2008 OCOVA FORUM

Innovation, Development and Quality of Life

September 9-10th, 2008, Gap, France

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Overview

At the occasion of its 5th edition, OCOVA TAKES OFF:

Pilot solutions deployed in the city with live broadcasting of the population?s reactions

Demos and displays of major innovations

Contextual advertisement on mobile, captors for energy consumption optimization, NFC on every mobile handsets, booking & ticketing via USB tokens,  immotics and logical access control, etc.

A debate dinner

with high personalities in Science, Technology, Economics, Sociology?.

Presenting communicating solutions to the citizens of Gap and the Hautes-Alpes

to better inform the public about contactless technologies and their applications

Press coverage at a national level for better visibility

AND as always, in the charming Charance castle premises?. 

The forum presentations, round tables, debates, with more opportunities for business contacts and interactions this year.

4 Events on September 9th-10th

• Forum: Sept 9th, 2008
• Pilot solutions deployed in the city
• Debate dinner: Sept.  9th,  2008
• Presentation  to citizens : Sept. 10th, 2008

5th OCOVA Edition: Communicating Objects, Technology Innovation & Quality of Life

Over 150 attendees from:

• major Industries
• SMEs
• Research Labs
• Development support & Financers
• Big accounts (payment, transportation, health, tourism & leisure, communities?)

Involved in communicating objects and contactless solutions: (nano-microelectronics, telecom networks, software, multimedia)

3 major clusters of the Alps-Mediterranean euroregion:

• SCS (Provence-Alpes-Côte d?Azur): from Silicon to Usage (Identity, Traceability, Connectivity, Mobility). www.pole-scs.org
• Minalogic: nanotechnologies  & embedded systems-on-chip. www.minalogic.org
• Torino Wireless: ICT Innovation. www.torinowireless.it

Forum: Program Outline

SESSION 1 ? INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT

9:30-10:30  CLUSTERS: ACTIONS & RESULTS

Presentations of their actions and results by 3 world-class clusters of the Alps-Mediterranean euroregion:
9:30-9:50  SCS
9:50-10:10  Minalogic
10:10-10:30 Torino Wireless

R&D collaborative projects, mutualized technological platforms, actions directed to client industries, etc.

10:30-11:15 WHICH TOOLS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT? HOW TO BOOST SMES? INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ACCESS TO MARKET?

Round-table and debate with governmental and regional authorities, development and innovation agencies, financers ?
Ministry of economy, ministry of Research, OSEO-Innovation, DGE, ANR, financial institutions, venture capitalists?

SESSION 2 ? RESEARCH INSTITUTES: VISIONS OF TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH, TRANSFERS TO INDUSTRY

• 6 major research institutes of the Alps-Mediterranean euroregion present:
  their vision of major technology evolutions
• their R&D valorization actions directed to SMEs (spinouts, collaborative projects, etc.)

11:00-11:20 INRIA (Sophia Antipolis) ? Wireless Networks, Communication protocols, Security, Data analysis?

11:20-11:40 CMP-GC/EMSE (Gardanne) ? Micropackaging  & security, secured processors for smartcards and portable devices?

11:40-12:00 CEA-Leti (Grenoble) ? Nanotechnologies, systems on chips, sensors, energy  sources for autonomous devices?

14:00-14:20 Eurecom (Sophia-Antipolis) ? Wireless networks & Security, Biometry, Multimedia?

14:20-14:40 ISMB (Torino) ? Infomobiity, e-Health, geolocation?

14:40-15:00 IM2NP (Marseille, Toulon) ? Nano devices, memory, sensors for environmental monitoring and security?

SESSION 3 ? COMMUNICATING SOLUTIONS FOR HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE

? Overview of innovations and achievements
? Presentations of pilots deployed in Gap city via live video broadcasting
? Demonstrations of novel solutions, debates between solution designers and users

15:00-16:15 E-Health solutions (P. Mallea, CHU Nice, SCS)

Monitoring and robotics solutions for the elderly, the disabled, home care, drug traceability, traceability at the hospital?

16:30-17:30 E-tourism & Leisure, communicating solutions for the communities  (F. Edme, SCS )

Mobile solutions for the tourists and nomads, geolocation, information and security, Geolocated contextual advertisement on mobile, e-commerce and e-services for communities

All companies and laboratories willing to present their product, solution via a demo, a presentation or a poster are requested to contact the event organizers  shortly: available space is limited.
info(at)ocova.com -- Tel. +33 (0) 687 119 143

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