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September, Dortmund (Germany):
In September, Dortmund (Germany) will be the “capital” of nanotechnology, with very important conferences with international experts and scientists. The Nano4m Mid-term Conference (8th September) will take place in the framework of the 3rd NRW Nano-Conference (9th and 10th September), organized by the City of Dortmund which is partner in Nano4m.

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Empoli: new applications of nanotechnology in medicine
In Empoli, a meeting of European experts of the transnational project “Nano4m – Nanotechnology for Market” was held, of which Circondario Empolese Valdelsa and ASEV are partners.
New medical applications of nanotechnology.
Important innovations have emerged during the meeting held on 1st and 2nd July in Empoli at ASEV within the European project “Nano4m – Nanotechnology for Market”, which involves 12 partners from the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, Lorraine in France, Asturias in Spain and Tuscany with Circondario Empolese Valdelsa and Development Agency E.V.
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Official Launching of NANOfutures
The 15-16th of June took place in Gijón (Spain) the Official Launching of the European Initiative "NANOfutures": European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform in Nanotechnology. In parallel to this event Asturian partners of NANO4M presented the project to some outstanding speakers. Víctor Manuel Marroquín, managing director of IDEPA, and Jesús Fernández general manager of PRODINTEC, hosted the discussion.
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The Project

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nano4m, which involves four regions and twelve partners, aims at improving strategies and building networks to design nanotechnology for market. The project tackles some of the challenges identified in relation to the functioning of the regional innovation systems with the following objectives:


 To improve the regions’ capacity to shorten the gap between R&D and market testing new Research-to-Market processes (R2M)

 To strengthen the interregional collaboration by identifying and developing specific research and business opportunities of common interest in the emerging field of nano/microtechnology

 To increase competitiveness of innovation infrastructure at regional, national and European level

 To improve the efficiency of regional innovation policies by drawing recommendations and implementing best practices.

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Project methodologies

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The Project has three phases

PHASE 1: By June 2009, maps of research and business activity related to micro- and nano-technology have been created to identify opportunities of common interest. Additionally some critical aspects related to Technology Transfer processes have been selected and analysed.

PHASE 2: By December 2010, refinements will be drafted for the technology transfer strategies of public research and technology centres, based on studies and expert meetings carried out in the Project.

PHASE 3: By September 2011, the partners will make recommendations to regional authorities with the goal of improving technology transfer policies and initiatives. These recommendations will contain conclusions based on the technology transfer strategies implemented in the research and technology centres. Opportunities for future cooperation among regional governments in the domain of technology transfer will also be explored.

Photocredits: © CeNTech – Center for Nanotechnology