Andrea Piccaluga
Professor of Innovation Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy), where he has been Director of the Institute of Management and founder of the research group in Regenerative Innovation. He is currently delegate for internationalization at Netval (the Italian network of University Technology Transfer Offices), after serving as president (2014–2019) and vice-president (2020–2022).
He holds a Ph.D. from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and a Master’s in Technology and Innovation Management from SPRU (University of Sussex). He is Associate Editor of the R&D Management Journal and has served as Head of the International R&D Management Conference. He collaborates with companies and institutions on open innovation, technology transfer, and policies for entrepreneurship, and has published extensively on R&D management, university–industry collaboration, and knowledge transfer. He is also coordinator of the Sant’Anna research group within the National Biodiversity Future Centre.
Specialization
Innovation Management, Technology Transfer and Knowledge Transfer, Open Innovation, University–Industry Collaboration, Regenerative Innovation, and R&D Management
Main Themes Addressed in the Lecture
- Co-evolution of open innovation and university-industry collaboration
- Role and evolution of Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in Italy (Netval)
- Challenges of university technology transfer (small TTOs, researcher culture, bureaucracy)
- Different search paths in open innovation and matching university tools
- Joint labs as a tool for real-time knowledge sharing and interdisciplinarity
- University spin-offs: advantages and pitfalls of university shareholding
- Research contracts and managing IP expectations
- Need for more professionalization and regional TTO models
- Future role of universities in knowledge valorization and societal engagement