Event. "Automotive Power Electronics" Conference and Exhibition, April 6 & 7, 2011

April 6 & 7, 2011. Paris, France.

SIA is launching the 4th edition of APE “Automotive Power Electronics” Conference and Exhibition.

Automotive world is facing an amazing revolution coming through power electronics, to bring a new generation of affordable green cars. APE conference is involving both communities of automotive power R&D and industry power R&D (as well as leading labs involved !) to get the best on this strategically increasing domain.
It focuses on “in-car” systems & components, dealing with all aspects of related power electronics and electrification of vehicles targeting very low CO2 emissions.

A wide range is concerned:

• Applications for passenger vehicles, buses, and light duty vehicles,
• Innovative technical / technological solutions and new dedicated development tools solutions,
• Power levels: from 100 W up to 100 KW,
• Applications for Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEV), hybrid vehicles (HV & PHEV), and electrical vehicles (EV),
• Ambitious mitigation of automotive stresses: Electrical, Thermal, Chemical, Mechanical, EMC and most effective combinations of them, bringing always more reliable products.
  

APE will offer you in one location: high level scientific and technical conferences, a unique platform for top-level engineers/researchers exchanges, and an exhibition covering a wide range of products and services in the field of automotive power electronics.

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Econovista.com update. Find Fortune 500-2010 located in Paris Region.

Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine.

In 2010, Paris Region remains Europe's first and world's second largest concentration of Fortune 500 headquaters, after Tokyo and ahead of New York or Greater London.
39 French companies appear in the ranking, among which 37 are located in Paris Region. The 8 first are: Axa, Total, BNP Paribas, Carrefour, GDF Suez, Crédit Agricole, EDF and Société Générale.

See the full 2010 ranking on Fortune Magazine's website.

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Event. IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2011

April 11-15, 2011 - Paris, France

This international event promotes all aspects of the theory and applications of Computational Intelligence. With its hosting of over thirty technical meetings in one location, it is bound to attract lead researchers, professionals and students from around the world. The venue for this 2011 edition is located in Paris, France.

Read more about the event.
See the full program.
Learn more about IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

Did you know?
The range and high level of ICT activities in Paris Region have led to the creation of two complementary world-class competitiveness clusters: System@tic for complex systems and software and Cap Digital for digital technologies and applications.

Read more about Paris Region's excellence in ICT.

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• "Cap Digital - Digital content" developed in partnership with the competitiveness cluster Cap Digital
  
• "Innovativ Systematic" developed in partnership with the competitiveness cluster Systematic Paris Region

PRIME and Arts et Métiers ParisTech announce a partnership with UC Berkeley, CA

Arts et Métiers Paristech has finalized an exchange agreement for graduate students and researchers with the University of California Berkeley.

The agreement will enable the exchange of graduate students, researchers, and faculty between the institutions. Arts et Métiers students are renowned among our faculties for their scientific excellence and their strong motivation. On the other hand, UC Berkeley graduate students will have the opportunity to enroll in one of Arts et Métiers ParisTech Master's programs and to work on high-stake applied research projects in France thanks to Arts et Métiers ParisTech's strong connections to industry.

The partnership is also mutually beneficial through the development of joint research projects. It strengthens both institutions international posture by enabling research collaboration between world-class research teams.

PRIME, an agency that promotes Paris Region's innovation abroad, is working in tandem with Arts et Métiers ParisTech and the Office for Science and Technology at the Consulate General of France San Francisco on this partnership. The Paris Region aims at transitioning its economy towards sustainability. Cross fertilization and technology and researcher exchange are essential to achieve this goal.

Read more.

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Paris Region Key Figures – 2011 edition available

The 2011 edition of Paris Region Key Figures has just been published, presenting key information on all aspects of the Paris Region economy.

This document is produced using the latest available published data. It provides a comprehensive synthesis of the key figures relating to the region's economy: population, employment, education, R&D, transport, real estate, corporate events and tourism, quality of life, etc. It also shows how Paris Region is positioned in its wider national and European context.

The Paris Region Key Figures are produced by PREDA, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU île-de-France). More information.

Here are some of the tables and graphs available in the document:

Download "Paris Region Key Figures"

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Hubstart Paris®, partner in the Global Security Process forum - March 29, 2011

Global Security Process – a European forum on security and safety in large infrastructures and financial centres – will be held on next March 29th at the Orangerie in Roissy, near Charles de Gaulle airport.

