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Signature of the I-SITE consortium agreement with INRA and Inria

Signature in front of the Eiffel Tower
Signature in front of the Eiffel Tower

09/24/2018

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 3:00 pm, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria), and the University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) signed the E2S UPPA I-SITE consortium agreement at INRA’s offices in Paris.

From left to right, Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot, Executive Director of E2S UPPA, Mohamed Amara, President of UPPA, Philippe Maugin, President and CEO of INRA, and Bruno Sportisse, President and CEO of Inria.

The purpose of this consortium agreement is to organize the relations between the parties and, in particular, the governance of the I-SITE (Initiative Science-Innovation-Territories-Economy), a label bestowed by the government as part of the “investments for the future” programs (PIA).

E2S UPPA is a European Union trade mark registered on June 28, 2018.