Institutional Meeting between the Landing Partners to sign the Operative Agreement

On the 5th October took place the Technical Signature between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Essonne (CCIE) and the Essonne Economic Agency (AEE) with the Landing Program.

The director of the Parc La Salle, Josep M. Piqué, as a representative of the Landing Program, and the CEO of the Essonne Economic Agency, Gilles Rabin, and of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Essone, and the vice-president Jean Claude Chabin, signed an agreement of collaboration that will allow to Catalan companies land in four French platforms, at the same time that French companies will be able to internationalize with the Landing Program being located in the district 22@Barcelona.

More precisely, these four platforms of incubation that Essonne will provide to the Catalan companies through the Landing Program are : Genopole, biotechnological incubator devoted to the research and development of medical technologies; Orly International, basis of operations for international and local companies; Innov'valley, incubator located in a distinguished environment in R+D, and Hubtech 2:1, that represents the French office in Boston which will help to the companies in growth to introduce into the technological markets of US of the pharmaceutical, medical, optical and security sectors.

By the other part, the Landing Program , promoted by the Program Innovates of the UPC, La Salle and 22@Barcelona, will offer to the French companies spaces to land in the district of the innovation, that will have definite spaces in the building Media-TIC that is constructing "El Consorci de la Zona Franca".

Moreover, the night before the signature, the CCIE hosted the dinner with the presence of institutions from both territories (Consulates, Chambers of Commerce, La Caixa, Orly International, etc...).