SECOND INSME ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING 2006

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SECOND INSME ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING 2006 

• Montevideo, Uruguay
• Tuesday, 25 April, 2006
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• FIRST AFTERNOON WORKING SESSION
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• The Role of Intermediaries in Bridging the
  Knowledge Gap
• Moderator Dr. Serge Golovanov (GOLEM, Austria)

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SECOND INSME ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING 2006

• INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS MANAGED BY
• THE BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION FUNPRECIT,
  ARGENTINA
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• Dr. Horacio E. Bosch
• President Council of Industrial Research
  Association of the Americas - CIRAA
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• General Secretary of Foundation for interaction
  between enterprises and scientific sector -
  FUNPRECIT

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PART 1 THREE MAIN INSTITUTIONS ARE INVOLVED IN
THE PRESENTATION

• 1.1. Council of Industrial Research Associations
  of the Americas
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• In 1997 we founded this Council with the vision
  to enhance the cooperation between several
  associations from Canada to Argentina in order to
  create the American Area for sustainable growth
  of SMEs through innovation

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PART 1

• 1.2. Foundation for interactions between
  enterprises and scientific sector FUNPRECIT,
  Argentina
•  In 1982 we set up this Foundation with the
  vision to become a Business Development and
  Innovation Service Provider to enterprises. The
  main purpose is to provide enterprises with
  knowledge from the scientific sector and funds
  from the corresponding Agencies, either from
  Argentina or from abroad. The aim of our actions
  is to satisfy SMEs needs for knowledge and
  competitiveness.

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PART 1

• 1.3. Argentine Agency for the Promotion of
  Science and Technology ANPCyT
  (www.agencia.secyt.gov.ar)
•  In 1998 this Agency was founded with the vision
  to finance SMEs modernization, technology
  improvements and innovations. Three main
  Technology Modernization Programs have been
  signed between this Agency and the IADB.
• The Mission is to promote research, technology
  and innovation of high quality projects in order
  to improve productive systems and services
  through financial support.

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PART 2

• 2.1. MAIN ISSUES
• Argentina and Latin America as a whole, devote
  less than 1 of their GDP (Gross Domestic
  Product) to Science and Technology.
• By increasing industrial research and development
  contributions aim at increasing this percentage.
• Since its foundation in 1982, FUNPRECIT has been
  devoted to foster the RD at enterprises with a
  strong interaction with research laboratories.
• In this presentation, we offer a sample of
  industrial RD projects that have been proposed
  to the Argentine National Agency for the
  Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT) and
  managed by FUNPRECIT as intermediary for their
  organization and formulation

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PART 2

• 2.2. BEST PRACTICES TO BE ADDRESSED
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• Practices used by FUNPRECIT were the general ones
  as Business Development and Innovation Service
  Provider
• a)      To get involved in the enterprise needs,
  to have a friendly dialog with managers and
  technicians, to know about technology needs and
  technology transfer and exploitation, in order to
  arrive to the correct proposal and project
  formulation.
• b)      To be aware of - and explore financial
  offers from national and international agencies
  calls for proposals.
• c)      To contact the appropriate RTD Center to
  get information and, eventually, knowledge and
  technology transfer or cooperation in the project
  development.
• d)      To contact eventual partners, when
  necessary.
• e)      To be aware of- the institutional ,
  economic and financial situation of each
  enterprise in order to match project budget and
  amount of subsidies and loans asked for.
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PART 3

• SAMPLE OF ARGENTINE ENTERPRISES PROJECTS
  PROPOSED TO ANPCyT
• AND MANAGED BY FUNPRECIT AS INTERMEDIARY
• Areas
• Animal Biotechnology
• Plant Biotechnology
• Dye Chemistry
• Medicaments development
• Information Technology applied to fare
  collection
• Communications Technology
• Therapeutic neuro stimulation
• Production of a new composite material

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PART 3

• 3.1. Biotechnology Dairy Enterprise Bio Sidus
  S.A.
• Project Transgenic cloned calf
• Transgenic animals may become a pharmaceutical
  laboratory. The transgenic cloned calf made by
  Bio Sidus will produce milk with growth hormone.
  The birth of the first cloned calf was in 2002,
  for the first time in Latin America.
• Bio Sidus has been working on this endeavor since
  1996 and can now reap the benefits and share them
  with a large amount of patients.
• This project was developed in conjunction with a
  Research Laboratory (INGEBI) belonging to the
  National Research Council.

