Project duration: 1 July 2017 – 31 December 2019
CARONTE intend to broaden the knowledge of professionals, educating SMEs R&D managers/directors and R&D&I consultants that, within their companies or companies’ portfolio, should be able to drive innovation based on a comprehensive knowledge of the state of the art of science and technology, identifying scientific and technical information relevant for their business, and determine how innovation may by applied to their business in order to evolve products or services and transform the business model, anticipating competitors.
Objective
The objective of this project is to design, pilot and disseminate within companies innovative approaches and strategies in retrieving, effectively organizing and properly sharing (among colleagues) scientific and technical information regarding the science and innovation frontiers, in order to speed up the time-to-market of innovative products.
The solution (technology)
To gather accurate knowledge from the target audience of the industrial counterparts, a suitable questionnaire and one-to-one interviews with selected R&D managers/research group coordinators/directors and R&D&I consultants will be designed, distributed/performed and analysed. Consequently, suitable learning modules specifically conceived to be combined in various blended learning/e-learning courses will be developed and an e-learning platform will be implemented using a free and open-source software learning management system, customized to be used as an environment for learning communities.
Partnership
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
- Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A, Italy
- Consell general de Cambres de Comerc Industria i Navegacio de Catalunya, Italy
- Magnesitas Navarras S.A, Italy
- Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster, Italy
- FIMECC, Finland
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- CSCS, Italy
For more information, please visit the project website.