Inpho Venture Summit 2024 Program

Day 1: 24th October

10:00 AM
Side Event
12:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:30 PM
Opening

Patrick Seguin, President, CCI Bordeaux Gironde

1:30 PM
Welcome address

Georges Ugras, Chairman of INPHO Venture Summit

1:40 PM
What are you investing in today? What are you most excited about today?

• George Ugras, Managing Director, AV8 Ventures
• Eric Benhamou, Founder & General Partner, BGV
• François Tison, Partner, 360 Capital
• Mathieu Costes, Partner, Airbus Ventures
• Christian Reitberger, Partner, Matterwave Ventures
• Dieter Kraft, Managing Director, TRUMPF Venture
• Dr. Herbert Mangesius, Founding Partner, Vsquared Ventures

2:15 PM
Enabling GenAI - What are the infrastructure / compute opportunities ?

• Eric Benhamou, Founder & General Partner, BGV
• Mathieu Costes, Partner, Airbus Ventures
• Gemma Garriga, Director Applied AI, Google
• Bert Gyselinckx, Partner, imec.xpand
• Gianluca Dettori, General Partner, Primo Ventures

2:50 PM
Top VC selected start-ups

Start-ups will be invited to pitch – 5 mn.
Each pitch will be followed by a challenging discussion with investors.

3:35 PM
Coffee Break & Networking
4:00 PM
What are your top use cases for GenAI and quantum technologies?

• Dieter Kraft, Managing Director, TRUMPF Venture
• Nicolas Leterrier, Semiconductor Sustainability Business leader, Schneider Electric
• Hind Beaujon, Chief Sales Officer, Pfeiffer Vacuum
• T.M. Ravi, Managing Director and Co-Founder, The Hive
• Olivier Tonneau, Partner, Quantonation
• Marco Stutz, Partner, Redstone Digital

4:30 PM
Top VC selected start-ups

Start-ups will be invited to pitch – 5 mn.
Each pitch will be followed by a challenging discussion with investors.

5:20 PM
Tech-bio: the next investment wave driving innovation in health

• George Ugras, Managing Director, AV8 Ventures
• Seye Abogunrin, Global HTA Evidence Lead, Roche
• Xavier Datin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, i2S
• Frédéric Desdouits, CEO, TreeFrog Therapeutics
• Sonia Grouchko, Chieff of Staff, Owkin
• Cécile Real, CEO, Medevice
• Catherine Boule, Managing Partner, Karista

5:50 PM
Climate Tech
Nouvelle Aquitaine Region President expectations on private investment

• Alain Rousset, President of Nouvelle Aquitaine Region

Deep Tech Opportunities in Southeast Asia

• Timothy Wei Ern Ong, CEO, Invest Sarawak

Followed by a discussion with investors and selected industry representatives:

• Jean-Frédéric Laurent, President, Atlantic Port of Bordeaux
• Jérôme de Bontin, Partner, Capricorn Investment Group
• Dieter Kraft, Managing Director, TRUMPF Venture
• Christian Reitberger, Partner, Matterwave Ventures
•Timothy Wei Ern Ong, CEO, Invest Sarawak

6:30 PM
Concluding remarks for Day 1

George Ugras, Managing Director, AV8 Ventures & Chairman of INPHO Venture Summit

Followed by
Cocktail & Dinner
at Palais de la Bourse

Attendees are welcome to enjoy a cocktail reception and networking evening.

Day 2: 25th October

8:45 AM
Welcome back

Georges Ugras, Chairman of INPHO Venture Summit

8:50 AM
LPS, the pros and cons of investing in Deeptech

• Chris Wade, Co-Founder and Partner, Isomer Capital
• David Dana, Head of VC Investments, European Investment Fund
• Jérôme de Bontin, Partner, Capricorn Investment Group
• Zhi Hong Low, Regional Director, EDB Singapore

9:30 AM
Top VC selected start-ups

Start-ups will be invited to pitch – 5 mn.
Each pitch will be followed by a challenging discussion with investors.

10:00 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
10:30 AM
What are the most exciting energy – Related technologies to meet the exploding demand?

• François Tison, Partner , 360 Capital
• Aymen Grira, Innovation Manager EMEA , Westinghouse
• Geoffroy Dubus, Partner, Demeter
• Nicolas Leterrier, Semiconductor Sustainability Business leader, Schneider Electric
• Joseph Peeraer, Founding Partner, Positron Ventures

11:00 AM
Top VC selected start-ups

Start-ups will be invited to pitch – 5 mn.
Each pitch will be followed by a challenging discussion with investors.

11:40 AM
What is the company you’d launch today to present at Inpho 2026?

• Aymerik Renard, General Partner, HCVC
• T.M. Ravi, Managing Director and Co-Founder, The Hive
• Eric Benhamou, Founder and General Partner, BGV
• Boris Dorin, Partner, First Imagine!
• Dr. Herbert Mangesius, Founding Partner, Vsquared Ventures

12:10 PM
Breakdown in networking workshops and discussions series
Before and during INPHO, attendees will select the topics they would like to deep dive in among the following, through dedicated sessions gathering a smaller number of people.

8 choices:
1. TechBio and Better Health
2. Ports and maritime to drive the blue economy
3. Quantum technologies investment (Sponsor QuTest – QuPilot & Naquidis)
4. Industry 5.0, Manufacturing and Sovereignty (Sponsor Earashi)
5. FiQUgS – quantum gravimeter workshop
6. Where to invest in the energy transition
7. Photonics and semiconductors
8. Free networking time

1:10 PM
Rapidfire Q&A

Learnings, Opportunities in 5 questions
Moderated by George Ugras

1:20 PM
Inpho 2024 award ceremony & concluding remarks

The INPHO 2024 Prize will be awarded to the most promising startup (5000 euros), followed by conclusion by George Ugras, President INPHO Venture Summit and Hervé Floch, CEO Alpha-RLH

1:30 PM
Networking Lunch

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