FIIF Management Board
Technology Transfer
Status May 2012
A. Kellner, May23rd, 2012
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Technology Transfer Phases
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The long time-to-maturity of the development of the fusion power plant
technologies and the related engineering know-how leads to 2 transfer phases
Phase 1:
• transfer of technologies
for spin-off generation in
non-fusion applications
• to startups and SMEs
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Phase 2:
• transfer of technologies and
engineering, integration and ops
know-how to build power plants
• to potential power plant
builders
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Phase 1: Transfer Organisation and Processes
Set up a
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Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) coordinating:
a Technology Transfer Network (TTN) of technology brokers which get EU
contracts (basic reimbursement and incentives) to pro-actively foster the
knowledge dissemination
opportunities announced on a web-based Technology Market Place matching
technology push and business pull
Business Incubation Centers helping start-ups technologically and legally
funding support for start-ups, e.g. outsourced to Venture Capital companies
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Phase 2: Transfer Organisation and Processes
Extend the
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Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) to coordinate:
the short-term establishment of a knowledge management system to capture the
knowledge (*)acquired during the JET and ITER construction in configuration-managed,
structured formats easily retrievable in later times
in the long run the placement of a contract to a consortium of potential power plant builders
with the relevant associations as subcontractors for the pre-competitive transfer of knowhow on technologies, engineering, integration, and operations
(*) Comprising, apart from explicitly documented knowledge, in particular the implicit knowledge
in the minds of staff w.r.t. best practices, lessons learned on mishaps, experience gained in
manufacturing, integration and operations, etc.
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Current Status
Phase 1:
 2-years pilot project piggy-back „on top“ of the ESA process and institutions
 Basic agreement with ESA reached
 Currently under EC-internal preparation
Phase 2:
 Pilot of a Lessons Learned System currently under development in F4E contract
and procurement unit
 Focused on knowledge sharing w.r.t. handling procurement procedures
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