The
technopole boasts 40% of Lyon's scientific potential. It offers access to qualified
staff and a network of experts in science and technology. La Doua has developed
numerous relations with research centres and specialised training organisations
in France and abroad.
A
technopole building up on multidisciplinarity and variety
All
scientific fields of study whether fundamental or applied are present on the la
Doua Science Park. Nine major sectors can be defined :
Such
a variety of competences has enabled multidisciplinary approaches in numerous
areas : biocomputing for gene mapping, environment, materials, electronic document,...
The la
Doua Science Park has thus become a leading higher education and research pole
for collaboration with industries with some contracts worth € 31million signed
in 2004 by Representatives in charge of promoting
research. This applied research pole offers high performances thanks to the
many skills in fundamental research it can draw on.
La
Doua-based companies :
50
high-tech and innovative companies have set up on the la Doua Science Park. They
employ 700 staff and most of them have close links with local research labs.
The
la Doua technopole is located in an area of Villeurbanne with a particularly dynamic
economy. 1,122 businesses are located there. 34% of them, that is 381, have a
strong high-tech potential, invest in and draw on innovation. Most of them either
offer services or advice (consultancy, engineering companies...), develop software,
or are related to research and development. Half of them export their production.
Public
transport and living environment :
The
la Doua Science Park is located on the fringe of Lyon and Villeurbanne on a green
belt (Tête d'Or Park, la Feyssine environmental protection zone) with a great
international opening (International Centre, Interpol Headquarters). La Doua is
a node in a dense communication network (Highways to Paris, Geneva, Grenoble,
Chambéry, Marseille ; Part-Dieu and St Exupéry TGV stations; freeway to St Exupéry
airport and Bron airstrip (for business); tram ; ROCAD high-speed network... ).
Access
:
A
few minutes from Lyon La Part Dieu train station - TGV
20
mins from Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
2hrs
from Paris by TGV
1hr
50 from Genève by TGV
20
mins from Lyon's world heritage historic centre
4
tram stations on the la Doua Science Park (Perrache - Part Dieu - La Doua line).
Information
highway : The
ROCAD network interconnects the la Doua Science Park.
This network was developed thanks to state-of-the art technologies. It can support
very high-speed protocols.
Living
environment : The 100-hectare la Doua Science Park is characterised by
its many parks and recreation areas. Indeed buildings only cover 15% of the total
area. The park is on a green belt close to both la Feyssine and la Tête d'or parks.
Facilities are provided for meetings and special events and all services
for everyday life are available.
Sports facilities are also available
(stadiums, gyms, tennis courts, swimming pool, ...) Discover Lyon
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The
la Doua Science Park offers two centres for companies wishing to set up : CEI
and EINSTEIN CSTE. These centres are aimed at businesses with a high scientific
and technological added value and offer high-quality services.
CEI
(Centre for Innovative
Businesses)
:
CEI helps
businesses set up at la Doua. Those businesses, whether large or small, innovate
in close connection with research (schools, universities, major companies).
9,000
sqm of technically adapted offices.
CEI
is an original organisation which enables optimum profit of all available means
for companies wishing to succeed in launching a new idea, product or process as
well as university labs wishing to manufacture the results of their research.
Einstein,
the business science and technology centre was built for research and high-tech
companies wishing to benefit from a context favourable for innovation.
EINSTEIN
has been created to accommodate creators, pioneers, start-ups and innovative and
high-tech companies : - cultivating emerging professions - or
involved in fields of research represented in the La Doua Science Park
EINSTEIN is designed to accommodate offices or laboratories.
The
la Doua Science Park is heavily involved in the creation of innovative businesses
drawing on research.
It
is an active partner in CREALYS, the la Doua-based Rhône-Alpes
Ouest entrepreneurial incubator.
Higher
education and research organisations also develop courses on entrepreneurship
such as INSA-Lyon's "Ingénieurs-Entreprendre
".
CREALYS
: for innovative entrepreneurs
CREALYS
aims at :
detecting
and assessing innovative business creation projects led by students, researchers
or teaching staff from higher education and research
hosting
and helping with the logistics of the projects or newly-created businesses
accompanying
new entrepreneurs throughout their project for new businesses and more particularly
in terms of organisation, law, industry, marketing and for the recruitment of
a team of directors
informing
and linking industrial companies, managers, banks and scientists for the creation
and financing of new businesses
Scientific
expertise - la Doua-based companies - Public
transport and living environment 
