The laboratory has always forged strong links with industry through CIFRE theses, collaborative projects and the original form of joint laboratories, a concept that originated at LAAS-CNRS. It is also heavily involved in a number of industrial and competitiveness clusters.

Numerous collaborations and partnerships have been setup with major groups as well as with ETIs, SMEs and start-ups. The laboratory's research is applied to a wide range of fields: aeronautics, space, automotive, health, environment, digital, defense, energy, agriculture, etc.

Various

Various types of collaboration are possible:

• Research contracts, as part of a research collaboration including CIFRE PhD theses and joint laboratories
• Service provision contracts, for the application of know-how without associated research contribution, or to carry out technological developments and analyses in our open platforms
• Consultancy, to benefit from the expertise or advisory support of the researchers or engineers ofour laboratory.

The content of these collaborations is discussed with the researchers for the scientific aspect and with our engineers for technological developments within the platforms. Two “Business developers” transfer engineers are in charge of developing our industrial partnerships, on the one hand in the field of micro- and nano-technologies and characterization in the appliucation areas of health, environment and energy transition, and on the other, in the field of robotics. They are available to help us meet the needs of our partners and find the right contacts in the laboratory, as well as to prospect new partnerships.

The contractual and partnership framework, including all legal aspects such as industrial property, is handled by the laboratory's Contractual Relations and Partnerships (RCP) department in conjunction with the Partnerships and Valorization (SPV) department of the Occitanie-Ouest regional delegation of the CNRS.

We also benefit from the support of SATT Toulouse Tech Transfer and CNRS innovation, for prematuration, start-up, patent registration and exploitation of our research results.

A "Valorisation cell" bringing together all these skills has been set up to help our partners analyze their projects and find the right contacts in the laboratory, and the best way to collaborate and contract with the laboratory's teams.

For any questions about industrial collaborations with LAAS, please send an email to:

• Mohamed Kaâniche, AAS Director, in charge of industry patnerships
• Johanna Roquet, Head of « Contractual Relation and Partnerships »
• Rislène Kourdi, Business Developer - Micro, nano technologies and Characterization
• ,Business Developer — Robotics