INSTITUTO TECNOLGICO DE ARAGN

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INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ARAGÓN
DEN4DEK Kick-off Meeting Barcelona, June 26th,
2008 Carolina Benito
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INDEX

• Mission Vision
• Company Profile
• Indicators
• Model Structure
• Functions
• DEN4DEK Tasks Objectives
• Conclusions

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MISSION VISION

• MISSION ITA is a key instrument of the
  innovation strategy of the Government of Aragon.
  The main aim is to promote the competitiveness of
  the regional industry and support the creation of
  new sectors through the generation, captation,
  adaptation, transfer and diffusion of innovative
  technologies in a collaborative environment with
  other agents.
• VISION ITA aims to be the technological
  reference for industrial and service companies
  and a strategic instrument of the technological
  policy of the regional Government.

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COMPANY PROFILE

• 100 capital belongs to the regional Government.
• Private company from a legal point of view, with
  independent members.
• Business oriented organization ITA works
  internally as a private company with efficiency
  criteria, quality management structures.
• Own human and material resources.
• Neutral positioning, Regional Catalyst which
  allows a high interaction among all the agents in
  the innovative process in the region Government,
  University and Private sector

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INDICATORS (2007)

• Tecnhological Institute created in 1985
• Annual budget 13,5 M
• Facilities with more than 15.000 m2.. Promoting
  WALQA Technological Park
• More than 1.300 customers/year, 80 SMEs
• Equipment Investment/year gt 1,5 M
• 213 employees
• 183 employees 30 scholarships

Personnal Evolution
Personnal Distribution
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MODEL STRUCTURE
Regional Government
MODEL ITA manages the innovation in the region
Board of Ministers/Directors
Management
Innovation Center
Technological Center
Society
Aim Generation and development of own
technology, identification and assimilation of
external technology, and transferce and
dissemination to the industrial sector
Aim Contribute to the companies development
through promotion of innovation. Execution of the
regional government innovation policies
Industry
Dissemination and diffusion
Internal RD Projects
Customers
Promote the innovation
Cooperation RD Projects
Information Society
Technological Services
Technological Prospective
Specialized Training
GA Program Management
Sectorial Action
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MODEL STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE
General Manager
Assistant Director
Organization Internal Services
Research, Development Techonological Services
Financial Management
Information Society
Market and Innovation
Technological Development Projects
RD Projects
Tests Calibrations
Walqa- Huesca
Internal Services Management
Market
Computing Services Support
Innovation Promotion
Human Resources
Learning Management
Administration and Finances
Information Society Promotion
Controller
IS Companies
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FUNCTIONS

• Very close relationship with the Private
  Companies
• Activity oriented to the technological
  development and its TRANSFER Companies cant be
  captive of ITA.
• ITA works following the competitive market rules
• Productivity, competitiveness.
• Product to be sold following the law of supply
  and demand timing, prices, guarantee, customer
  service, generation of trust, competitiveness,
  confidentiality, ...
• Development of the concept technological
  partner and extension of the company RD
  department, mainly of those which cant afford
  it due to the critical mass.

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DEN4DEK Tasks Objectives

• ITA Tasks and objectives in DEN4DEK
• ITA has been one of the three Regional Catalyst
  (RC) of the DBE project
• The objective of a RC is to deploy the DE in the
  region, coordinating all needed recruitment and
  training activities.
• ITA has engaged more than 30 SW SMEs and more
  than 100 User SMEs in the DBE project.
• Our objective in DEN4DEK is to share all the
  experience ITA has had in the DBE project,
  providing support in this activities to
  Techideas.
• Thanks to that practical experience ITA can
  advice in advance the challenges that regions
  will come across while deploying the DE in their
  regions.

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CONCLUSIONS

• Aragón as a trial region
• Stable, dispersed, getting older, well
  communicated, with a raising main city and with a
  structured and technological execution capacity,
  aligned and close to the political decisions

• ITA as a regional catalyst
• (Innovation bottom-up agent)
• We know about technological complex projects and
  we can push them successfully to the regional
  companies

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INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ARAGÓN
Thank you !!