Hubstart Paris®, following a collective approach towards promoting Greater Roissy on an international level, is involved in promoting the competencies and the players in numerous key business channels in the area, including the Security / Safety channel. Accordingly, Hubstart Paris® will be a partner in this event, alongside Pays de Roissy, the S2R2 network, the Val d'Oise Economic Expansion Committee (CEEVO), Air France, Sud Oise Développement and others.

Held within the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle hub, this meeting place for technology relating to security, safety, risk management and organisational methods will be gathering a community of 300 to 400 Safety and Security Managers intent on identifying technology, innovations, and experts able to provide them with support in conducting their projects.

Experts attending the event will include Alpha System, Arjowiggins Security, Arc Informatique, Epsilon, Icade Suretis, Ip Open Video, Gunnebo, HGH Systèmes Infrarouges, Honeywell Security Group, Htds Hi-Tech Detection Systems, Hymatom, Mesa Gastop, Sick, Wonderware France, Siemens and more.

To get the programme of this event and to sign up, please visit:
http://www.globalsecurityprocess.com

Upcoming event. Innovation Cloud Summit, Paris March 17-18.

Are you looking for partners and customers to develop your business in Europe? Do you need help to support, localize or to specialize your solution for the European market? Come and present your technology.

The goal of the Cloud Computing Summit is to gather technology vendors and potential partners/customers looking for cloud computing solutions.

Many French CIOs are considering cloud computing technologies. They are looking for guidance, technologies and innovative solutions. The Innovation Cloud Summit will gather cloud technology providers, local system integrators and potential customers. Top high level executives from Cap Gemini, Atos Origin, Bull and Altran have already confirmed their participation.

More info.
Register.

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Econovista.com puts a map of the sustainable districts of Paris Region online

This new map identifies urban planning projects which aim to integrate sustainable development objectives and to reduce the ecological footprint of the region. These districts were the winners of a competition organised by the Île-de-France Regional Council to attribute a seal of quality to “New Urban Districts”, and by the State for their designation “Eco-district”. They had to comply with strict specifications regarding energy conservation, density and urban requalification.

Econovista.com puts this map of Île-de-France's sustainable districts at your disposal in both French and English. This new map identifies the 29 urban planning projects chosen by State and Regional Council competitions, as well as projects backed by the Regional Office of infrastructure as part of the State-Region Projects Contract 2007-2013 (CPER), of which the 'Big Project' (GP3), called “Intensify the attractiveness of Île-de-France”, is aimed at sustaining urban development operations.

By clicking on the + tab of the picto you are taken to a presentation of Île-de-France's sustainable districts, complete with a definition of the criteria behind the labels “Eco-district” and “New Urban Districts”, as well as a description of the 29 districts being developed in Île-de-France (labels, number of dwellings, web links ...).

Three types of sustainable districts are identified on this map:

• The “New Urban Districts”, stemming from the Regional Council competition, which respect a minimum density of 1500 dwellings in the “heart of the built-up area”. They favour brownfield sites or areas that are hardly urbanized in order to avoid encroaching on agricultural land or nature thus facilitating soft transport options. The chosen projects benefit not only from financial subsidies but also from contractual support, complete with concerted optimization of the project. I8 of these sites are listed in Île-de-France.

• “Eco-districts” and “Eco-towns” are the result of State competitions. An eco-district is officially defined as an “urban planning project aimed at integrating sustainable development objectives and reducing its ecological footprint. In this way, it must insist on taking into account the entire environmental issues at stake and set ambitious levels of strictness.” Launched at the same time, the Eco-town project rewards bigger scale sustainable urban planning strategies. 4 eco-districts and 1 eco-town have been designated in Île-de-France.

• The eco-district projects backed by Île-de-France's Regional Office of infrastructure. 12 in number, they are spread over 6 regional and national areas (OIN (National urban development schemes), new towns,...) considered important for the region's development : Plaine de France and the Roissy area ; Seine Aval and Cergy-Pointoise ; the whole of Marne-la-Vallée up to Meaux ; Orly Rungis and Seine Amont ; the Massy-Palaiseau/Saclay/Versailles/St-Quentin-en-Yvelines area ; the whole of Melun and Sénart.

Click here to go directly to the map in English.
Click here to go directly to the map in French.

This work was undertaken by the ARD (Paris Region Economic Development Agency) in association with the Île-de-France regional council, in a move to promote and develop the Île-de-France eco-region.

