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)

🔗 Information and registration

Develop your innovation - Digital and Cosmetics

📅 Join us on December 5th at 11:30 am for this webinar dedicated to research and innovation opportunities in the cosmetics industry!

[ 🔒 Reserved for COSMETIC VALLEY members]

As part of the European Loire Valley Data Hub program, this edition will focus specifically on Digital and Cosmetic innovations.

Are you interested in taking part in an innovative project?

Do you have a project of your own and are you looking for funding to get started?

This appointment is for you!

On the agenda:
🚀 How COSMETIC VALLEY can support you in boosting your R&D projects

🤝 Presentation of projects seeking partners in the Digital and Cosmetics sectors
(digital, bio-based ingredients, packaging, equipment, innovative processes…)

📣 A closer look at current thematic calls for projects

Whether you are a startup, a laboratory or an SME, come and discover concrete opportunities to enhance your expertise and develop your digital innovation!

This webinar returns every two months: strategic monitoring to take part in new innovation projects!

💡 The icing on the cake: If your expertise matches the needs of certain projects, you will have the opportunity to be put in contact with the project leaders after the webinar!

🎯 Register now on COSMETIC VALLEY LIVE and select the webinar on December 5th!

📬 Info & contact: [email protected]

On November 4th at 11am , tune in to Cosmetic Valley Live for an exceptional webinar dedicated to the restitution of the Water4Cosmetics AMI .

For one hour, dive into the heart of the most promising solutions for a more sustainable, efficient and resilient cosmetics industry in the face of water challenges.

🕒 Webinar schedule

11:00 – 11:05 : Introduction by Cosmetic Valley

11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m .: AQUANOVA

How to successfully implement a project approach towards sustainable water management?

11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m .: Industrial testimony – Stéarinerie Dubois Fils on the reuse of treated wastewater for process needs.

11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m .: Presentation of innovative solutions related to water management

• MS4All – Predicting biodegradability through molecular simulation A start-up from the CNRS, MS4All develops molecular simulation tools to anticipate the biodegradability of polymers and substances, facilitating eco-design in cosmetics.
• ZENI – Microalgae to treat and recover effluents A circular treatment process using microalgae to purify wastewater while reusing biomass into bio-sourced cosmetic ingredients .
• Eaukey – A turnkey solution for recycling process water A modular and automated solution enabling the recycling of process water and the reduction of drinking water consumption .
• Alimpex – Intelligent hygiene and sustainable water management An innovative approach combining monitoring, disinfection without inputs and enzymatic solutions to secure processes while optimizing water use.

🌟 Why participate?

• Meet project leaders looking for partners to co-develop, test or industrialize their solutions.
• Get inspired by the latest innovations in sustainable water management in cosmetics.
• Chat live with speakers to accelerate your CSR and innovation initiatives .

📅 Practical information

Date: Monday, November 4, 2025

Time: 11:00 – 12:00

Location: Online at Cosmetic Valley Live

Registration: Open to all professionals in the sector

👉 Join us for an hour of inspiration, concrete solutions, and decisive encounters for the future of cosmetics and water resources!

For five days, faculty members, staff, students, and institutional, academic, and industrial partners will be invited to meet, exchange ideas, and build together. Nearly thirty events will punctuate the week at various university locations, including tours, demonstrations, workshops, debates, meetings, and exhibitions.

Go watch the program!

Detailed platform descriptions are available on the registration page: registration form.

• From Monday 24 to Friday 28 November 2025

• At various sites of the University of Bordeaux – depending on the location of the platform

COSMETIC VALLEY supports this event as part of its partnership with the Bordeaux University Innovation Center, which aims to promote public/private collaborations.

On the program:

• Visit their high-level equipment,
• Sharing their scientific expertise and research topics
• Presentation of their service offering: provision of their equipment for your research, training on cutting-edge equipment and techniques, etc.

The 9 open research platforms:

• Neurocampus health
• Bordeaux Imaging Center materials (industries of all types)
• Biotech center Health / Cosmetics / Nutraceuticals / Food industry
• LCPO Polymer Chemistry Transfer
• Proteome (proteomic analysis) Health / Biology / Agri-Agro / Cosmetics / Bio-sourced chemistry
• CBIB (bioinformatics) Health / Biology / Agri-Agro / Cosmetics / Bio-sourced chemistry
• ICNDE (non-destructive testing) Materials (ASD, transport in the broad sense of the term, works, etc.)
• ELORPrintTec (organic electronics) ASD / Automotive / Health / Packaging / Sport
• ENSAM (on the aspect of the pivot of Industry 4.0 technologies in the service of circularity) LCA / Recyclability / Industry of the future (industrial processes)

> Reserve your visit slot (free) for one or more platforms via the form: Registration link

Information and contact:
Louis Mercier
Business Manager for the cosmetics sector
University of Bordeaux
[email protected]

Nathalie SIMONIN
COSMETIC VALLEY
[email protected]

COSMETIC VALLEY invites you to a working group on artificial intelligence, following the innovation commission: “digitalization” and as part of our Loire Valley Data Hub actions.

International competition, the need to be agile and accelerate product launches, responding as closely as possible to consumer needs, and the importance of business competitiveness are all posing major challenges to the French cosmetics industry today, prompting it to reinvent its design, production and marketing models.

It is in this context that artificial intelligence emerges as a structuring lever. It does not just provide one-off solutions: it allows industrial responses to be aligned with the sector's innovation challenges.

📅 On Thursday, November 6, 2025, we are organizing with eleven strategy an exclusive pre-restitution of the study “Perspectives on AI within the cosmetics industry”.

📍 Meet at: 5 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75016 Paris, from 8:30 a.m.

On the program for this morning:

• 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Presentation of the lessons learned from the current study, AI use cases across the entire cosmetics value chain and a medium-term projection.

• 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Industry and non-industry inspirations.

• 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Workshop: Defining priority themes for collective work around the use of AI within our sector

This meeting will be an opportunity to highlight your contributions, to exchange ideas between data and AI decision-makers, and to encourage cross-fertilization between players in the sector.

Please note that places are limited.

We would be delighted to have you join us for this moment of exchange and collective reflection, which will mark a key step in the structuring of the sector around AI.

👉 Please confirm your attendance before October 16th via this form:

Are you a startup, a research center, or a company looking for new opportunities? The must-attend event of the fall season is back: the 4th edition of the “Develop Your Innovation” webinar!

Next meeting: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. , live on COSMETIC VALLEY LIVE.

✨ This innovative bimonthly format, organized every first Friday of the month (except in exceptional circumstances), offers you a dive into the heart of cosmetic innovation.

On the program:

• Presentation of innovative French and international projects, seeking partners (startups, laboratories, companies)

• Numerous innovation topics covered: digital solutions, bio-sourced ingredients, innovative packaging, formulation technologies, equipment and processes, etc.

• Identification of current calls for projects to boost and finance your developments

• Presentation of COSMETIC VALLEY support tools to finance your innovation initiatives

If your expertise matches the needs of the projects presented, you can be put in touch with the project leaders!

An exclusive meeting to launch new collaborations, reserved for COSMETIC VALLEY members.