Nanobusiness Butterfly

International Organisations

Hessen Agentur www.hessen-nanotech.de

The main goal of the Hessen Agentur, is to increase the confidence of the citizens, investors and attract tourists into the state of Hessen and raise the awareness of its’ advantages locally as well as Internationally. With its various activities, it contributes to the fact that Hessen continues to hold its position among leading locations and aims to obtain that position in areas not yet held.

Inno group - Innovation Excellence  www.inno-group.com www.noe-excell.net

Inno group is a strategic management company dealing with innovation and research exploitation as both, consulting and operational activities. It is located in Germany, France, Austria, Sweden and with a representation in Russia. Inno group has recently joined a network of excellence EXCELL dealing with nanocoating and led by Arcelor. Inno is in charge of the exit strategy (Durable integrated structure) of this network.

Directeur inno TSD Philippe Deléarde, p.delearde(at)inno-group.com, Tel. +33 4 92 38 84 23

InnoTrax - Innovation Clusters for Transport Industry www.innotrax.net

InnoTrax project aims at identifying policy models, networks, pilots, best practices and benchmarks which - enforcing the process of business generation and incubation - may meaningfully contribute to the identification and deployment of new high tech supplier structures for the transport industry in Europe.

Institute of Nanotechnology www.nano.org.uk

Business Development Manager Del Stark, del.stark(at)nano.org.uk, Mob. + 44 7903 115148

Madrid Region Parks & Clusters Network www.madridreddeparquesyclusters.org

Madrid Region Parks & Clusters Network is an instrument that gathers all actions, projects, companies and institutions dedicated to innovation. Its objective is to promote the Madrid Region as a place to attract investment and talent, give high added value services to Parks and Clusters, foster the creation of an Advance Regions Network to exchange knowledge, companies and projects, and promote a Technology and Logistics Infrastructures Network, as the base to Madrid’s economic development.

For more information, please contact Mr. Carlos Blanco, carlos.blanco(at)imade.es

Malta Enterprise www.maltaenterprise.com

Malta Enterprise is the agency responsible for the promotion of foreign investment and industrial development in Malta.

Head, Strategic Investment Promotion Peter P. Meli, peter.meli(at)maltaenterprise.com

NIA Nanotechnology Industries Association www.nanotechia.org

Managing Director Steffi Friedrichs, steffi.friedrichs(at)nanotechnia.org, Tel. +32 2 401 6130

OMNI-net - Opto-Micro-Nano Innovative Network Exploiting Transversality www.europe-innova.org

The overarching goal of the OMNI-NET project is to p rovide EU national and regional stakeholders with analyses, methodologies, best practice, joint projects and policy recommendations to facilitate the necessary evolution of clusters in transverse and convergent technologies. OMNI-NET focuses on optics and micro/nano electronics (OMN) clusters, relating to IST and NMP technologies.

Opticsvalley - The leading network in Optics, Electronics and Software Engineering in the Paris-Region  www.opticsvalley.org

Opticsvalley is the Paris Region’s leading network in the fields of Optics, Electronics and Software Engineering. It gathers companies (large, small and medium sized), higher education centers, research laboratories and public and private institutions that support innovation and economic development. 
Opticsvalley aims to structure, encourage and support in this sector the development by economic actors of partnerships for industrial and innovative projects: 
- Structuring the network by establishing cooperation frameworks tailored to the ambitions of stakeholders 
- Promoting the development of joint projects, by specific networking activities 
- Supporting the development of projects 

Opticsvalley improves the individual competitiveness of companies, enhances the value of public research and thus increases the collective performance of the Optics, Electronics and Software Engineering network in the Paris Region.

info(at)opticsvalley.org, Tel. +33 1 69 31 75 00

Optence e.V., Network of Competence for Optical Technologies www.optence.de

Optence sees itself as a centre for cooperation and knowledge transfer in the field of optical technologies. It links partners from industries and R&D institutions, and establishes new and effective communication structures in order to cut time from idea to commercial product. With concentrated public relation work, Optence is improving the public image of the optical technologies. In addition, Optence offers a variety of services such as consulting for funding programmes und startups, project management, technical training programmes and special workshops.

Andrè Noack, Phone: +49 6732 935122, info(at)optence.de

Optonet - Knowledge Competence Co-operation www.optonet-jena.de

Competence Network for Optical Technologies in Jena Germany.

Dr. Klaus Schindler, Geschäftsführer / CEO, klaus.schindler(at)optonet-jena.de, Tel +49 (0) 3641/ 65 83 42

Safenano - The UK's premier independent resource on Nanotechnology Hazard and Riskwww.safenano.org

Director, Dr Rob Aitken, rov(at)safenano.org, Tel. +44 7770 804084

The European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance www.euronanotrade.com

Del Stark, CEO, del.stark(at)euronanotrade.com, Mobile +44 7903 115 148