COVEA TECH (English version not available)
Covéa Tech' :
Filiale Recherche et Développement du Groupe d’assurances mutuelles Covéa qui rassemble GMF, MAAF et MMA, Covéa Tech’ a pour mission de développer des approches innovantes et de proposer des réalisations concrètes intégrant de nouvelles technologies ou prospectives à long terme sur les marchés de l’assurance.
A propos de Covéa :
Covéa est une Société de Groupe d’Assurance Mutuelle (SGAM), née du rapprochement de GMF, MAAF et MMA. N°1 en assurances de biens et responsabilité en France avec près de 20% de parts de marché, Covéa fait référence et offre de nombreuses opportunités à ses enseignes : économies d’échelle, mutualisation des investissements, partage des meilleures pratiques, accès à de nouveaux marchés…

LE GROUPE LA POSTE / EXTELIA (English version not available)
LE GROUPE LA POSTE
Deuxième opérateur postal européen, le groupe La Poste se compose de quatre Métiers : le Courrier, le Colis el l’Express, la Banque Postale et l’Enseigne (le réseau de ses bureaux de poste).
Le groupe La Poste en quelques chiffres :
- Chiffre d’affaires 2008 : 20,82 milliards d’euros (+ 1,8 %)
- Plus de 70 % de l’activité du Groupe est réalisé sur des marchés en totale concurrence
- Résultat net consolidé : 529 millions d’euros
- Présence de La Poste à l’international : plus de 250 filiales dans plus de 40 pays
Poussé par les mutations technologiques et la montée de la concurrence, le groupe La Poste innove dans tous ses Métiers, dans ses processus, son accueil, ses produits et ses services, en solo ou en partenariat, mais toujours au service de ses clients et dans le respect de ses valeurs.
EXTELIA
Issue d’entreprises présentes sur le marché français depuis 1970 (SG2 puis Experian), Extelia est née le 1er novembre 2008, de la reprise des activités «Externalisation des process clients» du Groupe Experian, par le Groupe La Poste.
Filiale à 100 % de Docapost, Extelia en est la branche dédiée à la gestion de back-offices externalisés de la relation client.
Extelia se positionne comme leader Français du processing de flux entrants et de l’outsourcing de solutions complexes. Extelia fournit aux entreprises, aux administrations et aux institutions financières, des solutions leur permettant de construire une relation client fidèle et rentable, d’améliorer la gestion de leurs flux, de faciliter et sécuriser leurs échanges.

INTELLIGENT VIBRATIONS / CASSIS INTERNATIONAL
INTELLIGENT VIBRATIONS
The Company “Intelligent Vibrations” (I-VIBE), created in November 1997, is at the origin of one technology in the acoustic field. Thanks to its acoustic sensors glued on the glass, it can transform any glass support to a “touch screen”. Small impacts generated by a fingernail or by a key, allow pointing out any object or image behind the glass. Initially, this technology is the result of research carried out on acoustic waves in the laboratories of the “Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle de Paris”.
This technology that transforms any standard isotropic material (glass - polycarbonate ...) allows a large communication interface, even in very
large dimensions (10 m²) with a screen and a PC.
CASSIS INTERNATIONAL (English version not available)
Cassis International est une société innovante, spécialisée dans les solutions et services pour les objets communicants sécurisés (cartes à puce, clés USB, mobiles NFC…). Depuis 2002, CASSIS International est un acteur pionner et indépendant, reconnu pour son expertise dans la convergence entre les univers de la téléphonie mobile, du paiement, des transports publics et de la grande distribution. Sa solution MobileMatrix®, première plateforme de gestion « TSM » dans le monde, gère aujourd’hui « Over The Air » (OTA) des millions de clients NFC actifs. 

MBDS (English version not available)
MBDS est un Master en Technologies de l’information et de la communication de l’université de Nice Sophia Antipolis créé en 1992; c’est un master original en France et en Europe par son modèle économique de l’Innovation construit entre l’éducation et l’industrie via des « projets contractualisés et tutorés ». MBDS, délocalisé au Maroc, en Haïti et en Russie, a pour objectif la formation de haut niveau autour de prototypages des applications multimédia sans fil du futur sur les architectures n-tier. Dans le cadre du MBDS plusieurs premières mondiales de services MBDS a été classé en 2008 parmi les dix meilleurs masters informatiques de France (Classement SMBG).
On december 2008, we launched a university foundation named JM@GINE, following the same successful MBDS business model: “bottom up” approach to innovative “pilot projects” with interdisciplinary focus.

