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EUA 2006 Autumn ConferenceBrno – 19-21 October

« European Universities as catalysts in promoting regional innovation »

Regional « Clustering » in West of France :

Presentation of the France Atlantique University Network

« Interregional Universities cooperation in Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes : an original initiative in France »

21 october 2006 EUA Conference - Brno 1

Presentation

Presidents’ will of the 9 Universities from 3 régions : Brittany, Pays de la Loire,Poitou Charentes.

Network of Universities wasborn in 1998 : to meetregularly and to share goodpractices.

Legal entity was created in 2001 :to enhance and manage common projects and to give an interregionaland European dimension to the network.


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Common Declaration of the Presidents – January 2001

« Nowadays, great stakes are not defined on an insulated universities scale. »

« While preserving the autonomy and the identity ofeach one… it is advisable to find new cooperationsaround common projects…. »

« The coordination of policies and strategic choices, isa key element for the development of higher educationand research in Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes. »


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9 Universities :

West BrittanySouth BrittanyRennes 1 Rennes 2NantesAngersMaineLa RochellePoitiers


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The University Network is a major tool for :

- Information exchange

- Coordination of scientific and educational policies on an interregional scale

- Implementation of common projects :

European Research projects

Common publishing service

Internet Gateway

Research activities


12% of students in France

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Number of students per University (2006) :

Angers : 17 559

West Brittany : 17 237

South Brittany : 7 763

Maine : 8 594

Nantes : 32 583

Poitiers : 25 300

Rennes 1 : 22 079

Rennes 2 : 20 139

La Rochelle : 6 000

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Distribution by academic fields 152 000 students


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152 000 students

Distribution by degrees

Licence students

80560 = 53%Master

students 51680 = 34%

Doctorate students

19 760 = 13%


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Main academic research topics of

the France Atlantique University Network are :

- Biotechnology and Agri-industrial techniques

- Biology and health

- Knowledge and languages

- Environment

- Humanities – Society – City

- Material and mechanical engineering

- Marine and coastal environment

- Information Technology


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8 main research topics Information Technology

Marine and coastalenvironment

Material and mechanicalengineering

Humanities – Society –City

Environment

Knowledge andlanguages

Biology and health

Biotechnology and Agri-industrial techniques

9% of researchers and professors in France

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University Network Labelized teams

Nantes; 60

Poitiers; 46

La Rochelle; 11 Bretagne Occidentale; 32

Bretagne Sud; 10

Rennes 1; 46

Rennes 2; 20

Le Mans; 20Angers ; 30

Bretagne OccidentaleBretagne SudRennes 1Rennes 2Le MansAngers NantesPoitiersLa Rochelle


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Network key figures

9 universities

3 regions

1 network

- 12% of the students in France

- 9% of researchers and professors in France

- 900 PH. D Thesis each year

- 275 research team accredited by national research organisations

- 8 500 researchers, professors and senior lecturers

- 275 labelized teams (CNRS, Inserm, Inra, Ministry)


Decision making in the network / a top-down and bottom-up process

- Computer science- Hygiene and Safety- Sports- lifelong learning- Preventive medicine etc.

- Doctoral school- Council of Studies and University Life- International Relations- Europe- Research- Communication

Network common projects

Executive Committee : Chairman of the association &

2 Presidents (from 2 other regions)

Board of 9 Presidents of Universities (Rectors) :Final decision maker

Working groups (1 Vice-President or Director per University) dedicated to one specific subjectCoordinator : one President (or his representative) :

Management Office : 1 Director & 1 assistant

+ technical team

Meeting frequency: 6 times a year

Meeting frequency: depends on the priority

Network’s partners

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Non profit makingassociation

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Executive Committee : Chairman of the association &

2 Presidents (from 2 other regions)

October 2005 Mandate : 2 years

- Alain Barreau, President, RUOAPresident of the University of Angers(Pays de la Loire)

- Jean-Pierre Gesson, Vice-president, RUOAPresident of the University of Poitiers (Poitou-Charentes)

- Eric Martin, Vice-president, RUOAPresident of the University of South Brittany(Brittany)


Presentation

Board of 9 Presidents of Universities (Rectors)

• Alain Barreau Angers• Jean-Claude Bodéré West Brittany• Bertrand Fortin Rennes 1 • Jean-Pierre Gesson Poitiers• Maurice Henry Maine• Eric Martin South Brittany• Marc Gontard Rennes 2• Michel Pouyllau La Rochelle• François Resche Nantes


