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 The cluster has 3 priority objectives:

• Consolidate the leadership of the main integrators and operators of complex systems to secure the sustainability of their R&D activities in the Ile-de-France region.
• Develop economic activity and employment in the Ile-de-France region by encouraging start-ups in industry and services, and by attracting the R&D centers of international companies in the field of complex systems.
• Strengthen the attractiveness of the Ile-de-France region by enhancing the global reputation of its technology in the fields of design, development and control of complex systems.

Advantages

The Ile-de-France region, with Paris at its center, is the most dynamic and prosperous region in Europe together with London. The region has undeniable international appeal unique to France.

The SYSTEM@TIC PARIS-REGION cluster represents one of the biggest concentrations worldwide of companies in the digital intelligence industry. 

Members

More than 380 partners: Companies and research/higher education institutions

120,000 jobs including 42,000 in industrial research and 8,000 in academic research.

Partners also include other organizations: the French Government and its agencies (ANR, OSEO etc.), local municipal authorities (Ile-de-France Region, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val d’Oise, Yvelines departments and the City of Paris), as well as organizations such as the Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, Network of Chambers of Commerce and industry Ile-de-France-Paris, Essonne, Val d’Oise, Yvelines, departmental economic development agencies.

Companies: 80 establishments belonging to major groups and more than 160 small-to-medium-size enterprises (SME)
   
French companies: Agence France Presse (AFP),  Airbus-EADS,  Alstom Transport, Bull, Dassault Aviation, Dassault Systems, Electricité de France (EDF), France Telecom/Orange, Renault, Thales, Safran, Gemalto, Unilog, Oberthur Card Systems, Peugeot Citroën (PSA).
 
International companies: Alcatel-Lucent (United States), EADS (Germany), Continental (Germany), Freescale (United States), HP (United States),  Johnson Controls (United States), Motorola (United States).

Research and Educational institutions140 including: Alchemy Inria, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre Technique des  Industrie Mécanique (CETIM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d’études Spatial (CNES), Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (SUPELEC), Technology University of Compiègne, Paris 11 University, Evry Val de Seine University, Marne la Vallée University, Ecole Centrale of Paris, Ecole Centrale of Nantes, Ecole Centrale of Lille, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Hautes Etudes Commerciale (HEC), Telecom Paris Tech.

Current R&D partnerships

101 certified projects since 2005 representing 572 million euros of R&D investment

Approximately 161 million euros allocated to the cluster by the Inter-ministerial Single Fund (FUI) and local municipal authorities between 2005 and 2008

More than  67 million euros granted by the French National Research Agency (ANR) over the same period.

International partnerships

Current
•    Members of the SYSTEM@TIC PARIS-REGION cluster are involved in various European networks, particularly European technology platforms (ARTEMIS, eMobility, etc.) and the EUREKA (ITEA , MEDEA+ , etc.) clusters, and are extensively involved in European Commission Research Programs (PCRD)
•    To date, the SYSTEM@TIC PARIS-REGION cluster has collaborated with the  AEROSPACE VALLEY cluster and the German SafeTRANS cluster in a tripartite partnership within EICOSE (European Institute for Complex & Safety Critical Embedded Systems Engineering) in the field of critical embedded systems for transport.
•    During the cluster’s 3rd Internal Convention on June 18, 2008, a partnership agreement was signed with the Comité National des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France (CNCCEF) which will enable SMEs within the SYSTEMàTIC PARIS-REGION cluster to access CCE expertise on a sector and/or geographical level to assist CEOs with their international development
•    A cooperation agreement was also signed between SYSTEM@TIC PARIS-REGION and the Dutch Point-One cluster. Relations with Point-One date back to 2006, with R&D projects registered jointly in 2007 as part of the Eureka ITEA 2 inter-cluster bid. This agreement aims to strengthen cooperation between the two clusters.

Future
•    Objective of 16 international technology partnerships throughout Europe and the rest of the world (United States, South Korea, Japan, India, China…)
•    USA mission in December 2008 with 10 SMEs from the cluster.