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11:00 AM11:30 AM

David versus Goliath: the new deal between start-ups and the giants

How can the long-standing rivalry between small and large businesses be transformed into a formidable business alliance? Caisse d’Epargne invites you to uncover the secrets behind successful...

Nathalie BARAT VANDAMME

ObsamPrésidente et Fondatrice

Adeline Daboval

Charles Delfieux

UnivityPrésident et Fondateur

OcbasePrésident et Fondateur

Julien Paoletti

Caisse d’Epargne Midi-PyrénéesExpert Innovation

BULLE LE COQ VERT

From the adaptation plan to the financing plan, how can you make your projects appealing to...

How can we finance sustainable transformation when traditional return-on-investment metrics are no longer sufficient? Faced with challenges related to sustainability, resilience, and robustness,...

Banque des TerritoiresResponsable Adaptation au changement climatique - Direction de l’Investissement

Guillaume Dolques

I4CEChercheur spécialisé sur l'adaptation au changement climatique

Emmanuel Gaudé

Starquest CapitalAssocié fondateur et Directeur Général

Maximilien Rouer

Adaptation/sCofondateur

10:40 AM11:00 AM

When data saves lives: the next healthcare revolution

How can we improve cancer treatment? How can we make brain surgery more precise and effective? Behind these advances lies a common driver: data. Through their respective innovations, David...

Sirius NeosightCEO

David Caumartin

Valérian GUESTRE

12:30 PM1:10 PM

Assessing the environmental, social and economic impact of businesses in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

How can we measure the environmental, social and economic impact of businesses? What tools are available to assess their contribution to the major challenges of the future? Come and discuss these...

Andréa Brouille

Région Nouvelle-AquitaineVice-Présidente en charge du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Accompagnement de la RSE des entreprises

Mathieu CAUMONT

Société AGEC Président

William Demaiziere

BpifranceDirecteur régional Bordeaux

Frédéric Guibert

BpifranceDirecteur régional Poitiers

Pierre-Alain Magne

Eyrein IndustrieResponsable Développement

10:30 AM11:00 AM

Security & Development: helping to build international industrial partnerships in the defence and...

How can we move from a primarily operational form of cooperation to an integrated Defence–Diplomacy–Development (3D) approach, in which industry (manufacturing, maintenance, training and innovation)...

BpifranceRegional Manager l Eastern/Southern Africa & Indian Ocean

Laurence DE TOUCHET

Business FranceDirectrice des programmes export

Clément Requier

GICATExport and European partnerships Director

Stéphane Richou

12:00 PM12:20 PM

Decarbonised maritime transport: innovation, challenges and opportunities

How can we rethink maritime transport to meet the challenges of the future? Drawing on the experience of Neoline, which operates the world’s largest sailing cargo ship, discover how innovation can...

Madeleine Poulin Poirier

NeolineResponsable Commerciale

Bpifrance Assurance ExportResponsable Assurance Export - Domaine Naval Spatial Terrestre

Frugal AI: why and how should SMEs adopt it?

How can you make the most of AI without driving up costs, overburdening organisations or increasing environmental impacts? This masterclass explores the principles of frugal AI through real-world...

Terra CognitaCofondateur et CEO

12:40 PM12:45 PM

What if the key driver of performance were the collective?

How can you raise your ambitions when you can no longer move forward alone? Through her work leading the La French Fab and Club Excellence communities, Priscilla Abi Khalil shares her observations...

Priscilla ABI KHALIL

BpifranceResponsable Le Club Excellence et La French Fab

Valérian GUESTRE

The defence industry is stepping up a gear: behind the scenes of the Damocles project

How did a young mid-market drone company (Delair) and a major defence group (KNDS) manage to design, certify and equip France with its first domestically developed remotely operated munition? A...

Commandant Joffrey DUCHON

DGAAdjoint au chef du bureau industrie Aéronautique à la DID

Dominique GUILLET

KNDSDirecteur de la BU Armes et Munitions

Stanislas LEFORT

BpifranceChef de programmes Accélérateur Défense

Bastien Mancini

LES VOIX DE L'INNOVATION

10:40 AM10:50 AM

From the laboratory to the business: the deep tech challenge

How does one move from the laboratory to setting up a deep tech business? Drawing on her own experience, Valérie Taly, Research Director at Methys DX, recounts the challenges, turning points and...

