In 2009, R2B Research to Business: Reserch meets enterprises and R&D Days: International Forum on Project Development joined in a new event:
R2B Days
International ExpoForum on Industrial Innovation
R2B Days addresses the current business sector needs for growth and development connecting companies to the most important international research centers.
Technological innovation and its practical applications are illustrated during the event through a series of initiatives involving companies, research centers, new spin-off and start-up companies: the International Forum on Project Development, Workshops, One-to-One meetings, Round tables and special Events.
The initiative also hosts the Emilia-Romagna Technopoles, privileged venues where the business sector can access research.
R2B Days allows companies to introduce product innovations and to acquire competitive technologies benefitting from the direct contact with the most advanced national and international research experiences.
R&D DAYS 2008
R&D Days 2008 - The International Forum on Project Development acts to enhance the relationship between the Emilia Romagna industrial district and research centres worldwide, in order to develop technological innovation.
OBJECTIVES
R&D 2008 aims to reach the following objectives:
• To offer a view on the excellence in the research field by presenting successful research projects applied to specific industrial needs and experiences
• To act as a trait d’union between industries and institutes in order to increase access to innovation and development
• To cultivate strategic relationships between companies and research centres and to increase competition of the Emilia Romagna. industries
THE RESEARCH CENTRES OF THE R&D DAYS
• AIR LIQUIDE – France
• AIST – Japan
• ASCAMM - Spain
• BATELLE – USA
• BIOTRAY - France
• CEIT - Spain
• CERN– Switzerland
• CRANFIELD University – UK
• CRIF – Belgium
• Crit Research – Italy
• FLUOREM – Francia
• FRAUNHOFER – Germany
• Fondazione Bruno Kessler (INFN) – Italy
• ITC-irst (Centro per la Ricerca scientifica e tecnologica) – Italy
• LYON SCIENCE TRANSFERT – UNIVERSITE de LYON – France
• MAX PLANCK - Germany
• MIT (Massachusets Institute of Technology) – USA
• PERA Innovation – UK
• QINETIQ –UK
• RAPRA Limited – UK
• RAPTEK - Italy
• RBI - France
• STEINBEIS – Germany
• STFI - PACKFORSK - Sweden
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN – Germany
• TEKNIKER - Spain
• T3lab - Italy
THE WAY WE OPERATE
Company registration to the event is free.
The forum will take place in Bologna on the 25th and 26th of September 2008 in the Auditorium of the Museo del Patrimonio Industriale (Industrial Heritage Museum) and will be divided in the following sections:
• Mechanics and Mechatronic
• New materials
• Nanotechnologies
• Energy and Environment.
An important section will be dedicated to the access to public funding for those companies which intend to implement specific innovation projects.
THE ROLE OF THE INDUSTRIES
The Forum is based on a direct involvement of the industries, which are invited to indicate a series of possible topics on the development of projects and processes of the industrial sector.
In this way research centres will discuss these topics by focusing on the real needs and experiences of enterprises.
For those companies who are interested in taking part to the forum in a more active way, we ask them to highlight the more interesting themes from the Possible Topics list.
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
The IV° Edition of the Forum will also consolidate the Section of One to One Meetings between companies and guest speakers. This specific agenda will create a more direct involvement of the industries and will be strategic for the development of new concrete business relationships with the applied research field.
Once you apply we also advise you to mention the research centres requested for individual meetings, in order to create the Agenda in advance.
