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Technology Partners Foundation<br />

address:<br />

ul. Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warszawa<br />

tel./fax: +48 (22) 658 36 07/+48 (22) 658 14 76<br />

e-mail/website:<br />

<strong>in</strong>fo@technologypartners.pl/www.technologypartners.pl<br />

created: 2004<br />

area: 200 m 2<br />

chief executive:<br />

Tomasz Kośmider<br />

contact:<br />

Michał Towpik<br />

technology<br />

transfer centers<br />

The Technology Partners Foundation is a scientific research and implementation organisation<br />

specialised <strong>in</strong> the performance of large-scale <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary national and <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

research projects and <strong>in</strong> the management of research and development, technology transfer<br />

and <strong>in</strong>novation. It is an Advanced Technology Centre, a status awarded by the M<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />

Science <strong>in</strong> 2004.<br />

Image: Agnieszka Tazbir<br />

The Foundation’s mission is to <strong>in</strong>itiate and support processes aimed at the rational use of knowledge for <strong>in</strong>novation<br />

activity and to undertake practical actions promot<strong>in</strong>g the development of Polish science and technology cooperation<br />

with Polish and <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />

The Foundation serves as the coord<strong>in</strong>ator and legal representative of the Technology Partners Consortium, which<br />

consists of n<strong>in</strong>e Research and Development Institutes and two SMEs. The Consortium possesses the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />

potential:<br />

• 1500 research staff;<br />

• 900 R&D projects performed annually;<br />

• Annual revenue of EUR 100 mln.<br />

The Consortium’s primary objective is to provide an attractive <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary offer for <strong>in</strong>dustrial customers.<br />

The Consortium makes use of synergy by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g competencies, knowledge resources and equipment.<br />

The Consortium’s activity has resulted <strong>in</strong> the performance of numerous <strong>in</strong>ternational R&D and <strong>in</strong>novation projects<br />

– both ordered directly by <strong>in</strong>dustrial customers and executed with<strong>in</strong> the EU’s Framework Programmes. Many of<br />

these projects concerned the aviation sector and were performed <strong>in</strong> cooperation with AIRBUS. On 30.05.2011, the<br />

Consortium’s agreement with AIRBUS was expanded to cover the whole EADS group (Airbus, Cassidian, Eurocopter,<br />

Astrium) and extended for another five years.<br />

The Technology Partners Foundation is a member of several lead<strong>in</strong>g organisations active <strong>in</strong> the area of R&D<br />

management, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g EIRMA, EARTO, ISPIM, and K4I. The Foundation, together with the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Science and<br />

Higher Education and K4I, is the co-organiser of the 3rd European <strong>Innovation</strong> Summit 10-13.10.2011, which will be<br />

held <strong>in</strong> Warsaw and Brussels as a flagship event of the Polish EU Presidency.<br />

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