south of france & sophia antipolis, europe’s leading science & technology park a place...
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South of France & Sophia Antipolis, South of France & Sophia Antipolis,
Europe’s leadingEurope’s leading
science & technology parkscience & technology park
A place where A place where the presence breedsthe presence breeds
the future!the future!
Guðrún BjarnadGuðrún BjarnadóóttirttirVice President CSNLVice President CSNL
French market & PACA (Region: Provence – Alpes Maritimes-Cote d’Azur)
• French market and China share the no 1 position for foreign investments
• PACA ranks 3rd in France for foreign investment• PACA no 1 for foreign investments in R&D• PACA 2nd largest French real estate
market after Paris• Condensed population
French Riviera International Profile
• 160 Nationalities• 120.000 international residents• 13 international schools with
more than 4600 students• 15 international newspapers,
magazines and radio stations• 50.000 Nordic population
– Steadily younger and active in business
Cote d’Azur & Sophia Antipolis
• Entry point into– the French Market– to S-European Market– to the WORLD
• Innovation & creativity• Education• Multi-cultural environment• Excellent connections
with international airport• High level Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Thanks to the tourism industry: excellent infrastructure & services provides the background for flourishing business environment:
– Hotels in all price categories– Restaurants– Highest concentration of
Convention Centres in Europe– High volume highways– Nice International Airport
Nice International Airport
• 2nd largest airport in France– 10.000.000 passengers yearly– 49 airlines– 95 destinations in 28 countries– 1274 weekly flights
• Largest low cost airport in France– 17 airlines– 42 destinations in 13 countries– 369 weekly flights (except direct to Iceland!)
Sophia Antipolis
Launched by Senator Pierre Laffitte in 1969 (Member of the Royal Swedish Academy for engineering)
Creation in current format 1972
– 2300 hectare: business space– 5750 hectare: nature and green area
Sophia Antipolis
– 1300 companies– Over 60 languages spoken – Around 35.000 employees and students every day– Business Parcs represent more than 1.450.000 m2 of
working space in the region – Reasonable price level– Office space low compared to London (1/4) and Paris (1/3)
Sophia Antipolis The “technopole”
Main business areas of the park • ITC (IT and Telecommunication)
– IBM, HP, Texas Instruments, Intel, SAP, Cisco, Amadeus, W3C world wide web consortium 23% of companies and 43% of jobs
• Health and Life sciences– Johnson & Johnson, Galderma Dermatology,
Arkopharma, GE Medical Systems, Dow4% of companies and 9% of jobs
• Nature and Wellness industry– ADEME, INRA, Plan Bleu, – Fragrances & flavours industry
MANE, Robertet, Fragonard, Galimard
Research & Development
• More than 40% of Sophia Antipolis based firms pursue R&D activities
• 4000 researchers • Public research centres
• INSERM, CNRT, INRIA …
Competitiveness ClustersSophia Antipolis ranked in 2006,as France's N°1 competitiveness
cluster
– new national incentives• to set up multinational R&D teams• cross fertilation partnerships • tax reductions• reduced social charges• R&D contribution in form
of subsidies
Education - Cote d’Azur
• More than 35.000 students• 22 universities and post graduate
institutions such as– University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CERAM,
Ecole des Mines …
• 13 International schools– International Centre of
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis– Mougins International School– International School of Nice– International School of Monaco– International College of Cannes …
Guðrún BjarnadGuðrún BjarnadóóttirttirVice President CSNLVice President CSNLFrekari upplýsingar Frekari upplýsingar [email protected]
Sophia Antipolis, a dynamic hub of activity
where professional achievements
go hand-in-hand with personal fulfilment.
South of France & Sophia Antipolis, South of France & Sophia Antipolis,
Europe’s leadingEurope’s leading
science & technology parkscience & technology park
The place The place where presence where presence breeds future!breeds future!
Guðrún BjarnadGuðrún BjarnadóóttirttirVice President CSNLVice President CSNL
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Guðrún BjarnadGuðrún BjarnadóóttirttirVice President CSNLVice President CSNL