Sophia Antipolis is probably the most international place in France - almost 35.000 people from more then 60 countries most of them professionals and researchers. Sophia's technology park includes four main activities:

• IT and Communications Technologies
• Health Science, Fine Chemistry, Biotechnology
• Higher Education, Research & Development
• Innovation and Creativity

"We want Sophia Antipolis to be one of the world's primary cradles of creativity - which I believe is best accomplished through the shock of combining cultures. This could mean putting an American next to a European, but it could also mean putting an artist next to a computer scientist."

Senator Pierre Laffitte