Prof. Gabriele Mulas Where We Are
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Prof. Gabriele Mulas Where we are Sassari Sardinia is the second biggest island in the Mediterranean Sea; 1.7M inhabitants; known worldwide as a tourist destination; but… …unemployement 15%; emigration; small businesses; lack of industrial enterprises; political weakness University of Sassari one of the most ancient in Europe The University was founded by Alessio Fontana, a distinguished gentleman of the town of Sassari, in 1558. The official opening dates back to the month of May 1562. It was firstly run by the Jesuits. On 9 February 1617 Philip III conceded the status of royal university to the Jesuit college. University of Sassari The Rector of the University is professor Massimo Carpinelli Full Professor of Physics at University of Sassari University of Sassari Today is a medium sized University, it has a total number of over 13,430 students and around 1,000 post graduate In the University work around 600 professors and researchers and 400 people as technicians, officers and administrative staff University of Sassari Research structures are 13 departments, 30 interdisciplinary centres, 20 libraries, 5 competence centres, linguistic centre The teaching programs includes 50 first and second level degree courses, 50 specialization schools, 9 PhD schools, 10 postgraduate masters University of Sassari Departments: Veterinary Medicine Agricoltural Science BioMedicine Architecture, Design and Urbanism Surgery and Experimental Medicine Chemistry and Pharmacy Natural Sciences Law Politics and Communication Economics and Business Human and Social Sciences Clinical Medicine History and Education Sciences Knowledge Transfer Technology Transfer Office was created in 2007 thanks to national and regional funds addressed to the developement of TT services and networks between italian and sardinian universities: the project ILONET was leaded by the University of Sassari and involved the Universities of Milan- Bicocca, Genoa and Cagliari Web: utt.uniss.it Email: [email protected] Knowledge Transfer The TTO was established with the aim of: Dissemination and exploitation of research results promoting their transfer, specially to regional SMEs; Promoting and supporting the protection of IPR of researchers and University of Sassari; Promoting and supporting start up of new innovative companies and spin off from research; Promoting and supporting University to join and lead innovation and technology transfer programs and projects TTO now Business incubator Established in 2014 to support business development from students, graduates, researchers and to accelerate market goals and strenghten network of local Innovative SMEs. 430 sq.mt. 1 conference room 1 kitchen 1 staff room 1 co-working room 1 openair rest area 6 company rooms 1 meeting room 1 Fab Lab area 1 facitilities room TTO now TTO now CNC Ele$ronica Plo$er stampa e taglio Banco da lavoro Stampan2 3D Scanner TTO now Business incubator Services for tenants: Tangibles - exclusive or non-exclusive use of company room - general office equipment - use of meeting and conference rooms - server, internet and other ict facilities Intangibles - help with raising finance, seed and venture capital - management and marketing advice - consultation on the development of new products - consultation on IPR - advice on recruitment of staff - training, teaching and workshops on specific topics - networking events TTO now Business incubator First achievements: - 16 incubation tenants (5 university spin offs) - 4 virtual incubation tenants - 12 pre-incubation tenants (37 people) - 4 new companies created after pre-incubation - €310k raised by tenants in finance and seed capital - 5 joint projects between tenants - 3 running development projects with V.C. - €2,050M total revenue of tenants in 2014 - 31 total employees of tenants in 2015 - >100 events, training sessions and workshop held - >500 people involved in training and events Elighes TTO now Communication, dissemination and help desk Support to IP protection and licensing TTO now Building relationships with companies and local community Networking TTO now Business plan competition www.startcupsardegna.it Mission: to support, planning, creation and enhancement of innovative companies and promote the local economic development based on knowledge, spreading enterpreneurship culture in research environment How: delivering training seminars "pills of entrepreneurship“; selecting the best business ideas and groups giving them tutorship of a professional for the preparation of a full business plan; supporting groups in the company establishment and start-up TTO now Business plan competition www.startcupsardegna.it Achievements in 9 years: National Award for Innovation in 12 years: extended regional partnership 571 Business Plans 260 Business ideas 263 Start Ups 900 people involved in business ideas €80M total income 80 full business plans >1500 employees 1000 people attending "pills >150 patents of entrepreneurship" 20 innovative SMEs created €200k total amount of money prizes €95k average annual revenue of companies TTO now Clab, Contamination Lab, promotes entrepreneurship and innovation culture between students of different disciplines. CLAB intends to stimulate young people's awareness of building new opportunities for their future. The aim is to expand and broaden the educational offering of the University by offering new prospects in which students develop, in a stimulating environment, innovative enterpreneurial projects. Business plan competition clab.uniss.it The training CLab course will employ innovative, experimental models, methods and tools, and will be structured in the following phases: • Selection of 80 participants • Scouting and team building • Gym Challenge Rlab and CeSAR Projects RLAB, Rete Regionale dei Laboratori and CeSAR, Centro Servizi di Ateneo per la Ricerca: Facilities, apparatuses, analyses and competences are available for researchers, SMEs and research centers of Sardinian region and abroad within a network aimed at improve local technological development. TTO now [email protected] A meeting, and a service, aimed at favouring and developing innovation and common research projects among companies and UNISS labs. New projects, innovative processes and services will offer opportunities to raise TTO @ UniSS Dott. Attilio Sequi Dott. Francesco Meloni Dott.ssa Maria Grazia Nieddu Dott.ssa Loredana Chessa Ing. Pier Nicola Labate Dott. Andrea Melis Dott.ssa Maria Angela Dessena web www.utt.uniss.it email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contacts Gabriele Mulas Rector Delegate for Technology Transfer [email protected] .