TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE - UTT
The Third Mission Area, among its institutional tasks, acts as an interface between university research and the production system. It ensures the technology transfer from the university structures to the various territorial, national and transnational production contexts, also collecting the requests for technological innovation coming from the market. In addition, it performs the important and delicate task of taking care of the protection of intellectual property with regard to the products of our university research, and of facilitating technology transfer.
The UTT's objectives (UTT is the office’s acronym in Italian) can be summarised as follows:
- To manage and make the most of the heritage of technologies, knowledge, research and studies produced by the University of Foggia
- To promote the transfer of this know-how within the productive contexts of our territory
UTT’s activities:
- Newsletters of major events and funding opportunities for companies and researchers
- Promotion of the link between business technology needs and scientific and technological research activities
- Organisation of events aimed at promoting, as well as providing training and support for technology transfer and business creation, but also at enhancing research activities and the patent portfolio
- Networking activities to enhance research results
- Activities related to membership of companies, consortia, foundations and associations, in which the university holds share capital, and monitoring of their performance
- Fulfilments relating to transparency and management of the equity investment database
- Management of processes for the creation, maintenance and valorisation of intellectual property rights on the results of university research
- Management of procedures related to the start up, support and monitoring of spin-off companies and the support for entrepreneurs
- Support for the Patent Technical Committee, the Equity Investment Committee and the Spin-off Technical Committee
The UTT is also linked to the main national and European networks to support technology transfer and innovation activities such as
PLACEMENT OFFICE
Activities
In addition to spin-off companies, the University of Foggia also holds share capital in other types of companies, in particular consortia. In addition, it is a member of various consortia, foundations and associations.
By resolution no. 339/2023 of the Board of Governors, the University of Foggia entrusted the Standing Committee intended for Shareholdings in Companies, Consortia, Foundations and Associations, to carry out an annual investigative analysis of the global situation of the University of Foggia's shareholdings, to produce and update the University of Foggia's Plan for the Rationalisation of its shareholdings, pursuant to art. 20 of Legislative Decree no. 175/2016 and subsequent amendments and integrations, as well as to state opinions on accessions and divestments relating to companies and entities in which the University holds investments.
The above-mentioned Standing Commettee is composed as follows:
- Marco Taliento, Professor of Business Economics, Department of Economics;
- Alessandro Muscio, Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences;
- Sandro Stallone, Officer in charge of the Participations and Spin Off Service.