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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PLATFORM (PDTT)
Coordinator: Dr. Lluis Blanch Manager: Dr. Cristina Broceño
The Technology Development and Transfer Platform (PDTT-CIBERES) is a transversal instrument of CIBERES
the primary purpose of which is to boost technological research and development activity of our groups in the field of respiratory medicine and to focus results on translation to clinical practice and transfer to companies . The PDTT is a unified path for channelling technology transfer and innovation offers and demands for CIBERES .
The objectives of the PDTT are:
• To promote innovation and transfer in CIBERES .
• To increase the projection and exposure of the technological activities of CIBERES .
• To ensure an operative, fast and effective response of the entire transfer process to researchers and to CIBERES .
• To protect the Intellectual Property Rights of CIBERES and its researchers . • To achieve good coordination and communication between the different CIBERES transfer/inno-
vation agents .
2014 PDTT Action Summary
Within its capabilities, the PDTT carries out all the actions necessary for promoting innovation and transfer of CIBERES results . The actions are grouped by lines of action . The following has been done throughout 2014:
Promoting innovation in CIBERES
• Promoting innovation among researchers. By means of individual interviews and in presentations of the PDTT on innovation at Scientific Conference July 2014 (discussion concerning innovation and providing services from PDTT in CIBERES) and the annual CIBERES Training Workshop in October (Conference of the ITEMAS Platform Coordinator: Manuel Desco, short presentations on 3 transfer projects funded by CIBERES and a round table with 5 innovative CIBERES/CIBERBBN researchers with a discussion concerning questions about innovation) .
• Continuous counselling in relation to intellectual property and transfer for hired and associated researchers.
• Managing 2012 joint CIBERES-BBN-SEPAR multidisciplinary projects.
• New call for proposals for joint multidisciplinary CIBERES-CIBERBBN-SEPAR2014 transfer projects. Call for proposals, reception of proposals, evaluation, resolution and management of documents in coordination with CIBERBBN and SEPAR management . The call for proposals this year has given joint funding to 3 multidisciplinary projects that CIBERES groups lead or participate in .
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