29 Sep 09: Helsinki–Marseille: towards a promising partnership in IT
Posted on: August 27, 2009 – Filed under: Global
MobileMonday Helsinki
29 September 2009 at 13:00–17:00
Nokia House, Keilalahdentie 2-4
On September 29, Marseilles IT cluster proposes a strategic partnership with Helsinki. As one of the fastest growing cities in southern Europe, Marseille is willing to enlarge its links towards Helsinki, the city which has become, after years of investments, the reference in Europe for their private and public innovative experiences.
In its desire to catch-up, Marseille is going to spend more than 7 billion euros in the next five years in infrastructures, equipments, transportation, and high-tech parks — impacting the growth of the local IT industry.
In a two hour conference, CEO’s of six of Provence’s leading companies, Gemalto, Inside Contactless, Avenir Telecom, ST Microelectronics, Tagsys, Mobile Distillery will discuss the advantages of this partnership, the ambition of Marseilles and the opportunities of this partnership for Finnish companies.
Based on this current business flow committed to Nokia, the common objective is to reinforce any Business and R&D opportunities between the two clusters.