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HLF Summit 2023 Edition

This year, the theme of the 12th edition of the High Level Forum Summit Is “How the restructuring of global supply chain impacts innovation ecosystems”.

This Edition is taking place at the maison Minatec, Grenoble, France.  🇫🇷 

Dates: 26 to 28 November

Moderator: Sharon Rehbinder, Director of North America sector of Invest in Grenoble-Alpes, will moderate and animate the whole HLF Summit 2023 !

Sharon Rehbinder, Director of North America sector of Invest in Grenoble-Alpes, will moderate and animate the whole HLF Summit 2023 !

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AGENDA

Sunday 2023 November, 26

9:00 - 18:00Hotel Novotel, arrival & registration
14:00Sightseeing tour of Grenoble
19:00Welcome cocktail reception

Monday 2023 November, 27

09:00 Forum official opening
09:45 Words of welcome

Philippe Watteau

Chair of the HLF, Chief Innovation Officer at CEA Research & Technology Division, Grenoble, France

09:55 Speeches by officials and the State representative

Florent Cholat

Metropolitan Councillor responsible for Digital Development, Digital Innovation and Public Data Management

10:20 Keynote
11:00 Quantum: From research to business
Chair

Delphine Roma

VP Deep Tech Marketing & Strategy, Air Liquide, Grenoble, France

Samy Bjaiji

Project manager, industrial sectors at Québec Quantique, Montréal, Canada

Hughes Metras

Director of the Technological
Research Institute IRT Nanoelec, Grenoble, France

14:00 Inventing tomorrow's medicine today
Chair

Maya Okamoto

Advisor, Tsukuba Global Innovation Promotion Agency (TGI), Japan

Alberto Sanna

Director, Reseach Center for Advanced Technology in Health and Well-Being of San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

15:15 Big challenges, shared solutions in food and fashion
Chair

Pia Kinhult

Head of Host States Relations and Senior Negotiator In-Kind at the European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden

Akeanong Jangbua

Director of FoodInnopolis, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand

Selma Maric

Project Leader Life Science at MAX IV and Project Leader SPIRIT – Swedish Platforms for Advanced Infrastructure in Research, Innovation and Technology, Lund, Sweden

Henrik Stamm Kristensen

Founder of Premium Ingredients, Portable Powder Blending (PPB), allfoodexperts, Chemometric Brain and Blendhub, Copenhagen, Denmark

15:15 Chrome meeting room
Workshop “Art & Science as a research enabler for innovation and societal dialogue”

  • 3 pm: HLF chair man welcome introduction

  • 3:10 pm: Short restitution of the documentary bench

  • 3:20 pm: About arts and sciences initiatives relationships

  • 3:30 to 4:15 pm: Testimonies of existing practises 

    • 3:30: Example of innovation practise -Peter Sturm – INRIA
    • 3:45: Example of methodology practise:-Céline Verchère – University of Sherbrooke
    • 4:00: Science & society outreach & vulgarization practise: Focus on valorization through ARTEX festival – David Chavalarias /CNRS –ISCP –PIF
    • 4:15: Example of an existing network : EIT Culture & Creativity KIK (Daniela Sani)

  • 4:30 pm:  Workshop time : collective think things through over objectives to reach, common interests to share and network opportunity  – Animation : Marjorie Gary-CEA

  • 5:30 pm: End of workshop

  • 6:00 pm: Visit of Faire Connaissance, exhibition of Hélène Launois, artist in residence in CEA Saclay + cocktail

    Previously to the workshop which can be attented through livestorm

Chair

Tiana Delhome

Coordinator Art & Science, CEA Research & Technology Division, Grenoble, France

15:15 Chrome meeting room 2
Grenoble Alpes International Bootcamp Masterclass “Intercultural business culture expectations for international business”
Complete program
Chair

Michele Coletti

Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Technology and Strategy at the Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France

17:00 Societal impact: methods, tools and best practices
Chair

Kirsi Hyytinen

Leading ‘Future-proof Societies’ team at VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland

Angélica Lopez Sobrado

Coordinator of the Surveillance and Strategic Intelligence team, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Bilbao, Spain

Simon Perraud

Deputy director at CEA-Liten, CEA Research and Technology division, Grenoble, France

Martin Scheepers

Senior Consultant at the Energy Transition Studies Group, TNO, Amsterdam, Netherlands

20:00 Restaurant Chez le Per’gras
Annual Gala dinner

Tuesday 2023 November, 28

09:00 words of WELCOME
09:15 Keynote

Chih-I Wu

President of Taiwan Semiconductor Association (TSIA). Hsinchu, Taiwan

09:45 CHIPS TECH’TONIC & RESHAPING GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Chair
11:00 Keynote

Thomas Ferré

Senior Investor at EU’s largest direct Venture Capital/Growth Equity Fund, Paris, France

11:30 SESSION “ALIGNING SUPPLY CHAINS TOWARD THE GOAL OF ZERO-CARBON: THE ROLES OF LARGE COMPANIES, STARTUPS, AND OPEN INNOVATION”
Chair

Richard Dasher

Director of US-Asia Technology Management Center Stanford University USA 

Philippe Rase

Director for Business Planning Sales & Strategic Partnership Programs HPE

Aurélie Picart

General Delegate of the Strategic Committee for New Energy Systems Industry France

14:00 Session “Ecosystem valorization, knowledge & technology transfer functions”
Chair

Michele Coletti

Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Technology and Strategy at the Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France

Debra Lam

Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, Atlanta, USA

15:15 Diving into Giant Innovation Campus Grenoble and visit of ST Microelectronics showroom
19:00 Y Spot Partners
Networking buffet & exhibition by visual artist Hélène Launois

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Due the current health crisis, the 2020 HLF Summit has been postponed to autumn 2021 - The HLF will be online on 1st Dec 2020 during the first HLF Connect Briefing