ICT 2008 sponsors

HP

HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for Hewlett-Packard, tackling the complex challenges facing our customers and society over the next decade, while pushing the frontiers of fundamental science. HP Labs has seven worldwide facilities and HP Labs Europe, in Bristol, UK, is the second largest after the headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The other Labs are in St Petersburg, Russia; Haifa, Israel; Bangalore, India; Tokyo, Japan; and Beijing, China. HP Labs Europe participates actively in Framework Seven research projects with partners in many countries across Europe.

Orange

Orange : major player in European research. By actively participating in European programs through its R&D (Orange Labs), Orange (France Telecom Group) is able to enlarge, share, consolidate and accelerate research and innovation that will benefit to all European Citizen.

The operator participates in the 7th FP and is either the leader or the major partner of ambitious projects on Future Internet (4ward, E3, 3D4you, Wombat, Omega, Alpha and Sardanna). Orange is also present within European technological platforms (eMobility and NEM).

Please meet us at ICT-2008 (SPICE project exhibits, "ETNO research priorities for 2009-2011" networking session", Orange corner during the 25th November social event).

A N R

The French national research agency (ANR) was created to enhance channelling of funds to project-based research. The agency reaches out to both public and private research bodies within the framework of a mission that has two primary objectives:

 • to strengthen the development of knowledge through high-level projects in all research areas;

• to encourage both knowledge transfer and foster interaction between public and private laboratories through the development of public-private partnerships.

ANR selects projects for funding by a Call for Proposals procedure under which Selection Panels, open to experts, evaluate projects on the basis of their scientific quality and, for partnership projects, of their economic relevance and viability.

More information at www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Intl

THALES

As a world leader in mission-critical information systems for Aerospace and Space, Defence and Security markets, Thales builds on proven capabilities in large and complex software systems to meet the requirements of both civil and military customers.

Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries: with 25,000 researchers working on cutting-edge technologies, 300 new inventions each year, a portfolio of 13,000 patents and more than 30 cooperation agreements with universities and public research laboratories in Europe, the United States and Asia, Thales is a model of excellence in advanced technologies and innovation.

More information at www.thalesgroup.com

LES ECHOS - Media partners for ICT 2008

Founded in 1908, the French daily newspaper Les Echos is the
paper of reference for business leaders. A complete source of
information, Les Echos reports and analyses all economic news,
domestic and international business news. Les Echos has a
circulation of 138,726 and is read by 700 000 persons (sources:
OJD 2007 and EPIQ 2008).

Created in 1996, the website Lesechos.fr welcomed on average 6,9 million visits, 3,1 million unique visitors and 33,9 million advertising pages in September 2008.

RENATER & GEANT2

The French national research and education network, RENATER was deployed in the early 1990s. The infrastructure of the RENATER network consists of national links interconnecting 32 points of presence in France and in overseas territories. External connectivity is gained through the Internet access ports in Paris and Lyon, together with connections to Internet exchange nodes in Paris and La Réunion.

RENATER is linked to other national research and education networks in Europe and worldwide through the GÉANT2 infrastructure.

GÉANT2 is a pan-European backbone network, cofunded by the European Union and the Member states research and education
networks (NRENs), which delivers unprecedented performance communication services //to the whole academic community,
including end-to-end optical transmission capacities.

The GÉANT2 network is interconnected with all research and education network infrastructures in the world. Together with its
national NREN components, it provides users with a wide service portfolio not available from commercial providers. Their performances, recognised at the leading edge of the telecommunication world, allow the operation of very large scale scientific instruments like the LHC at CERN in the filed of high energy physics or the VLBI for radio-astronomy.

GRAND LYON COMMUNAUTE URBAINE

The IT sector has become key component of the business activities in the Greater Lyon metropolitan area. More than 31.000 jobs in 1700 highly IT-specialized companies make Lyon the second IT-city in France. To stimulate the continued growth of this key economic sector, the Greater Lyon Authority supports several IT-cluster initiatives facilitating knowledge transfer and R&D. The Greater Lyon furthermore works to develop competitive and ultra high bandwidth services for companies and citizens. These efforts will ensure that Lyon will stay the home to
IT-business.

RHONE-ALPES REGION

Rhône-Alpes is a leading European region for ICT, with a strong specificity on 3 main sectors: software publishing, innovative images and micro/nanotechnologies.
 

Rhône-Alpes support the research, economic and training actors of theses sectors through four clusters fostering innovation, international and commercial development and skills development:

• Cluster ISLE («Informatique, signal, logiciels embarqués») coordinates the scientific community in this
  thematic
• Rhône-Alpes IMAGINOVE Cluster develops synergies between sectors of the image industry : video games, cinema, animation
• Cluster MINALOGIC fosters research-led innovation in intelligent miniaturized products and solutions
  for industry www.minalogic.com
• Cluster EDIT Software in Rhône-Alpes enhances the competitiveness of software publishing
  enterprises.

