Ringbow was the lucky winner of the contest organised by our office in Tel Aviv and won a 5-day stay for 2 to take part in the Futur en Seine festival held next June 14th to 24th: this is a tremendous opportunity for Ringbow to meet French and international ordering parties, service providers and innovative companies. more

Autolib', the self-service car rental service available throughout Paris and in 46 neighbouring municipalities, is slated to be available to businesses very soon. more

In 2011 Paris Region welcomed 233 foreign companies, far more than any other region in France. Over the next three years, these companies, which come from 31 countries, will create more than 7,000 jobs in the region. more

Futur en Seine launches its business convention 2012. more

The MIPIM business real-estate tradeshow has become a key event in the sector; held from March 6th to 9th in Cannes, the 2012 edition stood out by virtue of a strong showing on the part of the Paris Region. more

The 2012 issue of Econovista, the Paris Region Economic Map, is now available in poster format. more

The Paris Region Economic Development Agency has just launched an e-buzz campaign to mark the inception of Paris Region Channel, its new online TV channel. more

The Paris Region Economic Development Agency has now put its photo library online. It is open to all, providing thousands of photographs that are all free of copyright and cover a great variety of topics. more

The Paris Region boasts 30 years’ experience in the video games sector, with 120 developers and publishers, 30 specialised schools and 3,000 jobs, producing over 100 titles every year. more

PREDA took part in Paris Europlace Financial Forum in Tokyo, 2011, November 28th. more

PREDA took part in Paris Europlace Financial Forum in Singapore, 2011, November 30th. more

The first France Israel Innovation Day was held at the Finance Ministry in Paris on December 5th, 2011. more

PREDA will attend the Open Source Consortium OW2Con 2011 that will take place at Orange Labs, Issy-les-Moulineaux on November 23-24th. more

The Paris Region Economic Development Agency and the General Council of the Yvelines have jointly decided to take part in the ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) World Congress, a genuine showcase for the sector’s worldwide innovations. more

The Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) Office in Israel will be “Silver Sponsor" for the next Startup Weekend to be held in Haifa from next November 16th to 18th. more

Hubstart Paris® area: On September 8th, 2011, a delegation from the Changi Airport (Singapore) visited the Hubsart Paris area, which extends into the three départements of Seine-et Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d’Oise. more

California-France Forum on Energy Efficiency Technologies - Achieving Low-CO2 Industrial Plants more

Greater Roissy, the entrance gate for international companies: representatives of foreign embassies and institutional investors on the lookout for new market opportunities. more

Interested in inventing tomorrow’s intelligent vehicle?
Submit an application for the Yvelines’ Call for projects “Intelligent vehicle – City of the Future” more

BIO International Convention (BIO 2011), the foremost meeting place for biotechnology professionals, was held in Washington this year from June 27th to 30th. This 18th edition hosted over 15,500 visitors hailing from 48 US States and 65 countries. more

Mr Hervé Pottier, Italy Director for the Invest In France Agency (IFA), has handed the “Prize for Best Italian Investor in France” to Mr André-Michel Ballester, CEO of SORIN GROUP since 2007. more

On Monday, July 11th, 2011, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (USA), Paris Region Economic Development Agency Chairman and Hubstart Paris Alliance Representative Jean-Claude Detilleux, and Aéroports de Paris representative Elisabeth Le Masson; the signing took place in the presence of Bernard Anquez, Air France representative at Delta Airlines. more

On June 21st, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) hosted a delegation of 10 German companies led by the President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Parliament as well as representatives of the Ministry of the Economy, Energy, Climatic Protection and Land Settlement. The issue of agronomical research is crucial to the Rhineland-Palatinate State, which has extensive farming land. more

Matimop and the Medicen Paris Region competitiveness cluster sign an agreement. more

During the past 20 years, Israel has secured a leading position among the major regions in the world in terms of innovation and creativity. more

Following a request from the Commercial Section of the Embassy of Brazil (SECOM), the Invest in France Agency (IFA), Paris Développement and PREDA hosted a delegation of Brazilian companies on April 11th, 12th and 13th, 2011 and organised a tour of places symbolising research and innovation in the Paris Region. more

On April 15, 2011, PRIME and L’Atelier BNP Parisbas hosted an AAGEF and ParisTech networking party in their San Francisco office. more

On April 11th, 2011, a letter of intent was signed by 6 representatives from the airport zones of Greater Roissy, France, and Greater Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in the presence of Mr AC Wharton, Mayor of Memphis and Mr Maurice Leroy, Minister of the City and Greater Paris. more

With the world’s largest industrial event taking place (6,500 exhibitors presenting 5,000 new high-tech products on exhibition grounds stretching over close to 500,000 m²), Paris Region industries are assuredly holding their own at this world-class technological showcase. more

On 10 and 11 March 2011, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) staged a regional healthcare tour in partnership with the Medicen Paris Region competitiveness cluster, the city of Paris, and the IAU Ile-de-France (Paris Region urban planning institute). more

In 2010, the Paris Region welcomed 243 foreign companies, up an outstanding 27% as compared to 2009, and to 22% for the rest of France. more

On March 7th and 8th, 2011, the Paris Region was pleased to host its Interreg Ecrein+ Programme European partner regions. more

The amount of participants at this 2011 edition of MIPIM (the world’s property market) was on the increase by 8% as compared to 2010: there were 18,600 participants representing 6,400 companies, hailing from 90 countries (up 11%). more

The Cloud Innovation Summit organised by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency in partnership with ALTRAN and BULL ended on a highly successful note following two days that assembled 13 major French companies and 13 American start-ups last March 17th and 18th. more

The Paris Region stands united with its Japanese friends who were just subjected to the terrible disaster that happened on March 11th along the Sendai coast. We wish to express once again our thanks to Japanese companies for their contribution to the economic development of the Paris Region more

The Agency travelled to New York from January 29th to February 4th, 2011 to conduct an exploratory mission focused on the financial sector. more

The agency organized, from 8 to 11 February 2011, canvassing and follow-up missions in Mumbai (with Nasscom) and Bangalore. more

The Barcelona MWC is the Mobile industry's most important event in Europe. For trade participants only, the 2011 edition ran from 14 to 17 February in Barcelona with 1,300 exhibitors and 60,000 visitors from 200 countries. more

This new map identifies urban planning projects which aim to integrate sustainable development objectives and to reduce the ecological footprint of the region. These districts were the winners of a competition organised by the Île-de-France Regional Council to attribute a seal of quality to “New Urban Districts”, and by the State for their designation “Eco-district”. They had to comply with strict specifications regarding energy conservation, density and urban requalification. more

As the Mobile World Congress opens, the Paris Region is preparing to defend its mobility’s bright colours. more

On February 3rd, 2011, Hubstart Paris partners took members of the business real-estate press on an introductory tour of Greater Roissy.
The 80-minute tour took participants from Roissypole to Roissyparc International, from the Triangle de Gonesse in Paris Nord 2 to the ZAC Sud Charles de Gaulle. more

This new map shows the business parks in the Paris Region that meet sustainable development criteria in terms of their management, their activities & resources, their urban planning and the facilities available to businesses and employees. more

From November 30th to December 3rd, 2010, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency took part in the Pollutec tradeshow, an event about environment-focused equipment, technology and services, organised this year in Lyon by Reed Expositions. more