The session were focused on Technology Transfer in Bretagne. Bretagne Region introduced, to all partners, the main objectives, actions and mechanism of its regional innovation policies. The financing continuum for the emergence of start-ups was described, as well as the way of financing innovative companies. Several structuring tools were also presented, like the society for the acceleration of technology transfer, the technopoles, the Technology Innovation Centres and the Competitiveness clusters.
Ouest Valorisation, the society for the acceleration of technology transfer, organized with the Technopole Rennes Atalante a journey across Technology Transfer in Bretagne. This company is designed and organisez to connect public research and the business sector, offering technologies from public laboratories, through exploiting licences.
French Tech Rennes is a digital incubator for start ups. The afternoon session was hosted in its premises and concluded by a presentation and a guided tour.
Université Bretagne-Loire is a network of 27 research and higher education institutions in the West of France, which hosted the second day of the interregional session. This federation has 160 000 students from Bachelor degree to PhD, 10 Research Departments and more than 250 laboratories working together. UBL pursues four main objectives: create a lasting relationship with socio-economic actors, enhance technology transfer, foster academic knowledge in society and promote entrepreneurship and innovation by boosting business creation.
Pôle d'Excellence Cyber is a cyber cluster recently set up in Bretagne, by the French Ministry of Defence, with the support of the Regional Council. It operates nationwide and aims at extending its scope internationally.
