Step into the heart of Europe’s leading technopole with our exclusive tech tours
Sophia Antipolis has become a global hub for cutting-edge research and technology, generating over 1,000 new jobs annually in fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and autonomous vehicles.
These tours offer a unique opportunity to explore groundbreaking developments and gain an insider’s view of the innovations shaping the future.
Dive into the heart of Sophia Antipolis’ innovation ecosystem, a true European technology hub. This tour will show how artificial intelligence is concretely transforming key sectors such as travel, engineering, and semiconductors. A unique immersion into environments where research, startups, and large corporations collaborate to create tomorrow’s solutions.
A global leader in travel technology, Amadeus develops solutions for airlines, hotels, and agencies. The Sophia Antipolis site is a major innovation hub, particularly in AI to enhance the travellers experience.
The MIA is a centre dedicated to awareness and innovation around AI. Its mission is to make AI accessible to everyone—companies, students, institutions, and the general public—by fostering education, collaboration, and innovation. Through workshops, conferences, and collaborative projects, the MIA supports organizations in exploring practical AI applications. It highlights innovative solutions to optimize processes, improve decision-making, and stimulate creativity. By bridging research, businesses, and society, the MIA plays a key role in the responsible adoption of AI technologies while encouraging new ideas and initiatives.
ALPHA is an innovation hub hosting startups, companies, and top academic institutions, fostering technological collaboration.
This technopole brings together companies, research laboratories, universities, and startups around cutting-edge technologies, particularly in digital and AI fields. Key players such as Université Côte d’Azur and INRIA actively contribute to the development of innovative solutions. Sophia Antipolis promotes synergies between research and industry, accelerating the creation and application of AI, data, and intelligent systems.
Thanks to this collaborative environment, Sophia Antipolis plays a key role in digital transformation and innovation addressing current economic and societal challenges.
GSF is a major player in cleaning and hygiene services, recognized for innovation in a transforming sector. The company increasingly relies on digital technologies and AI to improve service quality and optimize operations. Through AI-based solutions, GSF develops analytical and management tools to anticipate needs, optimize interventions, and ensure high performance. Innovation also includes connected equipment, intelligent cleaning robots, and digital platforms enabling real-time monitoring.
By combining human expertise and advanced technologies, GSF modernizes the industry and contributes to healthier, more efficient, and sustainable work environments.
Cadence is a global leader in software, hardware, and solutions used to design electronic circuits and complex systems. Active in sectors such as semiconductors, automotive, and aerospace, it plays a key role in technological innovation. Cadence integrates AI into its design tools (EDA) to optimize performance, reduce development time, and improve product quality. Its solutions automate complex design steps and anticipate technical constraints early in development.
By combining engineering expertise and AI power, Cadence accelerates the creation of cutting-edge technologies essential for connected devices, smartphones, intelligent vehicles, and modern digital infrastructure.
Explore smart city and cybersecurity challenges through major innovation players. From sustainable construction to software solutions and advanced engineering, this tour highlights technologies shaping safer, more efficient, and more connected territories.
A key player in research on sustainable buildings, smart cities, and energy performance.
At Sophia Antipolis, CSTB develops leading expertise at the intersection of digital, energy, and environment.
Its teams rely on combining digital technologies, experimental approaches, and scientific evaluation tools.
Key labs include:
– Le Corbusier immersive room (3D collaborative environment)
– Semi-virtual lab (unique in France for testing energy systems)
– eu.bac certification lab (product compliance testing)
SAP provides enterprise management software including analytics, cloud, and smart city solutions.
SAP Labs brings together SAP’s global innovation centres. AI is central, enabling automation, big data analysis, and real-time decision-making.
These innovations make systems smarter, more efficient, and adapted to modern business needs.
Bertrandt is a major engineering company specializing in the development of innovative solutions for the automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors. The company integrates artificial intelligence and digital technologies to optimize design, testing, and system performance. Through this approach, Bertrandt helps accelerate innovation and the technological transformation of its clients.
At the heart of today’s strategic digital challenges, this tour offers an in-depth look at the standards, infrastructures, and technologies that ensure digital independence. Discover how Europe is building its digital sovereignty through artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and data management.
