A land of international events

Large-scale international professional events

Every year, the South of France hosts major professional events linked to its economy’s major strategic sectors.  

 

Energies of Tomorrow 

 

  • Floating Offshore Wind Turbines CongressFOWT,  the world's largest event dedicated to floating offshore wind energy, is held regularly in the South of France. This is an important global event with numerous international delegations and companies and more than 50% of attendees coming from outside France.

 

  • ITER Business Forumprovides industrial firms with information on the progress of the ITER project, purchasing procedures,  and forthcoming calls for tender, as well as facilitating contacts and industrial partnerships within Europe and internationally. www.iterbusinessforum.com/home.aspx?f_lang=en 

 

 

 

Blue Economy

 

  • Euromaritime, trade fair for the main industrial and economic stakeholders in the marine sector that covers all areas of the sea and river economy (construction, equipment, ship repair, fishing, marine renewable energies, inland waterways, and ports). Euromaritime showcases the industry's latest expertise and technological innovations. It is held regularly in the South of France.

 

  • System Factory Day (Toulon) brings together major companies, SMEs, and start-ups in the field of maritime safety, security, and sustainable development of the sea and coastline based on the advanced technologies developed by the System Factory project. www.systemfactory.fr (site in French)

 

Industry of the Future

 

 

  • Forum Industria Méditerranée(Nice) annual event for all industrial sectors designed to promote the jobs of the future and industrial expertise. The event serves as a technology showcase where exhibitors can present their products and services, unveil their latest innovations, and demonstrate their expertise to a select group of professionals.

 

  • French Fab Tour is an extraordinary 60-date tour of France that brings together students, jobseekers, and representatives of a diverse range of industrial ecosystems. The aim is to promote industry, inspire young people to pursue industrial careers, offer job opportunities, and co-construct the industry of tomorrow. www.lafrenchfab.fr/tournee

 

  • Health from Space (Cannes) brings together world-class experts in the fields of life sciences, healthcare, and space to share research results and the innovations that arise from developments and new capacities in the space sector (improved preclinical models, innovations in regenerative medicine, new drugs and therapies, gene expression, antibiotic resistance, longevity...) https://www.healthfromspace.com/

 

Natural Living 

 

  • MED’AGRI(Avignon) is a trade fair dedicated to all areas of agricultural production that welcomes more than 15 000 professional visitors over three days. Along with producers (winegrowers, market gardeners, arboriculturists, olive growers, breeders, horticulturists, etc.) from the South of France and neighbouring regions, the welcomes companies from different parts of the agricultural value chain. www.med-agri.com 

 

Silver Economy

 

  • Salon Ageing Fit (switches location between Lille and Nice),  boosts innovation in the Silver Economy and promotes innovative products and services for the seniors market. Networking with pre-vetted meetings, partnerships with financing structures, sourcing of innovative technologies and products, exchanges between private- and public sector actors, SMEs and start-ups... www.ageingfit-event.fr 

 

  • SilverEco and Ageing Well Festival, the world's leading B2B event dedicated to the Silver Economy. The event showcases new innovations and initiatives in the Silver Economy to contribute to creating a society of longevity. https://www.silvereco.org/festival/en

 

Innovative Healthcare 

 

  • BioFIT(switches between Lille, Strasbourg & Marseille) is Europe's leading meeting place for technology transfer and innovation research in the biotechnology sector. The trade fair brings together academics, technology transfer organizations, and research institutions and fosters university-industry collaborations. www.biofit-event.com/biofit-event/organisers 

 

  • The International Society For Heart and Lung Transplantation (Nice) The annual ISHLT congresses bring together the world's leading specialists in the treatment of advanced heart and lung disease. These one-of-a-kind meetings offer the most comprehensive review of new research, including the latest advances in transplantation, technological support, and innovative therapies. https://ishlt.org/

 

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