digital creation platformLA SERRE NUMéRiqUE

The Valenciennois metro area : fertile grounds for digital creation

The Valenciennois metropolitan area has become a reference for Digital Creation at regional, national and international levels. It was recognized and certified in 2008 as a part of the Regional Digital Creation Cluster, in which the region is one of the

main stakeholders.

This positioning results from a commitment initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the 80s with:

■ the creation of the schools Supinfocom (digital animation), Institut Supérieur de Design, and later Supinfogame (video games), now known as the internationally renowned ‘’Rubika’’ group.

■ the creation of the Ateliers Numériques building providing companies working in the digital sector with an infrastructure, equipped facilities and high performance animation, video game and audiovisual devices…

Consequently, the Valenciennois metro area currently hosts over twenty companies specializing in Digital Creation, including CCCP, Byook, Meconopsis and more recently KTM Advance, the French leader in Serious Games who launched its subsidiary Edit’up in the Valenciennois region.

Today, the Valenciennois metro area is implementing aunique project that will confirm its positioning as a globalplayer in the field of Digital Creation.

Les Rives Créatives de l’Escaut

■ A 26-hectare business park built by the Valenciennes Metropolitan Area Conurbation Community and dedicated to companies working in the scope of Digital Creation Technologies and High Techs

■ A sustainability-oriented ‘‘smart’’ neighborhood

■ A location that allows companies to benefit from tax incentives offered in the local Free Trade Urban Zone

■ An area experiencing strong economic development, with the expected creation of 2,000 jobs over the next decade

An ambitious project supported by the GrandHainaut Chamber of Commerce and Industry :

■ supported by the competitiveness clusters PICOM and i-trans

■ certified by Pôle Images Nord-Pas de Calais (Regional Digital Creation Cluster)

An original concept of ‘‘cross-fertilization’’ :

■ between the worlds of business, research and education/training

■ between creative people of all backgrounds : managers, students, artists, teachers and researchers thanks to a specialized team of facilitators and equipment such as a learning center, a co-working space…

La Serre Numérique

The rallying point of three components :

■ higher education with Rubika and its three Digital Creation schools (Supinfocom, Supinfogame and Institut Supérieur de Design) and more than 1,000 students, lecturers and trainers

■ innovation, R&D and technology transfer, with provision of cutting edge tools

■ economy, with 3 000 sq m dedicated to companies

17,000 sq m of available space deployedover 2 hectaresOn this broad expanse of space, the Serre Numériquewill bring together :

Cutting edge facilities : • an Applied Research and Technology Transfer Center• an immersive virtual reality space• a 3D lecture theater with 450 seats• Video Game, Serious Game and Design laboratories

3 internationally recognized higher education schools in Digital Creation : grouped together since 2007 within an organization now called Rubika, the three schools Supinfocom, Supinfogame and Institut Supérieur de Design have set in motion a ground- breaking educational project that addresses the stakesof tomorrow, in an international perspective (Campus in Pune - India).

A unique model that places the student at the heart of the process, a project that contributes to inventing the jobs of tomorrow, at the crossroads of animation, video games and design.

A 3,000 sq m business park : business incubator,start-up nursery, customized support, shared spaces and services

A learning center : a knowledge base for confrontation, exchanges, collaboration, demonstrations and permanent exhibition on digital creation.

Opening in September 2014RUBIKA : RUBIKA : 1,000 students, 200 lecturers and trainers, more then70 partnerships with international companies

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Contact :CCI Grand HAINAUT - 3 avenue Sénateur Girard BP 80577 - 59308 VALENCIENNES CEDEX (FRANCE)Maxime COUVREUR • T. +33 3 27 513 143 / P. +33 3 6 25 25 71 71m.couvreur@grandhainaut.cci.frwww.serre-numerique.fr

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Campus in Pune - India