Systematic (a Paris Region-based Systems & ICTs "Innovation and Technology Cluster") and ASTech (a Paris Region-based Aeronautics, Space and Embarked Systems "Innovation and Technology Cluster"), having a joint Hub in India since 2013, are promoting a delegation of innovative SMEs to India with the objective of fostering bilateral business and technology tie-ups, from the 15th to the 22nd of November, 2014 and for the 3rd consecutive year. Dr G?rard Poirier, Deputy Vice President for Scientific Strategy in charge of R&D Partnerships and Cooperation at Dassault Aviation and Working Group President at Systematic, will lead this Systematic - ASTech delegation.

8 highly innovative French SMEs, members of Systematic and looking for developing business and technology partnerships in India, will actively participate to this 2014 delegation: All4Tec, Bluwan, Distene, Egide, PragmaDev, PrismTech, Spring Technologies and Webdyn. Being in the fields of Systems & ICTs, they focus primarily on the following vertical markets: Telecommunications, Automotive, Transportation, Smart Cities, Energy Management, and Aeronautics.

Those 8 enterprises have been selected by Indian companies from the portfolio of innovative products published by Systematic, gathering already more than 100 innovative solutions that are the outcome of open collaborative R&D projects.

Systematic - ASTech business delegation's program will consist in site visits, an "Indo-French Innovation and Technology Seminar on Systems and ICTs" and a networking dinner being organized in Bangalore on the 17th of November, 2014 and aiming at gathering relevant Indian and French stakeholders, as well as a set of B2B meeting programs. It is jointly organized by the Trade Commission UBIFRANCE of the Embassy of France in India, the Paris Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI).

The Systematic Innovation and Technology Cluster, with its 700 members (enterprises, R&D Labs, Universities and Engineering Schools), boasts a unique concentration of technology players in Europe and an outstanding international reputation.

The Paris Region Aerospace Cluster ASTech, the first job hub in France in the field of Aeronautics, Space and Embedded Systems employs over 100,000 people with a strong focus on R&D. Members of the ASTech Cluster are also operating out of Karnataka and Maharashtra, with presence in other parts of India.

Mr Siddharth Balachandran, Trade Advisor - New Technologies, Innovation and Services, UBIFRANCE - Bangalore Office. Tel: 080-22141244. Email: siddharth.balachandran@ubifrance.fr