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Futur en Seine on Tour 2010 is taking the digital Paris region to Asia, led by Cap Digital the regional Regional Economic Development Agency, the Ile-de-France Region, and the Advancity and System@tic clusters. French project leaders will be showcasing their prototypes.

This tour will take place during second semester of 2010. Its aim is to promote the Ile-de-France’s digital content in strategic Asian countries, in terms of usage and technology, by capitalizing on Futur en Seine 2009’s success and announcing the 2011 edition.

Futur en Seine on Tour will be a high-visibility event for French companies and labs to showcase the Ile-de-France’s know-how in the development, production, and distribution of digital content (schools, research labs, companies), via presentations of prototypes and demonstrators.

This will be an opportunity to promote the actors of the business clusters Advancity, Cap Digital, and System@tic and their engagement to the sustainable digital city. As well, this Asian tour will prepare the international dimension of Futur en Seine 2011.

The tour will also be an opportunity for French companies to reinforce partnerships and cooperation with the actors in the host countries of this event and to facilitate their participation in the Ile-de-France region for Futur en Seine 2011.

The cities visited include:

– Shanghai. On the occasion of the World Expo 2010, there will be an SME mission to Shanghai July 3-10, 2010 along with press action.

– Seoul, World Design Capital for 2010. On this occasion, the Korean capital holds the Seoul Design Fair starting September 17th for the third consecutive year.

- Tokyo, around the Digital Content Expo, from October 25-29, 2010 (dates to be confirmed).

If you would like to know more about Futur en Seine On Tour, please contact:

Gaëlle Couraud : gaelle.couraud@capdigital.com – Tél. 01 40 41 11 84

And about the SME Mission in Shanghai:

- Étape Shanghai. Contact : Gaëlle Zovi

gaelle.zovi@capdigital.com – Tél. 01 40 41 11 62