The Experience Of CIBA Park As Promoter Of Technology Transfer And Spin-in Activities
- Paper number
IAC-07-E3.3.09
- Author
Mr. Raimondo De Laurentiis, D'Appolonia S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
stefano silvagni, D'Appolonia S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Mauro Sellitto, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Gianpaolo Romano, CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Stefano Carosio, D'Appolonia S.p.A., Italy
- Year
2007
- Abstract
In a global business environment, the need to propose new business ideas in terms of services and products is becoming more and more strategic. In this context, aerospace know-how can relevantly contribute to enhance the competitiveness of new businesses by using innovative enabling technologies to develop new products. Start-up and spin-off companies face the need of being supported in the kick-off of their activities, since they usually lack of resources in terms of: investments necessary to industrialize their products and facilities to be used for the testing and re-engineering processes. Moreover, new entrepreneurs need to be supported in the definition of business and IRP strategies. In this framework, CIRA (Italian Research Centre for Aerospace Research) has launched a new initiative called CIBA Park (Cira Innovation Business Accelerator – Park) which has the main objective of characterizing, promoting and assisting the innovative enterprises that are involved into the start-up or spin-off phase. It aims to promote enterprises creation and development in the field of aerospace and more generally in Information and Communication Technology spun-in the aerospace sector. CIRA has therefore decided to open its laboratories to entrepreneurs which will have the possibility to have access to ground laboratories (to perform unique tests for atmospheric re-entry, aerospace structures impact and ice accretion on aircraft), flying laboratories (to test under real conditions the most advanced aerospace technologies) and Theoretical Numerical Laboratories which allow conducting theoretical analyses in sectors as Space propulsion, Information Technology, Advanced Structures and Adaptronic. Entrepreneurs are being supported by CIRA’s senior staff in order to optimise the use of such facilities. Additionally, a structured team of business analysts from D’Appolonia S.p.A., an engineering consultancy company, supports the incubated entrepreneur in activities such as analysis of the markets, technology scouting, inventive problem solving, internationalization, IPR strategies, business planning etc. The combination of technical and business support, integrated also with seed capital characterises such initiative which is linking to a network of other potential “open lab” institutions in order to provide entrepreneurs with more and more technical support. The purpose of such paper is therefore to describe the experience of CIBA Park, thus proposing new future cooperation scenarios both at European level and worldwide.
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