Methys DXDirectrice de recherche

LE CERCLE DES SACHANTS

AI and skills: how edtech is shaping the future of learning

How is artificial intelligence transforming education and training? As AI becomes increasingly embedded in our daily and professional lives, the issue of learning takes centre stage. What skills...

Thibaut Guédou

BpifranceResponsable sectoriel Numérique

LE CERCLE DES SACHANTS

Will the factory of the future be a ‘dark factory’?

Humanoid robots, agent-based AI, full automation: the vision of factories capable of operating with virtually no human intervention is as fascinating as it is thought-provoking. Driven by the need...

Yannick Feillens

BpifranceExpert Industrie et Industrie 4.0

BULLE LA FRENCH FAB

Industrial SMEs and mid-sized companies: Turn innovation into a competitive advantage

In a constantly evolving industrial environment, innovation has emerged as a key driver of performance and sustainability for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies. But...

Philippe Bourdier

BpifranceChargé de mission Plan Start Up et PME/ETI industrielles

BpifranceDéléguée Innovation

10:00 AM10:45 AM

Sheer nerve: a fundamental skill that requires mental training

In a hostile and extreme environment, sheer nerve is a fundamental skill that requires mental training to think ‘outside the box’.

Romain Vandendorpe

Workout WarriorsDirigeant et conférencier

11:50 AM12:20 PM

The United States in 2026: what opportunities lie ahead in a changing economic landscape?

In a rapidly changing US economic landscape, what opportunities are there for French companies? This round-table discussion will combine a macroeconomic analysis of the United States with a...

José Agustin Cedeño

BpifranceResponsable développement export

Stéphane COLLIAC

BNP ParibasResponsable Economies Avancées

Alex Lhéritier

Koaloo FiFondateur & Directeur

12:00 PM12:45 PM

Intergenerational management: which models can meet changing expectations?

In a rapidly changing workplace, relationships between generations are often reduced to stereotypes. Yet genuine differences do exist when it comes to attitudes towards work, management expectations...

Timothée ELKIHEL

R3 GroupCofondateur

What if your support functions became your strongest growth drivers?

In an environment where innovation is accelerating, business models are evolving and risks are becoming more complex and systemic, a company’s ability to make the right decisions at the right time...

BpifranceDirecteur Juridique Groupe

Sophie Vieilledent

Fnac DartyResponsable Juridique et Legal ops

Governance of mid-sized companies: who really calls the shots these days?

In an environment where leaders must make decisions more quickly on increasingly complex issues, the way decisions are made has become a performance issue in its own right. Should one decide alone...

Agnès LO JACOMO

ChabéPrésidente du Comité Stratégique

Tilts & CoPrésentateur

Hélène RIBAUTE

KPMG AvocatsAssociée Avocate

BULLE LA FRENCH TOUCH

12:40 PM1:10 PM

The comeback of experiential retail in a digital world

In an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail is reinventing itself as an immersive and human experience. This discussion will explore how brands are transforming their retail locations...

Anne-Charlotte Bellanger

Groupe OraDirectrice générale adjointe

Juliette FOURNIER LE RAY

BpifranceInvestisseuse French Touch Capital

Ex NihiloDirectrice Commerciale

France – Canada: strengthening the strategic partnership in the face of protectionist pressures?

In an international environment marked by rising trade tensions and the resurgence of protectionist tendencies, Canada is emerging as a strategic partner for French businesses. Thanks to CETA, the...

IFE-Sciences Po (ex-CEPII)Vice Président Institut Français de l'Economie - Sciences Po (Ex-Directeur du CEPII)

SIPAREXInvestment Director

BpifranceChargée de Développement Export Amériques

Julien GUINTRAND

Ginger HoldingDeputy Group Managing Director & Group CFO

11:15 AM12:00 PM

Business leaders: anticipate challenges to bounce back stronger

In an unstable economic climate, marked by a succession of crises, the ability of leaders to anticipate difficulties is more crucial than ever. This masterclass offers a practical approach to...

OdérisAssocié

Tristan Liger-Belair

BpifranceResponsable de suivi de participations transverse, Bpifrance Investissement

LE CERCLE DES SACHANTS

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050: can agriculture rise to the challenge?

