foreign Scientific Tutor and 6 bursars (3 Italian and 3 Foreign). Filas provides the foreign counterpart with a fund of 40.000 euro to cover bursars’ and Tutors’ fees as well as other project related costs in order to carry out all relevant activities.Presently, 2 projects are under way:
PICSAT – collaboration between the School of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the Keldish Institute of Moscow for the design of micro-satellites and hyperspectral sensors for monitoring forest fires.LIQUID – collaboration between the Engineering Department of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and Saint Petersburg’s Polytechninc for for development of an “electronic tongue” sensor for water analysis.
International Cooperation
Technology Transfer
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Filas promotes the matching between the available technology offer in the Centers of the knowledge (Universities, Italian and foreign research centers, big enterprises) and the request of technology from the PMI Of The Lazio as follows:
Help the needs of technology of the SME’s to emerge, search for the avaliable solutions these needs and support in establishing cooperation agreemnts among the identified actors (approach "Bottom Up")
Task
Technology Transfer
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Domanda/offerta di tecnologia: sintesi
TECNOFORO(INNOVATION
BROKER)VISTSFIRM
SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS
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REQUIREMENTSSCOUTINGAGENT
FIRM YES
NO
NEEDSHIGHLIGHTED
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COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Technology Transfer
YES
The model
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“Tecnoforo” is a latin derivation neologism (meaning “technology carrier”) specifically created by Filas to describe a senior technician with a long experience acquired in the R&D, industrial design and production in laboratories and big enterprises, able to find out the technological needs of enterprises and search for the solutions.
A new Key Professional: il tecnoforo - Innovation Broker
Technology Transfer
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Phase1 Technological check up within the SME’s made by the “tecnofori” to find the real technological needs of the company. Search for Research Centers, Universities and Enterprises able to provide the searched know-how. Phase2 In case of positive outcome of the technological search, to make available to the SME’s grants and financing to support the operations of technological transfer.Financial help covers the following expenses:
1 Know-how Professional costs (Senior Scientist) for the attendance in company to the activities of transfer and adaptation of the technologies;2 Resarch contracts for a max. of 2 junior technologists and/or other expert, usually coming from tansferring Center;3 Legal and financial advisory assistance concerning the exploitation/acquisition of the technology to be transferred;4 Co-financing of some direct costs (raw materials, workings, travels) within the transfer activity.
Operating phases and financial support
Technology Transfer
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Plastic / Wood
Glass /Ceramics
Agricultural and Food
ICT
Chemical / Pharmaceutical
Technology TransferKey sectors
FILASFILASFinanziaria Laziale di Finanziaria Laziale di
SviluppoSviluppo
SCUOLA DI INGEGNERIA SCUOLA DI INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALEAEROSPAZIALE
BUSINESS LAB: PICSAT and HYPERSAT
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UNISAT Program-GAUSSUNISAT Program-GAUSS
PICSAT (Jan. 2005-Jan 2006)
Design and realization of small satellites for low cost missions
Main Customers:
• University and research center which are interested in performing scientific experiments in orbit
• Companies which are interested in space qualifying or testing in orbit their products.
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PICSAT: “Piccoli Satelliti”PICSAT: “Piccoli Satelliti”
Satellite Basic elements:
• flexibility and quickness in the design and building (about 1 year).
• Low cost (commercial off-the-shelf components)
•Electronics and Structure are modular in order to be easily assembled and adapted to different payloads.
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HYPERSAT HYPERSAT (April 2005-April 2006)(April 2005-April 2006)
HYPERSPECTROMETER SATELLITE
School of Aerospace Engineering of Roma
Scientifc Responsible:
Prof. Filippo Graziani
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Moscow
Scientific Responsible:
Prof. Michael Ovchinnikov
Identification and Monitoring of natural Catastrophes using Space and Airborne Hyperspectral Sensor
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A project to studyA project to study environment around the Earth environment around the Earth and management of natural emergenciesand management of natural emergencies
Mission Goals include•Detection, monitoring and investigation of high-temperature phenomena like forest fires.
•Monitoring of land, sea surface, atmospheric parameters, tectonic activities.
Payload•Hyper Spectometer System
•Infrared Sensor
Main customers:regions,states,Institutes for civil protection and securety,agrarian cooperatives,oil companies
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Results of HS data processing obtained from the Results of HS data processing obtained from the helicopterhelicopter
Chemical composition of territory can be evaluated by hyperspectral achieved data
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Moscow
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Satellites ConstellationSatellites ConstellationTo satysfy natural catastrophes To satysfy natural catastrophes monitoring requirements it is monitoring requirements it is necessary to use a constellationnecessary to use a constellationThe increasing of the number of The increasing of the number of satellites assures a better coverage satellites assures a better coverage Example: for fire detection about 1 Example: for fire detection about 1 passage each half hour is requiredpassage each half hour is requiredA constellation of 6 satellites on A constellation of 6 satellites on different orbital planes satisfies this different orbital planes satisfies this requirementrequirementThese satellites need orbital control These satellites need orbital control to maintain their relative position.to maintain their relative position.
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Constellation Constellation coveragecoverage review review
OrbitOrbit Satellites Satellites Maximum Gap Time Maximum Gap Time ~~ Mean Gap Time Mean Gap Time ~~
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 11 10h15min10h15min
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 22 4h30min4h30min 2h2h
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 33 90min90min 65min65min
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 66 54min54min 25min25min
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 99 25min25min 20min20min
Sunsynchronous Height Sunsynchronous Height 750km750km 1818 20min20min 5min5min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 11 12h45min12h45min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 22 1h50min1h50min 1h40min1h40min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 33 90min90min 60min60min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 66 35min35min 25min25min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 99 20min20min 15min15min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 1818 15min15min 5min5min
LEO i=50°LEO i=50°Height 650kmHeight 650km 2424 Continuous coverageContinuous coverage
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Hypersat: preliminary designHypersat: preliminary design
70 kg Bus with about 30 kg Payload
100 W Power
Mission Constraints
Development time: 2-3 years
Lifetime: 4 years in orbit
Mission type: microsatellites constellation
Benefits: new knowledge about environment and securety, different applications, new scientific results related to land and sea surface.
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TPS: Triple Probe SystemTPS: Triple Probe System
TPS:
- mechanical design
- Electronic design and realization
- arrangement on board of the satellite
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3 Layout PCB
1 Schematic circuit
2 Breadboard
4 PCBFlight Unit
Design and realization of flight unitDesign and realization of flight unit
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At present we plan to join the two businessLAB PICSAT and HYPERSAT in a single group with specilized know-how on
small spacecraft design, manufacturing, launch and operation in orbit
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