Thematic Coordinator• Doctoral Schools E. Martin, A. Barreau• Council of studies and university life M. Henry• Research J.-P. Gesson, E. Martin• Communication A. Barreau• Computer science B. Fortin• Lifelong learning JC. Bodéré• Hygiene and safety M. Pouyllau• International relations M. Gontard, F. Resche• Europe A. Barreau• Preventive medicine F. Resche• Sports F. Resche• Other groups (depending on members’initiatives)

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Working groups (1 Vice-President or Director per University ) dedicated to one specific subject

Coordinator : one President (or his representative) :


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France Atlantique University Network main partners :

French Ministry of Research and Education

Nantes Urban Community (City of Nantes)

French Interministerial Delegation for Planning and Territory Competitiveness

Regional Council of Brittany

Regional Council of Pays de La Loire

Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes

European Commission


Encouraging innovation


Top ranking position in France in :

• Life Sciences :food, biotechnologies, health & food industries• Information and Communication Technologies :wireless, optics - photonics, image processing,data security• Transport Technologies :automotive, aeronautics, ship and boat building

Brittany, Pays de la Loire andPoitou-Charentes

Population : 7.8 million16% of French population

Surface area : 85,100 km2

GDP : 164 billion Eurosover 11% of French GDP

Strategic location in Western EuropeCentral position for Atlanticand North West Europeand immediate proximityto Paris region

Standard of qualification : 9 Universities, 31 Business Schools,40 Schools of Engineering,15 science parks

Over 100,000 jobs,650 sites (manufacturing and R&D),450 investors, 27 countries

http://www.france-atlantique.org/ (2005)


City of Nantes –

Urban Community

Nantes is situated at a distance of 50 kilometresfrom the Atlantic Ocean, on the estuary of theLoire and at the crossroads of Brittany, Anjou andthe Vendée. There are 570,000 inhabitants(Nantes and suburbs).

The Nantes Metropolis Urban Community bringstogether and coordinates the action of 24 communesAssociation - registered Office

http://www.nantes.fr/



Area:27 208 km2Capital city: RennesPopulation of the region:2 968 000 inhabitantsPopulation density:109.1 (inhabitants per km2)GDP per capita:97.2% EU25Employment by sector:– Agriculture: 7.9%– Industry: 23.8%– Services: 68.3%

« One is not born Breton. It is something onebecomes, listening to the wind, to the soundof the branches, to the sound of the peopleand of the sea. »Xavier Grall, Pour les amis des grands ventset des oiseaux perdus.

Member of theconglomerate: Innovative Solutions for RegionalCompetitiveness

Bretagne / Brittany

Source : European Weeks of Regions and Cities – 9-12 october 2006




Area: 32 082 km2Capital city: Nantes Population of the region: 3 300 000 inhabitantsPopulation density: 102.9 (inhabitants per km2) GDP per capita: 101.5% EU25 Employment by sector:– Agriculture: 6.2% – Industry: 28.8% – Services: 65%

« It is, however, the golden fringes drawn bythe Loire and by the tangle of its tributariesthat determines the whole layout of thescenery, shaped over five thousand years ofpatience along strategic lines, where, sincethe Middle Ages, castles have been strewnlike altars of repose. »Charles Péguy

Member of theconglomerate: Innovative Solutions for Regional Competitiveness

Pays de la Loire



Poitou-Charentes

Area:25 810 km2Capital city: PoitiersPopulation of the region:1 668 337 inhabitantsPopulation density:64.63 (inhabitants per km2)GDP per capita:93.1% EU25Employment by sector:– Agriculture: 5.6%– Industry: 26.6%– Services: 67.8%

« (…) a region ruffled by hills, where thewoods, fields and little vineyards createdand obscured an ever-changing view (…) »

Geneviève Fauconnier, Vineyards of Lary, Wine regions

Member of theconglomerate: InnovativeSolutions for RegionalCompetitiveness




Regional Office in Brussels:Espace européen «Bretagne Pays de Loire Poitou-Charentes»Laurianne SchlaeppiHead of OfficeRond Point Schuman 14, BrusselsTel: +32 (0)2 735 40 36Email: [email protected]@brplpc.org



Administrative Organisation of Research and Technology in France

At national level

The Ministry for Higher Education and ResearchThe National Research AgencyOther Ministries concerned with ResearchConsultative CouncilsThe Civil Research and Development Budget (BCDR)

