Knowledge and Technology Transfer @ INFN

1. Knowledge and Technology Transfer @ INFN Speranza Falciano INFN Executive Board X seminar on Software for Nuclear, Subnuclera and AppliedPhysics 2-8 June 2013, Porto Conte, Alghero

2. The selectedmaterialaims to giveyou an idea of how INFN hashandled the Knowledge and Technology Transfer over the years (last 10 years), its impact on the nationalIndustry, wherewe are today and howweintend to be organized in future. • A fewhighlights of KTT based on software development.

3. Introduction (1) • The ItalianInstitute for NuclearPhysics (INFN) is the Italianresearch agency dedicated to the study of the fundamentalconstituents of matter and the lawsthatgovernthem, under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR). Itmakestheoreticaland experimentalresearch in the fields of subnuclear, nuclear and astroparticlephysics. • All of the INFN’sresearchactivities are undertakenwithin a framework of internationalcompetition, in closecollaboration with Italianuniversities on the basis of solidacademicpartnershipsspanningdecades. Keypoint : fundamentalresearch in ParticlePhysicsrequiresthe use of cutting-edgetechnology and instruments, mainlydeveloped by INFN atitsownlaboratories and in collaboration with industries.

4. INFN places for Research & Developement INFN units : Sezioni (20) Gruppi collegati (11) Laboratori Nazionali (4) Centro Nazionale per Ricerca e Sviluppo nelle Tecnologie Informatiche e Telematiche EGO

5. INFN Scientific and Technologicalactivity Ourresearchissupervised by the 5 National Committeeswhich take care of experimental and theoreticalaspects and the correlatedtechnologies : Sub-nuclearPhysics (CSN1) AstroparticlePhysics (CSN2) NuclearPhysics (CSN3) TheoreticalPhysics (CSN4) Interdisciplinary and TechnologicalResearch (CSN5) Thisis the environmentwhereinnovationisborn ….. Special Projects Strategic Projects European Projects Regional Projects

6. Introduction (2) Whiledoingresearchactivity, INFN also : • Collaborates with national and internationalresearchInstitutions,contributing to reinforce the EuropeanResearch area. • Promotesthe training of youngphysicistsin the field of fundamental and appliedresearch. • Takes care of the dissemination of the scientific culture, mainlyamongyoungpeople. • Appliesnuclear and subnucleartechnologies to health, cultural heritage and environment. • Aims to scientificexcellence by developing innovative instrumentation, possiblywith the involvement of the nationalindustry. • Deepens the interaction of the researchactivities with those of knowledge transfer to make the italianindustries more competitive at an internationallevel.

7. The collaboration with Industry(1) • Fundamentalresearchrequiresadvancedtechnologiesthatoftenare notpart of the industrial know-how and whichaskfor innovative solutions. The searching of suchsolutionssuppliescontinuoslyoccasionsof knowledge and technology transfer to the social and industrial environment. • The collaboration of highlyqualifiedpartnersallows INFN to be competitive in the internationalprojects by developingcomplexinstrumentation, at the same time thisprocessallows to transfer to ourindustriescompetenceswhichmakethem more competitive on the world market.

8. The collaboration with Industry (2) • The INFN technologicalresearch, oriented to the realization of advancedexperiments, ismotivated by the needs to develop new methods for particleacceleration and detection, new methods for data taking and data analysis. Theyrepresent a unique source of innovative technology in the fields of superconductivity, electronics, high precisionmechanics, high performance network, imaging, etc. and thereforeitisphysiologicalfor INFN to transmit to Industry the acquiredknowledgeduring the researchactvity.

9. Size and characteristics of the collaboration with nationalIndustry • Investigation on interactions (supplies, tech-edgeorders, common developments) with companies organizedper geographical area (North, Center, South and islands). • Evaluation of the social and economic impact of theseinteraction with nationalIndustry. • Carefulstudy of the reasearch and collaborationagreements. • Investigation on the future of ourgraduated and PhDstudents, in particulartheir engagement by the nationalIndustry.

10. Interaction model (1) Depending on the type of product to be acquired, there are twotypes of offer : • Product or service found on the catalog, selected on the basis of the best price : • Low-techsupply • High-tech supply

11. Interaction model (2) • Requestof an innovative product : • The productspecificationscan be dealth with the technicalcapabilities of the Company whichwill be responsible for design and production. The productis an innovative application of the company know-how :tech-edgeorder. • The productspecificationscannotbe dealthonly with the technicalcapabilities of the Company and the R&D phaseiscarried on in collaboration with INFN, the Company beingresponsible for the production process : development.

