Minatec (initially called the Micro and Nanotechnology Innovation Centre) is a research complex specializing in micro-nano technologies in Grenoble,

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. The centre was inaugurated in June 2006 by

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, French Minister Delegate for Industry, as a partnership between

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(the Electronics and Information Technologies Laboratory of CEA, the French Atomic Energy Commission) and by

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( Université Grenoble Alpes). The site was already home to LETI, Europe's top center for applied research in microelectronics and nanotechnology. Minatec combines a physical research campus with a network of companies, researchers, and engineering schools. It was launched to foster technology transfer, with real-life applications in energy and communications, among others. The complex is home to 3,000 researchers, 1,200 students, and 600 technology transfer experts on a 20-hectare campus offering 10,000 square meters for cleanroom space. It offers a continuum that goes from student training to technology transfer to industry, through basic and applied research. The Minatec campus has dedicated special-events facilities (900 m²), ranging from 20-person conference rooms to a 400-seat amphitheater. These spaces are available to researchers for their scientific events such as the international conference Nano safe held every two years since 2008.Fifth Nano safe International Conference - Nano safe 2016 - MINATEC, Grenoble, France.
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Minatec represents an investment of 193.5 million euros between 2002 and 2005, mainly paid by local authorities and the CEA.

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