Events
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  Forum 4i®Innovation, Industry, Investment, InternationalJune 1stWeb : www.forum4i.fr |
| Registration fees: 700€ - 500€ - 200€ - free |
The City of Grenoble, in partnership with innovation key actors, organises the Forum 4i® : Innovation, Industry, Investment, International.
This forum is now recognised as a privileged meeting between investors and innovative project holders. This event is also a great moment of exchange and information about the creation and the development of high growth potential start-ups, labellized as "good practice" by the European Commission.
The Forum 4i® is centred on 3 events :
a venture capital forum : its objective is to organise a meeting between innovative start-ups in creation or already created and about 30 venture capitalists. Thus, it enables project holders to meet confidentially and individually in one place on the same day, the French and European major venture capitalists.
a round table : exchanges on current topic linked to the issue of funding in the creation of innovative start-ups.
a technology showcase : exhibition of 12 technological innovations
| June 1st | ||
| 8.30 am | Welcome session | |
| 9.30 | Technology showcase inauguration |
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| 10.00 | Opening Session Geneviève Fioraso, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble in charge of Economic development and innovation, President of SEM Minatec Entreprises Luc Rousseau, General Director, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry - DGE Speeches of: Jean-Jack Queyranne, President, Rhone-Alpes Regional Council André Vallini, President, Isere County Council Didier Migaud, President, Grenoble Urban Community |
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| 10.30 | Round table: Minalogic partnerships Eric Pilaud, Vice-President, Schneider Electric Patrick Bonnefond, Managing Director, Sofileta (METIS) Jean-Michel Gliner, CEO, Silicomp (EMSOC) Michel Guilbaud, Managing Director, OSEO Jérôme Lecoeur, General Partner, Innovacom Albert Ollivier, CEO, CDC Entreprises Dominique Thomas, Director, R&D Cooperative Programs France-Europe, STMicroelectronics |
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| 10.45 -11.15 | Round table: Minalogic, a key player of European innovation networks Jean Therme, Director of Technological research, CEA ; Director, CEA Grenoble Robert A. Hartman, Director Strategic Technology Program, ASML Netherlands B.V Dirk Hilbert, Deputy Mayor of Dresden in charge of Economy and Environment Paul Jacquet, President, INP Grenoble David White, Director, Innovation policies, European Commission |
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| 12.15 | Conclusions Michel Destot, Mayor of Grenoble, Member of the French Parliament François Loos, French Minister of Industry |
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| 1.00 pm | Lunch |
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| 2.20 pm | Workshop 1 New uses, new needs, new markets, new fields of application: where should we put R&D efforts in the micro and nanotechnology sector ? |
Workshop 2 The financing chain: subsidies, business angels, venture capital and operating capital financing. |
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| Technology showcase: Research staff from various laboratories in the Rhone-Alpes area will focus on new applications for the future and explain them. These will include innovations in IT, energy and biotechnology. |
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| Venture capital Forum: In the morning, pre-selected project representatives will make a ten-minute private presentation to the venture capital companies. In the afternoon, individual meetings between investors and project representatives. |
More information and registration: www.forum4i.fr 
Contact: forum4i@ville-grenoble.fr
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