The Event
The bridge between the Italian and the French Innovation Ecosystems
SMAU | Italy RestartsUp in Paris is the event dedicated to innovation between Italy and French Ecosystems, organized in collaboration with ICE, the agency for the internationalization and promotion abroad of Italian companies, that will take place on March 23rd.
A selection of 40 Italian startups will show their own products and services to corporates, investors and enablers. During the event, there will be also some pitching sessions and panels with representatives from the Italian and Parisian innovation ecosystem focused on: Food & Retail, Smart Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, Smart Mobility, eHealth.
The purpose of the event, as Pierantonio Macola, President of Smau, states, is: “to introduce the innovative excellence of “Made In Italy” to Parisian entrepreneurs, investors and managers invited to the exhibition. Italy is best known in the world for its excellence in food, fashion and design and Smau | Italy Restarts UP in Paris will be the occasion to activate trade relations, partnerships and investments between the various international ecosystem professionals that will visit the event and those from Italy taking part in the initiative”.
Programme
Wednesday, March 22nd from 06.30 pm (by invitation only)
An opening networking cocktail event will take place at the Italian Embassy. The event is dedicated to investors, corporates and relevant players belonging to the Parisian and French startup ecosystems, interested in the delegation selected by Smau.
Thursday, March 23rd from 09.00 am to 08.00 pm
At Station F startup companies will show their own products and services to corporates, investors, enablers and startups.
There will be numerous panels with representatives from the innovation ecosystem focused on: Food & Retail, Smart Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, Smart Mobility, eHealth.
The event will be organized into:
- Pitching sessions
- Smau Panels
- Matchmaking
Friday, March 24th from 09.00 am
Tour of some of the places where innovation happens, with visits to incubators and accelerators in the city in order to stimulate the creation of partnerships with representatives from the Italian ecosystem participating in the initiative.