Airports. Satellite 4, a new passenger terminal extension at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

On 3 June 2010 Pierre Graff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris, unveiled plans for the future Satellite 4 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Aéroports de Paris says the new facility is intended first and foremost to improve passenger service: it will take passengers less than 3 minutes to reach Satellite 4 from Terminal 2E via automatic light rail. The departure lounge will match the highest international standards in terms of passenger service quality.

“We designed the passenger route to Satellite 4 to resemble a stroll through the city of Paris. Travellers arrive at an elegant metro station and then walk through a shopping mall, modelled on the department store and featuring France’s most iconic brands, before reaching a showcase of European technology, the departure lounge, that offers an unrestricted view of Airbus A380 aircraft. The passenger experience will be one of the city, culture and modernity,” explains chief architect François Tamisier.

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Upcoming event. Insight into digital simulation at the Ter@tec Forum on 15 and 16 June at the École Polytechnique

The Ter@tec Forum bringing together leading international experts in digital design and simulation is one of biggest events of its kind in France and Europe. It underpins the sector’s importance in developing a company’s competitiveness and innovation capabilities, as was clearly demonstrated by the 2009 event, which attracted more than 600 attendees. The 2010 Ter@tec Forum at the École Polytechnique will focus on the very fast development of HPC usage.

During the plenary sessions on Tuesday, 15 June, industry players will share their experiences of HPC technologies, which today extend to all economic, industrial and service sectors as a result of more powerful systems (1,000 times more powerful in a matter of years) and the performance of software tools in simulation and design as well as in the complete digital creation of objects and materials, media or services.
Workshops will be held throughout the day on 16 June to address major HPC topics and provide an opportunity for delegates to review the numerous collaborative projects linking industry and research.

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Studying in Paris Region. A pool of talent that’s constantly replenished

Paris Region hosts Europe’s largest concentration of students, representing 27% of the French student population (600,000 students), 17 universities and more than 350 advanced training centres, including around 50 engineering schools and globally reputed business schools. 4,000 theses are published here, every year.

The Campus Plan. Boosting public research
Three university campuses in Paris Region (Condorcet-Aubervilliers, Saclay and Paris Intramuros) have been selected by the French government to be part of its Campus Plan for creating effective research networks. Their development programmes are driven by ambitious educational and scientific goals, backed up by an increase in private/public partnerships. At the same time they are required to make sustainable urban development a defining element of their vision. Another important initiative is the creation of Regional Higher Education Centres (abbreviated as PRES – Pôles Régionaux d’Enseignement Supérieur) including Paris Tech which brings together France’s 11 leading engineering schools and major universities worldwide.Another key centre is UniverSud Paris which combines 2 universities and 3 Grandes Écoles in a hub with 50,000 students, 5,000 teaching research staff and 160 laboratories. Both initiatives enable institutions to pool resources and offer a more effective scientific capability that is easily accessible to businesses.

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Seine-et-Marne: a booming service sector

Seine-et-Marne is a département of contrasts, with Fontainebleau in the south, Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in the north, Provins in the east and Paris to the west. With a population of 1.2 million, Seine-et-Marne has an even spread of farming, tourism, manufacturing and commercial businesses. It is one of France’s five biggest wheat producing areas and boasts some major forestry operations. Seine-et-Marne also has a booming service sector, particularly in the tourism and commercial segments. Tourism relies on the regions historical sites and beauty spots, such as Provins and Fontainebleau, and on the tourist magnet of Disneyland Resort.With 60% of its area taken up by farmland, Seine-et-Marne has the most developed agricultural industry of Paris Region. The town of Melun is the site of the SNECMA aerospace research centre which, with almost 4,000 employees, is the département's largest industrial establishment.Thanks to its geographic location (on the TGV network with connections to Marne-la Vallée, crossed by several motorways and close to Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle International Airport), Seine-et-Marne has a large number of transport and logistics businesses.Finally, the development of two new towns (Marne-la-Vallée and Sénart) has prompted the emergence of burgeoning service clusters while the tourism sector boasts an attractive portfolio with a number of outstanding sites and a good selection of hotels.To find out more about Seine-et-Marne and relocation options, visit the Seine-et-Marne development

website: www.seine-et-marne-invest.com

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Paris Region: Key Figures 2008

Discover the interactive economic map of Paris Region

The Paris Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chambre Régionale de Commerce et d'Industrie Paris Ile-de-France - CRCI), in partnership with the Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris Ile-de-France Region (Institut d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme - IAU) and INSEE, has just published the 2008 edition of its Paris Region: Key Figures brochure.

This publication presents the key socio-economic data for Paris Region. You can order or download the brochure free of charge at:
http://www.paris-iledefrance.cci.fr/?page=eco_regionale_chiffres_cles_en_2008


Located at the hub of European and global trade, Paris Region is France’s no.1 economic region and one of the top regions in Europe.
It offers many key advantages:
– In 2006, Paris Region’s GDP accounted for more than 28% of France’s national GDP and 4.5% of the EU’s GDP, boosted by the presence of many multinational corporations and a high concentration of company head offices. It’s a highly attractive region – ranking no.2 in Europe for foreign direct investment;
– Paris Region is Europe’s leading labour pool, boasting a highly qualified workforce which includes nearly half of France’s executive personnel and nearly 35% of researchers in public institutions. The region also hosts many renowned higher education and research institutions (universities and the prestigious Grandes Écoles) in fields including IT, mathematics, telecommunications, the new energies, biotechnology, and international commerce;
– Paris Region has developed world-class infrastructures: it is Europe’s no.2 airport hub, and boasts the world’s most highly-developed state-of-the-art rail transport network – placing it within a few hours of 145 destinations – as well as an efficient and diversified local transport offer. The region also has 70 ports, making it Europe’s no.2 platform for river transport;
– High-speed communications networks provide Paris Region’s businesses with optimum technological conditions for rapid expansion;
– Last but not least, Paris Region’s history and its cultural environment underpin its enduring popularity. Paris is the world’s leading tourist destination. It is also one of the global capitals for trade fairs, conventions and other exhibitions, hosting 1,700 such events in 2005.

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Discover Paris Region by exploring the themed maps – Discover, Develop, Live, etc. – at www.econovista.com