Newsletter
Sophia Antipolis: Amadeus and Concur enter into a global strategic alliance
Both companies announced that they will bring key technologies together for a combined travel and expense management solution to extend their core offerings
Amadeus and Concur (a leading provider of on-demand employee spend management solutions) announced that they have entered into a long-term alliance to bring key technologies together for a combined travel and expense management solution to […]
Côte d'Azur: Virbac announces close of acquisition of Pfizer veterinary assets in Australia
Virbac announces the successful closing, on January 29th, of its agreement with Pfizer Inc. in Australia
Virbac announces the successful closing on January 29th of its agreement with Pfizer Inc.
Sophia Antipolis: Telit signs global agreement to work with Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile
Telit is an international leading company in "Machine to Machine" communications that focuses on innovation and added value on the M2M market.
"As the operator of an extensive, mature mobile phone network, the M2M market offers us enormous potential for growth," says Mark Büsgen, head of business development for corporate clients at T-Mobile Deutschland.
Sophia Antipolis: Air France and KLM extend Amadeus full content distribution agreement until Decemb
Agreement is expanded from Europe-wide to cover all Amadeus users on a worldwide basis
Amadeus and Air France - KLM have agreed to extended their full content agreement until December 2013.
Carros: Malongo awarded a trophy for innovation at INPI Innovation contest
Malongo, located in Carros, was awarded the INPI trophy for innovation in the SME category
Malongo (376 employees, 14 stores in France), which started out as a small coffee roasting business back in 1934 in Nice was awarded the INPI trophy for innovation in the SME category.
InnovaGrasse: An incubator for innovative startups in Grasse in 2010
InnovaGrasse, the Pole Azur Provence incubator for innovative companies will open its doors in Grasse at the end of first quarter 2010
The InnovaGrasse incubator's mission is to welcome, host and support the creators of innovative businesses with high growth potential.
MWC 2010: Join the smart Mobile Communications Elite
The Côte d’Azur’s leading telecoms players will be OUT IN FORCE at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2010), the world’s premier wireless event.
The Côte d’Azur delegation will seize the unique opportunity to promote their skills at the prestigious Mobile World Congress, which will be held on February 15-18 in Barcelona (Booth 2F49 - Hall 2), thanks to […]
Nice RFID/NFC: BPass+ a rich bouquet of services to facilitate NFC mobile mobility
Within the frame of "Nice City of Contactless Mobile" program initiated by the city of Nice and Nice Côte d'Azur, Veolia Transport will propose...
Within the frame of "Nice City of Contactless Mobile" program initiated by the city of Nice and the Nice Côte d'Azur conurbation, Veolia Transport will propose its BPass solution as of spring 2010.
SCS cluster to help SMEs reinforce their funding and obtain research tax credits
The SCS competitive cluster is organizing a meeting to present its new services on 4 February at Team Côte d’Azur in Nice.
A new process for obtaining a label for Business Development projects has been put in place to help SMEs and very small entities reinforce their funding.
Sophia Antipolis: 6th Data Centre Europe 2010 & Awards Ceremony
After major cities such as Frankfurt and London, the Côte d’Azur is to host this prestigious event held on the 22&23 April in the Espaces Antipolis.
Around 400 people, including the leading players in the sector, are expected to attend the two-day event that is Europe’s largest and only pan-regional event for the data center business.
Nice: Scientist Xavier Noblin wins prize from The Journal of Experimental Biology
This Côte d’Azur researcher from the CNRS won this year's JEB Outstanding Paper Prize awarded for the best article published by a young scientist.
The prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding achievement and is intended to encourage young scientists,’ according to Hans Hoppleler, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Experimental Biology . Dr.
Sophia Antipolis: ETSI Security Workshop
The 5th annual get-together, which focused on international security standardization for mobiles, took place on January 20-21 at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis.
Security standards play a crucial role in the deployment of innovative mobile solutions both as regards user confidence and even more importantly to ensure a secure environment for everyone.
Cannes: MIDEM 2010 – the 2nd town for congresses in France, transformed into a music capital
Just over 7,000 of the world’s leading musicians and music industry movers and shakers from over 70 countries converged on Cannes…
Just over 7,000 of the world’s leading musicians and music industry movers and shakers from over 70 countries converged on Cannes… for the music industry’s biggest annual get-together, the 44th MIDEM trade show.
Commercial real estate 2009 results and outlook for the ‘06
The 2009 results for the commercial real estate market recorded a slowdown in activity.
According the Jean-Marie Ebel, Chairman of the Observatoire de l’Immobilier d’Entreprise Côte d’Azur (the commercial real estate monitoring unit for the Côte d’Azur), “Service sector real estate had a quite difficult year (in 2009) with […]
Art & Management: tapping into creativity to build “beautiful organizations”
Consultants propose an artistic approach to help build teams and create new dynamics within the company.
