Une soixantaine d'ingénieurs Indiens travaillent déjà dans la technopole. Pour favoriser leur accueil et promouvoir une coopération franco indienne, un club sera lancé vendredi 20 avril à Sophia.

Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium, which has one of its three world pole located in the INRIA, has provided the Web universality. A historic role.

After the withdraw of Patrick Allemand, the first vice-president of the Regional Council and departmental adviser, the socialist people in Nice have chosen Patrick Mottard, a departmental adviser, as their head of list. So, he will be at the head of the socialist list in Nice, for the municipal election of 2001.

Called “Internet advanced applications Institute”, the institution has been created judicially. It is headed by two persons from Sophia Antipolis, Pierre Conruyt and Claude Guéguen.

Before they leave for an American university, a hundred of students of the Institute or so, in traditional dress, cap and gown, will receive their passports on Saturday April 21st at Mandelieu.

The posters put up in the streets of san Francisco in California could impress. For a campaign aimed to fight against the breast cancer, which was launched at the beginning of January 2000, models who underwent masectomies (removal of one or both breasts) had been photographed, naked offensive breasts, as in very glamorous fashion adverts. It was very disturbing.

Fondé en 1994 par Tim Berners-Lee, le Consortium World Wide Web, dont l'un des trois pôles mondiaux est installé à l'Inria, a permis d'assurer l'universalité du Web. Un rôle historique.

Avant leur départ pour une université américaine, une centaine d'étudiants de l'Institut, en tenue traditionnelle "Cap and Gown", recevront leurs passeports samedi 21 avril à Mandelieu.

Michel Cosnard will replace Marc Berthod on May 3rd at the head of the research department. On this occasion, the national president of the INRIA will present an ambitious development programme.

Francis Wetta has been nominated central superintendent in Nice. He takes over the chief superintendent Bernard Orengo who has left for the direction of protcetion and security of National Defense in Toulon. The superintendent Francis Wetta, 43, comes from Nantes where he was security chief. He started in the judicial police in Dijon in 1983 as assistant in the Crime Squad. Then, he went to Grenoble and Lyon where he worked as an assistant to the chief security.

Michel Cosnard remplacera Marc Berthod le 3 mai à la tête de l'unité de recherche. A cette occasion, le président national de l'Inria présentera un programme de développement ambitieux.

An Franco-Italian agreement which should be good for the Alcatel Space setting up in Cannes. During the Franco-Italian summit, in Turin, they did not only decide to launch the project of linking Lyon and Turin by fast train. A cooperation agreement for a system of earth observation satellite has been achieved. They have decided to manufacture and to put into orbit a constellation of ten multi-sensor earth observation satellites (radar and optic) for civil population as well as for the army, between 2003 and 2006.

Baptisé "Institut des applications avancées de l'internet", l'établissement a été créé juridiquement. Il est piloté par deux sophipolitains, Pierre Conruyt et Claude Guéguen.

Toutsurlacom.com, à partir d'une étude NetValue, fait un point sur l'audience des sites de tourisme en février 2001 et remarque que "Près de 30 % des internautes français ont visité un site de tourisme en février 2001".

Alcatel Space Cannes will have to wait another year for the construction of the 80 satellites of the constellation. However, the first wideband services will be opened at the end of the year.The Skybridge programme is postponed in a year, Pascale Sourisse, general manager of Skybridge and Alcatel Space, announced in an interview given to “La Lettre des Télécommunications” (Telecom Letter), owned by the group “Les Echos”. The launching into orbit of the 80 multimedia satellites will be postponed in 2003 for an activation in 2004.What are the reasons for this delay?

Dans Le Monde Interactif du 18 avril 2001, un article sur les places de marché, avec en exemple un coup de zoom sur une des places de marché azuréennes les plus avancées, la société Etexx, installée à l'Arénas. Dans l'article "Etexx facilite le négoce de tissus" est expliqué le "modèle d'affaires" : l'abonnement pour les acheteurs et la mise en ligne de catalogues pour les fournisseurs.

L'Europe va adopter en mai prochain deux textes importants visant à créer un statut de la société européenne. Celle-ci s'appellera Societas Europaea dans toutes les langues de l'Union Européenne soit SE. C'est l'une des décisions prises lors du dernier sommet européen de Nice.

In Le Monde Interactif of April 18th 2001, an article about marketplaces, with an example which focuses on one of the most advanced marketplaces on the Riviera, the Etexx company, set up in the Arénas. In the article "Etexx facilite le négoce de tissus", they explain the “business world” : subscription for buyers and on-lining of catalogues for providers.

Next May, Europe will adopt two important texts which aim at creating a statute for the European society. It will be call Societas Europaea in every language of the European Union, that is to say SE. That is one of the decision taken during the latest European summit in Nice.

The building works of the biggest killer whale basin are coming to an end for Marineland in Antibes. The French “seaworld” (1.2 million visitors per year, 170 full time employees, turnover of 120 million francs) cannot miss the stake. They have invested 130 million francs in a giant basin (44.000 m3 of sea water, 12 m of depth), equipped with a glass face of 64 meter long and a height of almost 5 meters and stands of 3.600 spectators. This equipment, which should allow Marineland to reach a new stage, will be inaugurated next June 24th.