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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53,33%

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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

NOEND

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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