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• 3.2. Soybeans seed inoculation
• Enterprise Síntesis Química S.A.
• Project Research in pre inoculation of soybeans
  seed.
• Abstract
• Together with soy beans agricultural boom in
  Argentina (16 millions of 104 m²) the national
  production of inoculants has developed.
• Research in pre inoculation of soy beans was
  carried out at Laboratory level, using different
  adhesives, fungicides and bradyrhizobium
  japonicums stub.
• The project was so successful that the method is
  being applied in other laboratories and has high
  market demand.
• This project was developed in conjunction with
  CINDEFI, a Research Laboratory belonging to the
  National Research Council and University of La
  Plata.

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• 3.3. Dye Chemistry Enterprise Vilmax S.A.
• Project Production of new colorants at global
  competitiveness
• The design, development and construction of an
  ultra filter plant in order to eliminate salts
  and liquid impurities before spray drying was the
  starting point in order to produce three new
  colorants at industrial scale. It should be
  pointed out that small amounts of cancerous
  amines were eliminated.
• The project was successful and enjoys domestic
  and global market demand. This company is a
  leader in dye research, there is no matching
  local laboratory.

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• 3.4. New Biomaterials through Nano technology
  Development
• Enterprise Therabel Pharma S.A.
• Project Nanostructured materials for biomedical
  applications
• Abstract
• Research in new biomimetic materials applied to
  regenerative medicine in conjunction with tissue
  engineering was carried out. Medical applications
  to osseous and tissue regeneration are envisaged.
• Know how and technology acquired so far will
  allow to start with a pre clinical stage in the
  application of new biomaterials.
• This project was developed with the collaboration
  of School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry,
  University of Buenos Aires as well with CONICET
  (National Research Council)
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• 3.5. Information Technology applied to fare
  collection Enterprise Cedinsa S.A.
• Project Design and Development of an automatic
  system for fare collect for public transport
• Abstract
• A hardware development for fare collection
  through magnetic cards and contactless cards has
  been done. The Projects first stage has been the
  development of Software for this equipment and
  for the Central Collection Office.
• The second stage has been the development of a
  Satellite Global Positioning application. This
  development allows permanent fleet follow- up,
  fare calculation through routes and estimation of
  best frequencies.
• The project was successful and enjoys domestic
  and global market demand.
• This company is a leader in the development of an
  automatic system for fare collection and there is
  no matching local laboratory. We should point out
  that collaboration with University of Moron in
  software development was very helpful.

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• 3.6. Communications Technology
• Enterprise INTEGRATECH S.A.
• Project Design, development and manufacturing of
  Carrier Class SoftSwitch - class 4 5 -
• (Carrier Class Switching) based on IP technology
  to replace old TDM Switches.
• Abstract
• The SSwitch is made with audio, data and video
  support with IP technology. This SSwitch will be
  used with a target market ranged from 500 to
  75000 subscribers.
• Project development encompasses engineering
  developments, coding, tests, homologations and
  documentation.
• This company is a leader in communication
  technologies - real time developments - and the
  collaboration of Universidad CAECE was deeply
  appreciated.
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• 3.7. Therapeutic neuro stimulation Enterprise
  Translab
• Project Design and development of a therapeutic
  neuro stimulation device
• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a time-proven
  technique, with more than 30 years of use in
  movement disorder pathologies, such as
  Parkinsons disease.
• The NE is a device which emits electrical
  impulses through an electrode implanted in a
  brain area so as to eliminate the symptoms of an
  ever growing range of pathological conditions.
• The Project encompasses the development and
  manufacture of programmable devices with two
  different implant systems
• a semi - implantable system, where the
  programming intelligence and the energy supply
  are located in an external unit with a small
  antenna which is coupled to the electrodes by
  means of a reception antenna implanted in the
  patients brain. The electrodes stimulate the
  targeted area in the brain which needs electrical
  impulses.
• a fully implantable systems where the power
  supply and the lead or electrode are fully
  implanted in the patient.

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• 3.8. Production of composite materials
  Enterprise Darmex
• Project Nano particles research for tires new
  material production, supported by numeric
  simulation
• Physicochemical and thermo mechanical properties
  of a new elastomeric composite material are
  studied.
• Inclusion of nano particles in this composite is
  the main innovation. This new material will be
  incorporated for tire production.
• A family of composites may be produced with
  different physicochemical and thermo mechanical
  properties. A selected composite may be obtained
  prior to the experimentation.
• This project is being developed in conjunction
  with a Research Laboratory (PRINSO) belonging to
  the National Research Council and CITEFA (Armed
  Forces Research Institute).

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Acknowledgement

• Thanks
• To the organizers
• To the audience
• To the colleagues
• Horacio E. Bosch
• FUNPRECIT
• Sarmiento 1452 7 A Buenos Aires
• Tel. [phone]
• hbosch_at_funprecit.org.ar