At regional level

Regional Research and Technology Delegations (DRRT)Regional Consultative Committees on Technological Research and Development(CCRRDT)Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Centres (CRITT)

http://cordis.europa.eu/france/org.htm



Public researchThe main scientific and technological research organisations :

- Research bodies (E.g. CNRS, INRA, INSERM)- Universities, schools and other education centres linked to research

Research in BusinessGeneral presentationCoordinating with chambers of commerceInnovation scoreboard

Support for Research and InnovationMeasures promoting InnovationInnovation plansIncubatorsCompetition for the creation of innovative businessOSEO-ANVARTechnopoles, genopoles

http://cordis.europa.eu/france/org.htm

Source: Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de l’Industriehttp://www.industrie.gouv.fr/portail/politiques/index_polecompet.html (2005)

« Competitiveness Poles »


Research and Technology on a regional scale

Higher education institutes Leading research organizationsUniversitiesOther categories of establishment Research directory

Regional research infrastructures

Services and networks supporting economic development and innovation

Decentralized business support services aiming at increasing awareness among businesses andproviding advice and support for business development.

Chambers of Commerce and IndustryTechnopoles and incubatorsTransfer and technical centresNetworks of business advisorsFinancing Innovation

http://cordis.europa.eu/bretagne/links.htm



PROGAMME D’INITIATIVE COMMUNAUTAIREINTERREG III B « ESPACE ATLANTIQUE »2000-2006

VALBIOMAR ProjectBiotechnological exploitation of marine resources


Budget : 1 861 143 euros (1 048 000 euros FEDER)

3 years-duration, the project VALBIOMAR allows the constitution of an Atlanticnetwork of competences for SMEs use. Laboratories "VALBIOMAR" (Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes, Galicia, Scotland, Portugal) diffuse their know-how atSMEs for concrete co-operations and real exploitations of the research results in thefisheries, aquaculture, human and animal food, cosmetic, health sectors...


Valbiomar partners

• Université de La Rochelle –Laboratoire Biotechnologie, chimie bio organique

• RUOA• Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle – Station Biologie Marine • IFREMER – Laboratoire de Génie Alimentaire• Université de Nantes – ISOMER• Université de Bretagne Sud – Laboratoire Polymères et procédés,

Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines (LBCM)• Université de Bretagne Occidentale – Laboratoire ANTIOX • Technopole Quimper-Cornouaille• Universidad de La Laguna• IPIMAR/INIAP• Alicontrol• Integrin Advanced Biosystems Ltd• CETMAR (Technological Center)

Sea and environnment(a few examples)

Laboratory COSTEL –

Climate and Land-cover by remote sensingUniversity of Rennes 2 / CNRS

Integrated management of sea and coastal zone, hydrosystems, geomatic and environment.

www.uhb.fr/sc_sociales/Costel/

IUEM – European institute of marine studiesUniversity of West Brittany / CNRS

7 laboratories

Mmultidisciplinary

www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM/Laboratory seed physiologyUniversity of Angers / INRA

Industrial cooperation : Vilmorin, Clauses semences, Technigra.

PML – Sea and coastal pole

MultidisciplinaryUniversity of Nantes / CNRS

8 laboratories

www.univ-nantes.fr/91381/0/fiche_90047__structure/

www.univ-angers.fr/laboratoire.asp?ID=45&langue=1


Patent in phytoremediationUniversity of Rennes 1 (Sept. 2003)

Process of depollution of the grounds by plants applications on grounds polluted by the heavy atrazine (pesticide) andmetals.

Potential market in the US : $ 100 million

www.saic.univ-rennes1.fr/offres_techno/index.html

Institut du littoral – Coastal instituteUniversity of La Rochelle

3 research teams

Marine Biology, Environment, Geophysics, Societyand coastal activities

www.univ-lr.fr/littoral/


Transports / Materials / Chemistry / physics (a few examples)

IRIM2F – Research federation « molecular engineering and functional materials »University of the Maine / CNRS (2004)

4 laboratories

Material physics and chemistry.

LAUM – Laboratory of acousticsUniversity of the Maine / CNRS

Fundamental research with the aim of modellingphysical phenomena.

Applications : in musics, metrology, medicine andindustry

http://laum.univ-lemans.fr/laum3/tindex

http://subaru2.univ-lemans.fr/invites/irim2f/

POMA & CIMMA – 2 laboratories specialized in the design of new molecular materials with electronic properties.Université of Angers / CNRS

Applications in solar energy.

