FORUM TERATEC 2024

Who are we ?

The Teratec association European competence
center in high performance digital technologies

  • Founded in 2005, Teratec brings together major French and European industrial players in high-performance digital technology to accelerate the mastery and dissemination of digital technology and actively contribute to the development of technologies and uses, with the main objectives of developing high-level skills and creating jobs.
  • Teratec and its members participate in national and European initiatives in the entire field of simulation and supercomputing, data analysis and artificial intelligence, and the quantum computing of tomorrow.
  • Teratec leads the French Competence Center of the major European program EuroHPC, which has just created a marketplace that will be the national platform for exchanges between suppliers and users. 
The Infopro Digital group
Leader in B2B information and services
  • 550M€ IN TURNOVER
  • 4000 employees
  • 4th largest organizer of trade shows in France
  • 8th largest French technology group (FW 2022 class)
  • 20% growth per year since its creation in 2001
  • Present in 18 countries (+50% of operations outside France) 
  • 6 targeted professional communities: Automotive, Insurance, Construction, Retail, Manufacturing, and Public Sector 
It is essential to develop this ability to combine the know-how of a specific field with what these technologies can enable. The leaders of tomorrow will be the countries, industries and companies that accelerate and develop their mastery of these technologies.
Daniel Verwaerde
Président et co-fondateur de l'association Teratec

To sustain its competitivenessEurope must strengthen its innovation capabilities with the help of HPC

  • High-Performance Computing (HPC) plays a central role in stimulating Europe's economic growth
  • HPC is a ubiquitous tool for industry and academia to develop world-class products, services and inventions to maintain and strengthen Europe's competitive position on the world stage.
  • HPC is also recognized as crucial for addressing major societal challenges
  • Today, the role of HPC can be described as follows: "Out-Compute is Out-Compete"