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French-Swedish Innovation Forum

Pan-European Collaborations for a Smart, Green & Energy Independent Industry.

We attended round tables about sustainable business models, impact management, strategies for scaling and green transition at the level of our two countries and in the framework of their bilateral cooperation. We also discovered start-ups that are working for a more responsible industry and have a real positive impact on the environment : ClimateView, CorPower Ocean, EcoVadis, BIORESTORE, Bright Day Graphene and EcoTree.

The panel was very rich  : opening and closing speeches of the ambassadors Etienne de Gonneville and Håkan Åkesson, intervention of various personalities of the Franco-Swedish diplomacy and speakers mainly from the energy sector about the following topics;

• How can French-Swedish Collaborations Contribute to Repower EU with :

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)

Moderator : Franck Bouétard (CEO, Ericsson France, Belux, Maghreb)

• Speeding-up Sustainable Business in France and Sweden: Best-Practice from Green Champions with :

Karin Ebbinghaus (CEO, Elonroad)

Matthieu Guesné (Founder & CEO, Lhyfe)

Luc Hovan (Vice President Operational Excellence, Northvolt)

Benoît Lemaignan (CEO & Co-founder, Verkor)

Moderator : Aurore Belfrage (Technology Investor)

Of course at the end we enjoyed a networking cocktail in order to get to know each other and to strengthen the French-Swedish business relations.

This forum was the opportunity to create meetings across our two countries to further build bridges between impact startups, companies, capital markets, and decision-makers, to know the commitments of the French and Swedish companies/start-ups present and discuss the challenges and opportunities of Europe as an innovation continent of excellency for smart, green and energy independent industry. 

Thank you to all speakers, panellists, attendees and everyone that contributed to this an enriching and successful event enlightening the ever stronger relation between France and Sweden.

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, the Swedish Embassy in France and the French Chamber of Commerce in Sweden.

Find the recording of the debate on the link below :