SFR
“SOPHIA 2.0” is an operational user-friendly NFC (Near Field Communication) and 2D (flash code) tagged cultural platform that provides multimedia information and mobile blogging 2.0 for tourists and visitors. Simply through the use of cell phone, tagged smart posters along cultural paths enables to get and generate using his own cell phone multimedia information (video clips, maps..) by touching (NFC) or taking a picture (flash code) of the tag. A location-based guided service is proposed at each step with different options of journey: cultural, historical or community 2.0 (my friends..) This project is deployed in the Science Park of Sophia Antipolis in 2009 for its 40th anniversary (following the steps of its founder Senator Pierre Laffitte) and in the City of Nice in September 2009 within the project "NICE Digital city".

CIE
CIE will combining cutting-edge research innovations with agile new business creation to a world-class internet research center.
The initial research themes for the center are: (i) Ubiquitous internet technologies, including future networks, multimedia and service driven appliances, (ii) Human-internet interaction, including virtualization technologies for places, people and things, user interfaces and experience and (iii) Social networks and methods, including next generation web systems, identity, security and new forms of communication.
The founding members are University of Oulu, VTT, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Nokia, Technopolis and City of Oulu.

 

FARA
FARA is the leading Nordic IT Solution Provider in the public transportation sector.
FARA is a public company, listed in Oslo Stock Exchange in Norway with more than 20 years of market experience.
FARA Delivers software and hardware solutions to automatic fare collection, real- time passenger information and infotainment delivery and management, fleet management and traffic and its priority management.
FARA believes in integrated solutions on an open technology platform.
FARA has offices in Finland in Oulu and Helsinki and additionally a maintenance office in Turku. In Sweden FARA is represented in Sundsvall, Nässjö and Strängnäs, in Denmark in Sønderborg and Copenhagen as well as in Staines in the UK. Fara has also a strong partner network in the CEE countries.
FARA solutions are in use on a European wide market - as well as in African continent - totally in almost 10 000 vehicles with the background systems.

 

CITY OF OULU
Oulu defines, pilot-tests, and develops the public service processes of the future, cooperating with local, national and international consortiums. Oulu´s vision is to develop mechanisms to offer public infrastructures and service processes as a test bed for ICT companies and research institutes, and in this fashion to run active economic policy.
As a stakeholder in the consortiums, Oulu is a forerunner for the newest technology and provides the most modern public services to its citizens. Now the city that housed the world’s first GSM and 3G mobile telephone calls is the first to integrate NFC into its public services.Oulu’s vision is to have the most advanced public services in the world by 2015. The city is eager to seize new opportunities; NFC is tomorrow’s technology today. 
Well-known for its deep R&D expertise and understanding of NFC technology, Oulu is credited with fostering numerous NFC innovations and became the first public sector operator in the world to test NFC technology in service processes in 2005. Diverse applications such as contactless payment for public transportation, parking, theatre tickets were among the first ones to be piloted. NFC enabled mobile services for schools, daycare, and elderly people are either already in use or will be implemented soon in Oulu. There are several other possible use cases under consideration where both employees and citizens of Oulu can benefit from NFC technology.
Oulu is the first city in the world to be approved as a member of the International NFC Forum, which champions the use and development of NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. Founded in 2004, the NFC Forum is a global network of businesses, inventors and individuals with over 130 members. The NFC Forum has selected Oulu, Finland as the site for its 2009 international conference.

OULU INNOVATION
Oulu Innovation Ltd is a non-profit development company which focuses on regional economic development in the high technology and high growth business sector in the Oulu region. Its main task is to support enterprises and to strengthen their competitiveness in the global markets. Oulu Innovation Ltd promotes the attractiveness of the region, develops the operating environment of the enterprises and provides strategic leadership in developing the economic environment in the region. The company is also responsible for the implementation of the region´s innovation strategy, the Oulu Region Centre of Expertise programme and Invest in Oulu services. The company provides enterprises services as well as the skills and connections of the stakeholder and partner network.
Demo at WIMA
OULU NFC Cluster -booth area will present MSG Software Ltd, Fara, Ltd, Center for Internet Exellence (CIE), Oulu University / Intelligent Systems Group and City of Oulu, who have years of experience about utilizing NFC.

