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Méditerranée Technologies newsletter n°2

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CONGRATULATIONS

Michel LADZUNSKI, Gold Medal CNRS

Following Jean-Claude RISSET of the LMA-CNRS, Marseille in 1999, Michel LAZDUNSKI has been awarded the gold medal of the CNRS for 2000.
Professor at the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis and director of the CNRS Institut de pharmacology moléculaire et cellulaire, Michel LAZDUNSKI is a specialist of ionic channels.
His work is of international renown both for its fundamental aspects as well as its applications in pharmacology and in pathology whether it be in the understanding of the mechanisms of hypertensors, antidiabetics, anaesthetics or the mechanisms of pain perception, of cardiac arrhythmia … etc.

The gold medal will be presented at the Sorbonne on 20th December 2000.

Méditerranée Technologies congratulates him and his team.

By Jacques TASSY, President of Start-up connexion

Key factors in the success of start-ups in Information Technology and Communication (ITC).
(see the article)

A database under construction

The project committee met on Monday 6th November to prepare a method of data collection to build up the database...

(see the article)

Michel QUERE, research scientist and head of the Sophia-Antipolis office of Méditerranée Technologies, is also organizer for the Technopole Club of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, set-up by Méditerranée Technologies on 3rd May 2000.

A preliminary study ....
The Technopole Club wants to go forward with the development of federative actions...

(see the article)

Annuel Reunion of the Innovation RELAY CENTRE NETWORK (IRC):
FLORENCE 19th & 20th October 2000

Alain Pitot, ANVAR, Paul Lauriac, Regional Technologic Multipôle (MTR) and Christian Dubarry, Méditerranée Technologies, represented the IRC MedIN at the annual meeting of the network at which 68 IRCs (200 organizations) met with the European Commission.

(see the article)

INTERREG III What is INTERREG ?

INTERREG is a community initiative programme set-up in the context of the regional policy of the European Union ; it uses the funding via FEDER and Cohesion (France is the only country concerned by FEDER, fonds européen de développement régional).
INTERREG aims to show that national boundaries are not an obstacle to balanced development and to European integration....

(see the article)

Prospection, information and awareness on EC Labelling for regional companies.

A half-day of training will be organized on the 15th of November 2000 for the members of the Technology Diffusion Network.
A regional meeting will be organized by AFNOR and its partners on the 30th of January 2001 for the companies concerned...

(see the article)

Communication News of the Web site of MT.

MT will put online a trial version of its site on free access as of 15th December...

(see the article)

On 5th December, Méditerranée Technologies will organise a meeting at Gap to present the Panorama Agrobusiness in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, by Denis LAIRON
(Research Director, INSERM) and the role of Méditerranée Technologies in the transfer of technology and the exploitation of the scientific and technological potential of the region (data base) , by Daniel PARDO...

(see the article)

Sophia-Antipolis Office On Thursday 16th November, MT organized a "17h-19h" meeting at the technopole of Sophia-Antipolis (in the SAEM) to present the Panorama Chemistry in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and the mock-up of the data base of available technology developed by the Cellule de l'Offre of MT. ....
(see the article)

CAP CYBER
Participation of the Sophia-Antipolis office of Méditerranée-Technologies to the CAP CYBER exhibition, the " 5ème Salon du Multimédia de l'Internet et des jeux vidéo "

" Cap Cyber " has been held in Nice (Palais des expositions) on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of November 2000 (cf. www.capcyber.net).
(see the article)

SophiaNET 10/10/00
Health : Bionatec opens up in Saint-Raphaël
Commentary from MT Sophia-Antipolis (see the article)

Le Journal du Net 32/10/2000
Buying-Partner raises 11 million Francs for its general goods purchasing site
Commentary from MT-Sophia-Antipolis (see the article)

Nice Matin "L'ECO" of 12/10/00
RIGTH VISION : "L'Europe en Boîtes Noires"
Commentary from MT-Sophia-Antipolis (see the article)

Biotechnologies & finances 3rd October 2000 . n° 36
Creation of a unite mixte de recherché CNRS-Goëmar (see the article)

2 positions as CSN (National Service) are available in the scientific service of the French Embassy in Japan...
(see the article)

PACA/California exchange
" Reciprocal training periods Sophia Antipolis/Silicon Valley"...
(see the article)

Marseille Innovation and the Group ESIM announce the launching of the sixth edition of the Procedure Hommes-Ressources...
(see the article)

1st December 2000 : Symposium at Sophia-Antipolis :
"Professions and training : A new society, new data".
(see the article)

4th & 5th December 2000 : "International Sommet on Venture Capital", Sophia Antipolis
(see the article)

7th December 2000 at 4.45 pm : The 5 to 7 of Industry at Interfaces, Marseille on the subject of" Research Tax Credit".
(see the article)

7th to 9th December 2000 : Net'expo 2000
Salon Mediterranean Salon for New Technology, Marseille...
(see the article)

From 8th to 10th February : Biovision 2001
World Forum for specialists in the field of Life Sciences & Biosquare, business fair created in collaboration with Ernst & Young...
(see the article)

6 & 7th July 2001 : The next Franco-Japanese Biotechnology workshop will take place in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
(see the article)

Internet and French companies
The present situation 70% of French industrial companies are connected to Internet (versus 28% in 1997) and nearly 40% have their own site...
(see the article)

Biotechnology : Germany is leader in Europe...
(see the article)

November 2000 - December 2000 - January 2001 - Februar 2001 (see the article)