Haisong Tang, Independent Technology Investor and master of ceremony of the last day of Next Tech China, listed the long history of French ground-breaking innovation prowess and its influence in the world.
Haisong Tang, Independent Technology Investor
1 | MARKET INSIGHTS
In this session, Sean Zhang, the Partner at Roland Berger, shared his valuable insights on Clean energy trends and opportunities in China. The trends in the industry are the 4Ds - which are Deregulation, Decarbonization, Decentralization, Digitalization. The power sector, wind, and photovoltaïque (PV) will dominate the capacity additions and occupy 80% of the market share in 2060. Sean Zhang also shared the leading Chinese PV manufacturers who will lead the industry, the lithium battery market insights, and many more.
Sean Zhang, Partner at Roland Berger
2 | CHINA'S FUTURE TREND FOR CLEAN TECH
In this panel discussion, the moderator - Sean Zhang, Partner at Roland Berger. Along with the guest panel speakers - Philippe Deschamps, the CEO at Ciel et Terre, Joffrey Dupuy, the head of strategy and Intelligence at Vestas, and David Ferguson, the Head of Digital Innovation of EDF R&D China - shared in this session their perspective on the cleantech industry in China, the government's approach for paving the way to success for this industry, and the opportunities for startups, and companies.
Moderator - Sean Zhang, Partner at Roland Berger
David Ferguson, the Head of Digital Innovation of EDF R&D China
Joffrey Dupuy, the Head of Strategy and Intelligence at Vestas
Philippe Deschamps, the CEO at Ciel et Terre
4 | FROM EV BATTERY TO SUSTAINABILITY
In the second panel discussion, Francois Jenny, the Business line Director at Suez, moderated the panel speakers - Carl Corbel, the Operation Manager at Keolis, Simon Hou, the Co-Founder & CEO of Xcharge, and Chen Zhang, the Head of Marketing Asia at Veolia. The industry leaders sat down to discuss the opportunities and challenges in the sustainability and recyclability of EV batteries. As this is a massive industry, 50% of vehicles will be electric in China creating unquantifiable opportunities.
Moderator - Francois Jenny, the Business line Director at Suez
Simon Hou, the Co-Founder & CEO of Xcharge
Carl Corbel, the Operation Manager at Keolis
Chen Zhang, the Head of Marketing Asia at Veolia
5 | CEO TALK
Gabrielle Chou, the Founder & CEO at Allure Systems - moderated the third panel and the last panel of day five. The guest speakers - Francois Marion, the President of Valeo China, Nicolas Poirot, the President & CEO Greater China of Air Liquide, along with - Francois Tardif, the EVP China of Faurecia and Denis Depoux, the Global Managing Director of Roland Berger, discuss their perspectives on China market from MNC backgrounds. They discuss the crucial role of the Chinese government, talent market, partnership ideas, market entry & growth strategies for foreign entities looking into tapping the China Market.
Moderator - Gabrielle Chou, the Founder & CEO at Allure Systems
Francois Marion, the President of Valeo China
Francois Tardif, the EVP China of Faurecia
Nicolas Poirot, the President & CEO Greater China of Air Liquide
Denis Depoux, the Global Managing Director of Roland Berger
5 | CLOSING CEREMONY
To end the 5-day learning multiplex event, Benoit Guidée, Consul Général de Shanghai, and Eric Deltour, the Co-president at La French Tech Shanghai - shared their closing remarks. At this session, Benoit Guidée reiterates China's global ambitions, the pool of talents, and source of innovation. Although the relationship between China and France remains strong, Guidée advises entrepreneurs to be agile and prepared.
Benoit Guidée, Consul Général de Shanghai
Eric Deltour reinstates the learning points on the speed of change, importance of partnerships in China, and the story behind the Next Tech China program supported by La French Tech. The organization started in October 2019 with an objective to introduce the most promising French startups (FT120 and Green20) to the Chinese market risks and opportunities. Throughout the week - there are over 930 participants attended this hybrid learning multiplex event in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, and globally.
Eric Deltour, the Co-president at La French Tech Shanghai