MINATEC

MINATEC is the 21st century Campus for Innovation in micro and nanotechnologies in Europe, gathering unique skills and facilities from Research, Education and Industry. With 4.000 people (1.000 students) on a 20 hectare campus, MINATEC is currently one of the most important centres for micro and nanotechnologies in Europe. It achieves a strong connection between technological research teams (CEA-LETI) and upstream research teams, and plays a key role both at the scientific production level (1600 publications/year) and at the innovation level (230 new patents/year). The research activities are backed by shared platforms opened to industrial partners (operated 24/7) and to academic collaborations

INRIA

For more than 40 years, INRIA the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control has played an active role in the digital revolution, carrying out its mission of research and technology transfer in the field of information and communication science and technology. INRIA collaborates with numerous scientific and academic institutions all over the world.

INRIA has also developed many partnerships with industry and fosters technology transfer and company foundation. Its eight research centres host 3,800 people including 2,800 scientists. INRIA is a partner in about 120 FP6 actions and 50 FP7 actions.

More information at www.inria.fr/index.en.html

ALCATEL-LUCENT

Alcatel-Lucent is focused on enriching the lives of people through communications. Alcatel-Lucent is the first truly global communications solutions provider, with the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry.

With 77,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation powerhouse focused on communications. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007, and is incorporated in France.

More information at www.alcatel-lucent.com

OSEO

OSEO, the Company for entrepreneurs, supports the innovation and growth of SME’s. OSEO is active three major business lines, all of which can help you take risks:

• Innovation support: advice and financing for innovative projects with a technological component, and that have concrete marketing prospects

• bank financing guarantees and capital transactions

• investment and operational cycle financing alongside banking and financial institutions OSEO offers on line services and carries out studies on SME’s, available on oseo.fr

STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics is Europe's largest semiconductor company and is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners, positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and convergence markets.

 The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2007, the Company's net revenues were $10 billion.

Further information on ST is at www.st.com.

THOMSON

About Thomson: the worldwide leader in video solutions Thomson is the world leading provider of solutions for the creation, management, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries. Our clients are studios, broadcasters, network operators (telcos, broadband, satellite and cable operators) and an increasing range of professional users of videos.

We deliver superior value to our customers through a unique combination of industry leading technologies, systems and services, enabling us to offer differentiated and innovative end-to-end solutions based on a broad portfolio of Intellectual Property. At the cross-roads of the CME industries, leveraging our core competencies in video but also audio, data and voice, we enable our customers to take advantage of the growth opportunities brought on by the digital convergence revolution.

For more information: http://www.thomson.net.

ISERE

Isère's priority is to develop the economy and boost employment. It spends over 15 million € every year to implement this policy.
1) Information and communications technology : 38 200 jobs

• Minalogic : a world-class competitiveness cluster specializing in
  smart miniaturized solutions
• Minatec : a campus with training technology transfer research
  platforms

Microelectronics : 21 700 jobs

• ST microelectronics / Philips-NXP / Motorola-Freescale : agreement between (2002-2007).
• ST and IBM covering cooperation on new CMOS technologies
  (2008-2012).

Computings : 12 000 jobs
2) Developing into biotechnology
3) New energy technologies

Institut TELECOM

The Institut TELECOM is made up of prestigious French Grandes Ecoles in ICT: TELECOM ParisTech, TELECOM SudParis, TELECOM Business school, TELECOM Bretagne, along with two subsidiaries, TELECOM Lille 1 and EURECOM and two associate schools, ENSPS and TELECOM Saint-Etienne. Its mission is to provide higher education and research in ICT.

It has about 600 research staff, 700 PhD students and research teams covering a broad spectrum of disciplines, from fundamental technologies, information processing, networks, computing and software to economic, social, and legal issues. It has taken part in 40 FP6/IST projects and is participating in 16 ICT FP7 projects.

GRENOBLE-ALPES METROPOLE

The main missions of the agglomeration community are: economic development, urban transport, waste collecting and treatment, urban planning and renovation, social inclusion, housing, environment…
Four key objectives have been defined to develop local economy:

• enhance the territory’s competitiveness through industrial and technological growth core, higher education and research and international partnerships;
• build up the diversity of the local economy;
• ensuring the cohesion of the area’s economy and territory;
• offer adequate business parks and equipments in Grenoble urban area.

FIGYELO - media partner for ICT 2008

Figyelo is a leading economic and business weekly in Hungary. Its prime audience consists of economic and political decision makers but it also caters for the wider business community and
highly educated professionals with an interest in economic and social affairs. Its "INFOTECH" section is dedicated to the latest developments in information and communication technologies. The paper is politically unaffiliated and takes a pro-market
view on economic matters. Figyelo celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007 and it is proud to be one of the oldest economic periodicals in Hungary.

The editorial team of Figyelo has won several awards over the past few years. The most prestigious among them is the 2006 Joseph Pulitzer Memorial Prize which, like the well-known American Pulitzer Prize, recognizes the highest quality in journalism.