12. Phases to develop an innovative product : • Definition of userrequirements • Solution searching • Design • Executive design • Prototyping • Prototyping test and update of the executive design • Series production • Production test • Installation Involvement of INFN Researchers and Technicians (design and test) • New product • Tranfer of advancedscientific and technical information • Introduction of new design methodologies • Use of advanced INFN instrumentation Company Interaction Model Technology Transfer to the Company

13. Modello di Interazione Maggiore Competitivita’ Ampliamento del Mercato Nuove Assunzioni Industria Ricerca di base Alto livello di Servizio Fornitura Servizi Miglioramento della Qualita’ Produttiva R&D Commessa Trasferimento di Know How e Formazione Sviluppo Prototipi Applicativi Prototipi Spin-Off Nuovi Prodotti G. Salina, INFN Roma2

14. Macro-economic analysis, based on the so called Input/Output Model, giving information on the impact of INFN activities on Industry in terms of increment of internal production and employment. • Semi-quantitative analysis of the impact of INFN on the design capability of the Companies, their competitiveness on the market. Knowledge Transfer.

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17. Tabella 1. Distribuzione territoriale delle ditte e delle stritture INFN. Figura 1. Distribuzione territoriale del fatturato delle Aziende dovuto all’ INFN. Tabella 2. Distribuzione territoriale delle Aziende in base alla tipologia di rapporto. Distribuzione Geografica delle Ditte

18. Distribuzione Geografica: Flussi Tabella 3. Flussi geografici di spesa per macro-regioni. Valori in Meuro. Leggere la tabella per riga: 106 Me (pari al 51% del totale) investiti dalle sedi infn del centro sono destinati a ditte del centro, 4.4 Me (2.1%) sono destinati a ditte del sud, 74 (36%) a ditte del nord ed 24 (12%) a ditte nelle isole. Il 62% della spesa delle sede ricade nella stessa macroregione delle sedi (il 40% ricade nella stessa regione)

19. Distribuzione Geografica: Flussi Frazionedegliinvestimentidellasedenellastessa macro-regione di appartenenza. Investimenti INFN fortementelocalizzati, anchenelcaso di sviluppo. Si Investe e siinteragisce con ditte“vicine”. Predominanza del nord.

20. Distribuzione della percentuale di risposte positive sulla penetrazione in nuovi mercati in base alla tipologia di rapporto. Distribuzione della percentuale di risposte positive della ricaduta sulle capacita’di penetrazione del mercato in base alla tipologia di rapporto. Distribuzione percentuale delle risposte sulle Capacità di Progetto e di Produzione per le imprese nella categoria Sviluppo. Si vede come il 73% dell’Imprese con cui l’INFN ha un rapporto stretto di collaborazione per la produzione di apparecchiature innovative dichiarano una ricaduta sulle capacità di progetto e di produzione positiva. Tale percentuale per la categoria Commessa è del 56%, soprattutto per le capacità di produzione.

21. Si noti come il 68% delle assunzioni riguardi personale qualificato e che il 41% delle nuove assunzioni riguarda imprese che hanno uno stretto rapporto di collaborazione con l’INFN (Sviluppo) pur essendo queste 11 % del campione. Si sono creati circa 3 posti per Meuro (37 Meuro per il campione) Recruitment versus type of interaction 68% of the recruitedpeople Isprofessionallyhighlyqualified, 40% of this sample is with companies whichhad a closecollaboration with INFN (developments) even ifthese are the 11% of the sample. Distribuzione delle nuove assunzioni e assunzioni high tech in base alla tipologia di rapporto.

22. To summarize : • Strong regional impact. • Deep and incisive interaction with small and medium size Companies. • The impact hasbeenevaluated in terms of : growing up of the Company, units of high-tech personnel, ability to widen the offer, increasedability to make new projects and new productions. • Some companies wereborn on the basis of continuative collaboration with INFN (spin-off). • Some macro-economic impact with an investment in innovation.

