Green Innovation Strategies

  • Category: Roundtable Discussion
  • 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 oncontemporary challenges in 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 engaged 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, Executive Director 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: Green Innovation in Healthcare.

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

  • the role ofentrepreneurial supportin the emergence 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 debates surroundingweak versus strong sustainability, and their implications for business strategies.

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

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