Econovista.com is a free mapping tool which shares economic intelligence about Île-de-France. Backed today by more than 20 regional and county partners, the site Econovista.com offers 12 topical maps showcasing Île-de-France's wealth and economic potential.

Browse the site now and discover the different sides to this area … sites perfect for business accommodation with model transport infrastructure, sectors of expertise, research centres, implantation support organizations and Île-de-France's cutting edge clusters.

Finally, Econovista.com holds all the keys to making the right choices regarding your implantation: find the business contacts you want by using the different levels of zoom on the map, download contact numbers and addresses of the right people, find the links to their websites, etc

Upcoming event. Space Access International Conference, organized by ASTech Paris Region.

The first Space Access International Conference, organized by the ASTech Paris Region competitiveness cluster, will be held in Paris September 21-23, 2011.

This First Conference on Space Access will provide a dedicated forum to all stakeholders in the sector, addressing the following themes:

• Markets, mission requirements, new payloads and services
• Systems, concepts and design methodologies
• Business and programmatic aspects
• Technologies and subsystems
• Regulations and standardisation (including environmental aspects)
• Synergies with other sectors (spin-offs, spin-ins, common methodologies...

Call for papers: deadline to submit your abstracts, March 4, 2011.

Learn more about the Space Access International Conference.

Learn more about the ASTech Paris Region competitiveness cluster.

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Awarded business locations for international companies in Paris region

On the 7 December 2010, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency awarded ‘Paris Region International Business Location' status to thirteen business premises.

This initiative was launched by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency and the Paris regional council, in cooperation with their partners, following a study conducted in 2009. The award concerns public and/or public-funded business locations that are best adapted to the needs of international companies.

Several key criteria were taken into consideration for the award.

• Accommodation: the capacity to give quick approval for the company's accommodation (contracts).
• Support: provision of a dedicated, English-speaking contact able to support the company in the various aspects of its business creation project.
• Accessibility of the business premises.
• Rates

The Paris Region International Business Location award will give winning companies access to a host of shared services: increased visibility of the locations in the promotional material of development agencies, and particularly the Paris Region Economic Development Agency; and free access to information resources provided by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency and its partners (information extranet, support services and aftercare provided by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency, information and training seminars, etc.).

Read more and find out the list of awarded business locations.

Econovista.com launching online map of eco-qualified business parks in the Paris Region

This new map shows the business parks in the Paris Region that meet sustainable development criteria in terms of their management, their activities & resources, their urban planning and the facilities available to businesses and employees.

Econovista.com is making the map of eco-qualified business parks in the Paris Region available in French and English. This new map shows 35 business parks which demonstrate the approach that Paris Region business park planners and managers are committed to.

By clicking on the pictogram's + tab, you will be directed towards an ID card of the area in pdf format listing for each park precise information about what kind of project is underway, what companies are there, as well as the park's objectives and services.

At this time, there are three business park categories shown on the map:

• Ecoparks, which comprehensively provide a management scheme, a range of activities & resources, a selection of services and quality urban planning.
• Eco-friendly business parks, in which sustainable development initiatives are focused around exemplary urban planning.
• Business parks Under conversion, where an ecopark deployment process is underway.

This work has been conducted by PREDA in association with its partners, as part of an approach to enhance and promote the quality venues provided by the Paris Eco-region to host its businesses.

For direct access to the map in French, please click here.
For direct access to the map in English, please click here.

Econovista.com is a free map application for the sharing of business information about the Paris Region. Currently supported by over 20 regional and departmental partners, the Econovista.com website now has 12 theme maps illustrating the wealth and economic potential of the Paris Region.

Don't wait any longer to check out the area's various facets as you surf... from exemplary business-hosting sites to transport infrastructures, business sectors of excellence, research centres, organisations to help businesses get established, not to mention the cutting-edge clusters in the Paris Region.

Lastly, on http://www.econovista.com you will find all of the functionalities needed to help you assess your choices in getting established: using different zoom levels, locate the business players you wish to see appear on the map, download the address and details of the right contacts, use the links towards the players' websites, etc.

Hubstart Paris, a new brand for the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport area

The large area around the international Airport of Paris Charles de Gaulle is now branded by an alliance of 21 public and private players : the HUBSTART PARIS(r) alliance. This area is one of the most dynamic in France.

The goals of Hubstart Paris(r) are to promote this area abroad and to help foreign investors.


Please, visit the website of HUBSTART PARIS(r)

Download the first brochures of Hubstart Paris : air cargo and business aviation.

