CLUBS
The
Foundation Sophia Antipolis
creates and hosts a number of
clubs in order to respond to
the needs of different categories
of professionals and users of
the new technology of the park.
These encounters encourage networks
and transfers of technology
as well as business opportunities
between the different workers
of the technopole.
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CLUB
SOPHIA JURISThis
club is dedicated to the lawyer
community and the legal practitioners
of the companies of the region,
provides an opportunity to exchange
experiences. The club meets once
a month. The club has multiple
objectives: To make the legal
and fiscal resources of the region
known, to create a community of
experts who will be able to establish
stronger links with international
networks such as Cambridge, Munich,
Barcelona, etc…
The club meets every month to
address a range of different topics
such as: The protection of intellectual
property within companies, Penal
law, The organisation of relations
between associates, The company
and it's international development
, The real estate of companies.
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CLUB SOPHIA OPEN SOURCE
The
Sophia Open Source Club, created
by the Foundation Sophia Antipolis
carries the objective of creating
a regional network of people concerned
with the development of free software.
It is aimed at
providers, companies, and editors,
research laboratories, universities,
engineering schools, local authorities…
The club meets monthly around
diverse topics (the open source
model and socio economic values,
licensing rights, legal aspects,
the evolution of open source…)
The
organisation of breakfast mornings
They
are organised by the Foundation
Sophia Antipolis and the Club
Sophia Open Source and their
aim is to interest the workers
of the park in free software.
Several subjects are dealt with
under the form of conferences
and debates.
1st breakfast morning Friday
27th January 2006: introduction
of the Club Sophia Open Source
and the world of free software
to the workers of Sophia Antipolis.
Around 50 people were present.
2nd breakfast morning Friday
29 September: “ real time”.
This breakfast morning represented
the first step towards the creation
of a users, developers and service
providers networking the area
of the Open Source on the region,
l’EMBARQUE that doesn’t
exist at the moment.
Demonstrations
- Trade show of the New Information
Technology : from the 14th
to the 16Th April at Saint-Laurent-du-Var,
there was an information technology
trade show. The Club Open
Source had a stand there for
3 days.
- Mediterranean day of free
software (JM2L): the 6th of
May 2006 at Polytech’
Sophia. The Club Open Source
was represented there
Internet site : http://www.sophiaopensource.org/
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SOPHIA CROISSANCE
Is an interface between the competitiveness
clusters and SMEs.
Bringing together SMEs managers
who wish to:
- inform themselves about the
general conditions to participate
in a cluster
- keep up to date with the news
of the different clusters in
order not to miss out on any opportunities
to participate in
one of the projects
- share their experience of participating
in a cluster or project. www.sophia-antipolis.org/sophia-croissance/
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SOPHIA NORDIC LINK
The
" Club Sophia Nordic Link
", carries the objective
of maintaining a network of relations
between he living forces of the
region of the Alpes-Maritimes
and the Scandinavian world. The
club brings together the companies
from Nordic countries established
on the Côte-d'Azur, the
representative consulates of each
country, as well as employees,
and corporate bodies. The Foundation
Sophia Antipolis actively participates
in the organisation of the club
by providing office space and
endorsing their approach.
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THE
SOPHIA BUSINESS ANGELS AND HIGH
TECH CLUBS They are
both domiciled at the Foundation,
the Foundation Sophia Antipolis
deals with their logistics (post,
telephone calls…).
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Collaborations & exchanges with
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DAY OF THE CLUBS OF SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
Organised
by the Foundation Sophia Antipolis,
the day of the Clubs, brought
together 15 professional clubs
amongst the most representative
of the technopole.
This year the organisers wanted
to suggest and undertake, by means
of a show, the difficult path
of a business creator. It involved
M. Albert, a young researcher,
who due to researching…..found!
and after a lot of thought, was
ready to launch himself into a
new adventure……creating
a business. This creator shared
his doubts, uncertainties and
his meetings while at the same
time explained the activities
of the Sophia Antipolis clubs
that helped him. This show united
comedians and musicians.
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“COUP
DE POUCE” WITH THE CLUB
SOPHIA BIOTECH
The
introduction of its new initiative
“ coup de pouce” in
partnership with the Foundation
Sophia Antipolis, Sophia Biotech
wanted to innovate.
The objective is simple: it is
to identify, then valorise and
accompany a local businesses project
in the area of the sciences and
life.
Therefore, the projects that were
detected were shown to a selection
comity that consisted of members
of Sophia Biotech, scientists,
financers, representatives of
the CHU of Nice, of the faculty
of science and the Foundation
Sophia Antipolis. After the selection
the project that has been selected
benefits from help on behalf of
the members of the club.
The label “ Coup de pouce”
supports the project alongside
the media and investment networks
and offers the prize winners advice,
administration help, legal help,
marketing and communication help,
technological help, commercial
help and recruitment and human
resource help.
Site Internet : www.sophiabiotech.net