Industrial cooperation : Thalès, Rhodia, Parker Davis, Ademe.

PPRIMME – Pole dedicated to transports of PoitiersUniversity of Poitiers / CNRS / Ensmsa

7 laboratories & research teams

Development of advanced technologyassociating engineering Sciences sector andchemistry through a multidisciplinary approach. Applications : land transport, hybrid traction chains, air and space transport, propulsion systems.

http://labo.univ-poitiers.fr/pprimme/

http://ead.univ-angers.fr/~poma/

www.univ-angers.fr/laboratoire.asp?ID=48&langue=1

L2P – Laboratory of Polymers, Properties Interfaces andCompositesUniversity of South Brittany

Study of the chemical and physiochemical phenomena related to theelaboration and the implementation of polymeric materials.

www.univ-ubs.fr/l2p/


Health / Biotechnology / Food industry (a few examples)

GEPEA – Food process engineering laboratoryUniversity of Nantes (Saint-Nazaire) / CNRS / Ecole des Mines de Nantes / ENITIAA (engineering school in food technology)

3 research laboratories

Environment, food industry and valorisation of sea food.

www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/physique/recherche/GEPEA/accueil.html

LGPC- Laboratory of protein and cellular engineering University of La Rochelle / CNRS

Multidisciplinary. Research in catalyse and enzymatic processes, peptides, chemistry, microbiology.

www.univ-lr.fr/labo/lgpc/

TcLand - a biopharmaceutical companyBased in Nantes. Located on the University Campus.

Founded in 2002 as a spin-off of INSERM / ITERT, one of the first research and transplantation centers in theworld, and initially supported by the local incubator Atlanpole,

Developing innovative immunological biomarkers and therapies for unmet medical needs in transplantation andauto-immune diseases.www.tcland-biotech.com/



Health / Biotechnology / Food industry

Patent in device of detection of deafness for babyJoint ownership University of Rennes 1 (Inserm – LTSI laboratory ) / Deltamed Company. Exploitation by Delmated.

Deltamed is specialised in neurophysiology.


www.ltsi.univ-rennes1.fr/

Biocydex companyLocated in the Faculty of Sciences of the University ofPoitiers.

BioCydex was founded in 2002 by Yves Cenatiempo, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at theUniversity of Poitiers (France), and El Mustapha Belgsir, a senior scientist at the CNRS in Poitiers (France), to develop specialized cyclodextrin-enabled pharmaceutical, nutraceutic, cosmetic and diagnostic products.

www.biocydex.net/

Surfactis Technologies – a nanotechcompanyUniversity of Angers (Laboratory of ParticulateVectorization) / Inserm

Surfactis Technologies was founded in August 2004 as a spin-off from INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale), in order to provide industrial partners with innovative solutions for preventive hygiene, especially within the oral care and industrial hygiene sectors.

Surfactis designs, develops and markets innovative chemical molecules that bind mineral and metallic surfaces and functionalize the surface.

www.surfactis.com/pages/corporate.htm

BioLiveScale companyUniversity of Angers (laboratory HIFIH)

BioLiveScale is specialized in the evaluationof the severity of liver diseases(with blood tests).

www.biols.fr/index.php



Laboratory of molecular genetics – Genetic epidemiologyUniversity of West Brittany / Inserm

Research about the link between the structure of genes and their functionin order to better decipher the physiopathological bases of somepathologies (mucovicidose / genetic hemochromatose).

www.univ-brest.fr

LATIM – Laboratory oftreatment of medicalinformationUniversity of West Brittany

Research about dynamicinterfaces and the indexing andfusion in medical imagery.

www.univ-brest.fr

CRITT Agroalimentaire acts as a clearing house for information and technology watch

University of La Rochelle

It assists companies in developing their new products andprocesses. It studies industrial development projects andaccompanies their implementation. CRITT also helpscompanies set up quality procedures and find sources of funding.




Western France Cancéropole – Interregional coordination of research in CancerIn Brittany, Région Centre, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes.

Tender alerts and common projects financing.

www.canceropole-grandouest.com/

Ouest Genopole – Genomics network in Western FranceCoordination of research on genetics in Brittany and Pays de la Loire

Core partners :Research Centers / Universities of Angers, Nantes, West Brittany, South Brittany, Rennes 1

Other partners : Hospitals (CHU) / High Schools and Institute

53 research units in both Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions,5 technological core faciliities, 2000 people incl. 800 researchers.

