Transfer and Innovation Workshops (ATI)

Transfer and innovation workshops provide support to companies in the Grand Est region with their innovation projects.

Thanks to the Transfer and Innovation Workshops (ATI), companies in the Grand Est region have access to the expertise of all the region's training centers (engineering, management, architecture, fine arts, IUT, and UFR schools) to support them in developing innovative solutions.

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Supporting businesses in the Grand Est region with innovation

The implementation of an ATI is based on an issue raised by a start-up, micro-enterprise, SME, or mid-sized company based in the Grand Est region.

Acquiring a new market, upgrading processes, developing a new product, etc. ITAs mainly serve to remove technical obstacles and/or economic doubts about planned changes within a company.

Depending on the issue at hand, the dedicated project team will work on: a feasibility study, market research, specifications, a mock-up, a prototype, user tests, etc.

All relevant sectors of activity

The fields covered span a wide range of sectors: agronomy, the food industry, materials, mechanics, electricity, geology, systems engineering, the wood industry, chemical engineering, management, process engineering, industrial engineering, business strategy, IT, information engineering, marketing, business plans, etc.

A multidisciplinary team dedicated to the project for one year

Once the company has defined the problem, a multidisciplinary project team is set up. It always consists of company employees and students from two higher education institutions, supervised by their expert teachers.

All companies, from start-ups to mid-sized companies, and all higher education institutions located in the Grand Est region can participate in the ATI.

The projects run from September to June and, in addition to this support, are monitored by the team dedicated to coordinating Transfer and Innovation Workshops.

Contacts

Companies and higher education institutions in the Grand Est region can contact their regional representative at any time during the year to express their interest in taking part in the Transfer and Innovation Workshops.

In Lorraine

Olivier Fourquin, Grand Est Coordinator and Business Contact - +33 (0)6 99 02 33 44

Pascal Lhoste, Grand Est coordinator and higher education contact - +33 (0)6 08 27 30 54

In Champagne-Ardenne

Amandine Moroy, Corporate Contact - 03 26 69 26 60

Jérôme Isselin, Higher Education Contact - 03 26 69 91 18

In Alsace

Touriya Elansari, Business and Higher Education Contact - +33 (0)6 33 25 98 73

Supported by Arts et Métiers the Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications Excellence - Digitalisation et Usage de l'Intelligence Artificielle (CaMéX-IA), the ATI program is backed by the Grand Est region and coordinated by Arts et Métiers Metz and Châlons-en-Champagnecampuses ), CESI Nancy,ENSGSI Nancy , andINSA Strasbourg.

 

The description of the 2021/2022 Transfer and Innovation Workshops will be available soon.

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