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National Division of Business and Innovation

Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
Viale del Parco Mellini, 84
I - 00136 Rome
(ITALY)
fax: +39 0635533 359


Head: Dr. Corrado Perna

 

 

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The National Division of Business & Innovation (N.D.B..I) of the I.N.A.F.'s Scientific Directorate leads the chief national coordination, planning and implementation of the global strategies to improve innovation, competitiveness and internationalisation of the national industry sectors involved by the Astronomy and Astrophysics researches, as required by the I.N.A.F.'s strategic goal oriented to increase the Country’s world class technology innovation capabilities and global business leadership by maximizing the impact for Italy of the return on investments from Astronomy and Astrophysics R&D expenditures.

As the I.N.A.F.’s policy development office, N.D.B.I. is also in charge of coordinating the engagement strategies towards ground-based and space-based international large scale projects, towards all programs focused on fostering new cutting-edge technologies, and of advising the I.N.A.F.'s governance about strategic engagements issues.

The Division is the formal Industrial Liaison Office to Italy for most of the organizations acting in the Astrophysical R&D domains operating both by an IGO status, such as ESO, as well by an international coordination structure, as SKA and CTA currently are.

N.D.B.I. manages also the I.N.A.F.’s business development programs to promote the technology transfer and the enterprise creation by supporting scientists start-up, spin-off companies, patents licencing etc.. and manages also the Intellectual Propriety policy.

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