Marseille MET3 Conference presentation. 2nd April 2012.

1. Key Success Factors to better Technology Transfer
INCREASING GROWTH BY TRANSFERRING ACADEMIC
RESEARCH RESULTS TO MARKET
Olivier FRENEAUX, President
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2. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Corsica
6.000 permanent researchers (10.000 with PhD students)
600 M€ annual R&D budget
3rd rank regarding public researcher numbers (France)
IRSTEA
2nd life sciences public research cluster (France)
IFREMER
INRA
Université d’Avignon et CEA
des Pays du Vaucluse
236 researchers Université de Nice
Sophia Antipolis
INSERM
984 researchers
ENSAM 305 researchers
CHU Nice
IFSTAR
INRIA
Université du Sud
IRD Toulon Var
287 resarchers CNRS Côte d’Azur CAL
Aix-Marseille Université 298 researchers
2 509 researchers
#102-150 ARWU 2011
Ecole Centrale Marseille Université de Corse
65 researchers 147 researchers
AP-HM
CNRS Provence Corse
824 researchers
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3. Key informations
• Private subsidiary of public institutions with a 1 M€ capital held by
the French Government (33%) and public research institutions
(67%)
• Headquartered on the “Marseille-Centre” Campus (750 m2 offices)
• Staff ~100
• 50 permanent employees
• ~50 fixed-term contracts for proof of concept projects
• Eastern PACA (Nice Sophia Antipolis): 4-5
• 78 M€ awarded to SATT PACA Corse + support from shareholders +
public subsidies
±100 M€ on a 10 year term
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4. Annual objectives after 3 years
• 180 invention disclosures
• 100 priority patent applications
• 40 proof of concept projects
from 30 k€ to +500 k€ / project
• 25 licenses to existing companies
• 12 start-up creation
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5. A Key Player within PACA & Corsica
Innovation Ecosystem
• Partnerships with the main competitiveness
clusters and business incubators of PACA & Corsica
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6. olivier.freneaux@satt.fr www.satt.fr
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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