Green Innovation Strategies

  • Category: Roundtable
  • Dates: June 9, 2026
  • Schedule: From 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Location: Montpellier Management - Richter Campus - Building B - Room B009 - Rue Vendémiaire, 34960 Montpellier

The PTL EIS ( Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability) and the Strat’Innov Chair (Lab Entreprendre) are pleased to invite you to a roundtable discussion on thecurrent challenges of green innovation strategies, to be held onJune 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Open to everyone, this event will bring togetherresearchers, entrepreneurs, and innovation professionalsfor a discussion—at the intersection of practical experience and academic research—on the paths, trade-offs, and tensions faced by those involved in the ecological transition.

On the agenda:

Marie Bovis, Ph.D. candidate
Green innovation: what are we talking about? 

Charlotte Chappert, Postdoctoral Researcher
Agrivoltaics: A Green Innovation in Energy.

Benjamin Gallard, ALGIFOAM Project Manager
Algifoam: a green innovation offering alternatives to expanded materials. 

Julie Dreyer, CEO of Hortus Innov
Hortus Innov: a green, eco-friendly alternative to leather.

Pascal Peny, Consultant in Innovation and Organizational Transformation, former CBO of Green Phage
Green Phage: a green innovation in healthcare.

The public will be invited to contribute to the discussions, particularly on:

  • the role ofentrepreneurial supportin the development of impact projects;
  • the structuring and transformation ofentrepreneurial ecosystemsin response to sustainability imperatives;
  • thelegal and regulatory issuessurrounding green innovation;
  • circular economymodels and the conditions for their implementation;
  • the debate oversoft versus hard sustainability, and its implications for business strategies.

This roundtable aims to foster critical reflection on forms of innovation that are compatible with ecological limits, while exploring concrete courses of action for entrepreneurs and their partners.

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