Description
From 12 to 14 April, thanks to the European SMARTENERGY project you can participate in a three-day energy mission to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The three-day program includes visits to and with the main innovators and innovation hubs in Grenoble (Y-SPORT, Tenerrdis, Minalogic, CEA, InnoEnergy, Schneider Electric, Grenoble District Heating Network) and Lyon (Mix-E, Regional Digital Campus, Tuba, Confluence Eco-district).
How much does it cost? All the visits are covered by the project partners. Your only costs are travel related and the EU SMARTENERGY project reimburses 415€ of the journey for European SMEs.
How to register? Get in touch with the national contacts. They will inform you on the next steps in order to offer you a tailormade visit. • Italy: [email protected] and [email protected] • Belgium: [email protected] and [email protected] • Hungary: [email protected] and [email protected] • Other countries: [email protected] or [email protected]
More info? Have a look at the full programme: https://clustercollaboration.eu/community-news/programme-3-days-energy-…
THE REGION AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is a unique ecosystem in France where SMEs are the leading employer and almost 50% of French mid-cap companies are present. One of its specificities is to have a very strong industrial sector and is actually the 1st industrial footprint region in France (over 480,000 jobs) with more than more than 30 000 industrial companies, including many start-ups, equipment manufacturers and top-tier partners of our country’s major industries. The Region is also considered to be a highly innovative hot spot, both at the national and EU scale, thanks to the presence of 2 internationals Research Technical Organisations (CEA & INRIA) within a network of 8 major national research centers, one of the four national multidisciplinary Institutes in Artificial Intelligence (MIAI), 22 competitiveness clusters innovating in the region's fields of excellence. Finally, the Region is very dynamic in the development of the digital economy and has invested more than 650M€. As a result, in 5 years, the number of companies in the sector has risen from 2,500 to more than 4,800 and the digital sector employs close to 70 000 people.