Introduction of COMPETE
COMPETE, a Thematic Network on Microelectronics Packaging and Interconnection, started from 1997 with the financial contribution of the European Commission. It encompasses most of the participants to European Commission supported R&D projects in Europe in Microelectronics,
Packaging and Interconnection.
The mission of COMPETE is to fulfill the following objectives:
1. Co-ordinate R&D activities in the field of Microelectronics Interconnection and Packaging and enhance cross-fertilization between them through joint participation in COMPETE and its
constituent working groups;
2. Contribute to a better knowledge of the global state of the art in the field of Microelectronics Interconnection and Packaging both with regard to the technologies and to the markets;
3. Contribute to the definition of R&D strategies in the sector appropriate to Europe;
4. Foster the exploitation of the results and assist the R&D teams to better contribute to exploitation plans;
5. Improve the dissemination of the results and on-going activities while respecting confidentiality, allowing the projects represented in COMPETE to jointly present their activities to the outside world. Such assistance will be provided through various actions, including participation to conferences, the organization of an annual open workshop, and the diffusion of appropriate publications;
6. Relay the activities of the thematic network and related information to professional associations;
7. Improve the co-ordination with other programmes and activities in the field;
8. Undertake directly adequate training and support in the transition from R&D to manufacturing environments and in exploitation strategies; The co-ordination of COMPETE is undertaken by MTA, a professional consultant company special-ized in the particular field and already involved in a previous pilot action. For more information, please contact with
Olivier de SAINT LEGER
MTA Marketing & Technologies Avancees
36, avenue Hoche F 75008 Paris
Tel +33 1 45 61 05 02
Fax +33 1 45 63 22 58
See web site www.compete.tm.fr