The fulfillment of a determined political objective to develop real economic power.

A new form of economics

The industry of knowledge, a digital economy, energy of the future

High-tech businesses gathered together in a single region.

• Support for new innovative businesses in a sector with a future
• Grouping businesses with a national and international reputation together
• Scanning and uploading works from museums around the whole world onto the network
• Creation of new skills around the Louvre-Lens (digital visit, virtual portrayal of a work of art in its original environment, etc.)
• Pooling of expertise

New jobs that are at the crossroads between art and technology

With the objective of creating up to 1,500 jobs in our region within the next five years

A land that is favourable to the development of this centre of excellence

The CRIL (Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Lens - Lens Research and Computing Centre) is a laboratory of the Université d'Artois associated with the CNRS, located in Lens.
It includes fifty members, researchers, teacher-researchers, PhD students and administrative and technical staff.
The unifying research subject addressed by the CRIL deals with symbolic artificial intelligence and its applications. The studies carried out will help to develop the digital economy in our country.