23. Before 2011 …. • Definition on paper of a National Committee for Technology Transfer : CNTT • In parallel, a light organizationmainlydevoted to “knowledge transfer” and researchagreements, even some patenting. • Working hard to define a legalframework for KTT.

24. …. in 2011-2012 …. A lot of work…. • Definition of the legalframeworkunder which INFN personnel can perform work on behalf of thirdparties, management of intellectualproperties, ways to rewardpersonnel for participationto joint projects, creation and participation of INFN and its staff to spin-offs. Regulationsexistnow for : • Technology Transfer • Third-party activity • Spin-off (Company) • Patenting and licencing. • Scoutingactivity in eachstructure (labs or Unit) to organize and structure a collaborative offer of technologies and instruments to the external world and to promote the transfer of technology and know-how. Being a goodscientistdoesnotper se guaranteesthat the researchersfullyunderstand the need of TT. Thereforeweprogrammedto use specificcoursesaimedto trainpeopleusing the Formazione Interna (Internal Training) projects. • Participation to Europeanaswellasnational and regionalprogramssupportinginnovationand synergy with activities of the International HEP community, so far coordinate by the Technology Transfer Network of CERN members.

25. Third-party activities • Regulationsto definehow to split the revenuescoming from activities on behalf of thirdparties wasapproved in 2006. Althoughthe legislative frameworkwas set so early, the start of third-party activitiesat INFN hadto waitthe change of the the internalRegulations to integrate this item. • Startingsummer 2011 the legal frame under whichpersonnel can dedicate a fraction of his time to third-party activitieswas set and, indeed, sincethen the TT Office received from several INFN unitsthe first requestsindicatinga realpossibility to developthis area.

26. Patents A certain activity is visible, faster procedures and clear strategy. • Portfolio reorganized, • at present 12 patents of which • 6 of them were born in 2012 • 5 in progress • 8 old abandoned • Strategy: • If CNTT board and external experts agree • 1 year patent (publications possible) • After one year the valorization should be verified & discussed: • Either the patent is dismissed (no perspectives) • Or renewal and internationalization are proposed

29. Spin-off • Spin-offsare a key component of TT of ResearchOrganizations. In September 2010 INFN approved the regulations for spin-offsand in January 2011 itwasapproved by the appropriate Ministries. Thereforeboth staff and associatedpersonnel, nowhave the legal frame under which start a new business aimed to produce goods or servicesderiving (partially or totally) from researchesperformedwithin INFN Laboratories and units. • Following the approval of thisRegulation, 2011 saw the first spin-off (DiXiT). Later on, in 2012 two more wereactivated (PIXRAD and I-SEE) while a thirdoneisunderway.

32. Web-based Image and Diagnosis Exchange Network • DIXIT, P.G. Cerello & post-doc Univ. Torino and INFN • Derived from the MAGIC5 experiment (CSN5), buildmedicalapplicationstaking • advantage of the latest web technologies • DIXIT may use INFN racks and cpu’s, switch and routers to access the GARR network • Presentation at the recent INFODAY-May-15 : • http://agenda.infn.it/materialDisplay.py?contribid=8&materialid=slides&confid=5115

35. Spin-Off INFN : I-SEE • FaizaBourhaleb (post-doc Univ.Torino & INFN) • INFN Resp. : F. Marchetto (INFN TO) • Service of Monte Carlo simulations “customer-oriented” in a distributedcomputingenvironment (“cloud”) concerningradiobiology, hadrontherapy, … • Born in the TPS experiment (CSN5) • INFN partecipationallows : • to use facilitiesat the computing center • the knowledge of people in radiotherapy and hadrontherapy • Use of INFN logo (INFN “spin-off”) • http://www.i-seecomputing.com/

38. Mapping of the INFN infrastructures : work in progress, more than 260 entries • Mapping and ordering of the information has been performed, next step is to make the information available and determine ways to interact with external entities like institutions and companies for technology innovation projects. • A lot of different infrastructures and services, some excellences. • Create national specialized networks  see next slide.