From Innovation to Impact: How ETSI Shapes the Digital World
Discover ETSI, the organisation behind the global standards that have connected people and industries from 2G to 5G and beyond.
ETSI turns ideas into trusted, interoperable standards, enabling technologies to work together safely, at scale, and for society’s benefit. By bringing industry, researchers and innovators together, ETSI maximises the impact of innovation while ensuring security, openness and global relevance. Today, ETSI is shaping the future through 6G connectivity, AI, cybersecurity and quantum safe technologies.
Join this technical tour to see how standards drive innovation, create value for organisations, and support a sustainable digital future for all.
Village by CA is an innovation ecosystem dedicated to supporting startups in their growth and fostering collaboration with large corporations. At the core of its approach is the promotion of digital technologies—particularly artificial intelligence—to accelerate the development of innovative solutions. By encouraging synergies between entrepreneurs, experts, and partners, it actively contributes to digital transformation and the emergence of high-impact projects.
ACRI-ST is an innovative company that develops solutions based on Earth observation data. It uses advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, to analyse large volumes of data and better understand environmental phenomena. Through this expertise, ACRI-ST contributes to scientific research, risk management, and decision-making in areas such as climate, oceanography, and territorial monitoring.
Orange Labs is a major player in telecommunications, involved in connectivity, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure. At the core of the Orange Group’s innovation strategy, Orange Labs develops AI-powered solutions to improve networks, strengthen security, and create new services. It plays an active role in digital transformation and the evolution of communication technologies.
Kyndryl is a leading IT services provider specializing in the management and modernization of enterprise digital infrastructures. The company leverages advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, to optimize performance, enhance security, and improve system management. With its expertise, Kyndryl supports organizations in their digital transformation and the development of innovative solutions tailored to today’s challenges.
Discover a health and biotech ecosystem combining research and industrial innovation.
Meet startups from the health innovation ecosystem.
An international group specializing in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and agriculture.
A research institute in biology and pharmacology, affiliated with the CNRS.
IPMC is a research centre specializing in the study of biological mechanisms at the molecular and cellular levels. It develops innovative approaches, particularly by leveraging artificial intelligence, to analyse complex data and gain deeper insights into diseases. Through this expertise, IPMC contributes to advances in healthcare by supporting the discovery of new therapeutic targets and the development of innovative medical solutions.
Nuvisan supports laboratories in drug development, from chemistry and formulation through to testing and production. In practical terms, it transforms molecules into treatments by carrying out analyses, trials, and manufacturing (often in small batches) to accelerate their time to market.
Experience a dynamic startup ecosystem focused on AI and high-potential innovation.
The MIA is a centre dedicated to awareness and innovation around AI. Its mission is to make AI accessible to everyone—companies, students, institutions, and the general public—by fostering education, collaboration, and innovation. Through workshops, conferences, and collaborative projects, the MIA supports organizations in exploring practical AI applications. It highlights innovative solutions to optimize processes, improve decision-making, and stimulate creativity. By bridging research, businesses, and society, the MIA plays a key role in the responsible adoption of AI technologies while encouraging new ideas and initiatives.
Village by CA is an innovation ecosystem dedicated to supporting startups in their growth and fostering collaboration with large corporations. At the core of its approach is the promotion of digital technologies—particularly artificial intelligence—to accelerate the development of innovative solutions. By encouraging synergies between entrepreneurs, experts, and partners, it actively contributes to digital transformation and the emergence of high-impact projects.
Meet startups from the health innovation ecosystem.
The visit will focus on concrete, real-world applications of innovation and infrastructure systems in an operational environment. We will first explore the use of artificial intelligence applied to railway operations at Monaco station, highlighting how data-driven systems and AI are improving efficiency, passenger flow management, and operational decision-making.
We will then continue with a visit to SMEG, one of the key energy players in Monaco. SMEG manages critical infrastructure across multiple sites, including thermal energy exchange systems and electrical distribution networks. During the visit, we will gain insights into how these complex systems are operated and optimized, as well as how energy is managed across different infrastructures to ensure reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.
This tour will provide a unique opportunity to understand how advanced technologies are integrated into essential urban services, from mobility to energy management.