In France, some sectors remain below 50 per cent self-sufficiency, whilst agriculture accounts for nearly 19 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Changing the way we produce is therefore no longer...

BpifranceResponsable sectorielle Agriculture et Alimentation

Governance, strategy and succession: the winning trio for family businesses

In France, too few family businesses are still passed down from one generation to the next, unlike what we see among our German or Italian neighbours. Yet the keys to a successful handover are well...

Emmanuel Denoulet

BpifranceInvestisseur - Fonds Build-up International

Patrick Vincent-Genod

EY FranceAssocié - Responsable du marché des entreprises familiales

BULLE LA FRENCH CARE

11:05 AM11:35 AM

Young Scientists, Bold Minds : Reinventing Healthcare

In healthcare, entrepreneurship has long been associated with well-established profiles: seasoned researchers, renowned professors, experienced experts. But a new generation is changing the game....

BpifranceChargée de mission Innovation - Domaine Santé

Xavier Duportet

Eligo BioscienceCofondateur et CEO

IrocCEO et Cofondatrice

AGORA PROJECTION

Exports: How Public–Private Partnerships Secure Your Contracts

In high-potential markets, particularly in Africa, robust export contracts are a key factor for success. This forum demonstrates how collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders...

BpifranceResponsable du Domaine Assurance Crédit ETI‑PME

Philippe Puigventos

Diot-SiaciAssocié

Laurène Sommacal

ArteliaCredit Manager

BULLE LA FRENCH TOUCH

When brands draw inspiration from artists to build communities

In music, audiences become fans because they share a worldview, a vision, and values with the artist and their community that go beyond the music itself. Increasingly, brands are adopting these...

Thibaut Ledunois

Fédération Française du Prêt à Porter FémininDirecteur des opérations, en charge de l’Innovation et de l’Entrepreneuriat

Matthias Leullier

Live Nation FranceDirecteur Général Adjoint

ESPACE TOURISME

11:45 AM12:15 PM

French tech tourism: how are major groups helping start-ups expand internationally?

In recent years, major French tourism groups have been developing increasingly structured digital strategies. They are bringing innovative start-ups in their wake, which are focused on key...

OutsightPrésident fondateur

Nathalie CHAILLY

Aéroport de Paris CDG - Groupe ADPDirectrice du développement et des relations partenaires

BpifranceResponsable Domaine Numérique

11:30 AM12:30 PM

What if the executive never saw his bank again?

In recent years, open banking has acted as an intermediary for traditional banking by enabling business leaders to view their accounts and initiate transfers directly via the fintech platform of...

QontoAI Business Unit Manager

Groupe BPCEDirectrice de l'IA pour les clients, conseillers et CRC

Aristide MACHARD

WaniwaniChief Business Officer

BpifranceChief digital officer

Bertrand SADORGE

La Banque PostaleDirecteur du Développement Clients de la Banque des Entreprises et du Développement Local

10:00 AM11:00 AM

Data and Tourism: Reinventing Experiences While Boosting Sustainability and Competitiveness

In the current geopolitical and economic climate, data in the tourism sector is increasingly becoming an indispensable tool, recognised as such by all stakeholders in the sector. Consequently,...

Christelle CHASSAGNE

ADN TourismePrésidente d'ADN Tourisme et CRT Nouvelle-Aquitaine

AmadeusGeneral Manager Travel Sellers, France

Jonathan HUFFSTUTLER

Eona-X Collaborations Data & IACMO & Directeur projets Tourisme EONA X

Unimev / EventmakerAdministrateur / Directeur général

Audrey Wiederkehr

WemapDigital business developper

Reconciling international expansion with industrial efficiency

In the face of geopolitical tensions, environmental regulations, and the climate emergency, Sofrigam, Eyrein, and TOOPI Organics share their solutions for balancing international expansion with...

Concepcion Alvarez

NovethicJournaliste et rédactrice en chef adjointe

Fabien DELAFALIZE

Direction générale de l'énergie et du climat | Direction Générale de l'Energie et du ClimatCoordinateur Innovation / Coordinateur EnR - France 2030

Laurence LABRANQUE

Marine Laulhère

BpifranceDéléguée Internationale

Pierre-Alain Magne

Eyrein IndustrieResponsable Développement

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