This is a high level event aiming to promote French-Swedish business relations, investments, and impact collaborations and further the development of the French-Swedish Innovation Partnership. We want to create meetings across our two countries to further build bridges between impact startups, companies, capital markets, and decision-makers within our bilateral ecosystem. We want to strengthen the links between the French and the Swedish innovation ecosystems and discuss the challenges and opportunities of Europe as an innovation continent of excellency for smart, green and energy independent industry. The program focuses on developing sustainable business models, impact management, strategies for scaling and green transition.
This occasion offers an excellent opportunity for networking to develop French-Swedish partnerships, create new businesses and further trade relations between France and Sweden in both directions.
This is an event organized by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France in collaboration with Business France and the French Embassy in Sweden and the support of Business Sweden and the Swedish Embassy in France.
Date: 3rd of October
Time: 13:30 – 18:30
Venue: Grand Hôtel Stockholm
Program
13.30 Registration
14.00 Welcome remarks by Gîta Paterson, President Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France
Opening by H.E. Etienne de Gonneville, Ambassador of France to Sweden
High level French Keynote
High level Swedish Keynote
Panel I
How can French-Swedish collaborations contribute to repower EU
Moderator:
Franck Bouétard, CEO, Ericsson France
Panellists:
Christophe Desplats-Redier, Regional Director Europe, Neoen
Sandra Grauers Nilsson, Head of onshore Wind Power, Vattenfall
Carl Pattyn, Managing Director, Scania France
Rob Whyte, Managing Director, Alstom Nordics
Start-up pitches*
Fika, networking and Tech & Innovation exhibition with partners and green champions
Panel II
Speeding-up sustainable business in France and Sweden: best-practice from green champions
Moderator:
Aurore Belfrage, Technology Investor
Panellists:
Karin Ebbinghaus, CEO, Elonroad
Matthieu Guesné, Founder & CEO, Lhyfe
Luc Hovan, Vice President Operational Excellence, Northvolt
Benoît Lemaignan, CEO & Co-founder, Verkor
Start-up pitches*
Closing remarks by H.E. Håkan Åkesson, Ambassador of Sweden to France
17.00 Networking cocktail and Tech & Innovation exhibition with partners and green champions
18.30 End
*E.g. ClimateView, EcoTree, EcoVadis, Elonroad…
