{"id":21445,"date":"2014-07-24T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=21445"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:50:43","slug":"silver-economy-7th-ambition-of-the-global-innovation-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/silver-economy-7th-ambition-of-the-global-innovation-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation 2030 : Silver economy 7th ambition of the global innovation competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reception to honor the winners of the global innovation competition was held Wednesday, July 23 2014 at the Elysee Palace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Responded with an introductory speech, Arnaud Montebourg, (former) Minister of Economy\u00a0and Anne Lauvergeon, president of the “Innovation 2030” commission, former CEO of Alcatel and Areva has joined SIGFOX a few months ago as president of the StartUp.<\/p>\n

During\u00a0the reception, various roundtables\u00a0were devoted to\u00a0the\u00a07 ambitions of this contest, including one devoted to the silver economy<\/a>, in the presence of Innovation Commissionner Jacques BIOT and Louis de Lilliers, co-founder and CEO of the PlugMed company.<\/p>\n

The reception ended with a speech by Fran\u00e7ois Hollande and a “family photo” of the 110 winners of the contest who should soon receive 200,000 Euros. 1200 startups have applied for\u00a0this innovation contest.<\/p>\n

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Global Innovation 2030 Competition<\/h2>\n

The Global Innovation Competition has identified a limited number of major opportunities with\u00a0particularly strong potential for the French economy: 7 ambitions have emerged. They are based on strong societal expectations, growing sectors. These 7 ambitions will constitute\u00a07 pillars for ensuring the prosperity and employment in France over the\u00a0long term.<\/p>\n

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\"fran\u00e7ois<\/a>The seven strategic goals of innovation in 2030
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  1. The energy storage.
    \nInnovation projects for intermittent energy storage or not.<\/li>\n
  2. Metal recycling.
    \nProjects to become viable and effective metal recycling.<\/li>\n
  3. The development of marine resources.
    \nDevelopment projects of submarines metals.
    \nProjects promoting cheaper desalination solutions and \/ or more low energy seawater consumer.<\/li>\n
  4. Vegetable proteins and plant chemistry.
    \nFood products development projects based on plant proteins.<\/li>\n
  5. Individualized medicine.
    \nProjects promoting targeting therapeutic interventions eg based on genomics, medical devices and \/ or high-resolution imaging.<\/li>\n
  6. The silver economy, innovation in the service of lifespan.
    \nProjects responding to the loss of independence for the elderly, related to robotics and home-medicine.<\/li>\n
  7. The valuation of Big Data.
    \nProjects to better exploit the data and define new uses, \u00a0analytical models and valuation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The aim of the competition is to make the talents and future champions of the French economy emerge by locating and supporting the growth of the French or foreign entrepreneurs whose innovation project has a particularly high potential for the French economy. Launched in December 2013, the global innovation competition has a 300 billion euros budget.<\/p>\n

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    The three steps\u00a0of the World Innovation Contest.<\/strong><\/p>\n