SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS SCIENCE PARK

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• SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS SCIENCE PARK
• Welcome to our guests

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IBM
NICE
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
GRASSE
NICE COTE DAZUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
ANTIBES JUAN-LES-PINS
CANNES
ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES
SAEM SACA
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HISTORICAL LANDMARKSmain steps (1)

• 1969 Creation of " SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS association
  "
• and the concept of  city of science and
  wisdom 
• 1970 Creation of SAVALOR
• 1972 CIAT - operation branded as  national
  interest
• development project 
• - land control over 2300
  hectares
• - creation of an interministerial
  coordination group
• - creation of SYMISA, public development
  authority.

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HISTORICAL LANDMARKSmain steps (2)

• 1974 Interministerial committee
• - master plan approved
• - the first company settles
• 1980 First housing program delivered
• 1988 Creation of SAEM SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
• 1999 Concept of  associated parks  on Côte
  dAzur
• 2002 Intercommunality creation of CASA
  (communauté dagglomération de Sophia
  Antipolis)
• 2005 Creation of poles of competitiveness
  Sophia tenants active in 7 poles, incl. SCS,
  worldwide level

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PARTNERS STATE LEVEL DATAR
AREA COUNCIL
COMMUNES
ANTIBES VALLAURIS VALBONNE - BIOT
MOUGINS -
OPIO - VILLENEUVE LOUBET - ROQUEFORT LES PINS -LA
COLLE SUR LOUP
CHATEAUNEUF - SAINT PAUL - LE ROURET - BAR SUR
LOUP -GOURDON COURMES - CAUSSOLS TOURETTES SUR
LOUP
CCINCA
SAM
SAEM SACA, planning, civil works,
commercialisation of parcels
SA FOUNDATION, scientific and cultural animation
TEAM COTE DAZUR, territorial marketing and
promotion
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KEY FIGURES (1) buildings

• 1 800 000 m² built upon completion
• 180 000 m² housing programs
• 1 037 000 m² presently occupied by
  corporations
• 450 000 m² of which are rented in
  commercial real estate programs
  
• 15 000 projected m² of speculative
  office buildings
• 2 200 housing units to date
  about 100 additional flats to come in
  2007 and 2008
• 9 hotels
• 6 students residences,
  soon to be 8

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KEY FIGURES (2) amenities

• International secondary school (C.I.V.) 2
  secondary education colleges
• 4 primary and elementary schools
• golf 3x18 h and 2x9 h courses - 1 complete
  practice ground
• 30 tennis courts / 2 gymnasiums / 1 stadium
• 1 fitness centre
• 1 new media library
• 2 700 m² of proximity shops
• 6 000 approved m² for next shopping and
  service centre (2007)

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KEY FIGURES (3) people

• AT THE HEART OF A 1 MILLION INHABITANTS
  AREA
• 27300 jobs in
• 1.300 companies
• 150 foreign capital companies (1/3 U.S)
• 68 nationalities among the staff
• 4.500 researchers and 5500 students

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A CONCENTRATION OF SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES (1)

• 1. Information technologies330 corp / 12600
  empl.
• Electronics
• Software development
• Telecom / Networks / Multimedia
• E-commerce / Internet
• 2. Education and training
• 65 establ / 3 275 empl.
• from elementary schools to engineering studies

• 3. Life sciences and fine chemistry
• 45 corp / 2 150 empl.
• Pharmacy
• Dermatology
• Biotechnology
• Medical imaging
• 4. Environment and energy saving
• 19 establ / 260 empl.
• From solar energy to new materials

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A CONCENTRATION OF SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES (2)

• 4 types of actors involved have created the
   cluster  effect
• Major and multinational companies
• SMEs and start-ups
• Public research and higher education
• Thematic associations, networks, such as
  Telecom Valley, club High Tech, Data Base Forum,
  Sophia croissance etc ..
• Officially acknowledged as a worldwide
  competitiveness cluster (secured communicating
  solutions) by the French government July 2005 -
  6 other clusters

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

• Other development areas to be created within
  Sophia
• Fidelity to the initial development principles
• (2/3 protected land, 1/3 to be
  developed areas)
• Integration within the socio- economic fabric of
  Côte dAzur
• Reaching a significant critical mass at the
  international level.
• Networking with other technopolitan areas around
  the world

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ITALIE
MENTON
MONACO
VENCE
NICE
CAGNES SUR MER
GRASSE
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
ANTIBES
CANNES
Cities
Structured territories
Technopolitan projects
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