Digital

Innovation and experimentation dynamics

• The Technological Research Institute b<>com with its laboratories devoted to experiments in wireless networks (5G, IoT) and safety.
• The competitiveness cluster Images et réseaux.
• Institut Carnot – Telecoms and digital society with its technological platform accessible to companies involved in the digital transition.
• Photonics Bretagne and its technological platform Perfos, recognised for its expertise in special fibre optics.
• Rennes St Malo Lab living lab.

Technical skills for the digital transformation of the economy

DIH-Bretagne is the “European Hub” of the Bretagne region to boost digital transformation and innovation.

Technical skills :

• Cybersecurity
• Artificial intelligence
• High performance computing (HPC)
• Infrastructures & Networks
• Immersivity & interactivity
• Photonics

In the main economic sectors in Bretagne : agri-food, digital, sea economy, health and industry.

Dynamic ecosystem in Artificial Intelligence

Bretagne is a melting pot for R&D, experimentation and development of AI uses. The region has the whole spectrum of artificial intelligence, from machine architecture to decision support.

• 120 players for AI Data Science and Intelligent Data Processing.
• 85 companies serving all sectors
• 30 research institutes and teams
• 20 higher education institutions
• Inria Rennes and IRISA : 300 AI researchers (robotics, data analytics, image analysis).
• Lab-STICC (CNRS) : cross-cutting programme on AI (40 experts).
• Artificial Intelligence Lab at b<>com

Market opportunities

Digital technologies are applied to all sectors of activity : agri-food, digital, marine economy, health, industry, mobility, energy, new space, etc.

New sectors are also emerging, for which Bretagne has developing ecosystems, favourable to the installation of new start-ups, including :

• EdTech : #EdTech label of the French Tech Rennes Saint-Malo, EdTech Grand Ouest.
• PropTech : dynamic real estate market and tech ecosystem offer opportunities for PropTech companies, particularly in the Rennes region, where the French proptech was launched.
• Fintech : Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, one of the main players in the banking and insurance sector in France, has its head office near Brest; #FinTech label of the French Tech Brest Bretagne Ouest.

Efficient support

Several players support innovative companies in their development and facilitate their access to the Bretagne ecosystem :

• The 7 Technopoles Bretagne association groups all the Bretagne technopoles.
• Incubators : Le Poool, the Village by CA, Made in IMT Atlantique.
• The strong French Tech network : Two capitals French Tech Rennes St Malo and French Tech Brest Bretagne Ouest and the French Tech Bretagne Sud and Saint Brieuc Bay communities.

European and international connections

• Images & Réseaux, b<>com, Photonics Bretagne, 7 Technopoles Bretagne are involved in European projects (Interreg Europe, Horizon 2020, Digital Europe).
• Photonics Bretagne is involved in the Photonics21 European technological platform.
• DIH-Bretagne  is selected as European DIH in the European programme « Digital Europe ».