Meet'Up Greentech 2022 - GreenTech Innovation

Organized by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Energy Transition, the Greentech Meet’Up brought together more than 2,400 participants this year. It took place on October 18th at Station F and online on October 19th and 20th. 1,227 startups and 194 investors took part in the Meet’Up, and 2,000 business meetings were held over the three days! On October 18th, 1,300 people attended Station F to meet startups and our partners at the 70 booths, listen to pitches from local authorities and startups, and attend high-level conferences. This in-person event provided ample opportunity for discussion and networking. Highlights of October 18thThe day was opened by

Christophe Béchu , Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, and Jean-Noël Barrot , Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications. Event participants were able to discover the new Greentech Innovation and Green20 class, through exhibiting booths and speaking at conferences.

In the morning, a new pitch format was introduced: community pitchesallowed local authorities to share their needs for innovative sustainable purchasing. In the afternoon, 15 startups pitched

to investors.

Six conferences took place on the Master Stage and were broadcast live on YouTube. These included: Reverse debate: “A low-carbon French economy: how to achieve it quickly?” »France’s Energy Sovereignty and Sobriety: Greentech Innovates Sectoral Responses to the Ecological Emergency: The Vision of the Institute for Climate EconomicsJulie Fort Neuville
“Achieving a carbon-free economy quickly is possible with the principle of small industrial units.” Julie Fort-NeuvilleChief Impact Officer, Partner, Materr’Up
Philippe Rapin “We see great startups that burn out and die because it takes too much time and too much energy to convince public sector clients of their innovations.” Philippe Rapin

CEO, Urban Radary Benoit Leguet
“There are financing needs in each of ADEME’s four ecological transition scenarios. It would be essential to know the trajectory chosen by the State.” Benoît Leguet

Executive Director of I4CE

At the same time, networking and business meetings took place at Station and online, on our dedicated platform. The roundtables and business meetings continued online on the 19th and 20th.

Excerpts from the roundtables on October 19th and 20th

Artificial Intelligence: A Lever for Accelerating the Ecological Transition in the Regions

Combining Sobriety and Technology to Decarbonize Transportation

Marc Leobet“At the Ministry, we don’t use AI because it’s fashionable, but because it can answer questions that can’t be answered otherwise.”

Project Director for “AI & Ecological Transition,” General Commission for Sustainable Development

Jean Baptiste Segard“Decarbonizing transportation doesn’t mean deprivation if it’s done intelligently.”

CEO, EP Tender

Supporting Agricultural Innovation in the Regions: The Example of BiocontrolBetter Use of Data to Address Prevention and Environmental Health Issues

Michael Roes

“Across France, if If we were to generalize the collection of urine and reuse it in agriculture, this would represent 50% less CO2 emissions and 40% less energy consumption.”