Foreign investment. Paris Region is the leading region in France for inward investment by foreign companies

Foreign companies are responsible for 18% of jobs in Paris Region. The main investors in the region are from Europe and the USA, and the sectors in which foreign companies are most prevalent are industry and commerce. Jobs dependent on foreign companies are mainly located in the heart of the Greater Paris area, giving Hauts-de-Seine a particularly strong international orientation.

These findings are the result of a study produced by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency in partnership with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Regional Centre for Commerce, Industry and Services Observation (CROCIS) and the Regional Directorate of the Paris Region National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE).

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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.

More information

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New map. Econovista.com putting a new map online in partnership with the ‘Systematic’ competitiveness cluster

Econovista.com has just provided you with a new map, “Systematic’s Ecosystem”.

This new “cluster” map features competitiveness cluster member-SMEs listed by theme (Automotive & Transport, Freeware, System Design and Development Tools, Security & Defence, Telecoms) as well as major Groups and Research and Higher Education facilities.
Beyond cluster members, Systematic nurtures close relationships with over 650 players in optics, electronics and software channels, also featured on the map. As a genuinely integrated ecosystem, the Systematic cluster represents a competitive world-class territory in the market of complex systems design, production and control.

At this time, the following are featured on the map:
• Systematic cluster members:

- SMEs broken down into five categories matching the cluster’s 5 theme groups: (Automotive & Transport, Freeware, System Design and Development Tools, Security & Defence, Telecoms)
- Research and Higher Education facilities
- Major Groups

• A wider selection of players, completing the cluster’s ecosystem:
- SMEs, broken down into three categories: Software, Optics, Electronics

Check out the Systematic map on Econovista.com

Lastly, www.econovista.com provides you with all of the functionalities you need to help you assess your options in getting established: zooming in and out at will, you can locate the business players you wish to see featured on the map, download the address and contact details of appropriate contacts, get the links towards the players’ websites and much more.

Social networks. Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) opens a Twitter account

As of 1 June 2010, you can follow PREDA on Twitter, which now delivers Paris Region’s economic news in English. Intended for a broad, English-speaking global audience, the tweets provide fast information to international investors, the media and anyone else with an interest in Paris Region, its diversity and its wealth.
Keep abreast of all the issues related to the attractiveness of France's leading region in terms of foreign investment: newly established companies, Paris Region’s international ranking, trade shows taking place, key figures and Agency news.
Catch up, too, with the latest developments at Econovista: new maps, updates to existing maps, new pdf files for download, new listings, etc.

As a provider of breaking news, Twitter is an ongoing, instant source of information for more than 7 million users.
To check out PREDA on Twitter, click here.

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Competitiveness cluster. Advancity – the green technologies and sustainable cities cluster

Advancity is a competitiveness cluster serving sustainable cities and green technologies, formed to enable businesses and research organisations to cooperate and undertake collaborative projects. The cluster is organised around seven strategic committees:

• Urban Environmental and Energy Technologies
• Ground-level / Sub-surface Infrastructures and Networks
• Building Energy Environment
• Efficiency of Public Transport
• New Applications and Mobility
• Accessibility and Urban Health Environment
• Eco-friendly Urban Organisation/Systems

The cluster’s primary aim is to stimulate innovation and to irrigate Paris Region’s industrial landscape with new competencies and innovative projects. The rapid deployment of eco-technologies for sustainable urban regeneration draws on a range of fields across fundamental research, technological development and engineering: a spectrum only a network can encompass in its entirety.
Advancity’s strength lies in its ability to nurture synergies between different players, helping collaborative projects to fruition and facilitating concrete, commercially viable outcomes.

Three vectors of excellence lie at the heart of the cluster’s strategy, contributing to the large-scale regeneration of urban environments:

- instrumentation, engineering and urban management systems;
- urban environmental efficiency through the management and development of ground-level and sub-surface networks and infrastructures, sustainable construction, urban planning and transport;
- urban quality of life and services, especially applied to mobility and the urban healthcare environment.

In France, cities account for 90% of GDP, 80% of the population, 75% of energy consumption and two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions. Restoring an urban metabolism that’s more resource-efficient and more environment-friendly while remaining active, attractive and open, is one of the major challenges of the 21st century – with green technologies as one of its primary components.

