FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
ICTs
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
- 20,243 employees distributed over 2,227 companies.
- More than 3,000 teachers-researchers.
- An exhaustive value chain, from research and innovation to their use by enterprises.
- All the related businesses: IT companies, integrators, internet access providers, content production studios, consultants, publishers, hosting companies, distributors, web agencies…
In particular, the following companies are present in Lille Metropole:
- ATOS WORLDLINE, NEXTIRAONE, AMECSPIE, IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, ORACLE, THALES, CAP GEMINI, SYLIS, ANKAMA, UNILOG
A TOP-QUALITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH POLE
- 20 regional laboratories related to ICTs.
- More than 200 researchers in automation-advanced manufacturing technologies, electronics-microelectronics-nanoelectronics, IT-automation and image & signal processing.
- 10% of France's engineers are trained in Lille Metropole, at renowned schools: HEI, ICAM, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Polytech’Lille, ENSAM, ENSAIT…
DEVELOPMENT POLES ADAPTED TO THE COMPANIES' NEEDS
- EuraTechnologies: an 'Excellence Pole' dedicated to ICTs, unparalleled in Europe
- La Haute Borne: a European Science Park for technological activities with a high added value
- L'Union: the metropolitan Image Culture Media: the encounter of image, textile and distribution
PARTNERS AT YOUR SERVICE
www.digiport.org : Service Center specializing in Information and Communication Technologies.
SPECIALIZATIONS UNPARALLELED IN FRANCE
Lille Metropole is home to 2 new institutes supported by CNRS:
- IRI (Interdisciplinary Research Institute)
- IRCICA (National Research Institute on software and hardware for Advanced Communication and Information)
- Furthermore, INRIA (National Research Institute for IT and Automation) has chosen Lille Metropole to establish its research unit called INRIA FUTURS and to turn its Lille office into a European Center for ICTs.