39. Electronics Mechanics Computing Technological Networks

40. 260 entries of various types of facilities

41. Research and Collaboration Agreements • Consortia • Città Ricerche : they include Universities, publichResearchInstitutes and local Companies, they are stable and long termcollaborations. They can be consideredasstack-holders. • Others… • Associazioni Temporanee di Scopo (A.T.S.) They are containers where to start TT, oftenfunded by the Regions and with a short duration. • Industries

42. CONSORTIA • Consorzio Catania Ricerche • Consorzio Milano Ricerche • Consorzio Roma Ricerche • Società Consortile Pisa Ricerche • Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche • CRDC nuove tecnologie per le attività produttive S.C.ar.l. • TICASS – Tecnologie Innovative per il Controllo Ambientale e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile S.C. a R.L. (in via di definizione) • Polo di Innovazione per l’Efficienza Energetica e le Fonti Rinnovabili S.C. a R.L. A.T.S. • Polo Energia Sostenibile A.T.S; (Liguria)

43. Example: Consorzio Milano Ricerche • Milano Ricerche is a no-profit organisation (in the form of "Consorzio") established in 1986 to promote and manageresearch and innovationthrough cooperative projectslinkinguniversities, research centres, industrial companies and small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs). • While manufacturing and innovationcycles are shorter, research and developmententailgrowingcosts for SMEs. Thismatter, along with the demand to close the informative and managerial gap about public funding for R&D and professional training, defined Milano Ricerche mission, thatis: • to establish a permanent link between the academic world and industrial research; • to promotetechnology transfer towardsSMEs • to encourage and manageR&D projects • to endorse the creation of new enterprises in high-tech fields • to encourageresearch and development of new technologies • to promotevocational training.

44. INSTITUTIONS • C.N.R. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche • Fondazione Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci" • I.N.F.N. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano • Università degli Studi di Milano • Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca INDUSTRIES • Alenia Aermacchi S.p.A. • BV Tech S.p.A. • Flame Spray S.p.A. • IBM Italia S.p.A. • Italdata S.p.A. • Italtel S.p.A. • Pirelli & C. S.p.A. • Present S.p.A. • Project Automation S.p.A. • Sprinx Technologies S.r.l. • TXT e-Solutions S.p.A.

45. INDUSTRIES • Carpenterie Pagotto (LNL) • Bracco Imaging • Ansaldo • ISED Ingegneria dei Sistemi Elaborazione Dati S.p.A. (Roma) • IMT S.r.l. • ENEL Ingegneria e Innovazione S.p.A. (LNF) • C.E.I. Compagnia Elettronica Italiana S.r.l. (BO) • Ion Beam Applications S.A. • Best Medical International, Inc (LNL)

46. CNR external funds

47. The future of youngresearchers • Placement: aswemostly live in PhysicsDepartments, usuallyUniversitytakes care of it (graduate and PhDstudents). • Special training on innovative technologies: INFN co-funds with Universities and other public researchInstitutes the training of youngpeople on high-tech topics (Masters; two-yearfellowships in Informatics, Mechanics, Electronics, System Engineering, Material Science, Security; fellowships on innovative topics for Better Society and Competitive Industrywithinspecificagreementswith localinstitutions, consortia and so on). • Fellowship (Assegni di ricerca) for Industry : partiallyfunded by INFN and Companies, they are the direct link between INFN and the nationalindustry.

48. Masters

49. Fellowships for Industry • In 2010-2011 the TT Committeeactivated a FellowshipProgram partiallyfunded by Industry and devoted to highlight in the production environmentthe knowledge, the methodologies and the technologieslinked to the INFN researchactivity in the fieldsof Information Technology (ICT), Sensors, Electronics, Mechanics and System Engeneering, Analysis and qualification of materials. • The initiative, whichcombinesTT and placement, hasfound a lot of interest in the industrial world. Indeed116 Companies (in differentRegions and from different production sectors)replied to the INFN call, amongthemwe can seerealnationalexcellences (Ferrari, Ducati Corse, IBA, Ansaldo Nucleare, Telespazio, Alenia Areounatica, Centro Ricerche FIAT, OCEM, Magneti Marelli, Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali, etc.), whichhighlights the ability of thecnologicalinnovation and trainig of ourInstitute.

50. Industriesselected for the fellowships • MAROTTA A.T. S.R.L. Production of high precisionmechanicdevices. • ANGELANTONI INDUSTRIE S.P.A. Coolingsystems for industrial applications. • WISERPOWER S.R.L. Microgenerators of electricalpower for mobile devices. • LOGITAL DIGITAL MEDIA S.R.L.  Information Technology advices (Internet Services). • ESTECO S.R.L.  Technologies and software systemsapplied to industrial design.