FPS - INFN Frascati, 22 Marzo 2006

1. New Businesses from High-Tech Projects and Technology transfer The Key role of Filas Spa FPS - INFN Frascati, 22 Marzo 2006

2. Filas Company Profile • 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 enterprisesby bringing local authorities, research institutions and enterprises closer together.

3. Business Lab

4. Business Lab The model Grants for production engineering Managerial training Research Invention YES Project proposal Approval and Lab kick-off Market research Research Invention Research Invention Patenting NO Business plan Scientific Entities /Firms Bizlab Working Site Start-up Selection

5. Business Lab How FILAS supports it • 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

6. Business Lab Areas

7. 90business ideasreceivedandassessed 44projectsapproved 36working groupsstarted 108grantsassigned To date, for 23 projects concluded 10 start-ups created Success Rate: 43% Business Lab Results

8. Business Lab Janus International Cooperation • 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 ScientificTutor 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.

9. Technology Transfer

10. 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") Technology Transfer Task

11. Technology Transfer Domanda/offerta di tecnologia: sintesi The model COOPERATION AGREEMENT YES YES FIRM TECNOFORO (INNOVATION BROKER) VISTS FIRM NEEDS HIGHLIGHTED SCOUTING AGENT REQUIREMENTS SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS NO NO END END

12. “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. Technology Transfer A new Key Professional: il tecnoforo - Innovation Broker

13. 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. Technology Transfer Operating phases and financial support

14. Technology Transfer Key sectors • Plastic / Wood • Glass /Ceramics • Agricultural and Food • ICT • Chemical / Pharmaceutical

15. BUSINESS LAB: PICSAT and HYPERSAT FILASFinanziaria Laziale di Sviluppo SCUOLA DI INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE

16. 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. UNISAT Program-GAUSS

17. 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 modularin order to be easily assembled and adapted to different payloads.

18. HYPERSPECTROMETER SATELLITE HYPERSAT (April 2005-April 2006) Identification and Monitoring of natural Catastrophes using Space and Airborne Hyperspectral Sensor Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Moscow Scientific Responsible: Prof. Michael Ovchinnikov School of Aerospace Engineering of Roma Scientifc Responsible: Prof. Filippo Graziani

19. A project to studyenvironment around the Earth and management of natural emergencies Payload • Hyper Spectometer System • Infrared Sensor Mission Goals include • Detection, monitoring and investigation of high-temperature phenomena like forest fires. • Monitoring of land, sea surface, atmospheric parameters, tectonic activities. Main customers:regions,states,Institutes for civil protection and securety, agrarian cooperatives,oil companies

20. Results of HS data processing obtained from the helicopter Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Moscow Chemical composition of territory can be evaluated by hyperspectral achieved data

21. Satellites Constellation • To satysfy natural catastrophes monitoring requirements it is necessary to use a constellation • The increasing of the number of satellites assures a better coverage • Example: for fire detection about 1 passage each half hour is required • A constellation of 6 satellites on different orbital planes satisfies this requirement • These satellites need orbital control to maintain their relative position.

22. Constellation coverage review

23. Hypersat: preliminary design 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. 70 kg Bus with about 30 kg Payload 100 W Power

24. TPS: - mechanical design - Electronic design and realization - arrangement on board of the satellite TPS: Triple Probe System

25. 3 Layout PCB 1 Schematic circuit 2 Breadboard 4 PCB Flight Unit Design and realization of flight unit

26. 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 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS PAYLOAD SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!