Based on the concept of “Aesthetics Management”, Art & Management uses artistic tools to promote company dynamics and set-up unifying projects to build a shared corporate vision.
Sophia Antipolis: Altran-Praxis launch strengthens ‘SC2 by Altran’ team in Sophia
Merger with Britain’s Praxis enables French firm to become global engineering specialist in embedded and critical systems
Thanks to the addition of Praxis’ expertise in critical systems engineering, French firm ‘SC2 by Altran*’s capacity to innovate has been expanded in a number of sectors, including Human Machine Interaction (HMI), multimedia and connectivity.
Sophia Antipolis: Eurecom signs an agreement of research cooperation in ICT and transportation
Eurecom signed on January 19,2010 an agreement of research cooperation in ICT and transportation with the Institut Telecom and INRETS.
The objective of this agreement, signed on January 19 at the Telecom Institut in Paris, is to develop new joint research to develop intelligent and sustainable transports (Intelligent Transportation Systems - ITS) ICT for intelligent […]
Sophia Antipolis: TxCell appoints Miguel Forte as Chief Medical Officer
Miguel Forte brings considerable experience and expertise in the field of clinical development, drug approval and product launches...
TxCell SA, a biotechnology company developing cell-based therapies using Type 1 T-regulatory lymphocytes for treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, has appointed Miguel Forte as Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Nice - Edhec Business School: A new MSc in Risk and Investment Management to be launched in January
Edhec will offer in January 2011, a Master of Science in Risk and Investment Management. The program will be offered from Nice, London and Singapore.
The EDHEC-Risk Institute Executive MSc in Risk and Investment Management is designed for professionals in the investment management industry who wish to progress, or maintain leadership in their field, and for investment banking practitioners who […]
Sophia Antipolis: Airlines turn to Amadeus' comprehensive market intelligence data
Emirates, Finnair and TACA choose Amadeus MIDT for improved business decision making...
Amadeus, a global provider of technology and distribution solutions to the travel and tourism industry, has signed contracts with Emirates, Finnair and TACA to provide them with its market intelligence data.
Sophia Antipolis: NicOx announces EMEA validation of naproxcinod MAA submission
NicOx S.A. today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA)...
NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) announced on january 22, 2009 that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for naproxcinod, which was submitted through the centralized procedure in December […]
Sophia Antipolis: INRA is recruiting 62 researchers
INRA seeks researchers from all disciplines to reinforce laboratory and fieldwork teams...
Researchers will be heavily involved in scientific networks and tackle environmental, economic and social issues.
Sophia Antipolis: Icera Grows Mobile Broadband Revenues In 2009
Icera Inc., the Mobile Broadband semiconductor company, announced on january 18, 2009 strong year-on-year growth for 2009...
Icera Inc., the Mobile Broadband semiconductor company, announced on january 18, 2009 strong year-on-year growth for 2009, with fourth quarter 2009 revenues approximately 4x that of the same quarter in 2008, representing the company's sixth […]
Côte d’Azur: Virbac announces an increase of 5.4% of its revenues in 2009
Côte d’Azur-based Virbac, one of the world’s leading animal health laboratories, announced that its revenues...
Côte d’Azur-based Virbac, one of the world’s leading animal health laboratories, announced that its revenues for the year ended December31, 2009 were 467.
Agenda
- February 3-4: SCS Competitive Cluster - Sophia Antipolis/Team Côte d'Azur
- February 3-5: Imagina - Monaco
- February 4: Sophia Forum: PACA region Job fair
- February 4 : SCS Pole Information Meeting - Private equities & Research Tax Credit
- February 5: Information day on the Research Tax Credit – Nice
- February 5: Sophia Café - Tax research credit - Sophia Antipolis
- February 5: Google technologies Evening - Sophia Antipolis
- February 9: Talk at Eurecom - Sophia Antipolis
- February 9: The Aesthetics of Management - Sophia Antipolis
- February 10-12: ETSI TC ITS Workshop - Sophia Antipolis
- February 11-12: Focus K3D Conference - INRIA Sophia Antipolis
- February 12:Inauguration of the Chair of Bioplastics at the MINES ParisTech
- February 16: 3AF Côte d'Azur "China Conference" - Thales Alenia Space Cannes
- February 17: OPTITEC Cluster - Meeting with project managers - Team Côte d'Azur
- February 15-18: Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC) - Barcelona
- February 23:Trophées RSE PACA 2010
- february 23: TELECOM Paristech Conference - Sophia Antoplis
- March 25: SKEMA, new cycle of economic conferences - Sophia Antipolis
- Febraury 27: “Habiter Ecologique” - Nice
- March 4: BarCampSophiaAntipolis 3 "Internet Mobile" - Agora Einstein
- March 8: Mobile Monday - Team Côte d'Azur
- May 10: Call for Projects
- June 3 - July 2: 2010 Sophia Antipolis Games