Creating and Developing the Strategic Cluster Partnership in Photonics for Health

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The proposed Action aims to increase Europe’s innovation potential and the export-driven growth by connecting three regions situated at important crossroads in Europe: Île-de-France (FR10), Styria (AT22) and Lithuania (LT00). And specifically aims to achieve that by leveraging the competitive strengths of three clusters active in the areas of smart specialization: OpticsValley (OV), the largest cluster in France specialised in optics, photonics, electronics and software, HumanTechnology Styria (HTS), the major cluster in Austria specialised in life sciences and health technologies and Laser and Engineering Cluster (LITEK), the major high-tech cluster in Lithuania with a focus on optoelectronics and laser technologies. These three clusters propose to create and develop a Strategic Cluster Partnership of Photonics for Health. The partnership aims to create linkages between cluster companies that could facilitate the new product development pipeline of products aimed at the growing sector of local health care services using key enabling technologies that clusters are focused on, namely: photonics and optoelectronics, laser technologies; wireless communication technologies; bioinformatics & software engineering and non-invasive diagnostics.