Join us on October 15 & 16 for the Meet’Up Greentech 2024: the annual rendezvous of greentech.
A privileged moment of meeting among the different actors of greentech, the Meet’Up Greentech will take place at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy (102 route de la pyramide, 75012, Paris) at the Parc Floral de Paris for its 2024 edition.
Organized by the Ecolab of the General Commission for Sustainable Development (CGDD) of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention, in partnership with the French Tech mission, the Tech Sprint of the Caisse des Dépôts, the Bank of Territories, Bpifrance, ADEME, AFNOR, the Innovation Agency, and La Tribune, the Meet’Up Greentech aims to promote public policies for ecological transition as well as to offer business opportunities for startups and SMEs.
On the agenda:
- Inspirational conferences and interventions from leading personalities and actors in greentech.
- Pitch of companies, large groups, and local authorities.
- Networking, a moment for privileged exchange in person and a dedicated tab in digital.
As with previous editions, all conferences will be broadcast live on our online platform as well as on YouTube. It will also be possible to carry out business appointments remotely.
In 2023, the Meet’Up Greentech allowed the meeting of 2,433 participants, including 273 investors, 1,337 green startups and SMEs, and the holding of more than 2,300 business appointments.
PROGRAM
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024 | |
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| 08:00 – 10:00 | Welcome, breakfast, and networking |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Main speaker intervention: Nourishing innovations for sustainable, competitive, and inclusive development – Éric Lombard, General Director, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations – Amélie Coantic, Assistant to the General Commissioner for Sustainable Development |
| 10:50 – 11:45 | AI: a new sector in the service of ecological transition? In partnership with the Bank of Territories – Axelle Lemaire, Director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, Sopra-Steria – Laurent Felix, General Director, Ekimetrics – Marion Moreira, Project Manager, Pilot of the AMELIA demonstrator, WaltR – Antoine Darodes, Director of the Digital Transition Investments Department, Bank of Territories |
| 11:50 – 12:35 | From reporting to strategic transformation, how do greentech enable the deployment of the CSRD? – Olivier Peyrat, General Director, AFNOR – Carine De Boissezon, Director of Impact, EDF – Julien Denormandie, Director of Impact, Sweep – Cécile Goubet, General Director, Institute for Sustainable Finance |
| 12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch and networking |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Presentation of the 3rd panorama on greentech – Emilie Garcia Fuertes, Head of Impact, Bpifrance |
| 14:45 – 15:35 | Urban biodiversity: how can local innovations transform our cities into sustainable ecosystems? – Marine Calmet, President, Wild Legal – Benjamin Ficquet, Director of Property and Responsible Operation, ICADE – Didier Chapellon, Deputy Delegate for Biodiversity, City of Rennes – Catherine De Roincé, President, TerrOïko – Charles Hazet, Deputy Director of Sustainable Development, DHUP, DGALN |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Crossed perspectives – Will deeptech respond to ecological urgency? In partnership with the French Tech Mission and Bpifrance – Paul-François Fournier, Executive Director, Bpifrance Innovation – Lucie Finet, Deputy Director, French Tech Mission – Jeremy Hureaux, Deputy Director, ECOLAB / CGDD |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Metropolitan purchases: an opportunity for greentech and territories – Céline Steiger, Director of Experimentation and Territorial Innovation, Paris&Co. – Fabien Billet, Responsible for Responsible Public Procurement, Bordeaux Métropole – Nicolas Griglio, Operational Director, Source Urbaine – Thomas Cottinet, Director, ECOLAB / CGDD |
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024 | |
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| 08:00 – 09:00 | Welcome, breakfast, and networking |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Minister’s opening – Agnès Pannier-Runnacher, Minister of Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | What role(s) for greentech in the adaptation of the agricultural sector to climate change? – Christian Huyghe, Scientific Director of Agriculture, INRAE – Nicolas Metayer, Deputy Director, Solagro – Clémence Pedraza, Partner and Impact Director, UMIAMI – Fabrice Cytermann, Deputy Director of Sustainable Public Policies, CGDD |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | IN THE PITCH ROOM: The Caisse des Dépôts TechSprint: unlocking data to accelerate ecological transition. – Thomas Cottinet, Director, ECOLAB / CGDD – Arno Pons, General Delegate, Digital New Deal Foundation – Archy (Cycle Up and ICADE) – Ilander Forêt (Cybeletech, Unisylva, and Centre Val de Loire Region) – Digital TER X (Egis, Seve Up, Cerema) |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Informing to transform: what role for La Tribune in accelerating ecological transition? – Tatiana de Francqueville, General Director, La Tribune – Thomas Cottinet, Director, ECOLAB / CGDD |
| 11:30 – 12:25 | Frugal AI: French and European initiatives – Nathalie Charbonniaud, Environmental Manager, Orange Innovation – Tom Nico, Digital and Environment Project Manager, ARCEP – Jacques Kluska, Responsible AI Expert, Schneider Electric – Lina Ismail, Development and Innovation Manager – Environment and Climate, AFNOR – Juliette Fropier, Project Manager for Artificial Intelligence, ECOLAB / CGDD |
| 12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch and networking |
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Announcement and presentation of Adapt’Action winners – Amélie Coantic, Assistant to the General Commissioner for Sustainable Development – Hélène Costa de Beauregard, Project Director for Adapt’Action, ECOLAB / CGDD |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | A fabric of innovation: how to make fashion sustainable? – Julia Faure, Co-founder, Loom, President of En Mode Climat, Co-president, Impact France – Quentin Badonnel, Responsible for Environmental Impact, Decathlon – Benoit Illy, CEO, Fairbrics – Pascal Dagras, Environmental Display Project Director, SVES / CGDD |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Overcoming behavioral barriers to accelerate low-carbon mobility: a new frontier? In partnership with ADEME and the Innovation Agency for Transport – Nicolas Fieulaine, Researcher in Social Psychology, University of Lyon/Public Innovation Chair – Johana Casallas, Sustainable Mobility Engineer, ADEME – Arnaud Julien, Director of Innovation and Data, Keolis – Laure Wagner, Co-founder and CEO, 1km on foot – Mélanie Vergnon, Deputy Director of Multimodal Innovation and Territories, DGITM |
Pitches from local authorities and large groups
These sequences of inverted pitches give a voice to local authorities and large groups to express their needs regarding ecological transition and announce their forecasts for sustainable and innovative purchases.
Pitch from French local authorities
Tuesday, October 15 from 11:00 AM to 12:20 PM:
- Carcassonne Agglo : Emmanuel Bourrel, Deputy General Director, Territory Pole
- Val-de-Marne Department : Philippe Vircondelet, Director of Public Procurement and Markets and Clotaire Filleteau, Project Manager for Eco-responsibility and Environmental Innovation
- Orléans Métropole : Sophie Triboulois, Head of Purchasing Service and Complex Contracts, Public Procurement and Purchasing Department
- Grand Poitiers : Jérôme Freisseix, Deputy General Director for Ecological Transition and Sébastien Bardet, Assistant to the Deputy General Director
Pitch from large groups
Wednesday, October 16 from 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM
- Vinci
- Convention of Enterprises for Climate (CEC)
- Icade
- Volvo (to be confirmed)
Return in pictures from the Meet’Up Greentech 2023!
Thank you to the partners of Meet’Up Greentech 2024!
