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www.unipd.it/en/
academics/economics.htm
http://www.nanofab.it/it/
www.unipd.it/en/tto/spinoffs.htm
www.unipd.it/en/tto/startcube.htm
http://www.galileopark.it/
http://www.venetoinnovazione.it/
D) The Faculty of Economics offers a wide range of training in
entrepreneurship-related subjects for undergraduate students. There is
also a Master programme in Innovation and Project Management for
graduate students organized by the Faculty of Engineering. There isn’t
any centre for professional training and education.
The University is founding partner of NANOFAB, a research centre
focused on applied research in the field of nanotechnology. It has
many labs in the Venice area with advanced scientific equipment
and it performs research activities finalised at industrial exploitation,
based on the needs of local businesses. Another example is the
TESI lab, and its mission is devoted to studies in the field of micro
manufacturing and it has strong links with local industrial associations
and companies.
The University enhances the creation of spin-offs, because they are
the main tools to transfer technology to the market, but the activities
of the spin-off must be clearly separated from the institutional
and commercial activities which researchers can perform within
the University. The Technology Transfer Office offers management
consulting services to researchers willing to start a spin-off company
and helps them in writing the business plan and in contacting industrial
and financial partners.
Start Cube, the incubator of the University of Padua, is a structure
created to facilitate the birth of new enterprise. Start Cube offers
its services to professors, researchers, PhDs and recent graduates
who want to explore the chance of transforming their scientific idea
into a real business, creating a university spin-off. The incubator
supplies furnished spaces and supporting services to the wannabe
entrepreneurs.
E) The University TTO frequently co-operates with Parco Galileo,
a scientific and technological park promoted by the local
Chamber of Commerce, and with Veneto Innovazione, the regional
development agency.
The University was partner of the Veneto region team that
participated in the European network START (Start-up know-how
transfer network), in cooperation with Copenhagen, Edinburgh,
Hamburg and Vienna region. The aim of the project, entirely
financed with the European Commission contributes in the area of
PAXIS project, was to analyze the various ways to create innovative
start-ups in the five regions involved and fostering the exchange of
best practices.