MSG SOFTWARE
MSG Software Ltd is Oulu, Finland based company that provides IT development, maintenance and support services to its clients in finance, oil and steel, telecom and operator, and public sector. WhileOnTheMove is MSG’s mobile business unit focusing on mobile software and services.
The MSG (Mobile Services Gateway) platform includes all the components needed in NFC enabled applications development. There are several NFC applications available for citizens as a SaaS model (Software as a Service).

UNIVERSITY OF OULU
Intelligent System Group, University of Oulu, develops enhanced adaptivity and context-awareness for smart environments. The research group has experience of system architectures and implementation of context-aware systems; modelling and recognition of contexts from sensor signals; human-machine interaction; data mining algorithms; learning nomadic robots; embedded systems technologies; software security; and smart environment implementations. The key application areas are smart living environments of homes and institutes; industrial automation; context-aware mobile devices; and wellness and medical applications. The research group uses the NFC technology in developing easy to use and innovative physical user interfaces. In these user interfaces, the mobile phone is used rather as a physical object than an I/O device. A user starts and controls services by touching RFID tags that are advertised to the user by RFID icons.

mobiLead - Convenient access to Content
mobiLead is a global marketing solution provider that turns technologies into usable services for brand owners. mobiLead provides a innovative and consistent solution to connect corporations with end users, consumers or patients, through objects, using optical and radio frequency identification systems. mobiLead software and services are able to manage optical and radio shortcuts, from the real world to the digital one, in a reliable, unified and scalable form.
At mobiLead we do believe that the future of communication will be driven by users triggered by objects, based on a convenient, non intrusive and contextual access to online content and services. As a cornerstone to the Internet of Things, the way manage objet identifiers and access to content and services has to be consistent, from a computer at home, a mobile phone, or a connected personal assistant while on the move.
mobiLead was founded in April 2008 by Laurent Tonnelier (former Principal Product Manager for Oracle Corporation – Mobile and Embedded Products Division) and Ludovic Lebas (former Software Architect for Oracle France – Advanced Technologies Division). mobiLead is a member of the GS1 Solution Partner Program, seats to the Mobile Commerce – Extended packaging Group.
Demo at WIMA
mobiLead will demonstrate a convenient and unified access to online content using optical (EAN/UPC, Datamatrix, QR-Code readers) and radio based NFC compliant devices (Violet mir:ror, Alcatel-Lucent Touchatag, Nokia 6212 Classic).

Mobi.Ubiq
Mobi.Ubiq is a start-up for developing, promoting and disseminating open source and open standards for object-based services on mobile phones. We provide open source mobile client software and an open standard service directory for context-aware services. This framework enables easier implementation of such services, makes it possible to compose services and provides mobile users with opportunities to discover these services based on location and object data. Mobi.Ubiq believes that NFC, mobile internet and the ability to combine object-based and location-based services will create new possibilities that will revolutionize mobile computing and push consumer technology. Mobi.Ubiq operates under an open source business model. We are convinced that only an open source model will provide the dissemination of the framework and open standards needed to create a critical mass.
Demo at WIMA
Mobi.Ubiq presents the technology and concept of real-world object browsing. A mobile user can discover and access content and services based on the location and the object recognized by the mobile phone. RFID tags or barcodes identify the objects. A vast variety of services can be accessed, from reading allergy information on food products to purchasing movie tickets via film posters

Red Solution Finland OY
Red Solution creating the NFC Revolution! Red Solution is established specifically to deliver services based on NFC to company and other investors to take advantage of massive boom in technology. Red Solution is located in Lappeenranta, Finland and designs and implements its product from one central location. Red Solution is a firm specializing both in software design and hardware re-selling for NFC services and its projected profits comes both from sales of hardware and applications.
Our main mission is to Provide NFC hardware and applications development platform by integrating NFC technology with the existing and future mobile phones.