Paris Region Economic Development Agency to woo US VCs in New York at Major Financial International Event.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- The 8th Paris EUROPLACE International Financial Forum in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of will be held on September 26, 2005 with the participation of Thierry BRETON Thierry Breton (born January 15, 1955 in Paris) was the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry until May 18 2007, replaced by Jean-Louis Borloo. He was appointed on February 25, 2005, replacing Hervé Gaymard. He was born in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris. , French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry The main theme of this year's Forum is "New Trends in the Paris Financial Market: Invest in Euro Assets" and a specific Private Equity focus will allow delegates to have a better knowledge of the current trends driving the IT and Life Sciences sectors in France and Europe. Paris Region The Paris region, Île-de-France, is the region surrounding France's capital city, Paris. It is the translation from the French expression, région parisienne. This most recent use of the term results in part from the creation in 1961 of the Economic Development Agency teams up with Paris EUROPLACE to organize a specific panel session for VCs and Private Equity fund managers. Keynotes, panel discussions and exclusive presentations will be delivered by the following innovating Paris-based companies: 3D Media (3D motion pictures), Ateme (MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 and H264 video codecs / www.ateme.fr ) , Baracoda (Bluetooth barcodes - RFID readers / www.baracoda.com ), Cartesis (global software vendor / www.cartesis.com), Diatos (anti-cancer biopharmaceutical therapies / www.diatos.com ), Cellectis (rational genome engineering technologies / www.cellectis.com ), Streamcore System (Application Trafic Management - QoS and compression capabilities / www.streamcoresystem.com ), Streamezzo (Rich media Browsing solutions for mobile phone networks / www.streamezzo.com )... all of them international players in IT or Life Sciences industries. "The Paris Region is home to more and more companies boasting a combination of strong management and creative technology that deserve serious attention from American investors and business partners. We are poised to help those Paris-based companies gain more international exposure and business opportunities, while we at the same time talk US fund managers into sharing investment rounds with their Paris-based counterparts", says Florence Parly, President of Paris Region Economic Development Agency. Further develop relations between companies' international growth and relevant funding will be a key point to be discussed in a closing session in which keynote speaker Dominique Senequier, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AXA Private Equity AXA Private Equity is a financial investor that independently manages and advises Private Equity funds with combined assets in excess of € 11 billion for some of the world’s leading investors. will take part alongside Florence Parly and Didier Benchimol, CEO of Paris-based software editor Cartesis. Further opportunity to know more of presenting companies is given to delegates through a series of one-on-one meetings with companies' CEOs to be held in the afternoon (1.45 pm / 4.30 pm) following the panel and official luncheon. For more info about presenting companies and how to meet with them, please contact Frederic Le Roux Roux , Pierre Paul Émile 1853-1933. French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins. . Director, International Development with Paris Region Economic Development Agency: fleroux@paris-region.com "Investment opportunities in the private equity sector" panel is organized by Paris Region Economic Development Agency, Paris Development Agency, Business Wire and Constantin Associes as well as Thelen Reid and Priest LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , both long time advisors to the French and US companies in legal, tax or finance matters. Full event information is available on http://www.paris-europlace.net/ny05/index.htm |
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