Networking and events
Paris Développement deploys targeted programs to give business innovators in Paris the specific information they need along with effective strategic guidance to back their growth.
Paris Region Innovation Tour
The Paris Région Innovation Tour is an annual, one-day event bringing together competitiveness clusters from across Europe.
- Representing a pan-European ecosystem that spans cluster members and governance bodies, investors, regional authorities and other participants, it offers a unique opportunity to reinforce ties between clusters and favor joint initiatives and pooling of resources.
- Programs center on contacts and sharing of both information and good practices. Presentations highlight collaborative projects between clusters and successful cross-border initiatives, setting a course for international deployment of clusters of excellence.
Innov'éco
A quarterly event in Paris, bringing together eco-innovation specialists from across the region.
Attended by close to 300 entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, researchers and representatives of local government and other authorities, Innov'eco invites participants to explore concrete solutions and meet new partners, favoring the emergence of new business opportunities in specific areas of expertise.
Grands prix de l'innovation
With its Grands Prix de l'Innovation program, the City of Paris aims to encourage the launch of innovative businesses and reward the people contributing to improvements in the life and economic fabric of the city. It has entrusted organization of the awards to Paris Développement, its development agency.
Awards are in five categories
- Digital technologies
- Healthcare
- Design
- Cleantech
- Innovative services.
Les Matinales
Paris Innovation Matinales are breakfast debates organized once a month in the Palais Brongniart, the former headquarters of the Paris Stock Exchange. They address cross-sector and cross-functional themes of immediate concern for innovation- and technology-driven businesses. An essential monthly information meeting for the innovative business community.
With Les Matinales, Paris Développement offers:
- Practical solutions for current challenges in a defined field, presented by two experts and a business with direct experience
- Opportunities for entrepreneurs to meet speakers and exchange business cards
- A convivial meeting point, where business leaders can get together informally over coffee and croissants.
