SystemX, the Technological Research Institute (IRT) dedicated to digital systems engineering, announced on May 16 the implementation of “Tech Labs”, a new cooperation strategy focused on technology transfer. Since its creation in 2012, the IRT has been coordinating collaborative research projects with industrial and academic partners, with the aim of developing technological building blocks that meet industrial needs. The technological assets of this work can have a significant economic and societal impact, the Tech Labs will allow to develop the most mature and thus meet the needs and major issues of targeted markets.
Since its creation, SystemX has carried out 53 R&T partnership projects. This new partnership mode will enable it to enhance the impact of its technological assets.
Unlike R&D, which covers the entire research and development process right up to the final product, R&T only concerns the first phases of the process, in particular the study of mature technological building blocks that are essential for launching the development of a project. The maturity of a technology is evaluated by its TRL level (Technology Readiness Level) on a scale of 1 to 9, the R&T includes the technologies whose TRL is included between 1 and 6.
The Tech Labs @SystemX
For this new mode of bilateral strategic cooperation, SystemX, after having defined the technological assets and services to be developed, joins forces with a partner who is an expert in the technology concerned. Both, within the framework of a common roadmap, will develop market-ready solutions and services (TRL up to 6). In the context of this collaboration, SystemX partners will benefit from access to its technologies and their teams, support in expanding their skills
and to carry out standardization actions at French and international level.
The partners, in turn, provide the technology, product or service.
The valorization of technologies developed in the framework of SystemX R&T projects enables its industrial partners to respond to the problem of scaling up by providing them with turnkey industrial solutions.
Valuing technological assets, the DNA of SystemX
SystemX has always wanted to maximize the impact of its work by focusing on technology transfer. In 2019, it thus created its value-adding subsidiary, SystemX Transfert, and carried out an initial spin-off, by entering the capital of The Blockchain XDev, alongside The Blockchain Group.
Paul Labrogère, IRT’s general manager, said at the time:
“This is the first spin-off from SystemX Transfert. The creation of this subsidiary is perfectly in line with the mission entrusted to the IRTs to ensure the socio-economic valorization of its results. Our collaboration with The Blockchain XDev allows us to transfer the digital assets resulting from our projects to our partners and to create value in the long term. More generally, by developing a spin-off policy, we want to offer our talents with an entrepreneurial streak the possibility of benefiting from our support in carrying out their project.”
Tech Labs are a second lever to support this value creation.
Paul Labogère concludes:
“For almost 10 years, SystemX has been co-innovating with its partners to create societal and economic value. Technology transfer is a key phase in this process and the IRT wants to strengthen it, in particular through the creation of start-ups and the setting up of @SystemX Tech Labs. The Tech Labs must allow us to accelerate and de-risk the industrialization phase to go to market but also to continue to strengthen the competitiveness of our partners through technology.”
Translated from SystemX crée les « Tech Labs @SystemX » pour accélérer la valorisation et le transfert technologique de ses actifs
