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Bob Kephart. Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC). IARC Usage. Disclaimer:. Everything I say in this talk is my thoughts, not endorsed or approved by DOE HQ, FSO, FRA, or the lab management
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Bob Kephart Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) IARC Usage
Disclaimer: • Everything I say in this talk is my thoughts, not endorsed or approved by DOE HQ, FSO, FRA, or the lab management Nevertheless we have talked quite a bit about how IARC might work… and looked at examples from elsewhere in DOE SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012 2
Access to IARC • Our vision is that IARC is highly accessible providing maximum leverage of FNAL capability and infrastructure • Promotes new accelerator technology, applications, and products and fills gaps in our present system • Available to any U.S. company, institution, or credible entrepreneur • Access to Non-US companies, foreign entities, etc is a subject of discussion negative = concerns about competition with existing U.S. companies positive = increased likelihood that these companies open new businesses in the U.S. SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012 3
Working at IARC 3 modes: • Proprietary… all IP and rights reserved by the company. Full cost recovery for incremental costs. (WFO) • Non-proprietary… no IP rights reserved… users agreements • Cooperative Research and Development (CRADA) with shared costs, effort, and IP Note that there is an effort by DOE to streamline CRADA’s We are discussing with DOE if IARC should be a “Users Facility”. It does not match the criterion established by the office of science but seems to be very similar in concept to a new user facility (ESIF) at NREL SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012 4
Creating the IARC Business model Value Propositions What value to we offer? What is the ROI ? Why should companies want to work at IARC? Approach used by very successful high tech company FNAL works with Key Activities Customer Relationships Customer Segments Who are our key customers? Key Partners Companies Universities entrepreneurs intrapreneurs other labs Key Resources Lab Staff Infrastructure Channels How do we reach customers/stakeholders Cost Structure Revenue Streams SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012
The Value we can offer • Access to: a world-leading accelerator engineering and scientific staff core capabilities and infrastructure that are uniqueand expensive to reproduce elsewhere (literally hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stuff) the IARC staff to make these assets more accessible Accelerator stewardship funds to support initiatives a DOE lab with motivation to make this all happen and the support of OHEP and the Fermi Site Office 6 SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012
Return on Investment:Why industries should want work at IARC • Leverage: DOE funds: SBIR/STTR, Accelerator stewardship funds Non-DOE Federal funds: DTRA, DHS, ARPA-E, EPA Private Funds: company funds, venture capital IARC can allow industry to leverage FNAL assets to make a development possible that otherwise would not be….. leading to a new product line, sales, and ultimately profits 7 SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012
Policies and Procedures • We know this matters… and we are working on this… • Concerns from Industry Gov’t red tape & rules vs more flexible and agile small businesses working environment DOE ES&H safety culture is more restrictive vs e.g. OSHA High lab overheadsvs those at a small businesses (esp labor) unpredictable funding and schedules due to Congress, SC, OMB, etc • Positives OHEP establishing a new funding source (stewardship funds) DOE policy towards industry partnerships is becoming more friendly FSO is very supportive and influential in changing DOE policies • Great champions in Mike Weiss and Mark Bollinger Labs will have IP and tech transfer activities become part of their performance measures attention of lab management to issues • Please help us understand what are the most important issues to industry so we can focus on them SPAFOA, RDK, Nov 2012