Connecting Minds. Advancing Light. SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. We bring engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology. Over the past five years, we have invested more than $25 million in the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public policy development. Research Publications, Conferences, Education, Scholarships, Exhibitions, Industry, Optics, Photonics, Not-for-profit, Science, Engineering, Light-based research, International Society, Photonics West, Outreach, Membership Society, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Sectors: Research

Crédit Agricole is the French economy’s leading financier and one of the top banking operators in Europe. As a leader in retail banking in Europe, the Group is also the leading European asset manager, the first bank insurer in Europe, and the third largest European operator in project financing. On the strength of its cooperative and mutual insurance foundations, its 154,000 employees and 27,000 administrators of local and regional banks, Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, useful bank, serving 54 million customers, 11.8 million mutual shareholders and 800,000 individual shareholders. Thanks to its universal retail banking model – the close …

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[Automatic translation follows] Account of Bpifrance, the Public Investment Bank. Bpifrance, a public investment bank, supports companies from seed to stock market listing, from credit to equity. A privileged contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region that are adapted to each stage of a company's life. A partner bank for entrepreneurs, Bpifrance provides them with long-term support to support their growth and competitiveness. The teams are at the heart of the regions, throughout the country, through more than 50 regional locations. Financing of SMEs, Business Creation, International Development, Investment, Creation/Transmission, Innovation, Support, Acceleration, and Export Guarantee

Sectors: Bank

[Automatic translation follows] Saint-Étienne Métropole, a public inter-municipal cooperation institution, became a Métropole on January 1, 2018, joining the small and envied circle of the 22 major French Métropoles. Its territory is made up of 53 municipalities and has more than 400,000 inhabitants. Saint-Étienne Métropole manages, for its users, various public service missions such as waste management, school transport, drinking water supply and roads. https://www.saint-etienne-metropole.fr/ http://www.saint-etienne-attractivite.fr/

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] The Deep Tech competitiveness cluster in Nouvelle-Aquitaine For your company that needs increased competitiveness, the ALPHA-RLH cluster is a team and a key partner at the service of your innovation, an accelerator for the marketing of photonics-laser and electronics-hyperfrequencies products. ALPHA-RLH differentiates itself from other clusters by a unique service offering including world-renowned technological expertise. A human, open and professional team at the service of the performance of its members awaits you to surf the waves of innovation. #photonics, #photonique, #microwave, #électronique, #hyperfréquences, #electronics, #laser, #aeronautique, #spatial, #defense, #communication, #sécurité, #énergie, #smartbuildings, #iot, #cybersecurité, #santé, and #healthcare

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster Research

[Automatic translation follows] MAKE INNOVATION A BUSINESS OPTITEC is a competitiveness cluster dedicated to innovative technologies that use light to generate, emit, detect, collect, transmit or amplify photon flows, from the terahertz band to X-rays, applied to 5 fields of activity in fast-growing markets: - Security / defense & large scientific instruments - Health and life sciences - Industry of the future - Smart cities & mobility - Digital agriculture. A network of dynamic players in the South of France and Brussels For 15 years, we have been leading a network of innovative players made up of industrialists, research establishments …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] The CIMES competitiveness cluster, Creating Integrated MEchanical Systems, operates in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle Aquitaine regions and has a dual ambition: • To constitute the first European ambition hub dedicated to engineering and manufacturing for intelligent mechanical systems, recognized as a major player in the new organization of the mechanical sector in France. • To lead a cutting-edge innovation ecosystem bringing together all the players in industry, research and training in order to design, develop and industrialize the processes, products and services that the industry of the future needs. COSYR - Optimized Design of Reasoned Systems, …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

The digital technology cluster for France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Minalogic, founded in 2005, is the digital technology cluster for France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. With offices in Grenoble, Lyon, and Saint-Etienne, Minalogic drives an ecosystem of 500 members that includes nearly 430 innovative companies from across the region that cover the entire digital technology value chain. Minalogic’s members also include universities, research organizations, local government, banks and investors to sustain a unique network dedicated to innovation in digital technologies. Minalogic helps all of its stakeholders make business connections through targeted, qualified introductions and create opportunities to innovate and grow at the national, European, …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

Powered by trust Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 79,000 employees and holds, alone or in partnership, world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Aerospace, Defence, engineering, Optronics, Jet Engines, Helicopter engines, Rocket engines, Safety-critical softwares, Inertial guidance, Propulsion systems, and Aerosystems

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Votre contact Isère au service des entreprises industrielles et de services à l'industrie Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Entreprises - Isere: an agency to support regional companies'​ development L'Antenne Isère d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises, une agence pour soutenir le développement des entreprises régionales. --------- Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Entreprises - Isere offers customised support for companies. We offer support to companies at each step of development: inward investment, innovation, international, employement and training. The agency strives to promote the benefits of doing business in Grenoble-Isère nationally and internationally. Your bridge between Grenoble-Isere and the world. - Economic development: We support the major economic sectors of the region and offer …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] A collective at the service of startups in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. The French Tech Saint-Étienne Lyon association promotes the creation, growth and internationalization of innovative companies in Lyon and Saint-Étienne startup, scaleup, innovation, and French Tech

Sectors: French Tech

[Automatic translation follows] Re-registering business models within planetary boundaries The CEC supports groups of leaders through unique and transformative paths designed to rethink their business models within the framework of planetary boundaries and the social floor. Following a first national edition in 2021-2022, the CEC has been expanded into territorial or thematic courses that share a unique and transformative methodology: 📅 A 10-MONTH LEARNING PROGRAM between conferences led by scientific experts and moments of collective intelligence between peers: 6 sessions - 12 days 💡 A UNIQUE PEDAGOGY Reconciling the intellect and the heart of decision-makers to get moving: head - …

Business France is the national agency for the internationalization of the French economy. It is responsible for the international development of companies and their exports, as well as prospecting for and welcoming international investments in France. It promotes the attractiveness and business image of France, its companies and its territories. It manages and develops the V.I.E (Volontariat International en Entreprise). Created on January 1, 2015, Business France is a merger of UBIFRANCE and the AFII (French Agency for International Investments). Business France has 1,500 employees located in France and in 70 countries. It relies on a network of public and …

Sectors: National and local authorities

Filiale du CNRS & de BPI France. 30 ans d'expertise au service de l'innovation et du transfert de technologies. CNRS Innovation, established in 1992, is a French public limited company, now a subsidiary of the CNRS at 90% and 10% Bpifrance Financement. Its mission is to transfer innovative technologies, mainly originating from the CNRS, to the industry. Its action extends from the receipt of projects to the granting of exploitation rights through consulting in Intellectual Property strategies, participation in the filing of patent applications, seeking of industrial partners, negotiating and drafting of exploitation agreements, and management of patent portfolios. CNRS …

Sectors: Research

Roland Berger is the only management consultancy of European heritage with a strong international footprint. We are a global strategy consultancy and among the leaders in our field, with over 50 offices and 3,000 colleagues worldwide. Whether it’s digitalization, globalization, or sustainability, we always view challenges as opportunities to mobilize market forces and direct resources where they can have the greatest impact. We believe that transformation succeeds only when courage meets change, and clients can rely on a partnership-based, trustful collaboration along with outstanding industry and project expertise. That’s why we come together in lean, specialized, and international teams - …

Sectors: Consulting