TTA

1. TechnologyTransfer Association TTA 19 Charents Str., 375025, Yerevan, ARMENIA Tel / Fax: +374 10 55 62 43, E-mail:tta@netsys.am

2. Technology Transfer Association • Is operating since 2001 • The members of the Association are Armenian organizations, which have developed advanced technologies in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Instrumentation, Materials' Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Machinery, Electronics… • Mission: establishing links between Armenian technologies‘ owners and organizations looking for innovative solutions. • Carrying out the assessment of proposed technologies. • Association cooperates with a number of Science and Engineeringorganizations, Science Associations, Technology Transferorganizations, Business Consulting companies and technology designers.

3. Technology Transfer Association • Institute of Materials’ Science • Institute of Applied Chemistry “ARIAC” • Scientific-Research Institute “Plastpolymer” • Institute of Biotechnology NAS RA • Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA • Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems NAS RA • Yerevan Computer Research & Development Institute • Institute of Organic Chemistry NAS RA • Synopsys CJSC • Yerevan Physics Institute • Institute of Chemical Physics NAS RA • Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry NAS RA • etc.

4. Technology Transfer Association Local & Foreign Partners • State Committee of Science of RA • International Science-Technology Centre • Business Course Centre • Armenian Development Agency • International S&T Programs Department, NAS Armenia • Centre of Science-Technical Information, Armenia • Sophia Antipolis Foundation, France • Republican Centre for Technology Transfer, Belarus • Engineering & Technology Transfer Centre, Kazakhstan • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Innovation Department • ITEMS International • Sytronics • IGET • etc.

5. Technology Transfer Association • The only partner in Armenia of International Science & • Technology Centre (ISTC) in carrying out preliminary • technology assessment for further commercialization • Plenipotentiary representative for Intellectual Property • protection of the International Scientific-technical Center • of CIS countries • Initiator and performer of the preliminary due diligence of • number of hi-tech projects for their further consideration • by Science-Technological Council chaired by Prime Minister

6. Technology Transfer Association • Examples of technologies assessed by TTA • in the framework of collaboration with ISTC • Chemical nanosensors for multi-sensor systems • New Multi-Purpose Glass Ceramics • Anti-burn polymeric materials • X-ray imaging detector with high spatial resolution • High-performance porous converters and detectors • Continuous mineral fibers for composite materials • Better quality perlite fillers • Polymer materials for burns and radiation injuries treatment

7. Technology Transfer Association Armenian R&D Centre US R&D Centre Partners searchforJoint applications Armenian R&D Centre US R&D Centre Armenian R&D Centre US R&D Centre Domestic search TTA Internet search Search on Forums European R&D Centre European R&D Centre CIS R&D Centre Search in Technoparks, Incubators & Relay Centres European R&D Centre CIS R&D Centre CIS R&D Centre

8. DistributedScience-TEchnologicalPark D - STEP Concept

9. Starting points • Generally, Technopark is the most effective model for new technologies development & commercialization. However, this model has high start-up & operational costs that leads to greater risks especially in transition economies.

10. Objectives Considerable minimization of investment risks creates the opportunities for the companies: • To benefit by transfer of advanced technologies, which are developed in transition economies and unknown for science society of western countries • To get good opportunity for seizing the new markets for their technologies and products • To derive extra benefits from joined development of new technologies and products

11. Joint projects - joint usage of equipment Project Coordinator Project Participant Project Participant

12. Milestones of D-STEP concept development & discussion 2005«D-STEP» concept design by Armenian Technology Transfer Association) 2006-GLOBAL FORUM 2006, Paris FRANCE 2007- 2010 ISTC Conferences and Workshops 2008-ArmTech Congress, Yerevan ARMENIA 2009- ArmTech Congress, San Jose, CA, USA 2011- German-Armenian Business Forum, Karlsruhe Germany 2011- IncoNetEECA Workshop: Innovation in the wider Black Sea region, Athens GREECE 2012Workshop of State Committee of Science of Armenia

13. D-STEP concept • The D-STEP is a Technopark “without walls”, where the physical common “roof” is replaced by a special management. • Technopark implements thorough 5-step filtering procedure of the pipeline projects. This procedure will be absolutely transparent for the investors of the Technopark's Financial Club - the stakeholders‘ representatives can join the experts at any step of this procedure.

14. D-STEP concept • Because on each step the inapplicable and unmarketable projects will be filtered out, the operational costs will be minimal. • The engagement of local specialists on some stages of filtering procedure additionally will reduce the operational costs.

15. 5-step filtering procedure Beneficiaries Filtering Projects portfolio Projects Human resources Scientific Financial Market Production

16. Advantages of Center • No start-up costs • Minimum operating costs • High credence to the portfolio projects • Independent decision-making mechanism on investment • Synergy that is created from the joint projects, sharing of the equipment, opportunity to apply the solutions from the scientific centers of transition economies. and as a result Minimum risks High efficiency of investment

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