Marco Romeo, ad Ciaotech PNO Group, ha partecipato a Inno2days Milano come centro accreditato Questio. Ha spiegato cosa fa la sua azienda, PNO Innovation Management Services: “Supporting the full process of technological innovation”.

1. PNO Innovation Management Services
Supporting the full process of technological innovation
To successfully innovate, several challenging steps need to be faced, from the innovation concept to the final
market uptake, passing through the project financing and development. Risk of failure in each of these steps is
high, as proven by the fact that only a small percentage of innovation concepts eventually enter the market.
PNO is specialised in the full cycle of innovation management, providing tailored support in each step of the
innovation process. Contact our international innovation consultants to know what we can do for you!
Innovation Management About us
PNO Innovation Management services support both PNO (in Italy operating under the CIAOTECH brand) is the
large sized companies and SMEs in the full cycle of the leading grants and innovation management consultancy in
innovation process: Europe, with 240 employees operating with direct presence
- Definition of winning innovation concepts or through partner companies in 12 European countries.
- Benchmarking of key technology trends PNO offers:
- Definition of the innovation market potential  public funding support: full support in the
- Finding the right technology and business partners identification, attainment and management of grants
- Obtaining public funding to finance the innovation for R&D and investment projects;
project
 innovation management services: market and
- Drive the research project by users’ requirements
functional analysis, technology intelligence, support in
- Taking the results through to market
definition of innovation concepts through advanced
methodologies, dissemination and exploitation of
The benefits advanced research results.
Innovation is a challenging task for companies of any size.
An innovation project can last several years from its
Our assets
inception to market uptake, and is subject to several At the basis of our services are the key assets for a
successful innovation process, including:
internal and external factors that put the success at risk,
among which are: change of responsible people, change of - Sector experts;
market and technology trends, financial turmoil, - Proprietary innovation management methodologies;
emergence of competitors, lack of focus on customers’ - Advanced IT tools;
demands, not enough commercial resources for - Deep knowledge of public funding;
exploitation, etc. - Network of thousands of companies and research
organisations in Europe and worldwide, that allows us
PNO, as a professional innovation management
to perform field research and analysis;
consultancy, supports organisations in every single phase
of the innovation process, providing: Contact our international innovation team
 Knowledge of technology state-of–the-art and trends; If you are interested, contact our international PNO
 Support in the generation of the innovation concept, consultants for further information about PNO services:
making use of technology push and market driven
methodologies; Netherlands judith.spaltman@pnoconsultants.com
Germany annemarie.reiche@pnoconsultants.com
 Indication of market context and potential;
France benjamin.couloumere@pnoconsultants.com
 Full support in the identification, attainment and
Italy v.marino@ciaotech.com
management of public funding;
UK olaf.swanzy@pnoconsultants.com
 Market driven approach to project realisation through
Belgium frederik.vandecasteele@pnoconsultants.com
functional and market analysis;
 Roadmap definition and specific actions for
exploitation of project results;
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2. PNO Services The Innovation
Path
TechnologyIntelligence©: The PNO TechnologyIntelligence © service provides
you the necessary knowledge to define and implement successful research and
innovation projects. With TechnologyIntelligence © you will receive a comprehensive
analysis of technology state-of-the-art and trends, knowledge of who’s doing what, the
most relevant stakeholders for your research interest, and a benchmark with
competitors’ research activities. It is performed through desk research and direct
interviews with key stakeholders at European level.
InnovationPlace©: InnovationPlace© is an on line service supporting organisations to
achieve their strategic R&D objectives through the matching and managing of R&D
projects, organisations, and grants. InnovationPlace is based on the Open Innovation
paradigm. It supports you in searching on our EU and National Grant Database, being
able to enter in R&D projects seeking partners, and proposing project ideas to search for
partners.
SystematicInnovation© : The PNO SystematicInnnovation ©service supports you in
defining technology innovation concepts for your products/processes, based on the
application of advanced methodologies such as TRIZ (theory of inventive problem
solving) and QFD (Quality Function Deployment). With SystematicInnnovation you will
be supported in defining innovation concepts for your products/processes, finding
technologies/competences to implement the innovation, and identifying public funding
opportunities that can co-finance the product/process innovation costs.
Grants Consulting: PNO Grants Consulting service supports you in identifying,
requesting, obtaining and managing public funding for your research project. PNO is the
leading European organisation in Grants Consulting, providing support on European,
National, and Regional grants. Our expert consultants provide you with their technical,
financial and managerial experience to optimise your access to public funding and
increase your chances of success. We take care of all the process, from the consortium
set up, to the proposal writing, coordination of partners inputs, budget preparation and
administrative issues. Support is also provided during negotiation with grantor bodies
and compliance with grantor bodies administrative requirements.
ResearchBooster© : PNO ResearchBooster© comprises a set of activities that PNO
can perform as a full partner or as sub-contractor within public funded research projects,
aimed at ensuring that your research project reaches and exceeds the expected
impacts. This is achieved from on one hand ensuring that the project is performed
addressing the end users’ needs, and on the other hand supporting the correct
exploitation and wide dissemination of the project results. Moreover, PNO provides
support for a sound project management and compliance with public funding rules.
MarketDriven© Innovation: PNO MarketDriven Innovation © service supports
large sized companies and SMEs in performing research and innovation actions driven by
the market demand. The service, performed before, during or following a research
project, provides market and functional analysis based on end-users’ needs, and specific
exploitation actions and roadmaps, paving the way for a successful market uptake of
your innovation projects.