Source: Advancity

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Regional news. Hauts-de-Seine – the second most popular location choice for businesses in Paris Region

Located directly adjacent to the La Défense business district and boasting an exceptional economic environment, the département of Hauts-de-Seine is one of the most attractive locations within Paris Region.
Outside the capital itself this is the region’s leading area for company start-ups, and today hosts 99,052 businesses, with 825,000 employees and a total population of 1.55 million.

This is also the no.2 area for international company location in Paris Region, hosting 2,500 international businesses, one third from the USA.
Hauts-de-Seine offers optimum conditions for hosting businesses, with a dense, high-quality real estate offering totalling 11.7 million sq.m, concentrating nearly half of all office premises marketed in Paris Region as a whole.

Hauts-de-Seine is located at the hub of a dense transport network, with Metro, RER and motorway connections ensuring easy accessibility to all the key regional, European and international economic centres.

Key sectors:
-Digital and ICT (23,600 companies, 276,100 jobs)
-Healthcare and biotechnology (5,300 organisations, 25,000 jobs)
-Finance and insurance (3,000 organisations, 78,000 jobs)
-B2B services (30,000 companies, 338,000 jobs)

Research – key figures:
300 research centres
15,000 researchers
77,000 students

La Défense – key figures:
-Europe’s no.1 business district
-160 hectares
- 3 million sq.m of offices
-3,500 companies, 1,500 head offices, 170,000 employees
-Europe’s no.1 public transport network
-230,000 sq.m of local retail outlets

Sources: Les Hauts-de-Seine, un territoire à vocation internationale; Enjoy La Défense Seine-Arche
Photos: © ARD/Michel Derouault

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Economic data. The Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry publishes economic scorecards for the individual départements that make up Paris Region

CROCIS, the CCIP’s regional observation centre for commerce, industry and services, has published economic scorecards for the individual départements within Paris Region.
These scorecards – which are available online (in French only – provide key economic data on:
- business demographics (business start-ups / failures)
- employment (salaried employment, unemployment rate)
- tourist activity
- real estate

Detailed economic profiles are available for the following départements:

• Paris
• Hauts-de-Seine
• Yvelines
• Seine-Saint-Denis
• Val-de-Marne
• Val-d’Oise

English-language information is available in the 2010 edition of Paris Region Key Figures.

To find out more about the economic potential of Paris Region:

Econovista.com is a free economic mapping tool for sharing information about Paris Region supported by more than 20 partners at regional and departmental level.
11 themed maps are available at econovista.com to help you explore the wealth of potential Paris Region offers. Each map shines the spotlight on a different facet of the region, from transport infrastructures to sectors of excellence, including leisure facilities and competitiveness clusters.
Find out more by visiting www.econovista.com

Regional news. Plaine Commune celebrates its tenth birthday by launching an ambitious development plan.

Plaine Commune, the second-largest agglomeration community in Paris Region, is celebrating its tenth birthday by launching an ambitious development plan. The eight towns belonging to the intercommunal structure – Aubervilliers, Epinay-sur-Seine, La Courneuve, L’Ile-Saint-Denis, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Saint-Denis, Stains and Villetaneuse – recently approved a five-year investment plan (2010-2015) as part of the sustainable development plan approved in 2007 (the ‘Plan d’Aménagement et de Développement Durable’, abbreviated as PADD). One of the flagship projects covers public planning schemes, including urban and residential development projects like the Ecoquartier (eco-neighbourhood) on Ile-Saint-Denis in the Seine river, the ZAC-Canal (Canal business park) in Aubervilliers and Campus Condorcet (see article (in french only)

To find out more, read the Plaine Commune sustainable development plan in full (French only).

Plaine-Commune in brief:
Dynamic economic sectors:
Banking/insurance
ICT
Energy (EDF)
Aerospace (Eurocopter, Delage Aéro, Précilec)

Transport links
Extension of two Metro lines (12 and 13), two RER (high-speed metro) lines (B and D), light railway, two motorways (A86 and A1), three planned light railway links and a proposed TGV (high-speed rail) station.

Teaching and research:
Plaine-Commune has a total of 1,500 university research/teaching staff, divided between three institutions (Paris 8, Paris 13 and CNAM) and 40,000 students. The community also has two technology platforms – focused on engineering/production materials and art/science/technology – whose role is to forge links between the research centres and innovative businesses.

Real estate:
In 2009, the agglomeration community offered 1,400,000 m² of office space, with plans for a further 926,000 m² to be developed.

Source: Les Echos du 17/02/2010; www.plainecommune.fr

© Plaine Commune/DMS

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