This conference brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, venture capitalists and academic researchers from all sectors to explore the crucial role of partnerships in business expansion and innovation.
Highlights of the day include inspiring presentations on market trends and discussions on the challenges of partnerships:
Innovation in the service of energy: a collaboration between start-ups and companies to accelerate the energy transition. In its search for sustainable solutions, Swiss energy supplier Romande Energie has teamed up with agrophotovoltaic start-up Voltiris to pilot a revolutionary technology in a Swiss agricultural greenhouse. This presentation looks at the concept of open innovation, a collaborative approach that fosters partnerships between companies and external entities to implement innovative solutions.
Growth fuelled by companies and start-ups Synergies. Companies and start-ups often face realities that are difficult to reconcile, as they both have to respond to different objectives, priorities and imperatives. Despite this, they are intimately linked and represent a mutual source of opportunities. This session will examine the reasons why start-ups are such an important ingredient in the corporate innovation value chain, and suggest steps to be taken and conditions to be met to maximize the likelihood of successful matchmaking. This will be illustrated by a case study of the partnership between SICPA and Rayform, which led to the development of a revolutionary technology and value proposition in the field of high-value document security.
You'll also benefit from dedicated meeting spaces thanks to a networking platform that will facilitate networking and collaboration opportunities.