1 / 20

POLITECNICO DI TORINO Marco Gilli Marco.gilli @polito.it

POLITECNICO DI TORINO Marco Gilli Marco.gilli @polito.it. POLITECNICO DI TORINO. It is a centre of teaching and research, and one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry. Historical background.

xanthe
Download Presentation

POLITECNICO DI TORINO Marco Gilli Marco.gilli @polito.it

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. POLITECNICO DI TORINO Marco Gilli Marco.gilli@polito.it

  2. POLITECNICO DI TORINO It is a centre of teaching and research, and one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry

  3. Historical background 1859 Technical School for Engineers Italian Industry Museum 1862 Royal “Politecnico di Torino” 1906 Historical seat: The Valentino Castle 1958 Opening of the current Campus in Corso Duca degli Abruzzi

  4. The Cittadella Politecnica Through the Project “Cittadella Politecnica,” the Politecnico area will be increased by an additional 170.000 m2 in the area close to the Corso Duca degli Abruzzi building complex. The Cittadella Politecnica (170.000 m2) The main seat Corso Duca degli Abruzzi (122.000 m2)

  5. The Cittadella Politecnica • the new campus aims: • to draw the city and its citizens to the core of university life, - to make integration with the economic, cultural and social actors • to work in team of urban regeneration and new development. Classrooms and Laboratories, RESEARCH CENTRES, Canteens and Study Rooms,University Sporting Centre, Cafeteria

  6. Our Mission EDUCATION RESEARCH From the past to the future TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER SERVICES FINANCE

  7. Budget forecast for 2008 INCOME 365,7 MLN EUROS The MINISTRY FOR UNIVERSITIES EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CONTRIBUTES AROUND131 MLN EUROS

  8. Research activities Industrial Engineering Information Technologies Civil/Building Engineering Environment Engineering Management Engineering 18 departments for research activities Architecture

  9. Research activities 800 agreements each year Alenia, Avio, ENI Corporate, Ferrari, FIAT, General Motors Powertrain Europe, HP, IBM, Indesit, Italdesign Giugiaro, Michelin, Microsoft Italia, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Piaggio, Pininfarina, Pirelli, Siemens, STMicroelectronics, Telecom Italia, Banca Intesa/SanPaolo, Unicredit ... Institutional partners and businesses

  10. Technological transfer The Politecnico di Torino is interested in developing permanent relations in research and education with industries that want to take advantage of university collaboration for innovation, and development. The Politecnico Business Research Centre, within the Cittadella, is the place dedicated to cooperation in research and education between the Politecnico and industries. Spaces for offices, laboratories and industry facilities are available for this aim. (www.research.business.polito.it) 66 patents: 19 are co-owned by the Politecnico 12 spin-offs: the Politecnico is a shareholder 6 academic spin-offs: the Politecnico is not a shareholder, but participates with personnel, offices, etc…

  11. Technology Transfer: Incubator I3P Self-contained offices available for new-enterpreneurs inside the “Cittadella Politecnica” since 2000 FinPiemonte, Province of Turin, Ciy of Turin, Chamber of Commerce partners Co-financed by the Fondazione CRT 100 new businesses I3P is the winner of the 3rd edition of the “Best Science-Based Incubator Award”, participated by more than 50 Incubators In 2004

  12. Technology Transfer: partnerships MOTOROLA GM Research Center MICROSOFT ITALIA JAC automotive VISHAY ….

  13. GM Research Center In September 2008 General Motors Powertrain has established the main research centre for the development of Diesel engines and electronic control systems The agreement entails a series of collaborations and exchanges in research and education, including PhDs, masters, degree dissertations, apprenticeship and organization of joint seminars 20,000 sqm equipped with laboratories 16 test cells and management offices About 500 highly qualified professionals

  14. Services to the Territory • Research and consulting activity on commission or in partnership with businneses and public institutions • Analyses, tests and calibrations • On-going education on commission or in partnership • with businesses and public institutions • Partnership with other universities on specific research/teaching projects

  15. Hub venture capital Main advantages: Stronger visibility towards the entrepreneurs community about venture capital presence and approachability. Reliability assurance towards entrepreneurs community: the VC Hub members subscribe a code-of-conduct. Easy access for the venture capitalists to the competences of the new “Cittadella Politecnica” campus nearby Turin Polytechnic University The VC Hub draw inspiration from some American experiences The Italian VC Hub groups the main private investors focused on hi-tech, hi-growth start-ups and SMEs. The Hub is: a physical place where main actors of the Venture Capital can coexist. A place where different players can compare their investment strategies to activate common programs and to co-invest at national level.

  16. om Capital LLP T L c Six International Funds Eight Italian Funds Club degli Investitori Hub venture capital 14 FUNDS that cover all the Venture Capital value chain segments: from angel investing to the early stage, up to the late stage. The funds convey financial resources for more than 1 BILLION EUROS

  17. Torino Wireless Foundation It promotes the growth of the ICT District in Piemonte, in synergy with the other local players. It is the first technology district in Italy to provide central coordination in order to dialogue constantly and coherently with other districts in the world. It works out the strategic guidelines of the District Its goals to bring about levels of excellence in R&D and in technological entrepreneurship comparable to the top class industrial clusters in the world. by 2012 the Cluster expect: to triple the number of researchers engaged in ICT, from 2,000 and to create at least 50 new ICT enterprises to attract Italian and international innovative enterprises into the Piedmont area to insert numerous SMEs enter a strong acceleration phase to increase the impact of ICT on the Piedmont economy, from the current level of 5 % to 10 % to become self-supporting

  18. ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 1 ALPIP PROYECT supported and promoted by 8 non academic partners Main goals: reinforce the level of presence of Piemonte in Latin America through the exchange of students and the collaboration between universities, associations and industrial institutions launched in a.y 2001/2002 118 scholarship awarded to students from Brazil

  19. ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 2 PROYECTJOVENS MINEIROS CIDADAOS DO MUNDO Pilot proyect sponsored by Piemonte Region and Government of Minas Gerais 20 UEMG students attended a 6 weeks course in Industrial Design on January 2008

  20. ACTIVITY WITH BRASIL _ 3 COLLABORATION WITH FIAT BRASIL Agreement on: Scientific and research collaboration Joint education initiatives Promotion of students and researchers mobility Support to Brasilian students selected to attend Bachelor of Science in Automotive Engineering in a.y 2008/09

More Related