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International Conference : ERTS EMBEDDED REAL TIME SOFTWARE 2008 TOULOUSE, FRANCE - Palais des congres - Pierre Baudis January 29, 30, 31, February 1, 2008

	Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Some 7,900 Airbus aircraft have been ordered by more than 270 customers worldwide and some 4,900 of these have been delivered since the company first entered the market in the early seventies. With an annual turnover of over 26 billion euros in 2006, Airbus is a global company, employing some 57,000 people of 88 different nationalities in design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the UK, and Spain, as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., China, Japan, and in the Middle East. Airbus also operates spare parts and training centres in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, and provides round-the-clock support services to all Airbus operators, helping them enhance the profitability of their fleets. Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Airbus is an EADS company
	The Continental Corporation is one of the world's leading automotive industry suppliers offering comprehensive know-how in tire and brake technology, vehicle dynamics control, electronics, sensor products, hybrid technology ,telematic systems and rubber and plastic products. It is our goal to make individual mobility safer and more comfortable. In addition to our operations in the automotive sector, we also make  roducts for machine manufacturing and mining as well as for the furniture and printing industries.
	AdaCore is the leading provider of commercial software solutions for Ada, a modern programming language designed for large, long-lived applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical. AdaCore’s flagship product is the GNAT Pro development environment, which is ideal for developers seeking robustness, performance, and portability. AdaCore has an extensive worldwide customer base and GNAT Pro is used for developing the most important embedded and real- time applications; see ww.adacore.com for further information.

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	DGA of the French Ministry of Defence is an organisms of 18100 persons that pilots weapons programs (80 in 2006). Its mission is triple. - to manage the design, acquisition and assessment of the systems currently used by the armed forces. - to contribute to the European defence of the future by anticipating risks and threats and by preparing the development of new technologies and industrial skills. - to promote the weapon exportation.
	The Aerospace Valley association was created on July 13 2005, for the national, European and international development of the Midi-Pyrenees & Aquitaine Aeronautics, Space and Embedded Systems Competitiveness Cluster and received the "Global Cluster" seal of approval from the French government on July 12 2005. It is formed by the companies, research centres, education and training centres and authorities involved in the sector from the two regions. With its 500 members, the general assembly is composed of 7 electoral colleges (Large manufacturing groups, SMEs/micro-businesses, Education/Training, Research, Economic development Structures, Local and Regional Authorities, Professional organisations and associated partners), the first four of which constitute the Cluster's project evaluation committee.
	For forty years, ESG has been developing, integrating and opera-ting electronic and IT systems for the military, public authorities and companies.With our logistics services we ensure that these systems remain available and efficient when in operation. Among our customers are companies in the automobile, aerospace and defence industries and from the areas of telecommunications, industrial goods and commercial vehicles. • As an independent technology and process consultant with no interests in the production of hardware, we carry out studies and simulations for new systems and support the management of large IT projects. • As a competence centre we enable our customers to access new technologies. • As a specialised system company we have complete responsibility for individual modules and entire systems. With our services we support the processes and capabilities of our customers and increase the reliability of their systems. Technology transfer between markets is the basis for our significant contribution to our customers’ value creation