Objective OMNI-NET aims to provide EU national and regional stakeholders with analysis, methodology, best practice, joint projects and policy recommendations to facilitate the necessary evolution of clusters in transverse and convergent technologies. OMNI-NET focuses on optics and micro/nano electronics (OMN) clusters, relating to IST and NMP technologies. Challenges faced by most technological clusters are convergence and transversality/pervasion. The term convergence applies to technologies that previously belonged to separate fields and are now necessarily combined to meet the demand of end markets. The terms transverse and pervasive apply to technologies that serve a wide range of applicative markets, such as ICT, automotive, aerospace, medical equipment and energy.OMNI-NET aims to foster cooperation between OMN clusters and investigate how they use technological convergence to evolve and serve and/or drive applicative markets, and how this impacts cluster strategy, organisation, communication, equipment and financing. OMNI-NET conclusions will be applicable to a wide range of clusters in convergent technologies such as biotechnology, software, etc., thus contribute to the needs of the EU knowledge economy and industrial dynamics. Existing cluster theory will be adapted to the partners' specific experience, with the aim to provide a set of best practice and methodological tools to help regional, national and European policy makers shape new policies in view of the huge opportunities brought by convergence.To provide a set of best practice and methodological tools, OMNI-NET will adapt the existing cluster theory and use experience of other networks such as IRE, Gate2Growth and PAXIS. OMNI-NET outputs will be transferred towards the wider EU innovation community through continuous dissemination, particularly to regions from new member and applicant states. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesphysical sciencesoptics Programme(s) FP6-INNOVATION - Research and innovation in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) 2002-2006 Topic(s) INNOVATION-2004-1.2.1.3 - Entrepreneurial innovation and clusters INNOVATION - Research and Innovation Call for proposal FP6-2004-INNOV-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator OPTICS VALLEY EU contribution No data Address 35 Boulevard Nicolas Samson PALAISEAU France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD France EU contribution No data Address 15 rue Georges Clemenceau ORSAY See on map Total cost No data INNO-TSD France EU contribution No data Address Place Joseph Bermond - Ophira 1 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OPTENCE E.V.KOMPETENZNETZ OPTISCHE TECHNOLOGIEN HESSEN/RHEINLAND-PFALZ Germany EU contribution No data Address Ober-Saulheimer-Strasse 6 WOERRSTADT See on map Total cost No data HA HESSEN AGENTUR GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 38-42 WIESBADEN See on map Total cost No data OPTONET E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Schillerstr. 1 JENA See on map Total cost No data PHOTONICS BW E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 1 OBERKOCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE EDINBURGH AND LOTHIAN United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Apex House99 Haymarket Terrace EDINBURGH See on map Total cost No data TECHNOPOLIS VENTURES OY Finland EU contribution No data Address Tekniikantie 21 ESPOO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ELECTRONIC AND SOFTWARE INDUSTRY Romania EU contribution No data Address 1, SERBOTA BL. V19, AP. 117, SECTOR 5 BUCHAREST See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data URZAD MARSZALKOWSKI WOJEWODZTWA MAZOWIECKIEGO Poland EU contribution No data Address ul. Brechta 3 WARSZAWA See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY Poland EU contribution No data Address Wolczynska 133 WARSAW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RÉGION ILE-DE-FRANCE France EU contribution No data Address 35, Boulevard des Invalides PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STEINBEIS STIFTUNG FÜR WIRTSCHAFTSFÖRDERUNG Germany EU contribution No data Address Willi-Bleicher-Strasse 19 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data THÜRINGER AGENTUR FÜR TECHNOLOGIE UND INNOVATION GMBH - IRC (THATI GMBH-IRC) Germany EU contribution No data Address Mainzerhofstr. 10 ERFURT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data