Picture from SEMI Brussels Forum Reception 5 March 2010. From left to right :

 

• Roland Werner, Secretary of State from the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Germany
• Genevieve Fioraso, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble
• Helma Orosz, Mayor of City of Dresden
• Heinz Kundert, President, SEMI Europe

During a fruitful meeting held between clusters delegations, all the benefit of sharing effort and experience, and adding competences and resources have been highlighted and should leverage clusters recognition as key enablers for European industry competitiveness, social progress and societal acceptance.

Dresden and Grenoble are the most important European Clusters in Nano-Electronics and Nano-Technologies, and have reached an international notoriety and a world-class competitiveness. All contacts already existing between the two Clusters will accelerate for strengthening a deep cooperation between these two pillars of the European Nano-Electronics

Joint Cluster Advisory Committees have been decided in the field of education, research and development, industrial, small and medium enterprise coordination, environment, for setting up action plan and prioritize actions in each domain.

For Geneviève Fioraso, Member of the French Parliament and Deputy Mayor, City of Grenoble: “Microelectronics is a key technology for European industry competitiveness. Dresden and Grenoble, the major poles in Europe, have agreed to work together to be competitive facing Asia & USA. As public authorities we ask to support this process.”