Marine biology, Agriculture - Food-processing, human health andBioinformatics

www.ouest-genopole.org/



Information and communication technologies

LIUM – Laboratory of Computer Sciences University of Maine / CNRS

Work on computer environments for human learning

www-lium.univ-lemans.fr/

CoFluentDesign CompanyGroup MCSE (Embedded systems modelling and design) Polytech’Nantes / University of Nantes

CoFluent Studio is an Electronic System Level (ESL) design toolset targeted at designers of complex multiprocessorelectronic systems with rich application content, either multi-board, on-board or on-chip

The technology at the heart of CoFluent Studio results from French public research within the Ecole polytechniqueof the University of Nantes (EPUN).It represents 20 years of research by Professor Jean-Paul Calvez on a methodology for the design of electronicsystems called MCSE (French for Méthodologie de Conception de Systèmes Electroniques) which is in public domain.

www.cofluentdesign.com/



Information and communication technologiesL3i – Informatics Image Interaction Research LaboratoryUniversity of La Rochelle

Fields of researchs : image, data forms andinterpretation, model behaviour architecture

VALORIA – Vannes Lorient Laboratory Research in data processing and its applicationsUniversity of South Brittany

Research aiming at the simplified communication between Men / Machine, the control of the development of software, construction of distributedcooperating applications.www.univ-lr.fr/www.univ-ubs.frCompany Novagrid –

telecommunications researchUniversity of Rennes 1

Specialized in electromagnetic modelingand the development of distributedapplications and computing codes.

www.novagrid.com/

LESTER – Laboratory of electronic of the real time systemsUniversity of South Brittany

Methodologies for the design under constraints of system electroniccircuit.

Applications : treatment of information under constraints ofimplementation (time, surface, power etc.)

www.univ-ubs.frLERIA - Laboratory in combinativeoptimizationUniversity of Angers

Applications in the assignment of frequencies andthe positioning of antenna.

Industrial cooperations : Bouygues Telecom, France Telecom, CNES / Spot.

www.univ-angers.fr

LEST – Laboratory electronics and telecommunicationsystemsUniversity of West Brittany / CNRS

Engineering of materials and ultra high frequencies devices. Modelingof devices and systems. Signal treatment for telecoms.

www.univ-brest.fr


Law / Management / EconomicsCREJE – Research Institute in the legalenvironment of companiesUniversity South Brittany

Alanlysis of the positive law applicable to SMEs.

GRDA – Research center in Business LawUniversity of Maine

Company law, bank law, criminal law, economic public law, competition law, contract law. Legal safety.

www.univ-ubs.frwww.univ-lemans.fr

CECOJI – Research center for international cooperation in lawUniversity of Poitiers

Intellectual property, human rights, culture and research law, information and communication technology.

www.cecoji.cnrs.frSABRES – Laboratory of appliedstatisticsUniversity of South Brittany

Research in statistics and its applications, lifesciences and industrial fields.

www.univ-ubs.fr

Management InstituteUniversity of Rennes 1

International management, marketing, riskmanagement.

www.igr.univ-rennes1.fr



Society and territory

ESO Research Group Geographical spaces and society4 universities from the RUOA network :

Angers (CARTA – Research center on territories) ,

Le Mans (GREGUM – Research in social geography),

Nantes (CESTAN – Center for the study of societies, territoriesand development)

Rennes 2 (RESO – Society and space),

+ University of Caen (Normandy)

4 topics : society, environment, heritage / companies, site, networks/ territories of politics, public policies / social groups, identity, mobilities.

www.univ-lemans.fr/lettres/eso

SOLITO – Laboratory of history and social sciences « Coast and Sea »University of South Brittany

www.univ-ubs.fr


Communication tools

www.ruoa.org- Web site :

- Electronic Newsletter « Perspectives »

- Annual Directory & Diaryfor members


Contact

Réseau des Universités de l'Ouest Atlantique13, rue Alain Barbe Torte44200 Nantes - FRANCE

Tél : +33 2 51 72 78 01 - Fax : +33 2 51 72 78 61Website : http://www.ruoa.org

Office :Ms. Laurence GAREAUX, DirectorMs. Nelly DUCERISIER, AssistantM. Kévin THIERY, Project manager


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