Join us for the 20th anniversary ceremony of the competitiveness clusters!
COSMETIC VALLEY will be pleased to participate in the 20th anniversary ceremony of the competitiveness clusters , a landmark event for innovation and collaboration in France.
Our presence at this ceremony illustrates the central role of COSMETIC VALLEY in the competitiveness ecosystem and our commitment to promoting French excellence and know-how on a national scale.
We invite you to join us to celebrate this important milestone. Please note: space is limited to 3 member companies .
📅Thursday, December 4, 2025, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty - 139 rue de Bercy, Paris 12th arrondissement
On the agenda:
9:00 - 9:30: Welcome
9:30–9:40 a.m.: Opening remarks by the Directorate General for Enterprises
· 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Introduction
o Christian Deleuze, President of the AFPC and Medicen
o Stéphanie Pernod, President of the Economic Development Delegation Committee of Regions of France
10:00–10:50 : Roundtable 1 – “Scaling up innovative companies: what are the challenges and what are the possible courses of action, from the perspective of investors and companies?” Moderator: Stéphanie Schohn, Ecosystem Director, Aktantis
o Michiel Scheffer, President of the board, EIC
o Laurent Sandrin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Echosens
o François-Régis Chaumartin, VP Semantic Data Science at Dassault Systèmes, founder of Proxem
o Alexis Frentz, Investment Director, Elaia
o Armelle de Tinguy de la Giroulière, Partner & Deputy Managing Director, 115K
10:55–11:45: Roundtable 2 – “Specificities of Investments in Industrial Companies” Moderated by: Sophie Rouzaud, Managing Director, Nuclear Valley
o Audrey-Laure Bergenthal, President of Euveka and Startindustrie
o Magalie Clément (Joëssel), Director of the industrial investments division, Bpifrance
o Florent Illat, Managing Director, Safran Corporate Venture
o Company (to be confirmed)
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM: Signing of the new charter for the labeling of projects from the AFPC hubs
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Networking cocktail (and parallel B2B meetings)