For those who are interested in the Festivals of Cannes (from May 9th to 20th 2001), a real gold mine is the official site of the festival at www.festival-cannes.com. You can find there the complete presentation of the edition 2001whixh has been done during the traditional press conference in April. But as well, all the programmes, section by section, of the Official Competition including short films, tributes, A certain look, the critics week, etc.

The EAI Tech (Euro-American Institute of Technology), post-baccalaureate programme of the CERAM Sophia Antipolis will organise an open day on Saturday afternoon April 28th 2001 from 1.00 PM to 6.00 PM.Programme:- 1.00: presentation of the EAI Tech by the management- 2.00: Questions and answers- 3.00: Admission test on convocation- 4.00: Visit of the premises and the CERAM Campus of Sophia Antipolis- 5.00: Meeting with students, graduates and teachersContactEdwige Barrault; Tel : 04 93 95 45 43 - Fax : 04 93 65 45 24 – E-mail : edwige.barrault@cote-azur.cci.fr

The recovery of the business cycle of the French Riviera is confirmed (turnover increasing by 5%). The sole negative figure : employment recovers slowly while precariousness becomes more and more serious.

Le Groupement des industries mécaniques et électroniques Côte d'Azur présentera son nouveau site Web lors de son assemblée générale, le jeudi 10 mai, à Sophia Antipolis.

The PERSAN group (Education and Research pole of Sophia Antipolis-Nice) is organising a colloquium on research and higher education with a special part on the Alpes- Maritimes. This event opened to the public will take place on Thursday May 10th at 4.30 PM at the CNRS (Theatre IDEFI-CNRS bâtiment 2, at 250 avenue Albert Einstein at Sophia). Among the contributors, there will be Pierre Papon, former general manager of the CNRS, president of the Observatory of sciences and techniques and Jacques de Bandt, president of PERSAN and research director at the CNRS.

Pour ceux qui s'intéressent à l'actualité de la Net économie et surtout à toutes les technologies et produits qui en sont les moteurs, voici un nouveau site Web riche en contenus : www.neteconomie.com. Ce site est sorti de la fusion entre Webfaster.net et Neteconomie.com. La navigation se fait entre neuf rubriques actualisées (terminaux, logiciels, réseaux, commerce, intelligence client, etc.).

"When leaving the industrial company for the information one, the relationship between the employer and the employee will no longer exist and it will be replaced by a system of partnership. The social laws will have to adapt.

For those who are interested in the Net economy and especially in all the technologies and products which are the engines of it, here is a new website rich of contents : www.neteconomie.com. This site results from the merger between Webfaster.net and Neteconomie.com. you can browse between nine up-dated sections (terminals, software, networks, business, client intelligence, etc.).

And if the encyclopaedia culture could become an "open source" as it was done for the development of Linux? Everyone could bring its high contribution through the Net.

A newcomer at Nicox S.A., a start-up in Sophia Antipolis specialized in the health industry : Dr. Giancarlo Santus nominated at the position of vice-president in charge of the development. Dr. Santus has more than twenty years of experience in the field of pharmaceutical research and development in Europe and in the world. He will be directly attached to the CEO, Michel Garufi. Graduated in chemistry and pharmaceutical technology in Europe from the University of Pavia, Italia (1975), Dr. Santus is holder of a specialisation in pharmaceutical analysis techniques (1984).

The first employer of Sophia gathers the overall of services which were spread on a sole site (36,000 m2 of offices). At the same time, it launches the concept of Amadeus Labs.

It is a long time since the French cinema wasn't in such a festive atmosphere: since the beginning of the year, it is at the head of the box office. The French movies are even ahead American movies with a market share of 50% compared to 41% for Hollywood during the first quarter. Last year, their share was only 30%. The "Variety" magazine, the bible for professionals in the cinema, has made a file a few days before the opening of the Cannes Festival. It speaks of a rebirth straight. "La vérité si je mens 2", les "Visiteurs", "Yamakasi", "Belphégor", etc.

Several positions of responsibility have changed at Cannes city hall with the arrival of the new mayor, Bernard Brochand. Then, a new general secretary for the city hall has been appointed to replace Jacques Kaloustian who has hold the position for more than ten years. Michèle Monties, 44 years old, was previously general director of the management and development of the real estate park of the post office. Another important change is the general manager of the SEMEC, the semi-public company of Cannes events.

Dust continue sur sa lancée. Après avoir restauré le film culte de Chris Marker, "La Jetée", la société sophipolitaine, spécialisée dans la restauration numérique de film, a obtenu un contrat de 7 millions de francs, auprès de Paramout pour la restauration d'autres grandes œuvres du cinéma mondial comme "Les dix commandements".

ViaNice, qui avait dû abandonner l'an dernier ses incursions sur Lyon et Toulouse, cherche sur le département une expansion plus rapprochée de sa base niçoise. Le city-guide niçois a lancé ainsi un peu avant le démarrage du Festival son ViaCannes.com, bâti sur le modèle du ViaNice. Il annonce également, dans la foulée, des ViaAntibes, ViaGrasse, ViaMenton et ViaMonaco, toujours construits sur le modèle de ViaNice. Le ViaSophia, qui doit ouvrir à compter du 14 mai, n'a pas été bâti, lui, sur un modèle éditorial.

On-line interactive recruitment by cyber-interviews on May 31st for around twenty companies, which are members of the association. A forum for high tech occupations conducted in partnership with the APEC.

To help SMEs to get launched in the economic intelligence : that is the aim of the first regional meetings in PACA organized on May 25th at the Ceram of Sophia Antipolis.

The Groupement des industries mécaniques et électroniques Côte d'Azur will present its new website during the general assembly, on Thursday May 10th, in Sophia Antipolis.

A document in the on-line version of the newspaper Le Monde: the publication of the contract which links the eleven "actors" of Loft Story, the French "Big Brother" of M6, to the ASP productions company. "The Loft Story participants'contract " then shows what's behind the "psycho date game" which has made the PAF (French broadcasting scene) in turmoil.

Raymond Doumas will take over Jean-Michel Durnad as attorney at the High Court of Justice of Grasse on May 15th. The new attorney already knows the French Riviera since he was first assistant at Grasse until 1986. Jean-Michel Durand, who was in office in Grasse since 1992 has been nominated attorney at Evry. In collaboration with Didier Marshall, the president of the High Court of Justice in Grasse, he had conducted the project of the new court-house which has enabled to strengthen the place of the Grasse jurisdiction in the Alpes-Maritimes.